River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25


A variety of people Ike pets said
the dealer A man once paid me
thirty dollars for a cat. The wisest
old chap that ever came into this store
bought terrier. for agrandson of his,
who was sort Of an invalid. MY
grandson 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 we'll" And sure
enough he did get well. | have had
quite q 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
how affection. There is one curious
difference between men and women
about pets. ! man will sometimes sell
one when It gets sick, but q women
will hold on 20 it until il gets well or
dies. Women that have the genuine
love for pet animals seem to care all
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often sold them sick pets that they
would not have fancied had the animals
been well. A woman came here for a
pup last winter. when / had advertised
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. Artists prefer cats
to Otherpet animals, and they are first
rate Judges. A large, tinely-marked
tOrtOise-shell suits them well. / took in
twenty dollars from an artist one day
for a SupeTblv-marked notified gray.
Ii had what we call the night and day
stain. Artists 90 strong on having a
graceful cat. Now, all cats are grace
full, but some have more of an easy
movement than others, and some have
more of style. There are lots &c people
who thinks it makes things look COM
Portable to have large cat around.
Some of my biggest tabbieS have been
sold to people who cared more about
getting a cheerful effect in their rooms
than they did for cats.
Dogs do not seem to be in favor with
musicians. 4 yiolinist once told me
he couldn't keep them because their
barking grated on his ear. But must
clans don seem to care for singing
birds any more than for dogs. and
there is a belief in the trade that the
only pet that goes well with musicians
Is 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. 4 lady
customer Of mine has three of them.
She SAYS that none of them have shown
any affection for her. She likes them
partly because they amuse her. and
partly for queer idea she has. She
said she cOuldn' love a pet that re-
turned her affection. People learn to
dislike pets from queer causes. A
woman came here to swap off q pet
terrier because he barked one day when
she took of her wig. Another woman
gave me back n monkey at half price
because, she said, he made faces be-
hind her back-she saw him in the glass
told her that monkeys had a habit of
making faces, and that it was necessary
to their nature. And so it Is. I have
seen them 20 into 4 corner and make
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apparent cause. But the old lady de
clared that it was disrespectful. / had
a parrot that had been educated by a
sailor. When | told her about il She
She at once took strong fancy 10 the
bird because, she said. she thought she
could reform il. | know a man that
spent year in teaching a monkey how
to use eye glasses. lie assures me that
every time the monkey hops up on his
library table with a newspaper or
stretches ont in a chair with the glass
es on he eXcites irresistible laughter. /
didn / understand how the fun could
be so lasting until one day when ] went
up TO doctor the monkey. One look Al
him was sufficient. When YOU consid-
er what awful faces monkey can pro-
duce. even in his most serene moments,
and then imagine what lie would be
capable Of developing with an eve
glass. YOU can gain an idea of The in
trinsic value OF such an animal.