St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-03
DAcHsHUNDS FOR FLATS
last the Dog Needed to Meet Sone
Peculiar Conditions Of
Modern Life.

000t the DOE Nee0c0 10 Meet S0.$
Peculiar Conditions Of
Modern Life.
"A dachshund is the only sort of dog
to keep in an apartment" said Mrs
Harlemfatte. decisively..
Il thought dogs and children weren't
allowed in New York flats" said the
Brooklyn woman. who was visiting.
We'll, they're not really; but you can
always sneak in dog; it's different
with a baby. We had the dachshund-
Sweetness, Harry named him, because
he was long drawn out-we had him
expressed in a box labeled Golf set.
The idea is that you move in without 9
dog, you know. and then have II
brought in by night or else expressed as
we did. Then if the agent should call
to inquire, why, it is easy to put it in
the stationary tubs or out on the fire
escape or even on the dumb waiter.
You can't do that with baby!"
'Hardly!" said the Brooklyn woman.
thinking of her own little darling in
their roomy cottage at Drop-off-by-th
Sea in South Brooklyn; but l cannot
see how you like those horrid dach-
shunds; they remind me of great long
beetles!"
1T isn't q case of liking them exact
Iy, Angelica; it's ease of suitability.
If you have a French poodle or even
pug around fiat it seems to be full OF
dog. But dachs seems to be built for
fiat life. He can put his head in the
drawing-room door to be petted or adj
mired and at the same time he's wag.
ging his tail in the kitchen.
II should think bright little fox
terrier would be nicer"
.The trouble with fox terrier in
fiat is that he is too lively. He lacks re-
pose. A dachshund sleeps OCCASIONAL
ly; but I had terrier once who simply
be taught what night was. He
objected to the lamps being lowered.
and kept jumping up at the side 81 TIE
bed and pulling the covers of for fun.
He couldn't see why anyone wanted to
waste time sleeping. Atfrst it seemed
quite a joke, but after three hours
Harry said one could have even too
much of a good thing. so he shut him
out in the library, and then he began to
bark at the rubber plant and woke up
the canary and nOsed around the
kitchen for something to eat; in fact, he
the fiat The woman down
stairs sent up to ask us if we wouldn't
please discontinue our waltzing at
midnight, as her husband had to work
for their living daytimes. So we had
to get rid of it. Then we got an Irish
pug"
IAN Irish pug? l never heard Of
such a dog!"
''Oh. yes.. l found he was an Irish
pug this way. He was very destructive
dog and tore up everything he could
get his teeth on; cushions - hooks,
everything! l had beautiful white
satin table scarf embroidered with yell
low and white daisies with long green
stems and leaves. The ends hung over
close to the floor and were finished with
fringe of chenille balls. alter
mating orange and green. One day
ii was March II, St. Patrick's day
came in and found the dog sitting by
the table looking, oh-so happy and
satisfied. Then 1 saw that he had eat
en- off every green ball and left the
orange ones. couldn't understand
why, until Harry told me it was patri-
otism and that it was an Irish pug.
Poor thing! it died of the shock.
after that fringe episode, and learn
ing about his race, you know, thought
i best to try an ounce of prevention.
When 1 went out next time / got .
leather leash about three yards long
and tied him up in the bathroom under
the marble basin. It was perfect maze
Of nickel pipes. and when reached
home found the dog had been playing
some game over them, for he had climbed
in and out and over and under so that
he was inextricably mixed up in them.
md there was only about an inch of the
leather leash that wasn't >wopnd mp
IN the pipes. Besides this, he had
SO on it that his eyes were
out of his head. Well. wal
70 confused and frightened that did
not think! Instead of unlocking his
collar / began to try and unwind hin
BY pushing him back the way he has
come. and some of the places were .,
mail that it seemed as though he'd
never get through. He had gone head
irst. you see. but had to put him
through the other way. 1t was just
ike crochet work, and when finally
rot him all out he lay there like dead.
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.'Then Harry got the dachshund. OF
you can never get to love dach-
shunds. but they were made for flats.
Every apartment has q long hall, and
hey look SO bare and unfurnished. We
have taught the dachshund to stay
along the hall close to the wall and he
: no trouble He really lives in the
hall, and his head is all we entertain in
The different rooms. We know he is
here, so what difference does it make?
It is all very well to talk of intelligent
logs and cute dogs. and affectionate
1ogsjbut what one wants in six-foot
Hat is q six-foot dog that distributes
himself evenly and helps to fiIl up a
long hall. Sweetness isn't pretty dog,
but he suits our fiat, and he il easy to
pack when one mOves.'-N. Y. Sun.
Grin SupeRstitisa.
A very uncomfortable superstition
prevails in the Minieh province. When
ever a pigeon house Is to be made the
fellaheen consider that the pottery
used in its construction should be
baked by the help of human body.
pigeon house was to be erected in
the beginning of this month at the
village of Beni Soomroock, in this prov.
ince. and this necessary preliminary of
its construction was not forgotten A
young child was first caught. and in
spite Of his struggles was put into an
oven and burned alive while the pot
terry was baked with the aid of this
human holocaust. Two men, one OF
A. x~c<Jo kovo hopn n