The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-03-08

,cottou which were stored near his
store building.
MI. Bowman's loss was about S5, 900
with 50, 500 insurance on stock and
building.
The fire is believed to have been
incendiary.
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ClAM&A&N own a good dog.
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SNIHN GASWA than good set
jzhsHsT gSAlN, ter or pointer dog.
IL ~ AgM Just think Of the
sport and amusement they furnish
during the hunting season. I have a
bird dog tha I would not part with for
any reasonable amount. Of course,
there are times during the off seoson
that he is not OF much real service
other than a pet, and again he is
somewhat expensive, but when
think of the pleasure he has afforded
ne I do not object to the expense
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eyes, it is strange how a person
will become attached to a dog" said
another Of the corner crowd. 'I have
dog that money could not buy. I
think I am about the only one around
home who cares anything for him at
all, as every time he gets in reach of
any of the others they take a punch
at him. He is full blooded pointer,
and is the sme4test dog ever saw" \
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.That's all right when it comes to a
pointer or setter,' said the first man,
"but how some people, especially
women, can rave as they do over one
of those blair-eyed, pie-faced, ring
tailed, wrong font pug dogs, gets me.
I knew Of a lady once who paid so
cents a week to have one of those
pug dogs bathed, and there was also
an old glasseyed black cat around
the house, which received almost as
much attention as did the aforesaid so
cents week pie-faced pug"
''Some people have peculiar ideas
aabout their pets! some like dogs,
others like CATS" said another Of this
crowd 'I once heard Of a mar who
was so attached to two cats that at his
death he left a valuable three-story
building as a home for these cats, and
SIS per month for house-keeper to
care for them during life
Speaking of paying so cents
bath for a dog, that's not a marker"
said my friend, Willie Fewclothes,
who was standing In the crowd with
a Pittsburg Stogie sitting at about an
ace-deuce angle out of the west cor
ner of his speaking tube. There are
society women in the large cities of
the North who spend $1,000 a year
on clothes for their poodles."
"On clothes for their poodles?" he
was asked.
Certainly; on house coats, walk
ing coats, busters, sweaters. COATS
lined with the finest Of satin, automo-
bile coats with hoods and goggles and
each coat fitted with a pocket for the
poodle's handkerchief"
81 never heard of such a thing
said the cigarette fiend.
I spoke to Willie at this point, and
told him to steady himself and not
lose his balance, but he kept going,
saying:
'It is absolutely true. Furthermore,
these women buy their pet dogs boots
Of different colored leather to match
the coats, house boots, street boots,
etc., that lace up nearly to the knee,
at a. cost from IS to sS a pair. And
they buy collars set with diamonds at
several hundred dollars each. One Of
these ladies had a house built for her
pet poodle, the exact model Of a
Queen Anne cottage, with rooms pa
pered and carpeted and the windows
hung with lace curtains. Every morn
ing a woman calls Ga sort Of dog gov
ernessl to bathe and comb and curl
and perfume the little darling, and
then take him. out for his walk. He
eats and drinks from silver dishes and
if he gets an ache or pain a specialist
is promptly summoned
Here's a match, Willie, your Stogie
has gone out" said one of the crowd.
Have fresh cigar said another
What, a dog specialist" asked my
friend, the Doctor.
Precisely. Most large cities have
their fashionable dog doctors who get
$40 visit and sleep with telephone
at their bedside for night calls.
Come in and have a box of cigars