Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27
A CANINE TRAGEDY.
rho Sad Experience of IA Slender Knick-
crhoclser Maiden's Favorite.

Tho Sad Experience of ii Slender Knick-
crbocker Malden's Favorite.
The New York Mail relates this pathetic
tale: A slender maiden, rather tall and
stately, with a KnickeI booker hat and
white piumes shading her clear blue eyes
and regularly chiseled features, came into
a store on Broadway, where every article
for sale is designed for the adomment of
dogs of high degree A fragile silver
chain linked the young woman to half
pooled French Skye terrier, who seemed
fully resigned to the dishgurements Of
fashion. With the exception of two saucy
tufts of hair upon each shaven flank and q
furry ball upon the tip OF his trcmulous
tail, the To0r dog had left all his long
white silken coat abaft the fifth rib, and
he glanced around fultiyely now and then
to make sure that he was not walking
with the hind legs Of some other dog.
He stood fully twelve inches high and
might have weighed fifteen pounds. His
futtering white ears clean, oblong AID
perfumcd-Eke white six EaEdkerchiefs,
wiped sad tears from tic CEd Of his cold
little rose, ard wheaeA CT Lis imp2riOus
but afloctonate mistress stood sill lie
sought 10 cover his na,,eGHess Ly backing
into the folds Of her Cr"sg. Tie stuffed
figure Of $ bcIiln bloodhound, whose
crystal eyes seemed fastened upon Lis eE
posed sirloiTs, added to his confusion.
Have you any dUS-@ol &lS?' III luircd
the Young Womuu, as he glanced Il. her
poodle with an cNpycs sion that would have
lifted any OF her yOang gentlemen friends
into tie seventh heaN en- OF happiness.
eyes. III SIS, we have about 100 varieties"
replied the young man Eehi!-d the coGn.cr
81 would like to purchase collar Ct the
latest design for Rastcur," resumed the
young woman, with tones measured and
musical.
While Pasteur made friends with the
stuffed Siberian bloodhound, his prup.i-
ctorcss went into an ari tOcratC ecs tasy
| over The novelties i'll dog gear. There
were collars in beHiltlCling variety, Of
! brass, silver, enGmClled and steele finish.
! With critical Judgment the fair cOnnO;s-
Eeur selected q b.old cellar Of heavy
| tanned Leather, studded with lalgc brass
! nails with f OstCd heads in pyIanIidal
form. A small barrel o. mahogany with
hoops CT soil silver, was fastened to tho
collar by a silver bar, 50 that il hung
under tie dogs neck.
"This is the very latest design" said the
young man. dit is an imitation Of the
way N which the St. Bernard dogs a!C
equipped with kegs of liquor for the re-
freshmcnt Of travellers who are lost on
the Alps. Tho p!ice is twenty dollars"
Pasteur almost whined with despair
when the yoang man bucklcd this appa
ratus around his neck and he lifted his
chin with little iCr&8 just as ii he were q
young dude wearing Lis first cylindrical
collar A twenty-ioliar gold coin CHANGED
hands and then the young wolpnn
curiously at show case filed XII IIE:
engagements Of leather straps, faStefsea
into triangular cubes and oTuafnantek
with more brass nails.
"What are those, please" She a9so6
"Dog harness" said the young nan 5tf!d
he slipped Pastcur's white, fluffy head
into one triangle and buckled him inside.
Then lie took another harneSs vclal
sizes smaller and adjusted it around Pas
tours poodled postcrlOr. The a3tonished
dog had the appearance Of having got
tangled up in shawl strap. An cmbos-
sed handle joined the two sets Of fore and
aft harness, and the young man seized
this handle and lifted Pasteur from the
floor. Then the creature hoWled The
half of him that was poodled failed to
countcrbalarce the weight Of his silken
locks and the st. Bernard collar and key,
and the blood rushed to his delicate brain,
"Put him down quick or he'll faint, "
exclaimed the tall young woman, excited
for the first time.
Covered Wi confusion end brass stud.
ded leather Past9ur made break for the
open door, swapping his chnin. The CT
the clerical force of the dog-harncSs stol c
scurried in his wake Last of all the dig.
nifed young woman forgot her pure that
lay on the counter and ra 'sed soprano
"view-halloo." Pas,eur narrowly escaped
death in hundred h,deous forms, as hc
waddled across tra1fic-thronged Broadway
Before he was caught the silkep, I'M.
! pooled half of him was matted with
plebeian and muci,agiEous mud. Apolisc
man fled him by his handle and carried
him to the feet Of his mistress. She said
'eThank you," with shudder at the Coz
dition CT her pc, hailed passing hausou7
cab, lifted Pasteur in at arms length ant
was driven uptown wi h the point of lel
paras oil keeping him at Clearly distance