Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1901 — wanted to Shake Hands. [ARTICLE]

wanted to Shake Hands.

The week of prayer has had one funny incident so far at Union City, says the Philadelphia Times. Jess, a pug dog pet of T. R. Smoot, is responsible for it. Jess frequently goes to church with her mistress and among other accomplishments she has been taught the trick of sitting up and shaking hands. Jess and her mistress were in church, and the dog promptly curled up and went to sleep. She was awakened by the mlsister, who was just closing his sermon with a beautiful peroration, and besought those who •4would flee from the wrath to come up

and give him their hand. No one responded, he repeated the invitation. “Come along,” he pleaded. “Come up and give me your hand.” Thinking the Invitation was intended for her, Jess jumped off the bench on which she was sitting, trotted down the aisle and, reaching the minister, stopped in front of him, raised herself on her haunches and extended her paw. The man of God took no notice of the dog but nearly every other person in the house did, and the solmen and sublime gave place to the laughable and ridiculous. Seeing that nobody was going to shake hands with her, Jess, very much disgusted, trotted back to her seat.