Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-11
POINTS ABOUT DOGS.
sUNDRT REMARKS ABOUT VARIOUS
KINDS or CANINE PETS.

1t for them, are regular enthusiasts in re
firing unlicensed dogs from circulation, it
Is fair for me 10 infer that the owners of
the numerous dogs seen on the streets have
paid the requisite license.
This being so, there must I've a great many
people in New York who are so much at
tached to their four footed pets that they
are willing TO pay actual cash 10 retain
them as companions The average New
Yorker likes dogs more than the resident
of any other city in the world, except Paris
during the siege.
Almost every style Of plain and orua
mental dog is represented in New York
Dogs of all breeds gaze at you from the
windows of the houses along the lines of
the elevated railroad From the window
of passing carriage a Skye terrier looks
out, creating the impression that he is
after all, not "a dog, but an imported Eng
lish snob Of the Lord Dundreary style Of
beauty All that be needs to completely
deceive the public IS an eyeglass
DIFFERENT KINDS or DOGS
There are emaciated greyhounds, which.
like the Sarah Bernhardt parasol have
their ribs on the outside; ugly, squatty,
drab pugs, the favorte pet of the ladies,
French poodles, shaver, with tuft of hair
on the end Of the tail, and Mexican dogs,
called "pelons,n which cannot flee as
bird TO the mountain, because they are as
destitute of hair or feathers as the front
row in the orchestra
friend Of mine living in Harlem, who
has never owned a dog to cheer him with
the gentle wag of his tail, has written to
me to pick him out a dog-that is, If !
think there is no danger of hydrophobia
He also wants To know what is the best
remedy for hydrophobia in case his pet
should be afflicted with it. and to let him
know what my views on the subject of
dogs really are. As there are many Others
who are hungry for information on this
subject have given the question a great
deal Of time and meditation
The dog is generally r-garded as a noble
animal 80 Is man, " hen he behaves him
self However, it can be said that, al
though the dog has associated with man
for the last five or six thousand years, he
has only contracted one Of mans bad hab-
its-viz., that Of worrying his species when
he finds one IN distress A dog with a tin
kettle tied to his tail is chased by all the
other dogs; so is the man who gets into
trouble
/ There are, however, some things about
dogs none Of us like--feas, for instance
But greater objection still is the tendency
of the canire TO become rabil 1t is almost
impossible to ascertain whether or not
dog has actually got hydrophoba Some
CANNES are addicted to fits which are often
mistaken for hydrophooia Frothing at
the mouth is no sure sign, for a dog may
/ froth worse than a Couey Island glass of
/ beer, and yet not be half as mad as the
man that tries 10 drink it,
uYDRoPHOBIA AND MAD DOGS.
Hydrophobia is a disease full Of mystery
man has been bitten by dog that was
unmistaEably hydrophobic, and yet the
man did not go mad at all On the other
hand, man has been bitten By dog that
showed no ptnms whatever of hydro
phobia. yet, nevertheless, the bitten man
got SO mad THAT meeting the owner Of the
dog three weeks afterWard be seized him
by the collar and wrapped him around "a
telegraph pole several consecutive times
Z very queer case occurred in Texas A
gentleman wss out walking with his
mothcr.iu-law for his pleasure They were
attacked by n rahid dog. such animals
are absolutely destitute of fear But the
queerest feature was that the man suf
fered intensely IL required the strongest
/ opiates to restrain him, and even then his
cries of anguish could be heard for blocks
and blocks
/ The man had not been bitten at all-at
( least not by the dog-neither had his
mother u-law, but the dog tore to pieces a
valuable shawl worth seyenty-tiye dollars
the lady was wearing, ana she gave her
son-iu-law To understand that she expected
him to buy her new one The man was
of a selfish disposition aud the idea Of
equandcriug on his mother-in-law the
money he had laid aside for cigars made
him almost frantic With grief DR.. Spitzka
and other distinguished specialists have
declared this to be one Of the most remark
able cases ON record
Hydrophobia is dreadful thing. The
meaning of the word is dread OF water
/ No doubt Pastour of Paris and Gibier
over in New Jersey can cure it if taken in
time but the surest cure is to inUculate
+ the suspected dog with gun just before
he gets the dread disease One ounce Of
lead administered internally is better than
ton of subsequent cure. To ascertain II
/ the dog is going TO 90 mad watch his &C
/ tions closely when n milk wagon passes.
I If he acts strangely have him destroyed at
once
THE BEST KIND OF a DOG
/ The person who has a dog for a pet has
to run the risk Of the animal going mad
+ Instead of coming up smiling and feeding
out Of his masters hand as he has been
! taught, tile dog may suddenly get mad
and feed on hi, masters leg without any
+ teaching whatever Even q dog hat was
not mad has been known to seize his mas
ter's wooden Lex he was veteran Of the
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