The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-20
POODLE FLUFFY
GETS in COURT
Finder of Lost Dog Sues
to Get Reward Which
Wasn't Paid.
A PUPPY DOG TALE
The Good Samaritan Who Res
cued Fluffy From a Tin
Can and Wins Out.

Fluffy is little white poodle, all
tongue and love. Fluffy likes to be
given sugar Jumps and pats, and ticks
the hands and face of anybody who
will let him. Fluffy was as dear to
the heart of his mistress, Mrs. Ed
ward REQ, as she was to him, but one
day Fluffy strayed from home.
And one day Mrs. Ada Covelli found
a little lost white poodle running
down the street. The. poodle \ looked
as unhappy as any wee dog VINO IS
lost and about to have tin can tied
to his tail. The children were chas-
ing the poodle and Mrs. Vovelli
rescued the small beastie, took him
home and gave him dish of bread
ar,is rpiilz and "a corner to sleep in.
rlend of Mrs. Covelli's, Mrs.
came in one day, saw the
~! said that she had seen an
..entr in the News want ads
w.ov lost for whom reward
Wal. offered. Mrs. Meyers went home
to fud the newspaper but had lost 1T
or used it up. 1t was Mrs. Coles who
found the ad and the clipping was
duly turned over to Mrs. Covelli.
All of this and more was told by
Mrs. CovelIi in the municipal court
on Monday in the curious case of
CovelH VS.. REQ (not the automobile
Feo9. Mrs. Covelli said that the adj
vertisement was made by the Reo's
and she called up the telephone num-
Der. The Reo's were away on vaca-
toon, she said, and Matt Balm, the
owner Of the farm on which the Reo's
were tenants, came for the dog. She
said she refused to give him the poo
die because he was not the owner.
Later Mrs. REQ came, the poodle
barked when he heard some one COM
ing. and Mrs. REQ cried when she
found that the poodle was actually
Fluffy, all doggy excitement and love.
She cried so that Mrs. Covelli let her
take the dog away, without getting
her reward, when Mrs. REQ promised
to come back the next day.
Mrs. REQ didn't come back and Mrs.
Covelli went to the home on the Balm
farm. Fluffy was there, on guard for
his mistress. There ensued SQUAD
BILE over Fluffy and over the matter
of the reward. A dresser stood Grated
and there were signs that the Reo's
intended making their departure from
the farm. Mrs. Covelli did not re-
ceive her reward and later sent the
sheriff to get Fluffy. The sheriff did
not get the dog but he attached a
trailer on the farm, pending the
settlement of the case.
Fluffy Jumps Into Bed.
AS witness in her own case this
morning Mrs. Covelli told the court
that Fluffy had ruined a rug and
a bed-spread.
Attorney Vaudreuil, representing the
defendant, asked Mrs. Covelli if she
put Fluffy to bed in the bed-spread
and she replied that Fluffy jumped
into the bed of his own accord and
misbehaved.
Judgment by the court was in favor
of the plaintiff, Ada Covelli, who was
awarded nine dollars and costs, nine
dollars for Fluffy's board and mis-
havior, and the matter of the reward
was dropped.
"But where did you get that Irish
sign" asked Judge Slater, pointing to
a homemade single display on which
SCoou painted III 0hamrock green
letters: Reward $50; lost small
white poodle, Monday, August 20; see
next house north"
at was posted out on the farm
said the witness, Mrs. Covelli, "and
we took it in"
The +Irish sign" was Exhibit B in
the case, and part of the testimony
which led to decision for the
plaintiff. sos