The Winslow mail., 1912-11-30
Bill of Fare

Yes, we've just had to chloroform
EUR last dog" sighed Mrs Mack re
signedly. He had such bad tenn
per. No, we didn't bury hinl-we
couldn't unless we dug up the alley,
and we might have been arrested for
that. And it's go disagreeable to keep
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.
f'No, 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 rercertihly as
she viewed the prospect Of having
new pet You know, it's swfully 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 IN.
Our first dog was tiny black and
tan and he was such 2 baby that we
fed him with cream through piece Of
cotton. It was all very well for few
days while the feeding was novelty,
but after that no one wanted to feed
tim---and simply had to! And when
he got hig enough to eat common fare
he simply refused to touch It. So there
I had to pay for an extra bottle of
cream every blessed day for that dog
"1t was months before he'd think OF
taking g drop of the cream without
the cotton. tool Well, the dog catch
ers got hin, ct last, and ! was SO tired
of feeding him that I didn't try to bail
him out
Then we had Fanny. Fanny Yves
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 a par
ticle OF cream. 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 lik,
ing vegetables while she vas too
young to know any better.
eve got Fanny in the spring, when
ne had fresh vegetables. Later on I
used to save skins and ends Of the to-
matoes and cook them UP with other
things q had to feed Fanny.
''That dog was splendid about It,
too; ate every scrap I gave her, and
I Was delighted. That IS, until the fall
oh n
buy every day
II cooked up Fanny's dinner as usu-
a1-and the little scamp refused te
eati After a day or two get scared.
! thought she was going to be i'll, 80
I tried all sorts of delicacies 10 tempt
her appetite, but it was Of no use.
che simply wouldn't eat and she grew
thin as a lath
fF'inal1y one dav we had guests, and
[ had salad agsin--and urthinkingly
hYed IN Fanny's food as usual. And
vcu should have seen that dog eat
she ate and ate and ateand when
she had finished a1 ] had to give her
she lay by her plate and kept her nose
over It, Just daring any one to take
II away! II was the tomatoes. She
had had them every day since she
was puppy, and she couldn't eat
without them!
After Fanny died-we used to bny
canned tomatoes after that and It real
" wasn't very extensive, though IL
WAS nuisance--we got collie.
Collie was fine blue ribbon deg,
and my husband was lot rrouder OF
him than he uas Of his. whole family
combined He'd strut VI and down j,
front of the house by the hour airing
the dog, inst as of the dog hadn't been
out the whole blessed day airing hin1-
self, Collie used TO get the best of
dog biscuit and choice cooked bits cf
meat He wouldn't even look at the
things that ordinary dogs eat, and We
didn't expect him to. His beauty and
lineage entitled him to the best and
We gave it to him willingly.
However. when summer came we
p1anned to GO away as usual. We
thought we'd go west, and the first
thing was to plan for was that Collie
should be we'll taken care of, We
asked all our friends who knew Collie
we'll TO take care Of him in our ab-
sence, but they all refused. gently but
firmly--I couldn't think why. Finally
my husband asked a friend Of ours out
IL the country to take Collie, and he
consented. We sent Collie out there
the day We left on our little trip.
So sr.t .tn,s.uv niaca re l.it..-t.
q telegram saving that tome retusen
70 eat, being evidently lonesome with
out Us We laughed and said he'd get
over it. So we went on. At the sec
ond city there was another telegram
saving that Collie hadn't eaten for
days and that we'd better return. We
did.
eve found that Collie Just wanted
dog biscuit and tenderloin' He wasn't
at all particular about our presence,
provided he got the kind Of fare he
demanded
"The dog re have next time is going