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curiosity as the " Madame Tom Thumb" of the 

 race from which it sprang. One has occasionally 

 read of even more diminutive little canines than any 

 I have mentioned. Such are, as a rule, advertised 

 and puffed by unprincipled dealers, who rig out a 

 three or four months puppy in chain and collar, and 

 attempt to palm it off on some credulous admirer 

 as " Twelve months old on the second of June, 

 Madame ! the littlest tarrier in the world, and dirt 

 cheap at io\ but the youngsters at home has 

 measles, and I wants the coin badly, so, lady, you 

 can have it for ^"4 ! " And many a so-called toy 

 terrier, purchased under such circumstances, has 

 developed into a spindle-shanked mongrel of lolb. 

 weight. So, fair readers, beware of such little 

 " dawgs " as are offered for sale in the streets. 



