Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1894 — MR. GOLDSMITH’S MIDGET DOG. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MR. GOLDSMITH’S MIDGET DOG.

The Puppy Is an Inch Long, Weigh* a Quarter of an Ounce and Challenges His Class. Chicago Record. S. Goldsmith, of 237 Madison street, has a dog. Mr. Goldsmith’s dog is the admiration of all who have seen him since he grew large enough to be seen without the aid of

a microscope. He is of Mexican breed and of the variety that never sheds hair for the reason that he never has any to shed. The dog in question was born three weeks ago, and there were two others born at the same time. In the tree weeks he has managed to grow to the length of one inch and to attain the weight of a trifle over one-quarter of an ounce. The little fellow has a soup bowl for his kennel and apparently enjoys life in a large wad of cotton which constitutes his bed and feeding ground. The cotton is saturated with cream and the dog extracts the moisture when he is hungry. Mr. Goldsmith does not expect that this midget wiR ever be much of a fighter, but he says that he will “bask” him for any amount against any other dog of his size and weight. He will even concede the adversary a quarter of an ounce. The mother of the dog is scarcely three inches tall.

LIFE-SIZSE KETCH OF THE MIDGET.