Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1884 — Pugs Which Are Pampered. [ARTICLE]

Pugs Which Are Pampered.

“Hav® you a silver dog collar?” inquired a fashionably dressed young lady as she entered a Washington street store. She bore in her arms a blacknosed pug dog of good proportions, which she deposited carefully on the floor as though he were in danger of breaking, “W ould you like a. collar or a harness ? Harnesses are very fashionable and they cannot slip over the head as collars aare apt to do in» the ease of png dogs. You see the neck is as large! around.as the head, and it is almost/ impossible to keep a collar on.” “Oh, that is delightful,” exclaimed, the young lady as the straps were adjusted. “What is the-price? Only $26.. How clueap.” The money was paid and. girl and dog; went tllieir way rejoicing.. “Doiyou have many such customerai as that?” inquiredtiie reporter. “We;have them constantly,” was the reply.. “Frequently we sell collars foir dogs that are not themselves worth half the price of the-collar. We havefifteen hundred patterns of dog collars, but even at that we frequently have customers who are too fastidious to* be suited from the stock, and we have to make something; to order. The other day- a lady came- in and showed a silver bangle bracelet and wanted a collar made for her just lake it. There is no knowing what a» woman will do when she fairly gets* the dog fever. Why, a young woman earns in here the* other day lugging a dog in her arms, and the* animal had aroaud his neck a collar of satin, ornamented with violets and primroses, hand-painted. One woman has bought at least SIOO worth of dog collars within a year past. On the other hand a sporting man came in the other day -with a fine bird dog, worth! at least SI,OOO, but his collar was not worth sl. It is the same principle as a man carrying a watch worth SSOO with a shoe-string for a chain. Collars are no protection against dog-thieves. They rather increase the liability of theft, especially when the collar is worth S2O and the dog 20 cents.”— Boston Globe.

Evert child should he taught to pay all his debts, and to fulfill all his contracts, exactly in manner, completely in value, punctually at the time. Everything he has borrowed he should be obliged to return uninjured at the time specified, and everything belonging to others which ho has lost he should be required to replace.— Dwight.

Lady Bipon and Lady Hobart, Miss Rye and Miss McPherson have aided, upward of ten thousand men, women, and children to emigrate from England to the colonies or this country.