Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-12-23
DWIGHT TIGHE"
InduI, es In Some Characteristic
Remarks,
And Tells of Capt. Ham Davis Patent Dog
Washer - the Husbands Aston.
ished Reioinder -Prema-
ture Rumor.

that runs TO waste in cows tail during ny
time, the arrangement for extracting the
electricity that eliminates cats eyes aud
swells his caudal extremity in the still
watches of the night; the devices for dis
torting the vision of horse with green
goggles and substituting shavings for his
more expensive feed, all originated in our
modest and unassuming but actiye-minded
and practical community. 1t is particu'
larly frigid day in the calendar when the
list OF patents issued does not contain the
name of some thoughtful Wheelingite,
whose patient study and Election has re-
duced some labor of life to minimum
and made the world better for his having
lived in il.
Sometimes the modesty and generous
nature of the inventor prevents him from
atenting his Invention and earning tae
lory and renown which attaches to great
triumph, besides putting money in his
.pl cket at the expense OF his fellow -citiz ans.
1t is then that the advantages Of the pub
&c press become apparent in spreading the
clad tidiugs of success and preventing the
ubscurity in which modesty end true phi
lanthropy love to conceal themselves.
With these preiiminar" observations we
invite the attention Of the world to one OF
THE GREATEST INVENTIONS OF THE AGE.
Ne refer 10 the contrVance, simple in its
construction but perfect aud durable in its
detail accently invented by our clever out
retiCent fellow ct zen, Mr.. Ham Davis,
and which, for want Of better name, We
shall call "the Davis Dog Shaver and Flea
Exterminatcr In thus discharging q
public trust we feel that We are assuming
grave personal risks, for should the uno1-
irusive modesty of the inventor feel out
RACED at this parade of his ingenuity, he
has frequent opportunities Tor reprisal,
and few persons could be more de ably in
conversational way should ne see fit to
express an adverse oplrlon on our puoic
spirit.
Ham Davis, as everybody knows, is the
tonsUrial artist Of Washington Hall. From
this LOS on he has excellent opportunities
fox observing men and things. During the
summer Just eDdtd, his Nisilant eye noticed
dist o-liiOn on the part OF many OF our
citizens 10 have the cal ines in their posses.
son shaved-son with view Of prOtec =
ing them from tue summer heat, aud So
avsrtipg the dangers Of hydrophobia, and
rlhers Nithssa view OF changing the appear,
4 &c Of the animal and causing him to TAXI
Jr the aspect Of rarer aud noeler beast
Thus, lie beheld at times the shrinking and
stject poodle transformed by careful mac
setment Of the rsz0r into
AElMOCs TIGER,
Si;h tufted tail and whiskers which the
L, Ell had spared: and the cowardly flee
mctsmorphosed into a fierce Numidian
lien, shaking the dew drops from his lord
ly name. He observed, however, that
many of the two legged patrons OF his
establishment objected to seeing the chairs
provided for their accom- modation used to
shave these humber works OF God, claim
ing that the latheripgof dogs in c.oSe apart
ments was calculated to produce anpleas
ant odors, and that many OF these canine
customers left teas behisd them when
they arose from recumbent position and
vacated the premises. With the true in
ventor's instinct he set himself to work to
remedy these arIagonisms and the result is
he triumph ref, red 10.
1t i difficult in the ordinary limits OF a
newspaper article ana without the aid Of
cuts, 10 give our readers an intelligent ides
Il lis Invention; but it may be sufficient
20 say that its main principle is the same
as that employed by the ancient Nenitans
ana their modern imitstOrs in the etching
of glassware. The dog is placed in II sub
stEntial mould Of tie shape desired, his
head and tail protected by bandages satu-
rated with ice water, after which
A DErIIAToRY FLUID
Comrcsed of equal parts of nitric and sui.
phulic acids is ntrOd ced il t. themOuldand
applied 10 the remaining portion. In ear
her stages Of the invention Ham Davis
1ah tpl OF n
yigorator in lieu Of these acids, but while
it proved equally etfiCaCioUs, he found that
such multiplicity of uses had tendency
10 diminish its sale, and wisely concluded
TO substitute the present articles in its
place.
AS may well be supposed, many animals
become resIive under the process but with
the aid of Mr.. Davis soothing conversation
it requires but a few moments to reduce
the most refractory canine TO submission.
He has never been bitten but once, and
that by an ungrateful pup whom the artist,
in going out to take drink, Inadvertently
forgot and left in soak over night.
If the processes of this invention are
wonderful, the results are still more ad
mIrable. 1t is capable Of infinite variation.
4 long haired setter can be transformed
into short haired pointer bya simple re.
duction Of the depilatery fluid. BY The
merest shifting Of bandaSes, whiskers can
be laid out on dogs fsce which would tax
the ingenuity of country barber, or the
builder Of the Serpentlne TO initiate. The
effect, it is hardly necessary to say, is
unique and pleasing, and besides this il
.n.psrts healthful glow to a dogs skin
and q general tone 10 his system which
STRENGTHENS his defences infinitely against
the approaches Of the sausage maker.
The flea exterminatOr is sort OF an an
rex to the dog shaver and is more easily
described. The animal is gradually i'm
mersea in a bath tub and as the water
rises the tieas gradually seek a coign OF
vantage on top OF his head When al have
assembled the dogs head is cut Off by a
dexterous whack with corn razor aud the
capture is complete.
We have devoted considerable space to
this invention but justice to the inventor
sEd the rublir, and the fact that We get ten
cents line for it would hardly warrant
the employment of less. Further particu
lars can be had Of the inventor. Visitors
will be under no obligations to purchase
No trouble to show goods.
A citizen OF ACKNOWLEDGED toushness
livirG on Chap!iLe street, came home last
night, or rather this morning little the
worse for drink; that is to say, the e1hila-
ration produced by the foaming lager and
.uccu!eut pre;zel had superinduced a reck.
,essress in bis conversation which is not
usually his wont. After getting to his
room, stumbling his toe against the rocker
end kicking the cradle to show that he did
not care for mundane responsibility, he
was arrested in is wild career by the still
small voice of his patient, long suffering
wife, asking tremulously from under the
covers is that You, Charlie?" Into
which emery he answered, Why. certainly.
Who in the hell would you expect at this
hour
s.
A ranor that Austin Beach, Elwood
Shallcross and Jacob Kemple were about
to start a comic weekly, is, to say the
least, premature. WIGHT TIsHE.
TIE finest show of Holiday Goods on the
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