The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-01
BY PETER BOGGS
THE MYSTERIOUS STEAK DOG

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THE MYSTERIOUS STEAK DOG
1 wanted to use names in re-
porting this incident, but in
checking the facts I gave my word
that I wouldn't and for obvious
reasons. Four months ago on the
outskirts of Jacksonville, Florida,
dog arrived at his masters house
with a package in his mouth. On
opening the package the dogs own
er discovered a large, choice cut
of sirloin steak. 1t was thought that
the dog had taken it from a gro
Gerry box on someone's back porch.
A half hearted effort was made
to locate the rightful owner of the
meat but it finally ended up on
the stove of the dogs owner and
as a meal for the family.
The next day the same thing
happened and the next and the
next. Each day with the excep-
ton of Sunday the dog arrived
home bearing a wrapped package
containing a choice cut of beef.
The owners of the dog ate the
steak and asked few questions. 1t
wasn't until they and their neigh
bors had had their fill that the
question of where the dog was get
ting the steaks became important.
That question wasn't hard to an
swer after the dog was trailed to
butcher shop a few blocks away.
It seems that the proprietor was
rather superstitious sort of per-
son. The day his son left for over
seas duty he decided to give the
next person who walked in choice
steak and to give this same per-
son one every day if he wished it.
The butcher had feeling that as
long as he kept this up nothing
would happen to his son. 1t was
the dog who trotted in next when
the butcher decided on this plan.
The dog was given the meat. The
animal received so much praise
the first few times on bringing the
steak home that he kept going back
daily. AS this is written the dog is
still getting meat daily. The son of
the butcher is still in good health
and safe in Germany and the
butcher is happy.
YOUR DOG IN APRIL
April is month of much impor-
lance, one way or another, to your
dog. The bitter winter is about end
ed, and this means for your dog
the same general readjustment
that the human system undergoes
in early Spring. It means also that
sticky mud gets on his chest and
underbody and, if left undried, may
lead to bad cold. Moreover, it
turns the straw bed in his kennel in
to sodden muck.
If he is a fairly large outdoor
dog. that winter straw or hay bed
of his may be cleaned out of his
kennel toward the latter part CT
the month, and he may sleep or
the kennels dry and clean floor
boards until late next Fall. Unit.
the frost and the early April
dampness are entirely out of the
earth, don't encourage him to liz
too long on the ground.
AS with his human owners, some
what less food and somewhat less
heating articles of diet will benefit
him. Let him have access to the
new Spring grass wherever you car
find a patch of it that has sprouted
This is especially good for him aft
er the long CRASHES winter.
Under right conditions Spring i:
tonic for your dog, just as it is
for you. Give him its benefits.
HOW TO GIVE A DOG A BATS
Now that warmer weather is ar
irving, the thought of giving the
family dog bath is emerging If
many households. 1t is strange how
many people don't know how tt
battle their dogs properly. Otter
they fail to get him thoroughly
clean and sometimes he catches
bad cold while drying.