The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
Sidewak Penciiings
Amend MaItese and poodles.

Anent Maltese and POodles. i. H should be wealthy woman today 1T It were not for cats" said well known society woman on her way home from the meeting held to organize the Humane Society, which Is short and siangy for The Society for the Preven- ton of Cruelty to Animals.
 bought fine chickens. great in- cubator which was heated with gas, 2 brooder likewise equipped The ed them. but sS: when s heuBroo the Brooder began to brood them, the cats began to use them as food. The cats ate them much more rapidly than the incubator could to quit the chicken business which would have made my fortune. l wish all the cats in town were killed. except of course. my Maitees darling"
 The Maltese darling don't eat chic- kens7' oueried a sympathetic compan- ion.
 "of coure not the first woman re- turned rebukingly. they ate the ca naries never sang. anyhow; and l think the fish were only plated. l think the Society ought to let us make exemp- tions-I think the lawyers, or business which means that you cap do some thing that nobody else can: There IS my French poodle; couldn't take nm when I locked him up in the house he cried pitiably; I had heard of mothers neglecting their children to attend mothers union meetings. but I think poodle. locked up all by its loney. toney-lonesome while she went to society to prevent some one being cruel to 1t. Sometimes am not sure need"
 why didn't you make your husband stay home and take care of it?" auer- ried the sympathetic companion.
 tpdn rCt- I do." said the other. 'onece he ac- tually threatened to have the dog catcher-your corner? Goodnight"
 Protests Against Chickens.
 q agree with a well known mat rom quoted in your Sidewalk Pencil ings Column" a Montgomery woman wrote to The Advertiser. her neiehbors' chickens tearing. up and scratching up her lawn and now- CTS l wish to add my own grievances. I know Ws are both yoicing the senti- lovers. I. like many others. live on premises where there are no fences for protection against those pests. the T have repeatedly asked my neigh bors--and these neighbors refer to have good fences. and can. if they will. keep their chickens inland I
 T have gathered up eggs their hens have laid Tn my yard and handed these over to the owners of the fowls, hop ing to reach some tender spot in their hearts and cause ahem to feel grate-- full enough to keep their chickens at home eafey yna some of my 0pi They sca ter garbage from, the pails all over to roost ,1R on my back poreh my patience is threadbare:
 "We now appeal to the City Fathers for for, projection. will they help us7 VII Will they. they pass pa sn oTdna,ce forbids to sit with folded hapds. powerless to protect ourselves. and let 'neighbors' ehickens' scratch up our gardens and City Fathers win not allow us 10 be perseeuted any ionger;"
 Hon John W. overton. State Sena- prominent visitor to Montgomery yes terday. Senator Overton was in the city to attend to private legal busi- his stay in the city and both there and down town met many of his friends. He will remain in the city until after the meeting of tlg fertilizer trust in- vestigating committee of which he is member.
 pr. T. A. Johnson, of Ensley. is spending a few days in Montgomery. months to his son in Florida. pr. citizen of Russell County and repre- scented that county in the Legislature of 1903.
 Hon. w. W. Brandon. State Audi tor. did not attend the meeting of tho Knights of Khorassan in Mobile. as he of Pardons of which he is a member. necessitated his presence In aionrgom- cry yesterday.
 Mir. John sAllen. of Buford. Ga.. nery. there. perhaps the largest in the South. paid a brief business trip to Montgomery yesterday. He is son of the proprietor of the tannery.
 Probate Judge J. B. Gaston is in Mobile attending 9 meeting of the board of trustees of the Mount Vernon Insane Asylum for negroes. Judge Gast0n is a me@9sF x ;s 9f < the beard
 Hon. A: M. Garber. Attorney Gen eral, returned to Montgomery yester day from Birmingham, where he had been for a short time on business
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 MT. Robert Tait has returned toMont- eomery from Wilcox county. whtther he was called on account of the death of his father.
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 Senator J. W. strother. of Talla- poosa County, is visitor in the city from his home at Dadeville.
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 MT. J, E. Dunaway of Orrville pass ed through Montgomery last night on his way to Birmingham.
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 Tr Y9~ a visitor to Montgomery yesterday.
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 MT. J. B. Knight of Elba is reg tstered at the Hotel Summers.
 MT. W. c. Cupningham, of Selma. spent yesterday In Montgomery.
 Dress Reform in Cincinnati.