The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-05-05

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sick dog in town is welcome. If his
owner has the price of separate treat
ment he must pay, but if not there is
good deal of charitable spirit to
be found. A sick dog does not have
to have pedigree before he can re-
ceive treatment the fact that he is
sick is quite enough for the doctors.
A thousand dollar dog that once
may have died from unknown causes,
may now be saved because science
has taken him into account to sur
prising degree.
Only recently a $40, 900 beauty" "
with wide muzzle, bowed legs and
an exceedingly short nose, was oper-
ate6 on for the removal of tumor.
At present he is resting in the con-
valescent ward and is being fed on all
the delicacies of the market.
There are more dogs in the fever
ward than in any other. They are
there for the same reason many men
are laid up with the gout they are
Overted, pampered, TOO well TAKEN
care of-for dogs.
A pet that eats candy all day long,
as many lap dogs do, is certain to
have fever, so off he is sent to the
hospital for thorough dieting. Once
there, he may howl his little head off
for the sweets he has been used to
receiving at home, but nary candy
can he coax from the doctors.
When a dog is nervous, and there
are many such in the hospital, he is
fed on bromides. There is ward
set aside for victims of nervous pros
tstration, worn out by the duties of
society and the rush of life in the
metropolis, and these dogs lie back
and take their ease with all the suav-
ity that belongs to their aristocratic
breeding.
The portion of the hospitals given
over to the care of cats is also inter-
esting. Many beautiful Angora cats
are sent to the hospital to have their
nails manicured that its scratches
may not be too deep.
Bad teeth are common to cats, and
it is pitiful indeed to hear their walls
as the tender tooth is being treated or
extracted.
Every animal in the hospital is
bathed before it can leave the hospi-
tai. This sounds easy, but like a
great many other things is not half
so simple on operation as it seems.
Why is black cat always spoken
of in tones of doubt? Why can't ii
be gray or white cat that is an OBJ
iect Of suspicion? Why wherever
there is black cat must there be a
disturbance Perhaps tradition and
Edgar Allan Poe may have something
to do with this state of affairs.
However that may be there was a
black cat in the hospital and it was
about to be sent home. This feline
had fallen from sixth story window
and had broken few bones. Thanks
to the doctors, he was tnended now,
but still retained a few of his original
peculiarities, to wit: four toes on one
foot, six on another and little cast
in his eye. All in all he was most
wondrous cat.
When the bath was ready the at
tendant brought the cat. down stairs
! He placed him in the water, where
upon the cat Immediately seemed tc
entertain a difference of opinion from
that of the men in the hospital
First he "meowed," then he scratch
ed, then he lay very still. The doc
tor took courage and looked on with
certain amount of comfort, while
the cat was soaped and lathered into
a state of slipperiness that would &c
credit to banana peel. Suddenly the
cat Strengthened his body and ther
shot like dart out of the attendant
hands streak of cat, soap and wa
ter flew past the attendants. A
soon as they could collect their scat
Birds are particularly courageous
little brown thrush had three tu