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personally recommended, then the seller has to 

 adopt entirely different methods. Still, I see no 

 reason why an honest man who has a Boston, 

 or any other dog, for sale, or, in fact, any article 

 of merchandise, should not be willing to send on 

 the same to any honest buyer. This is on the 

 assumption, of course, that both parties are 

 honorable men. To the seller I advise the pur- 

 chase money being received before the dog is 

 shipped, and express charges guaranteed, if the 

 buyer is not known or unable to supply absolutely 

 reliable references. Decline to receive any 

 order where the object sought is to obtain a 

 dog to use to breed to a bitch, or several, as the 

 case may be, and then be returned as unsatis- 

 factory. We have had no experience in this line, 

 but are informed it has frequently been done. 

 If such a customer presents himself, simply tell 

 him he can inspect the dog or have an expert do 

 so for him if too far away to come, but that 

 when the deal is closed and the money paid that 

 under no conditions whatever can the dog be 

 returned. In regard to the seller shipping the 

 dog to its destination, we will say that we think 

 he will run practically no risk in so doing. If 

 the dog is all right in every way it is dollars to 

 doughnuts that he will arrive in perfect condi- 

 tion. We can say that in over twenty years' 

 shipments of dogs to all parts of the country and 



