Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-07
A PHInApBLpHIA poo RANCH.
A Back Yard Full or the Four-F Dotted
Friend of Man.
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A pock-marked man, with a straw hat,
a rusty suit Of clothes, and Juggling a
basket inside Of which were i've New
fouudland pups about 6 weeks old, was
trying TO dispose Of the ''purps" this
morning on Chestnut street.
''Do you sell many Of those dogs ?" SAID
a reporter, rs the CANNES looked over the
tor of the basket at him.
ayes, but don't make nearly so much
money as IN years ago" he replied REQ
pie nowadays are fsr more economical
than IN the 10 years after the war, and
they will not pay so good prices Tor dogs
or anything else. Where l used u get
$40 TO SIS for good skye terrier or New
fOundlaud pup am mighty glad 10 get 20
10 IS now. IN the time before the panic
of 1873 [ often used 20 sell or pups in
day. but the business has been so cut up
since then nv competition that l lug a
basketiul az splendid pups all day some
times and don't sell one. Prices nave run
down so that there really amt any money
IN the dog business to-day, and / am
mighty glad at the end OF the year if l
clear expenses.
eve dealers see enough trouble in these
days to turn our hair gray, and that's a
fact" said the veteran fancier, as he
tilted his old hat further back and chewed
vigorously on his quid. 1--WE had the
Board OF Health after me three times
within these last 4 months. What for2
For nothing at all, only that the neigh
Dors said kept a menagerie OF dogs In
my cellar and they couldn't live near me
on accounted the smell. on, it's no SOFT
snap selling dogs now. ! kept double
row of kennels in my back yard for
good while, and the people on ali sides OF
me neaved in enough bricks TO have built
a good-sized house; said the dogs hoWled
at night so they couldn't sleep. oposen
they did, what did them folks expect OF
the brutas? And why did they take TO
naggln' me for it? l had TO take the ken
nels down after awhile, for the roofs all
got stove in with the rubbage them
malcOntents was always heaving over.
But they weren't no worse than the
police. The peelers won't let man earn
an honest living standing quietly on the
corners selling pups 10 ladies' and gents
wot come along. Say 1t blocks the high-
way.
CASH DOWN FOR DOGS.
81 sell pups and full-grown dogs TO
every kind Of people you can thing Of
providing they nave the money, for my
motter is ''Cash down and no trust
Business men with big stores and ware
houses is often 80 troubled with rats that
sells 'em two or three good rOugh-haired
Scotch terriers at SO rOS4apiece. The best
customers / know Of are ladies walking
down the street with gentlemen, maybe
with their little boy along. Their hus-
bands will fork over the neediul to any
extent for dogs I'm such cases, providing,
Of course, the price is anywhere within
reason.
Il sell a considerable number of bull
tJae, Arrr
who like the excitement and fun OF see
Ing the brutes dispute in a pit. All
kinds OF dogs that are called for by
folks in the country 1 sell, and some
times l box up big mastitfs or Saint Ber-
nards and ship them good many hun
dred miles.
"The dogs that ladies fancy just now
more than any others are King Charles
spaniels. Pugs have gone ont Of fashion.
They were so stupid and sickly and eX-
pensiye that they couldn't remain In IA
Vor, and now the little silky-haired span
ies are all the rage. They are good
enough dogs TO have in the hOuse-PVe
nothin' against 'em so far as that goes
but they are bred down so fine now that
they are mostly sickly; they need heap
Of doctoring. OF course everyone knows
the little critters are pretty and as intelll-
gent as pert kids. They have such be-
sctcuiAE iouhS III lIclA ulUWus bbllbN iul
eyes that the young women say they're
'r0manticS and they will have them, 10
matter at what expense. Maybe they
make good enough watch-dogs If they
Amt fed so high that they keep asleep all
the time; but a dig sewer rat conld chew
up any one Of them IN ten minutes by the
watch.
"I'ye been through so much trying to
raise dogs peacefully in my own yard
that don't ralse them any more; | buy
EN-. Where do l buy 'em? All over;
everywhere. If man up in Frankfort
has couple Of good settlers or pointers or
beagles, 20 to bim aud buy pups as Of
ten as be has them TO spare. So, you see,
get to knowing men In this way, aud,
after awhile, when they have any pups
they will SEND me postal card, and | go
up to get 'em. l don't buy any dogs OF
boys. It's against the law, for boy will
steal a hundred dollar dog and be glad TO
sell him for Soc, so he can get some
spending money. know private parties
all over New jersey and this State that
have pups to sell every once in while,
and l buy Of all Of them according as the
market damQndgv