The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-05-12

DuIlOOkS, pOOulcS duu WudUQOU. linen
came grist of circulars and letters
about dog food, dog collars, chains,
flea powder and hundred things Of
that kind.
cat the end of the month, when l
made out the money-order report to
send to Washington, [ saw where Jim
Snedaker had bought a money order
for ST.. so IN favor of the New York
Herald. That confirmed my suspicion,
but l said nothing to Jim, as the
thing had by that time about blown
over.
"In day or two, however, l receiv-
ed telegram from some dog fancier
in New Jersey, saying that having
seen my advertisement he had sent me
by express seven young newfoundland
| Cured to me that young Rogers had
| gone from our neighborhood down to
New Jersey to teach school, and that
Snedaker had probably prompted him
to send the telegram. That telegram
worried me nearly to death. what
am l going to do with seven New
foundland pups?' l kept asking my
self: l canvassed the town and neigh
boring country to see if I couldn't find
| some one who would take the other
six, for had concluded to keep one.
After much work induced some Of
| the other boys to agree to take five of
them off my hands and pay their share.
had them sign paper to that effect,
just as a memorandum. They didn't
hesitate, for they knew the telegram
was fictitious. Several days passed
and my dogs didn't come. l began to
worry about their being fed on the
| way, and pictured to myself the ar
rival OF crate full Of dead dogs.
"While | was in this state of sus-
pense-,,with the boys all making life
contribution to the subject of dogs,
from Rochester. 1t was from a young
lady there by the name Of Baker, whose
father had been very fond of New
foundland dogs. He had recently died
and she found herself in possession OF
six fine pups which were a nuisance to
| her. She had tried to give them away,
but none of her acquaintance wanted
the bother of dog in the city. Final
ly someone remembered having read
my advertisement, and gave her my
address,. II l wanted the dogs she
would be glad to present them to me,
she said l telegraphed her at once,
and In turn / began now to chuckle
under my breath at the other fellows.
"The next day the pups arrived, and
I sent word to Jim and the other
fellows that I was ready to fill my part
of our contract. Pretty soon Jim came
| into the poStOffice and asked me what
| [ meant. He thought it was joke of
mine. But no, there were the dogs
still in the crate, as friSky and hand
some little fellows as you ever saw.
"There was no way out it. Jim had
to take his dog and pay for it, and the
| other fellows followed suit. I let 'em
off for $40 apiece, which made $50 out
of the deal, with my dog into the bar
| and for while L had the advantage.
But one day they got that con-
| tirmed joker, Andy Smith, the printer,
to print 500 postal cards and address
them to newspapers all over the cOun.
| try, inquiring how much they would
| charge me to run an advertisement of
my alleged patent dog-churn. AS re-
suit letters came pouring in upon me
again, and the stream kept up for two
weeks. Nearly 20 editors said they
would insert the 'ad' in return for one
of the churns. A number of the pa.
pers gave me editorial notices to show
dog churn with such convincing praise
that I began to get letters from
farmers and dairymen in various parts
of the country who wanted the ma.
chimes and from merchants who wanted
to sell them.
| "Dog- churns we're a novelty at that
time, and with these orders to start
on made up my mind to start dog.
churn factory. furnished the money
and Bill Sims did the work. We
started to make the churns in the
back part of Bill's tin-shop, but the
business soon forced us into a big fac
| If till ho ~
Bill's death there was hardly a
farmer in the country who hadn It
heard of Andrews & Sims's
dog-churns. When Bill died sold out
my share in the business for a nice
round sum and the factory was moved
away.
But the best part of it, as I look at
it, is yet to come. Soon after the dog
episode I went to Rochester on bust
ness. Meantime had sent Miss Baker
| the $50 had got of Jim and the other
| and 1T come handy to her. 1t turned
| out that she knew relations of mine in
Rochester, and so [ was taken to call
On her. We had such a good laugh
over the dog story that we felt &C.
quainted with each other right from
the start. 1t wasn't many months be-
fore Miss Baker came to Sellersville as
Mrs Andrews, and the boys saw I'd
got ahead of 'em again, for there
wasn't a girl in town who could hold a
candle to her. That was 80 years ago,
but to this day Mrs Andrews and 1
have our laughs at the dog story. Jim
Snedaker little thought when he played
that April fool joke on me that he was
setting me up in business and intro.
ducing me to my future wife.
Come up some time, Mr. Hobson,
and see US. Goodnight"