Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-06-08
THE STUFFED DOG.

The scene is laid In a small German
town where there was, and still is, a
university. The parties are: First,
large stuffed dog; secondly, an
ancient Jewish maiden lady, Miss
Sarah Oppenheimer, who has just
died, and her brother, Nose Open
heimer, who is not dead, but wishes
he was. The party of the fourth
part is two dissipated, but very live
German medical students, who should
have been killed long years ago, and
for whose improper behavior an apol-
ogy is already offered the reader in
advance. An auctioneer also figures
in the play, with a silver tongue and
some with. He is not to be confound-
ed wife the stuffed dog, for he, him.
self, does the stufiing, not Of the dog,
but of the people who believe what he
says, when he breaches.
As her name indicates, Miss Sarah
Oppenheimer was of Jewish descent.
Her beauty, of which she never had
the slightest symptom, was OF such
a pronounced Hebrew type, that it
seemed, instead of being descended
from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
they and all the other patriarchs were
descended from her. She did not
look like single Jewish at all, but
rather like whole synagogue. in full
session, on some great holy day. She
was miser, or rather a miseress, if
that be a better word. Her dear rel
atiyes had waited and waited her de-
parture for front seat in Abraham s
bosom, leaving her money behind,
but she was in no hurry, nor was
Abraham, himself, in hurry to have
her, so most of them got there first.
Finally, at the age of seventy, she
died, and her grief-strieken brother,
Nose Oppenheimer, proceeded to adj
minister on the estate, but his grief
was of the bona fide character, when
he failed to find the money she was
supposed to have left behind. It was
even more unavailable than the Texas
University fund. According to law,
there being no will, her effects were
offered for sale at public auction.
There was quite crowd gathered
at the sale of the eeffects-among,t them
were Schulz and Mueller, the two
medical students, to whom we have
already made complimentary refer.
| ence. Like most students, they were
in condition of chronic poverty A
student can get way with q good dea
of money if he has to pay for all ths
!; beer he drinks.
) ''Can't you lend me thaler this
: Emorning?'' said Schulz to his. room
! mate, for such they were.
! r"Yes, if you first lend me two thai
ers. I've only got four groschens t.
my name, and 1 need them to buy
tobacco, for if l can't smoke, I be
come nervous and depressed abou
; my future prospects. - -
II would be in no better fix thai
you are, if 1 only had the four gros
chens,'' remarked Mueller, ratfe
K moodily. ~
t AS they were thus cheering eac
IS other up with bright hopes of the fu
e ture, they came to where the aue
v tioneer was selling, in a voiciferou
e voice, the effects Of the late Sara
n Oppenheimer. He was holding u
Is to view a most remarkable lookin
> animal. 1t was a bandy-legget
>. pug-nosed stuffed dog, which ha
e e been a great pet of the deceased
3: Holding out the relic, the auctionet
ratified off all kinds of nonsense, a
ter the manner of auchoneers: "Gel
4 tlemen, how much am T offered fl
?; this priceless brute? He is going
e be sold dog cheap. Please don't Q
a speak at once. Although this dc
ch has been dead many years, he is ST
6. going. He. is going for one silv'
NJ groschen, going, going-do 1 he'
Y two? Thank you. sir; two-two-
80 two. just hear me toot, will 20.
P. Going for two silver groschens. Th
an affectionate animal is improving.
at at few minutes ago he was going for Of
Ie' grosehen and now he is going f
he two. Somebody say three just to e
courage the poor brute. It will co
ry you nothing to feed him. You W
M n. not have to pay any dog license
e. him. He will meyer make people d
"a, by bowling at night as other dogs d
or. He will never get lost
OF. or ''Four groschens,' said a de
voice in the crowd.
as HGoing, going, gone. He belon
~; 5n to that gentlemanly student. ]
s. stead of the student going to t
ent dogs, as is usually the case, in Il
= instance the dog goes to the studel
M M Pay over the money and take the
+ fectionate animal and lead him o
. if you please" and the auctione
the handed over the animal to our frie
H.
Schulz, amid the laughter Of t
"a at crowd. ',..=. g
As Schu1z and Mueller walked q