Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-07-19
THE RIGHT KIND OF DOG.
Smart Fox Terrier That Saved q
Family from the Poor
house.

house. The dog paid the rent, bought
medicine for sick woman, kept the
table going for a month, and even put
shoes on his masters feet, relates a
Chicago paper.
Flash is the name Of the dog, and he
is a fox terrier. How he performed
these remarkable things is best told
by his owner.
MY wife and | came to Chicago
about four months ago from st.
Louis" he said. I'VE had been mar
RED only a short time when | lost my
position as a drug clerk. | tried for
two weeks to get work al any kind OF
employment, but / was unable to find
anything TO earn dollar at. So we
decided 10 pick up and come TO Chi
cago. Upon our arrival here we got
three rooms for seven dollars month
and settled down TO housekeeping as
soon as the furniture arrived.
1T was right after the holidays that
we landed here, and | found the drug
business even slower in Chicago than
n was in ST. Louis. There were few
advertisements in the papers from day
to day for drug clerks, but it was al.
ways my luck to be too late. After The
second week | began TO answer any
kind Of an advertisement of help want
ed. Being a stranger in the city, l had
difficulty in looking up places, and |
was slow in getting TO addresses be-
cause | did not want TO spend any
money for car fare. When | arrived
here | had less than $50 and the little
pile was growing smaller day by day,
and by the end of March our money
was about gone.
Now I'll tell you about the dog. lie
is one that my wife raised from a pup.
Ply. | wanted TO sell him 10 a friend
in ST. Louis when we left. but the wife
wouldn't listen to it. She said She
wouldn't come to Chicago unless Flash
came with her. lie is pedigreed fox
and is worth So of anybody's money.
1T was election day, the I'd OF
April viii never forget it-that my
wife tied a blue ribbon around the
dogs neck and told me to take him
out and sell him. We were fiat broke,
and she thought | could get at least ten
dollars for the dog. She cried a little
when | left home. and it seemed rs Il
the dog knew what was going on. !
brought him down TO Madison and
Dearborn streets, and | wasn't there
two hours before l sold him. He is
such prettily marked little fellow
that everybody who passed stopped to
look at him. | set a price Of ten dol.
lars on him because | knew nobody
would pay more than that. More than
so persons asked me the price, and
when l would tell them they would
walk away, saying: He's a nice dog,
but l don't care to pay that much
/ finally came down to five dollars. be.
cause the wife was sick and in need Of
medicine, and l thought best to get it
as soon as possible. a woman with
gold-bowed spectacles bought him and
took him home. didn't ask her where
she lived, and | don't know to this day.
THE second day after that the dog
returned home. Where he came from
or how he got back don't know. My
wife was so 4ad 10 see him that she
forgot her sickness for awhile. She
was fondling the dog and talking baby
talk TO him when the thought occurred
10 me to take him out and sell him
again. Maybe he'll run away from his
next master and come back to us
again | said to the wife, and we both
laughed heartily. l took the dog down.
town in the afternoon and had no
trouble in selling him again for five
dollars. The next morning before we
were up he was back a the little fat
on Confer avenue. He seemed 10 un.
derstand why he was being sold, and
he expressed his approval of the
scheme by laughing and talking. That
may sound strange 10 some people who
do not understand dogs. but it is a fact
that dogs laugh and talk just the same
as human beings.
During the month Of April I SOLD
the dog seven times. getting five dol.
lars for HIM each time. II II naun
been for him we certainly would have
been compelled.to apply to the county
agent for relief. The wife was in need
Of medical attention. and it is prob.
able she would have had to GO TO the
poorhouse. The S35 | got for the dog
paid the rent and all other expenses,
besides buying a pair of shoes for me.
| got position ;he 1st Of May, and !
guess we will have smooth sailing
from now on. All the money in the
world would not induce my wife or my.
self to part with the dog, who really
saved Us from the poorhouse."
Meant What He said.
ooh, there goes Nell Gaddington
with her fnancee," said old Mr.. Grum-
pleson.
Father" exclaimed Gladys, who is
a graduate of Smith. won't you ever
give up the habit of butchering our
language? You mean feeoBsay."
NO, | don't mean feeonsay, nuth-
err. Amt she goin' to marry the
blame fool for his money?'-Chicago
Record-Herald.
4 Wonderful Cure.
Cassidy-Yis, Dim all right now doc
Their. Ills the quare way We hoy o.
curin' man. intjrcly.