Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20
Ny wIFE's Pet.

Ny Wires PET.
NELSON HERsH.
Is not her dog.
be thought he was, which amounted
me thing.
sha had owned the sole proprietary
4 title in him. She looked upon
y undisguised pride. She put him
all his little tricks with an en-
that time could not abate nor
NTH is, my wife was fond of dogs.
ID animals in general and dogs IN
n. And the dogs liked her. The
mutually complete understanding
her and them was something abso-
onderful. In the nine years Of our
life | had never seen a dog that
NOT make friends with nv wife on
Il, without waiting for q formal in
on.
Ens, our neighbor across the street,
ugLt a German mastiff for q watch
he German mastitf is by nature the
[rocious and blood thirsty of dogs.
was uncommonly savage. The
Id a mouth like a coal-scuttle, and
l kep. tramps at n distance of many
rom the house, summer and winter.
rs a valuable dog in this respect,
iopkinses called him "Cyclone, "be-
6esolation marked his path. He
at nothing but chunks of raw meat,
ns so dangerous to get within range
svenous nav that they had to stand
feed him with a pitchfork. Of
they kept him chained all day, and
! was loosed at night no one ever
d out of the house.
one day my wife went over to the
SEES, and Cyclone" saw her. He
tened with a giant size log-chain,
broke away and rushed toward my
The Hopkins women fed into the
story Of the house and screamed.
kpected to have a balcony view of a
sacrifice right there. But the bar
ectacle did not come off IS adver-
When Cyclone" had given a prac-
~uslration of the second axiom in
by covering the shortest possible
between his kennel and the spot
h.yvife stood, he stopped. He looked
wife's face and my wife smiled.
bat moment the huge brute vas a
dog. He rubbed up against my
wned at her feet, and $50 she sol
yers to this day. actually purred
Kitten. That settled it. She and
became firm friends, but the big
mastiff.. was never worth his keep
|ch-dog afterward. His ferocity OF
on entirely disappeared, and old
pkins gave him to a butcher in Mil
the Milwaukee butcher took him
e never has been seen alive.
tion this merely as IN instance. II
one Of many. The history of on,
full Of just such cases. Time and
ave l seen my wife followed in the
y a procession of dogs that would
bched more than a block, single file;
d dogs, vagrant dogs, dogs of high
degree. from the once-pampered
md thrown by some sad and sudden
iii fortune from a home of luxury
a cold and homeless world, to the
rolored mongrel that never had Q
diaess.
fth%standing my wife's remarkable
5 for dogs, she never had a doc
he could call her own until she got
| started to speak of. AS l said
the dog in question was really not
but she thought he was, and when
makes up her mind on o point OF
ID the matter is settled to all prac-
tents and purposes. Just here, il
proper for me to explain how my
be by the dog. It happened like
Pfc has for many years been a lead
Ember of q well-known humane
She has also been President OF ar
lon Tor the prevention of cruelty tc
Eonns. This association has nc.
Led a great work. not only in pro.
the worms but in restricting the
slaughter of fish owing to scarcity
In view of its successful work il
reetion, the association recently
a set of resolutions declaring tht
lis members that the gratifying
noted in tishermen's lies thi'
is due principally, in an indirec
the associations far-reachins
as also taken an active part in thu
an Organization devoted exclusivel.
llelloration of the condition Of thu
race. 1t has made phenomena
que last two seasons. Year before
s'lsed a scheme, now in successful
~ Tor washing white poodles with
ls soap in their eyes; and last yea
the greater part of it's time to tn
a.lon OF a painless process of re-
neas from dogs without killing tn
Ae organization is still busy witt
ner connection with these societies
s1ondness for the brute creation il
ana dogs in particular became
all our friends. Among other
Joys IN the Office. They at onc'
manifest great interest in ANNA
Ley attended several meetings, a
wife delivered addresses, ant
nad been down to the Office anG
= Them two or three times the.
IT, association for the Prevention
:; 70 Angle worms and the Societ.
moderation of the Condition O:
tne hace, in q body.
. sn,s thing had been going on SOM
nead clerk in the Office came il
W. with a smile on his face and
10 neels. He said the dog was TO,
ne thought she would like it
~ me to take the dog home.
u. nrst, but the clerk insisted.
. anoIl partner in the firm, but whe,
>'efk insists he generally carrier
would repel with sc0rn and in
~ lnslnuation that I am afraid o!
n ,et ne rarely requests aQythinl
granted. He is . valuable mai
a nI once, and it is his way.
,oh the dog home.