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occasion askiug the girl whose duty it was to feed the 

 dogs, if they were not hungry, she replied : ^'IS: o ma'am, 

 I guess not; I fed them all they could eat day before 

 yesterday/'' 



If your dog should have a fit, do not let him get 

 out on the ^street, or some stupid person may raise the 

 cry of ''mad dog'^ and he may be shot. 



Put liim into a quiet, dark place, wet his head often 

 with cold water, and a few hours after he has recovered 

 feed him on bread and milk. I once knew a dog that 

 had been fed on salt fish and accidentally shut in 

 where he could get no water. He became almost crazy 

 and scared people nearly into fits, till one of those per- 

 sons who have brains and use them came along, and 

 said '"give him water to drink.'' He drank half a gallon 

 in a few minutes and then licked the hand that gave 

 him the bowl of water. 



A great deal of nonsense has been said and written 

 about mad dogs. In thirty years only two deaths from 

 hj'drophobia have occurred in the populous city of Bos- 

 ton. A great many nK)re persons are struck by light- 

 ning. If your dog chances to eat anything thrown out 

 to poison rats, give him raw eggs, one after another, and 

 put warm milk with a spoon, far back on his tongue, 

 closing his jaws with the other l:^nd, so that he will be 

 compelled to swallow it. 



"BIRD DOG." 



This somewhat vague title is usually, in this coun- 

 try, applied first to the setter and next to the pointer. 



