Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

The valuable and renowned bulldog “His Nibs,” owned by J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York, is dead. The dog was the pet of the family and although valued at $3,000, could not have been bought for twice that. His Nibs was on the lawn when he was heard to yelp and spring into the air. He ran into the house and acted very wildly, and after snapping and tearing everything within his reach took a violent fit and expired within six minutes. The gardeners were unable to explain the cause until one was within ten feet of where the dog jumped, he found a copperhead snake over six feet long. An examination of the dog found a bite on the right paw that had evidently been made by the snake.