The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-15
Bill Of F are

Yes, we've just had to chloroform
our last dog" sighed Mrs. Mack re-
signedly. He had such a bad tenn.
per. No, we didn't bury him-we
couldn't unless We dug up the alley,
and we might have been arrested for
that. And it's SO disagreeable to keep
q dog around waiting for the authori-
ties to take him away that the boys
Just took him down the street few
blocks late at night and put him In
one OF the vestibules.
mo, OF course, didn't inquire SO
| don't know what they did with him.
Now we're looking around for another
| dog"
Mrs, Mack frightened perceptibly as
she viewed the prospect Of having a
new pet you know. it's awfnlly lone
some without a dog" she said but
let me tell you one thing-the next dog
Is going to have very different bring
| Ing up.
Our first dog was tiny black and
tan, and he was such baby that we
! fed him with cream through piece of
cotton. It was all very we'll for few
days while the feeding was novelty
but after that no one wanted to feed
/ him-and simply had to! And when
he got big enough to eat common fare
he simply refused to touch 1t. SO there
had to pay for an extra bottle of
cream every blessed day for that dog!
ut was months before he'd think Of
taking drop of the cream without
the cotton, too! Well, the dog catch
/ ers got him at last, and / was 80 tired
of feeding him that didn't try to bail
him out.
4 '"Then we had Fanny. Fanny was
tiny fuzzy puppy, and we simply
). adored her But thought was wise
after my experience with the black
and tan, and wouldn't feed her par
ticle of cream. I made up my mind
that everything she ate and got used
to while she was young should be just
the common fare from the table. And
insisted that she should get to Tx
ing vegetables while she was too
young to know any better.
Eve got Fanny in the spring, when
we had fresh vegetables. Later on l
used to save skins and ends of the to-
matoes and cook them up with other
things as I had to feed Fanny.
"That dog was splendid about II,
> too; ate every scrap gave her. and
, / was delighted. That is. until the fall
came and tomatoes were too high to
Z buy every day.
!, II cooked up Fanny's dinner as usu-
t al-and the little scamp refused to
r eat! After a day or two / got scared.
r thought she was going to be i'll, SO
! tried all sorts of delicacies to tempt
, her appetite, but it was of no use
. She simply wouldn't eat and she grew
{ thin as lath!
, Finally one day we had guests, and
!, I had salad again-and unthinkingly
4 fixed up Fanny's food as usual. And
you should have seen that dog eat!
She ate and ate and ate-and when
she had finished all had to give her
she lay by her plate and kept her nose
] over 1t. just daring any one to take
/ it away! 1t was the tomatoes! She
/ had had them every day since she
t was a puppy, and she couldn't eat
9 without them!
d after Fanny died-we used to buy
Q canned tomatoes after that and it real
Q ly wasn't very expensive, though II
was nuisance-we got collie.
+ Collie was fine blue ribbon dog
/. and my husband was lot prouder Of
: combined He'd strut up and down in
front of the house by the hour airing
!. the dog, just as of the dog hadn't beer
out the whole blessed day airing him
! self! Collie used to get the best o.
dog biscuit and choice cooked bits o
!. meat. He wouldn't even look at the
y things that ordinary dogs eat, and W.
didn't expect him to. His beauty anc
lineage entitled him to the best ant
. we gave it to him willingly.
. However, when summer came W,
. planned TO go away as usual. W.
. thought we'd go west, and the frs
. thing was to plan for was that Collie
b should be we'll taken care Of. VIZ
= asked all our friends who knew Colli'
4 well to take care of him In our alb
a sence, but they all refused, gently bu
a 1lTmly---I 4COuluN Luluh WHY. Tih"ii.
a my husband asked a friend Of ours on
= in the country to take Collie. and hi
consented We sent Collie out their
the day we left on our little trip.
= AT our first stopping place we foun'
y telegram saying that Collie refused
' to eat, being evidently lonesome with
y out us. We laughed and said he'd ge
y over 1t. SO we went on. AT the sec
= ond city there was another Telegram
= saving that Collie hadn't eaten TO
. days and that we'd better return. w
q did.
. 1--WE found that Collie just wante
= dog biscuit and tenderloin! He WASH
. at all particular about our presence
. provided he got the kind of fare h
. demanded.
. "The dog we have next time is goin
q to begin his meals with soup and he
going to have every course until tn
. coffee-I'm hoping that1i be fina
d solution of our troubles Still, It's s
q hard to know Just what to do about
a g."-Chicage Daily News.