The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-16
HE STUFFS DEAD PETS.
A NEW YORK TAxIDERNusT TELLS
OF BIS QUEER CLIENTELE.

and Parrots Bis Most Frequent Sub
teots-GrAveyard for Pets.
from tAe CHICAGO Times
| NEW YORK, Feb 2S-Sobbing bitterly,
the woman opened the wicker basket aud
took therefrom a dead cat.
81 would rather have lost member OF
our family !" she gasped, striving in vain to
stay the course OF natural grief. Then she
added. 1T was just like this; Poor Venus
was my only JOY. reared her from earliest
infancy. She WIS the most remarkable cat
you ever saw. found her in an ash barrel
seven years ago. She was being stoned 70
death by rude boys And now she Is dead .'
at is the way of the world, said tins man
earnestly.
And had lovely bed for my cat, and
a lovely set of furniture. Venus could do
everything but speak"
! The disconaoIate lady went Of in another
spasm. She then took some bills out Of her
| purse, dried her eyes, rearranged the gloves
on her jeweled hands, ana swept grandly
! out TO her carriage.
| She vas to call in a month for TRbby, all
stuffed lifeIike.
Her within had cost her SS5-in advance.
/ w en-, bhlu bLB LdAAuEItuLSb. turning 10
! me after the rich customer had swept out
/ of the door, that is about the way it goes.
| This woman said that she would rather
| have lost q member OF her family than that
! her cat should have died. o, don't be sur
| prised at that. Sometimes they come ia
| here and detain me for hour. have to
listen with composure, siding in with them
in the dark hour OF their bereavement
And you make them pay in advanced
81 do Nv Haar fAllopv hrr,a,,
is SO ohangeRble. We are here to-day aud
in Canada tomorrow. We make up our
minds to this or that, and before yon can
say jack Robinson we are Off on a new
tack. Its the same with our treatment OK
| pets, whether bird or beast. must have
my money in advance from society people.
! Many and many dog, or cat. or rat. or
canary bird has been left on my hands by
people whose grisfs have become healed In
a week or two. Full Of sentiment, they
come here saying: 4 shall have
| Fido stuffed. must have his
image preserved in excelsior cotton
! and arsenic In a couple OF weeks the
! atilict!on is in q degrees healed and Fido is
| forgotten. II I write then a letter telling
them that have spent Sl5 or $50 gu the raw
! materials g. staff out FIdo's sides to their
lifelike portIiness what do you suppose the
/ answer comes back 10 me from the be-
reaved society woman
! ~ DO not know What is the RESPONSE =,
1T is this: / will make you q present OF
! Fido. have changed my mind. Sell Fido
| il you can: if hot, use him as a window
ornament For this / will charge you no
rent
HAVE YOU PET?
The fashionable taxidermsst is not with
out his trials aud fluctuations, as may lie
judged from the above. He is the prey OF
| g we'll appinfv ayirla vrhOaa MAJ Caparfoa b,
died be is the victim Of old maids, who
have lost e tame cat; he is the game of
sp0rtsmen, who nave bRgged 6 woodchucle
or a grounding, and v no, in burst OF en-
thusiasm. decide to have the thing stuffed
And then the society girl forgets about
| her pet canary; and the old maid changes
her mind about thst cat; and the ohappie
/ sportsman concludes that he doesn't want
! thai grounding anyway.
| IVY ha5 do you stuff 'em withP asked
| toyigg With iargo-sised house dog, whose
| CLASSY eyes gleerRsd. at Ine in farawsy
! fashion
Anything aill do. b" said the aster-dea,h
artist; anything except brick backs In nv
! relations 60 society would state that am
! called upon TO stuff and mount nearly every
| imaginable animal, bird aud beast. You
| would be surprised at the curious pets peo-
J pie have IN their homer stuff fish guinea
! pigs, lambs, dogs. cats. rats, mice, hooking
birds, geese, ROSTERS. snakes, crocodiles,
chickens, ducks, horses.
mercy mel"
az stuff monstrosities, wild cats, trout,
eagles, woodpeckers, moles, prairie hens,
muskrats, skunks, tigers, lions, wolves,
! bears.n
"Well, well ~
81 stuff cove, calves, sheep. pigs, badgers,
| deer, elk. moose heads, squirrels, raccoons.
! PCT birds, pet beasts, tan skins and make
rugs"
A ring ct the door checked further deliv-
cry OF the fearful catalogue
She was tall, slender spinster, who wore
a snuCf-colored dress and carried small
black handbag, Ont Of this she took dead
| canary bird. She approached the tazider-
mist and began talking.
She told all about her family history,
from tho time her ancestors landed at Red
HOOK, l.. I.
She traced the story OF the love Of her
people for outdoor gpnrts and dastimeI and
how they all dearly loved pets, aud how
bird5 were their especial favoriteg, although
she admitted, in an aside. that some Of
them liked race horses and bulldogs.
She told tho life history Of the dear de.
parted bird, and where it had Come from,
and how It ate, and how 1t loved, mated
aud raised happy family Of nine distinct
broods in four short years, and how her
lDuSiy 1As WGb IlleQ Win gIdQQ9Ss, and
how che loved that feathersd songster and
how she wished 1t could speak aud il such
were possible, she was sure 1t would sub
stsntiate here every statement.
When she paused to take breath the tax
idermise said slowly, with manifest feel
ing: ~.
ut win cost you 81 to have the bird
mounted and preserved. Cash in advance.
Delivery in ten days
"Have-hRve you any cats aboutr she
ventured, hesitatingly handing over the
dead pet.
BY way Of reply tho taxidermist took her
bird, placed it head downward in paper
cornucopta, and locked the treasure IN a
big iron safe.
YOUR PET AFTER DEATH.
To prepare and mount pet is delicate
art. 1t takes years Of careful study. A
taKideFmist must know a thing or two
about nature. When the specimen ts first
treated it Ia peeled Of It's skin. This is a
process difficult g. explain. You might
stand beside a taxidermist at work and but
vaguely comprehend what be was doing
even ii he explained. 81 ep by step, the vari-
GUS processes. The frame Of the animal is
withdrawn, the meat is taken off the bones,
the skull is opened. and the brains despoiled
and all withO breaking the hide. How
is 1t donei That's tins art. II you kne W
that you would be q taxidermist and could
command $50 for stufRing dog or a cat.
went into the laboratory of the uatur-
alist. He began working on a parrot.