Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-28
The PelOn Dog.

The Pelon Dog.
The Mexicans call him peIon, the
Americans refer to him as the no-hair
dog, while the stranger from the North,
who sees him for the first time, calls him
a cast-iron dog, for that is what he
looks like at first glance. Although not
intelligent, the no-hair dog
is susceptible of high polish, for his
hairless hide shines in the sun as if it
had been recently touched up with
stove polish. His body is about the
size, and somewhat of the shape of
watermelon, that is OF one of those
small watermelons that are about the
size of pelon dog. He differs, how
ever, from the melon in that his tail is
adorned with tuft of blonde hair,
which is never the case with the water
melon He wears tuft of Harlan
other tuft of course, not the same one
at all on his head, which gives him a
very striking appearance.
The pelon dog is found in Austin, in
San Antonio, and in tanales, the latter
being Mexican dish, the Ingredients
of which are as uncertain as those of
hash.
The pclon is . defendant. Of the Bar
barry dog. He is purple blue color,
has handy legs, and is always fat. His
fairness is the result of an advantage he
has over all other dogs, he being as bald
with the exception of The two tufts
afore mentioned) as the inside of a
goose. He is not troubled, as other
ours are, by detachments of feas scout
ing over him, and therefore does not
keep himself thin with the exercise of
} scratching his left ear with his right
hind leg. Strangers from the East,
, who never saw any of these handy legged
absurd absurdities until they came to
+ Austin or San Antonio, are puzzled con-
siderably when they see the naked dog
3 for the first time. A Chicago man
4 | luSb drIiVto AL AucblA oohCu UAC
y baggage man at the depot, what was
"the matter with that dog" The bag
| gage man was busy and replied, after
the pleasant laconic manner of bag
gage men when they are busy, "coal-
It oil lamp explosion" "The Chicago mar
d was surprised as he walked up town tc
see two or three dogs on every block
/, with the hair apparently all singed of
n of them. Meeting the baggage man a.
1 the hotel door, he remarked, ."say, mis-
t, ter, didn't didn't your coal-oil lamp
'r explode in dog factory?"
Of The pelon dog is great favorite will
at the Mexicans in Texas. Every Mexican
g family own from one to half a dozer
of them, according to their means. Ih
II poorer the family, the greater number
10 of dogs they can afford to support. I
e does not cost much to keep ,covey %
1t no hair dogs, except during the mdltl
at of July. Then the proprietors OF tn
b. dogs are expected to come forward an
ly pay dollar piece license on each an
hit every dog, no matter whether it hs
he hair on its back or not. Paying OF
IN that much actual cash is calculated I
We put Mexican family, with Fix or seve
dogs, back about ten years in the
lie finances. Many of the families find
lite cheaper to take their pelon dogs OF
In move out into the country, and on
OF move back when the dog catching Sc
ng son is over, and the dog-catchers ha'
quit going the rounds. Other famili
INT that do not own watermelon rancho
Die the country, stay at home, and tie tht
dogs up under their beds where t
dog catchers can't scoop them. T
my consequence is that the pelon dogs no
Gu, all. night, so that strangers at the hot'
'eo can't get wink of sleep, which injul
ace &C, the prosperity of the town. If it We
Tie not for these dogs bowling, San An
INV MO, whore the pelcn dog is epiden
the whole year, would have three
vas four more railroads than she has
lily. SVtings.
i Ia, The natural period of lions life
the vacarally aYnnosad to be twenty Yea