The record-union., 1899-03-30

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ton of the rules of school.
Three Dog Stories.
Among the latest tales told by lovers
of dogs are the following two related
nv. the owners of their respective canine
pets:
"I have a Maltese bulldog that shows
infinite wisdom on every other sup]ect
save, that of wasps. He cannot reailze
that wasps were not created as the
natural foods for bulldogs, and ne con-
tinues. therefore, in his reckless career
of catching and swallowing every wasp
within a reachable radius. Last sum-
mer he had the i'll luck to encounter
retaliating specimen, and his pa'nlul
experience of the havoc which i've
wasp NAV create in a bulldog interior
lasted for upwards of two hours. HIS
day of reckoning came when he hap
pened to swallow, without due masti-
cation. a wasp sturdy and smart
enough to realize that, before breathing
his last. he could take swift. sharp
revenge on the stomach of his formid-
able enemy Of his race. I happened TO
witness the wasp-swallowing incident,
so that I was not surprised some min
utes later when two or three members
of the household announced in tragic
tones that the bulldog had gone sud
denly mad, and must perforce be snot.
His tongue, swollen and blaekened
hung from his mouth, the whites OF has
| eyes rolled in real agony, and his whole
appearance was so fierce that deemed
| it prudent to chain him to his kennel.
His appearance was tragic and plteous,
and for two whole hours he rolled over
and over in acute pain, his hair on end,
and great knotty swellings all over his
| body. The wasp poison was evidently
potent Between the paroxysms. which
| occurred at short intervals, veterl-
nary surgeon administered huge doses
of opium and, choral Whether the re-
suit be due to the vast quantity of mar
cotics administered, together with a
| fair amount of whisky, or whether 1t
was a fair struggle between his health
| mess and the wasp virus, l do not at
tempt to Judge. At the expiration of
couple of hours his intolerable suffer-
| ings ceased, and he made a sudden
| convalescence The same afternoon
this incorrigible wasp catcher was
found contentedly chewing up another
of his winged enemies"
| Another man says: II have heard
dogs howl at the piano, but never be-
fore sing to it, as my Pomeranian did;
and, what was stranger still, ne was
always perfectly in tune. This is not
exaggeration, but fact; and he would
go right up the scale without false
note Whenever 1 played the piano he
used to sit in the middle of the room,
put his little nose in the air and join
in with a great deal of expression and
feeling He thoroughly enjoyed his mu-
sical performance, and seemed m
mensely pleased with himself. A Welsh
terrier we have in the house now often
comes and sits close to my feet when
1 am playing His nature is very
sentimental one at all times, and meek;
other dogs I have noticed do the same
thing. and this without either bowling
or singing My Pomeranian was any
thing but good tempered, meek or SEN
timental AT times he went into the
most fearful RACES when any one did
anything to annoy him. I have never
known a. dog which took such fiendish
hatred to people With me he was al
Ways the sweetest and most affection
ate and faithful little companion pos
sible. He was evidently the sort of dog
that must attach himself to one per-
son. More extreme opposites could not
be found than in him and the Welsh
terrier l have mentioned; so it shows
| that music affects dogs with different
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| A gentleman had left Rover at his
sisters while abroad for a few months,
and on his return the animal was so
excited that he was not surprised to
hear him barking in the night. The
barking was so persistent that the
| owner put on his dressing gown to go
downstairs and pat Rover on the head
| to soothe him He was no sooner in
bed again than the noise recommended.
So he made another journey to point
out. with some asperity, that the repe-
tition of the offense would call down
serious consequences upon the delin-
quent. He was just doing when the
barking started more furiously than
ever. and continued until he made
third journey-with the walking stick.
Soon after the disturbance began once
more. Fortunately, the gentleman was
too sleepy to get up again, and at last
he went off to sleep, vowing to sell the
dog next day. When the morning
came, however, his sister hoped that
he had not been reused by the barking
Other new parrot! It was always i'm
itating the dog at night, she said.-Chi-
cago News.
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