People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1896 — Identified by His Dog’s Tag. [ARTICLE]

Identified by His Dog’s Tag.

At the Chicago city hall license department, whenever any one gets a dog lioense, the purchaser gives his or her residence number to the clerk, and also a description of the dog. This number and the appearance of the dog are written down of record and are easily referred to. A day or two ago the ticket seller at the Sixty-third street station of the elevated road noticed a very small boy standing on the platform, accompanied by a brown setter. The boy was so small that he could hot tell where he lived and was evidently lost. The dog licked his hands affectionately, panted in a benevolent way and stuck close to the boy. That dog knew that the boy was lost. Some one read the number of the dog’s license and went to the neighboring drug store and telephoned to the city hall. Could the city hall give any description of owner or house number of dog license Na 2,667? Certainly I The owner lived a* a certain hotel in town. By the way, was the dog a brown setter? Well, they will find the owner at the Auditorium. So the small boy was sent home to his rejoicing parents, and the faithful dog trailed behind.—Chicago C onicle.