Dogs' Happiness Limited.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIII, Issue III, 16 July 1904, Page 63

Dogs' Happiness Limited.

“Every dog has his day” may be literally applied to almost any high bred animal of the dog kingdom that is reared amid all the comforts of home. For the day surely comes sooner or later when it it is either lost, strayed, or stolen, and more often the last condition prevails. No one questions the value of the dog pound for the public good. If only those employed in lassoing the dogs could have the ethical side of their cha racters more prominently developed, and pick up only those poor, unfortunate mendicants of the dog world who arc homeless and hungry and perhaps glad to be helped on to better conditions, none could complain. But man is easily tempted, and when he sees a particularly good dog without evident home ties, unless it be a good collar, which may In* readily removed, he falls and takes said dog to the pound. At the expiration of a certain time there is a clearing out of the premises, and the good dogs if not redeemed are appropriated as unclaimed property. A certain lover of dogs has declared that she has yet to own one in the city that has not disappeared in some mysterious way- She has always owned good dogs, and that they are, indeed, difficult to keep, her latest experience will prove. The animal in question had been reared with the children of the home, and was most devoted to them. For the eleven years of his life he had slept dur ing the night at the foot of the children’s bed, and so loyal had he become

no one could enter the room after ‘he children had gone to sleep at night. This dog was not a social being he re seated all strangers- -but he was so loved by the little ones that he was seldom punished for his fierceness.

One day when he was allowed his customary outing and did not return there was consternation in the household. It was never thought he would be pick *<l up. as he was so mean with stranger*. Servants were sent out to trace him in every possible direction. Dog hospi tals were visited and every means ta - en to recover the pet. Even a deter five was put on the case. Finally, after several days’ advertising, a postal card was received. It proved to be the right clue, and the dog was recovered. The man who had the dog said. ot« being ‘questioned. he had bought him from a man on the street and all h>* asked in return for the animal was the amount he had paid for him. He said the dog had eaten nothing since in his possession, and he showed no spirit even when brought to his mistress but evidenced every sign of a broken heart. It took days before he recovered his usual spirits with the childrenPerhaps the man regretted tin* bargain, fearing the dog would die on his hands and he would lose even the price lie might make through the reward o tiered •

Open sesame, tlv.nyadi Janos Water is Ibe "open sc»ame” of the ho man organism. >pe« dv • sure, and gentle, it fulfils every indication in health and disease. IL is n therapeutical ar•pna! in itself. Indispensable to millionH of tinman beings all over the world.