Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17
RAISING A PUP.

Ever raise a pup? In the old bird
dog days when a dog a,no,,r,oa
SOMETHING at least part of the Year
good many OF us raised a Did now and
tAen If YOU were among us ir .bosa
sweet departed days you will recall
VIC palned expression on your wife's
lace when you appeared with the
'pia"i'hG pup in your arms. When
thompson toid YOU Of the pups at his
mouse mothered by old Flag" and
iathered by Jim Johnson's "Old Shot
20" TOOK the plunge and appealed to
"'ni 10 save yon one. You went I'D TO
the thompson barn and looked 'em
over Between you and Thomnso, ,,o,,
went o'ef the pedigrees and perform
ances OF the sire and dam and foresaw
the finest dogs in the country grow ont
OF the sightless. whining mas, or wb,c,
oId rag seemed so Unfortunately
proud. And when Thompson remarked
that the pups were big enough to take
''N 'oh went up 1lcF tOllrT
you had your first doubts that grew
stronger and stronger as you neared
the family dOmicile. However the arl
sutncnt ended as it had before. She
agreed that the pup might stav and
YOU agreed-as you had on previous
occasions--that this was the last pup
you'd ever raise. And so the pup be-
came a member Of the family.
Pups and babies are alike in that
men play with them and women take
care Of them until they get big enough
TO De taught to stand around. As the
pup grew he developed instincts com
mon TO hunting dogs The first thing
ne learned was 20 retrieve. On one
unforgotten occasion ne retrieved The
rubbers on the front porch Of the
neighDor you never could get along
with and brought them home where he
chewed them into gummy ribbons In
sent over her young hopeful with a
request for her galoshes II your an
nOy!rg dog had fully finished with
them. When your wife went 10 apoI-
Ogize she came away red in the face
and when YOU came home TO lunch she
was laying for you. Draw a veil over
that painful scene. However. you man
aged to save the pup. And when he
started bowling IN the woodshed in
the still watches Of the night and Won
were called from bed to listen TO neigh
D0rhood objections over the telephone.
some Of them both Objectionable and
obligatory that was another occasion.
Count also the day when having at
| tanned TO a larger puphood he killed
| the favorite rooster of a friendly
neighbor whose hens had scratched IN
your garden go long that the f. II. CON
sldered your tomato patch in the light
OF his personal chicken run. Perhaps
you remember that other day when
| the companion Of your bosom had
washed her curtains and stretched
them on the line? All, met It was
shortly after that that those boys stole
him and n the midst OF yntir frantic
search your loving wife expressed the
cherished hope that the pup was gone
for good 90 on, supply the elpses.
! You can do st II Won ever raised pup.
II you forget anything tho lady OF the
house viii be able to bring back a full
and complete history Of that pups BIZ
ography up TO the time you started
north with him on a hunting trip.
He came home changed and tired
dog His puphood vanished. his ribs
in plain view. He had learned much.
1t was then he started to ingratiate
himself with the lady Of the house.
He howIed no more Of nights. He
garnered not from the neighbors. He
attacked no chickens except when in.
stigated by the lady and then he
sought TO frighten, not to STAY. Like
] wise dog he made for himself friends