Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-09
AN ECCENTRIC PUG DOG.
A Little Animal Who Chews Gum and
Amuses His Acquaintance.

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A most intelligent and interesting
pug dog is owned by Miss Nellie Pay
fair, Of the Forest house, in Scranton.
Pa. His name is Don, and besides be-
ing intelligent and cunning, he is oc-
casionally rs mischievous as he can
be. Miss Payfair has trained Don so
well that although he hates and
breads TO be put into his bath tub, he
now readily submits TO the infliction
and trots off to the bath room when
ever he sees that preparations are be,
ing made 10 relieve him of the mud
which has stuck TO his hair while he
has been romping with ours in the
street Don possesses an appetite that
is remarkable from the fact that he al.
ways seems hungry. In addition TO
the ordinary articles of food that all
dogs like, he is very fond Of sugar,
and if any Of the hotel guests are kind
enough TO toss him a cube of white
loaf sweetness, he will catch it on the
fly, crunch it quickly, lick his chops
for more and look wistfully at the
hand from which the lump came.
Don will sit on his launches and stick
out his tongue at the command of his
owner, and he will take a whipping
with the most serious face imaginable
after he has returned from q runaway
spell which he knew he did wrong to
take. When Don has been properly
dealt with for his willful disobedience
of orders, he frisks and capers about
for a time, but he soon forgets the gen.
tie chastisement and probably lets
some less favored dog lead him away
from the door again before nightfall,
coming back in the evening to have
his jacket tanned once more for his
forgetfulness.
But the most peculiar and remark
able characteristic about Don is his
habit Of chewing gum and the way he
has Of getting possession Of a delicious
morsel of that article when nobody is
looking. Toss a quid OF gum toward
him and he will catch it in his mouth,
scamper away toa corner of the room,
settle down into a comfortable posi-
ton and chew away on il with as
much apparent satisfaction as a west
ern girl. He doesn't try To swallow il,
and after he has sat In the corner for
awhile he taxes walk around, chew
ing meditatively as he goes, and look
ing as serious as a person 80 years old.
DR.. J. S. Walden lives on Spruce
street, q few doors from the Forest
house, and Don frequently trots over
to the doctors Office to play with the
doctors little son George. George has
the habit Of chewing gum. too, and he
also had the habit until recently of
plastering his quid on the under side
of the table top whenever he desired
TO give his jaws a resting spell.
When little George went to look
for his gum one day il wasn't where
he had put it. So he bought a new
stick and when he got tired of chew
ing it he stuck il in the old place. II
was gone when he wanted il, and lit
tie George accused various members
of the family of having stolen his
guild. They denied the impeachment
pcint blank, and little George began
to wonder why his gum disappeared
in a mysterious way. Half a dozen
guilds were lost ON as many different
days, and little George believed that
the folks had been fbbing to him and
that they had been stealing his gum
in order TO see if they couldn't break
him Of the habit of chewing. But one
day he caught the thief. In an un-
guarded moment Miss Payfair's dog
stood up on his hind feet and gobbled
up Georges quid from underneath the
table, and little George then knew ii
was he who had been making away
with the gum from day to day.
There is nothing vicious about Don
and the guests at the hotel admire him
for his intelligence, even temper and
many cunning and interesting tricks.
Don is Of a very jealous nature, and
he makes a great fuss whenever he
sees anybody fondle or caress any
other dog that may happen TO be in
the hotel. At such times he pushes
the other dog out Of the way If he can,
looks pleadingly at the caresser, sits
close TO him and silently asks TO be
fondled and rubbed. While Don is
actually not worth 500. Miss Payfair
would probably be disinclined TO part
with him for twice that amount