The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-09-10
PEOPLE WHO Buy PETS.
They Have Many Peculiar Fancies-A
Monkey that Wore Spectacies.

PEOPLE WHO Buy PETS.
They Have Many Peculiar Fsncies-A
Monkey that Wore Spectacies.
What sorts of people care most fol-
pet animals?' asked 4 reporter of {
dealer.
Such variety of people like pets, y
said he, land they like them in sc
many ways and for so many reasons,
that it IS hard TO say which ones have
the call. Perhaps it's the good-hearted
people, and then perhaps it isn't. The
biggest price l ever got tor Cat was
$50, and that was from a man who
would feel sore about giving 80 cents
to blood relation. He was a widow
CT. One morning he came in here to
collect a bill, and fine Maltese oi
mine kept rubbing against his leg. The
widower made believe not to notice the
cat, bat at last he looked up to me
quite suddenly and said: Il suppose q
man has got to love something lie
said it as though it was a sort of hard
ship. Then he paid the price without
grumbling.
The wisest Old chap that ever came
into this store bought q terrier for q
grandson of his who was sort of an
invalid.
My grandson's mighty irritable,
said the old gentleman, and he is hard
to live with, but if he gets interested in
this pup, he's going to get well,
have had quite a number of customers
among people in poor health. They
were mostly ladies. Some women take
to pets because they think no one else
will care for them, or because they
have been disappointed in love and
want to care for something that will
show affection.
There is one curious difference be-
tween men and women about pets. A
man will sometimes sell one when il
gets sick, but q woman will hold on to it
until it gets well or dies. Women that
have the genuine love for animals seem
TO care all the more for pets that are SICK.
/ have often sold them sick pets that
they would not nave fancied had the
animal been well. A woman came here
for a pug last winter, when | had ad-
vertised some very fine ones. but she
concluded to take a spaniel that looked
as though he wouldn't live week.
The dog got well and became the most
aifectionate animal | ever saw.
II anu coldly distant to anything in
the nature of watchdog. | couldn' t
sell Watchdog if | allowed him too
much familiarity on short acquaintance.
Dogs Intended to sell for pets must be
kept just on the ragged edge of aifec-
ton, as it were. If they show too
much love for the dealer some ladies
won't want them. | have had a ten
der-hearted lady remark that she
wouldn't take a dog OF mine because
it would be cruel TO part us. OF
course, q circumstance Of that kind in
lures dealers business.
''Artists prefer eats to other pet
animals, and they are first rate judges.
\ large, tinely-marked tortoise shell
suits them well. | took in $50 from an
artist one day for a superbly-marled
notified gray. 1t had wnat we call the
night and day stain. Artists go strong
on having a graceful cat. Now, all
cats are graceful, but some nave more
OF an easy movement than others, and
some have more style. There are lots
Of people who think it makes things
look comfortable to have a large cat
around. Some of my biggest tabbies
have been sold to people who cared
more about getting cheerful effect in
their rooms than they did 1or cats.
Dogs do not seem to be in favor
with musicians. 4 violinist once told
me he couldn't keep them because
their barking grated on his ear. But
musicians don't seem 10 care Tor sing
ing-birds any more than for dogs, and
there is 4 belief in the trade that the
only pet that goes well with musicians
is a monkey. Monkeys and parrots
are not genuine pets; they are curiosi-
ties. / have knoWn monkeys to show
great fondness for each other. But
they do not care for human beings. A
lady customer OF mine has three of
them. She says that none OF Them has
shown any affection for her. Sac likes
them partly because they amuse her
and partly for a queer idea she has.
She says she couldn't love 4 pet that
returned her affection.
People learn 10 dislike pets for
queer causes. a woman came here 10
swap off d pet terrier because he barked
one day when she took off her WIG.
Another woman gave me back a mon
key at half price because, she said, lie
made faces behind her back-she saw
him in the glass. told her that monkeys
had a habit OF making faces, and that
1t was necessary to their nature. And
so 1t is. I've seen them 90 into cor
aer and make the most outrageous
faces, without any apparent cause.
But the old lady declared it was disre-
spectful. had Il parrot that had been
educated by sailor. When l told her
about it she at once took strong
fancy to the bird because, she Said she
thought she could reform it,
Il know a man that spent year in
teaching 4 monkey how to use eye
glasses. lie assures me that every
time the ~ Iley hops up on his libra
ry table with newspaper or stretches
out in chair with the glasses on he
eXcites irresistible laughter. | didn't t
understand how the fun could be so
lasting, until one day, when | went up
to doctor. the monkey. One look at
him was sufficient. When YOU con-
slider what awful faces monkey can
produce, even in his most serene mo-
ments, and then imagine what ne
would be capable of developing with
an eyeglaSs, you can gain an idea of
the intrinsic value of such an animal" :"
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