The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-09

to be q horse doctor2f interrupted the
graduate Of a veterinary college to
whom a friend had been dellcately In
sluuatlng that he was built for, better
things. 'well, I'll tell you.H he coa-
tlnued, after . moments reflection,
Though can't see why you should
place the RELIEF Of suffering in the case
Of four-leggOd friend SO far below the
corresponding human profession.
when I was boy lived in a big
city near the public Zoo. got to
know the head-keeper pretty well BY
always hanging about and never being
in the way. He used TO let me into
the lot where they moved the cages
containing the sick wild beasts, and /
took a great interest in studying why
they got well or died. often looked
on ct minor surgical operations until I
became very used to the beasts, and be-
ing very fond of wild things anyway,
concluded there would be many q worse
way Of making living than by gaining
the gratitude Of dumb animals.
mot that they seem speechless to
me. you know, / never heard any
thing more eloquent in my life than
the actions Of Mrs. Mountain Lion on
the day she Increased the population By
three. When triplets come to an indie
pendent, self-supporting family they
bring with them. to say the least, a
temporary feeling Of dIsmay, II not real
annoyance. but whehn similar calam-
ity descends upon royal household,
the benAclaries OF charitable instltu-
ton, nobody minds What difference
can a baby more or less possibly make
when all are public charges? Wen,
the morning those babies came, you
would have known 1t at once by the
important way the parents walked
about in their front yard, while at
every thirteenth turn before the door,
Mrs. Mountain Lion would break the
promenade and enter the house, only to
return prouder than ever.
but that was not what started to
tell you about. l was bit older, but
yet full-aedged vet, when there came
to be trouble on Lion Hill. Three bis
lions, Judge. MollIe and Bob, lived to-
gethcr happily in one Of the most prom
lnent tats in that thIckly settled To-
callIty. Judge was the superlntendent's
special pet, and the biggest lion In
town. He had recently lost his apps
lite and though he lay quietly enough
). . $500. ISo,,to ana Rob were SUI
:" = 80, s.o,,' ha,,,1, IN ent nm all the
,..,or,ot ,,,hIcb In5ge snifsed Mt.
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HH -. 80 snS hosidos II hurt
rs, ne - ~st mn answer back from Judge
when thew asked why he did not get his
-
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....,n,o1 dIsl,La for general society
S S9.,,,,. s,,.ao,ss ,bo L.ener,s attention.
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NV NV o,',oI, 'sn,,,r,no during the visit
s So"' ~ ala rotttng M very detailed
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ieit sue % ''e -" vac 80, CO.
ated, and needed to De eHtrneteu' SUI
pose you were BOer, Just from Africa
handed nj n hotel where our EnglIsh
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