The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
THE BURGLAR PROOF DOG.

There has been an epidemic of burs
 glaries up in Westchester County this
 spring and simmer All sorts of
 schemes have been tried to catch the burglars. but without success. Most
 of the folks have depended largely on dogs for protection. One family had five dogs and felt itself absolutely se- cure; but some burglars managed to get acquainted with the dogs by feed ing them over tlIefence, and when they got ready to rob the house the dogs did not prove any obstacle. The same thing happened to other people
 At last one of the old residents, af- ter he had been visited by burglars for the tihrd time. evolved scheme which he believes will prevent any undue fa-
 niliarity on the part of burglars with his present dog, big brtndle bull. He bought the dog on the assurance that 1t was the most savage animal the dealer had. He had disposed of his other dogs, a Great Dane and a bull terrier, with regret, solely because they had fraternized with the thieves, and
 he determined to fix his new purchase so that no man other than members of his family might enter his premises at night with safety, He kept the dog chained up during the day, and when night came he gave him the run of the yard, around which there is fence about five feet high.
 Soon after dark he put on some old clothes belonging to one of his brothers,
 tied a. black rag over his face and went out by the front door. Coming, around to the side of the house, where the dog was at liberty in the yard, he
 leaned over the fence and called the dog. With a fierce growl the dog came tearing toward the fence and sprang at the man, The man threw over to the dog piece of meat. The dog smelled the meat, and finding it good proceeded to devour it. ....-
 The next evening the man came back in the same old clothes. and this time the dog did not. spring at him, but Jumped as though to ask for a second
 piece of meat. He got it all right, but this piece was doctored. This time he got sheep's heart, in the center of which had been carefully placed a | liberal dose of red pepper. The dog gulped 1t down and for half minute all was well. Then the trouble began.
 The red pepper began to get in its fine work, and the dog began to howl with plain, rush furiously around the yard,
 drinking from his bucket as fast as he could for a minute or two and then Irushing to corner where he had dug Ia hole to hide some bones, and sticking This tongue oh the moist earth The lman was forgotten for the moment
 After watching the poor beast for 1( minutes or so, he returned to the house 1 nure that his plan would work.
 Vt did not work to perfection. Wher 1 the man went round the third evening still in disguise, the dog flew toward the fence and tried his best to get over it Failing that he crouched down in front
 of the man had grown viciously. Agair
 a piece Of meat was thrown over tt
 him, a good piece, but this time it wal Itreated with contempt and not ever lsmelled. The dog had learned his les lson. The owner is satisfied that there lis one dog in Westchester County tha lis proof against the advances of an, burglar who trusts to making friends by throwing meat ,ver the fence.-Nep
 York Sun.