Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

 

Carries Ten Buckets of Beer to His Bowwow Friends.

     Here’s a nature fakir story that probably will draw the fire of Professor Long and President Roosevelt.

     “The degeneracy of Fido, or what bad company will do even for a dog,” would be an appropriate title. Raymond Rodgers of Cairo, Ill., has a dog named Fido. It is a very smart dog and has been trained to “rush the can” for its master. Recently he met Scottie, a saloon keeper’s dog, who is said to have unlimited capacity for beer.

     That night Fido put in his appearance at the saloon. As usual the barkeeper filled it and marked up 10 cents on the slate against Rogers. In a few minutes Fido was back with the empty can. The dog had made ten trips when Rodgers himself had a thirst and he looked in vain for Fido. He went to investigate, and to his surprise found Fido and four other neighboring dogs licking up beer from the bucket in a vacant lot. Rodgers watched until Fido went after another can and then went in and stoped his game.