The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-05
DIDN'T LIKE HIS BATH.
Havoc Created In a 4 a'timore Drug store
nv An Effort TO Cleanse y Dog.

bv an Effort TO Cleanse a Dog.
From the Baltimore American.
A dog created a panic in Lexington
street drug store a day or two ago ana
caused business to be suspended for
an hour and a half 1t happened this
way: A we'll known society lady went
along Lexington street on shopping
tour, accompanied by a fine, sleek
white dog. The animal was OF an IN
quisitive disposition, and. besides not
being able to read, paid no attention
to a conspicuous sign marked paint,
and brushed up against ii. AS a con-
sequence he got a bright red stripe
along one side, making him look ike
a sheep that some butcher had marked
for the slaughter AS the dog was
great pet, this Disagreement was
great modification to the lady, and
she hurried to the nearest drug store
and asked for some spirits of turpen-
tine and a sponge. The druggist not
knowing to what use the turpentine
was to be put. and never dreaming OF
the serious consequences to his drug
business, readily complied. Then the
lady caught the dog, and poured
quantity of turpentine on him and
started to rub off the paint with the
sponge. She did not rub long.
The instant the turpentine reached
the dogs skin that animal apparently
concluded that he had reached the
place that Bob Ingersoll says doesn't
exist He gave howl that was heard
for a block or two away, and with a
leap made for the door. This, unfortu-
nately, was closed, and then the ami
NAL, mad with pain, leaped over a
showcase and into shelves filled with
bottles. He jumped hack again, and.
Just to show what a big white dog can
do when he gets mad enough, he kept
owl ha
have done credit to the trained dogs
| in a circus His wild leaps were lib
orally punctuated Wy bowls and banks,
| and soon a large crowd or curious
| spectators gathered outside the store.
thinking that a mad dog was running
amuck The lady tried to pacify the
| beast, but her only reward was a bite
on one hand. AS the proprietor of the
store saw the dog break bottle after
bottle. and one valuable article after
| another, he became desperate. and
rushed for the door to let the animal
out. The lady strenuously objected.
| especially when she saw outside the
| door a policeman with a revolver in his
| hand, waiting to get a shot at the un-
/ lucky and unfortunate animal. The
policeman waited in vain, while the
! dog, inside the store. like the band,
played on. Mirrors, showcases, any
4 thing and everything went to pieces
before that bowling dogs antics. A
clerk wanted to kill the dog, but was
afraid to make an attack on him.
Seeing that the animal could not be
got out of the store and that he was
/ foaming at the mouth, the druggist re-
membered that sweet oil was an anti
dote for the effects of turpentine. and
suggested that he try that as a rem
! edy Sweet oil was gotten. but no one
would venture to try and hold the dog
which by this time evidently thought
that there was no land that Is hotter
than this. So the druggist. posting
himself at a point of vantage behind
the counter began to throw sweet OF
at the dog. Sometimes the oil struck
the dog and more frequently IL missed
him. After a half hour of this sort oil
battle enough oil was gotten on the
animal TO make him feel a little mor'
comfortable. and he began TO quie
down. At last he got so tractable tina
the lady was able to take him home
But the streak of red paint was still
on him, and the drugstore had sus
pended business for an hour and I
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