Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1900 — True to the Name. [ARTICLE]

True to the Name.

The group on the front porch was discussing the merits and demerits of the house dog, a magnificent animal that Lay basking in the jun. “Have you any idea,” asked one of vhe guests, “why he is called a ‘Great Dane?’ ” “Yes,” slowly replied the owner of the dog. “It has always seemed to me that it must be because it is such a great ‘deign’ for him to notice any smaller animal.” A young woman with a pug nose turned it up slightly at this explanation, but there were no other signs of dissent.