The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-03
Bill Of Fare

our ldsL Jug, signed MTS. MACK re-
signedly. "He had such a bad tenn
per. No, we didn't bury him-ws
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 Q |
new pet "You know, it's awfully lone
some without 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 a piece OF
cotton. 1t was all very we'll for few
days while the feeding was novelty,
/
him-aRd 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. q drop of the cream without
tho cotton, too! Well. the dog catch
ers got him at last, and wss'sostircd
OF feeding him that didn't try to ball
him out
Then We had Fanny. Fanny was
tiny fusEy puppy. and We simply
sdored her. But thought I was wise
after my experience with the black
and tan. and wouldn't feed her q par
ticls OF cream. made up my min<
that everything she ate and got used
TO while she was young should be just
the common fare from the table. And
I insisted that she should get to liz
ing vegetables while she was too
young to know any better.
1--WE got Fanny in the spring. when
We had fresh vegetables. Later on ]
used to save skins and ends Of the to
mGtoes and cook them, up with other
things az had to feed Fanny.
THAT dog was splendid about It.
too; ate every scrap gave her, and
I was delighted. That is. until the fall
came and tomatoes were too high to
buy every day.
Y cooked up Fanny's dinner as usn
al--and the little scamp refused to
eat! After day or two I got scared
thought she was going to be Ill. 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 q lath!
Finally one day we had guests, and
had salad again-and unthinkingly
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 noss
over 1t, just daring any one to take
1t away! It was the tomatoes! She
had had them every day since she
was a puppy, and she couldn't eat
without them!
after Fanny died-we used to buy
canned tomatoes after that and It real
ly wasn't very expensive, though II
was q nuisance-we got q collie.
Collie was a fine blue ribbon dog
and my husband was a lot prouder Of
him than he was of his whole family
combined. He'd strut up and down II
front of the house by the hour airing
/ the dog, Just as of the dog hadn't beef
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 thu
things that ordinary dogs eat. and w
didn't expect him to. His beauty an'
lineage entitled him to the best ant
we gave 1t to him willingly.
However, when summer came W
planned to go away as usual. W.
thought we'd go west, and the hrs
thing was to plan for was that Coli
should be we'll taken care OF. W.
asked all our friends who knew Coli
we'll to take care Of him in our at
sence, but they all refused, gently blu
firmly-I couldn't think why. F1nall
my husband asked friend OF ours GU
In the country to take Collie, and h
consented. We sent Collie out Their
I the day we left on our little trip.
"At our first stopping place we foun
! a telegram saying that Collie refuse
to eat, being evidently lonesome will
out US. We laughed and said he'd &c
over it. So We went on. At the SCI
ond city there was another Telegram
saying that Collie hadn't eaten fo
days and that we'd better return. W
+ did.
1--WE found that Collie just wante
dog biscuit and tenderloin! He WASH
at all particular about our presenc
provided he got the kind of fare b
demanded
4 1.-THE dog we have next time is goin
y to begin his meals with soup and he
going to have every course until IL
coffee-Pm hoping that'll be a nm
solution of our troubles. Still, it's
hard to know just what to do about