New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
TNTAILED HIS DOG.
AFTER VAIN SEARCH FOR VETERINARY
SURGEON HE PERFORMED THE
ANPUTATION.

From The Portland Oregonian.
A man living on Willamette Heights was recently
presented by a loving friend WIFE WY ''''''
white dog with yellow trimmings t., .
ACCOMMODATING the animal was thick volume i con on
tanning n list OF It's forbears rs far back as inr
time when Pennoyer wasn't seeking an once. II"
was naturally pleased with the acquisition ana 10
about dogs. he exhibited him with pride. ,-,-,
Good looking sort Of a dog" said the ir'ehd'
"K<indH exclaimed the owner, lie Is full.
boodcd fox terrier Eye got hs tag o t'e an awfl
vel ow streak I'm him. though awful yellow.
lie has. has he? May ask how you happen 10
"Easy enough Hes 60, tail. ain't he That's hat
all the proof you want What business has a iuIi-
Hood IN him His tall would be evolujed on. The
o. he human G aS @ea 's '~ Would
fellow 90, that showed up with tail nowadays: do
dog. but when Won talk about his being fun
The ncxt day when the dogs owner started down
town HIS wife observed the puppy wrissing under
where are YOU going with that dog" she In
I'm going TO put him through new process OF
evolution 81 my own Invention was ~" answer.
I'll boats Darwln's by eighteen thousand years"
about ton minutes later man with n very IN
pr6nchoi = downtown livery stable
can YOU amputatc this dogs tail7' he asked the
NV n W ws - The reply ,wo Amt got NO hor.e
doctor around h,rc,, There's one oyer 70 Jones =
over 10 Joncfs went man and dog. the latter
plainly growing apprehcnsiV".
Tho man addressed eyed tho visitor coldly q
minute. and SAID; 4 am veterinary surgeon cir.
= want This dogs tail locked"
sorry. but I've got som'ihing else 20 90. mere ;
horse doctor over az smith that don gct much
else TO % but 10 cut dogs tails OF HeI 90 H.
with the dog went over 70 Smiths.
where's the horse doctor" he asked.
Drunk" said the stable boy.
Anybody around here that can cut this dogs tnil
"AXc? / don; think! l want It done sccntif-
well. there's medical student across the stree,
that trims up bulldogs ears. Try him"
Across tho st:cet was the immediate destination
OF The owner OF me dog The medical student was
q livery stable In South Portland, where a man did
nothing but cut or dogs tails from the rising OF
the till the going down OF the same. SO ne
went TO South Portland. where he referred 10 a
o s se dogs on b he dd s iTg "ae WAS %
aRbTreviatinE their Saudal appendag.s lie knew
occupation was diminishing the eXtremlties OF
CANNES.
looked at his watch. Il Vas il 30 The morning
was already wasted. and he might well put in
the rest Of II. Dismssing unpleasant visions OF the
office boy going through his correspondence he re.
ncwcd his grasp on the dog. which now whln
car was detained by a procession Of steamboats,.
SShch Kept ne draw on ne steel bridge open a
Where's the man that cuts on dogs tailsy' no
nated. which stood At the top OF hill about thres
He's moved TO Portland Heights Take the
cable-car the other side. and
Take -" And the Disguised inventor took n
hasty departure. An hour aftcrward he reached
home.
M9e Tsr The axe he s- Hsked his wife
r NSever mind! Where's the axe?',
ADJOURNED to the cellar moment later there was
thud OF the well-known descrpton-a brief vein
terrier. V