Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-12
A TRIO
Of Incidents Out of the
Ordinary.
A Peculiar Dog. A Bachelors Joke.
and HaV Fever.

anu nay FefeT.
Just now while the dog-star is ris.
ing and setting with the sun, every.
body knows that it is appropriate tc
refer to this season of the year as the
"Dog days" The dog-star usually
keeps pace with the actions of the
sun from the latter part of July until
September l, and during this period
of time it is but natural that a few
words should be said in reference to
dogs, for, you know, ''every dog has
his day" Thursday was ''dog-day'
with local paper, and about col
umn cf space was devoted to the de-
scription of canine whose home is
in one of the townships of the
county.
"This dog is possessed of several
peculiarities. At times he appears
without ears; then, instantly ears
begin to grow and continue to grow
to length of several feet" Collec-
lively speaking, and quoting the ex-
act phraseology of the local paper,
this dog is ''big, black, horrid look
ing beast" Did Pegasus exist these
days, one might imagine that the
reporter had mounted the winged
steed and journeyed way off to the
dog-star for inspiration to write an
appropriate story for dog-days.
There is also ali extraordinary
dog at Cuyahoga Falls. Passengers
on the A. d G. F. r. T. company's
line have recently noticed a pecu-
liarly colored canine playing about
the tracks in the northern part of the
little village. To the casual observer
the dog looks to be of a color not
unlike a half-ripe elderberry. Once,
though, it was purple as the language
of a candidate the next day after ''it
went the other way" Originally,
this dog was yellow pug. but his
owner had a happy thought, which
was at once carried out. Some
purple diamond dye was procured
and mixed in a vessel to the proper
consistency. The dog was then
dipped in and the rest was done.
But night out in the rain has
changed his coat to dingy color.
One of Akron's business men is a
jolly bachelor, who despite his con-
dition of single blessedness, turns an
attentive ear to the admonition, 1T
is not well for man to be alone He
is by no means a misogynist. Re-
Gently this bachelor had occasion to
write business letter to gentle
man residing in neighboring city.
When a reply to the letter came it
was evident that great mistake had
occurred; the letter had been opened
by young woman, whose name was
evidently very similar to that of the
gentleman to whom the letter was
originally addressed. At any rate
the answer was written by woman.
This naturally started up a cor
respondence which became very in
teresting. But the last letter written
by the woman was full of rebuke. 1t
was good joke. In fact it was so
good that the bachelor could not
help but tell few friends about it,
and it was so good that they couldn't
help but tell their friends, AID so
finally the story has come out. The
last words of the young woman are
follows:
81 do not believe that it is worth
while writing to you any more, for
/ am positive that you are married.
At any rate it is of no use for you to
correspond with me unless matri-
mony is intended"
Were you to ask VIM. f. Waugh,
assistant ticket agent at the Erie de-
pot, what day of the year he most
dreaded, his answer would undoubt-
edly be, August l5." But why?
That's the day Mr.. Waugh gets the
hay fever, and it continues for a
space of six weeks. For the past %
years Mr.. Waugh has gone to bed on
the evening of August IA feeling hale
and hearty. On the morning of the
10Th all is different. He has a we'll
developed case of hay fever. You
feel like saying that is funny. 1t is
not funny for Mr.. Waugh, though.
But isn't it peculiar fact?