New-York tribune., 1886-03-19
REWARD OF $500 FOR FRITZ.
MR. upHAM ROBBED OF HIS ONLY PET.
A DOG THAT LIVED ON DEEFsTEAK AND EGGs AND
WAS 4 MODEL OF CANINE VIRTUE.

A DOG THAT LIVED ON DEEFSTEAK AND EGGS, AND
WAS MODEL or CANINE VIRTUE.
There is desoatiOn III the little drug shop of 5 r.
Cpham at Eighth-ave. and Fllty-elg5th-st. fIltz,
n large SKYE terrier the light and JOY of the estio-
lishnent has gone out Not only has he gene out,
hut at the latest reports lie had not come IN again.
though his beieaved master LaS onereu IeT'rn rev t ~
ured animal and We'll worth the value set upon hs
shaggy head lie lavshed OH his master wealth
of dUggish afectOn that was returned WIN interest;
Nj / pham is a smooth-faced little bachelor r)und
and fair without too much hair OH his head. lie
has held forth for twenty-three years IN ms HatS @
cakes of soap which have offered themselves 10 the
public at bottom prices for long that their spirits
are broken and their good looks entirely gone. On
the couuter are sticks of icOriCe with the dust oi
ages upon them, and on the panes OF the crowde9
show window are the prints OF Frltzs Deiofeu
10 90 back TO the beginning and follow the
Chronology of Fritzs short but happy llfe lie was
born of honest and therefore poor parents i'll Roek
Land County in 1888 When he had passed the
callow DAYS of puppyiSm and arrived at discretion
and the age of five months hie master; who was
trottinr horses gave him to tho druggist. and Fritz
came TO live in New-YOrk. BY that time he had
grown to a height of fifteen inches ana weight OF
y dozen hounds lie presented the usual sectiAnal
doormat appearance OF. his breed ana had Orleht
eyes and an uneasy tail. Whel he came into me me
care of Mr. Upham and the sister who Keeps tle
house his education was begun. With the rapid
itv of genius lie learned to beg, to jump. to pray
and 10 dance.and at the same time estaDhseG MN, the
latter was wilIins TO declare that the dog knew
more than he himself. Mr.. uphams sister was
also enSnared by his loving d2ggisn ways, a"" ot q
complete httlc kitchen and table service was got
for him. There little gridlr0n on WnICH us
steaks were broiled and they were the nest OF por
terhOuse, Just as good as his master Xere yer i wa,
little pan in which his eggs were cOoked I1i OIedH
fast torathcr with little dishes III when MS heais
WIRE served All I'll csc are now secured ana pnt
away. bright and shining as the memory oil frItzS
Fritz was not an unsociable dog Int he never
paid any attention TO orders that came from uh-
official sources The children who came III 10 Duy
the dusty sticks of liCOrce might pun MS idi
until the elastic limit was reached and he w9uld.
bite but they might have whistled and called untl
tired ont and he would never leave his master
When Mr.. Upham went away from the sn0P; Pi, F'L bis
forefect on a package of cough drops and ms nina
feet on box of ready rehet-pllls. press DIS NOSE
Small bows might dams gle tempting bone before bis
eyes and the good d-naturcd policeman shake HIS
Club at him. but Fritz paid no attention to any one
only when his master returned dld ne come uoNn
from his pedesta and demonstrate that II was pos
sible for the tail to the dog III certain cases.
But no doggish face is pressed against tile pane
amid the collection of nfalllble pauaceas now on
last Sunday Mr. Upham was sick with pneumonia
Fritz was lied up in the yard for snort time IN
The evening, and when Miss Upham went 10 hrlhs
him i'm only the chain was left; the collar ana the
making daily trips to the dog pound. but all IN
vain. The clerk in the drug store has spent his
time locking the stock of every dog lancer III
the city in hopes of seeing Frhs intelligent race
bnt no Fritz has turned up. . -
FIN going to have the dog back II money VIII 90
it," said Mr. Upham Yesterday lie was Tue only
pet had I'm going to prosecute the man VINO
stole him. too, for there is no doubt that he was
stolen. | am on his track. There was dog lett IN
the yard when Fritz was taken and know 10
whom il belongs 49,.
Fritz back to his owner, and vengeance for the man
who stole hlm.