Dog Ownership Etiquette of 1901

Dogs must be kept upon the owners’ premises, unless accompanied by the owner or some member of the family.

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNING A DOG

1. Dogs must be kept upon the owners’ premises, unless accompanied by the owner or some member of the family.

2. If a dog annoys travelers upon the public highway by scaring horses and frightening children, the owner is responsible for damages.

3. The owner of a dog is responsible for damages caused by his dog trespassing upon the public highway in running after teams or doing other damages.

4. If a dog not accompanied by its owner annoys travelers upon the public highway, he may be killed, without any claim of damages on the part of the owner of the dog. When a dog becomes a nuisance he may be killed anywhere except on the owner’s premises.

5. If a dog kills sheep or destroys or injures any other domestic animals, the owner is responsible for damages.

6. Every owner of a savage and dangerous dog must keep him properly chained or otherwise secured that no injury may to done to others.

7. If a person on a social or business errand is bitten or otherwise injured by a savage dog on the premises of the owner, the owner is responsible. Dangerous animals are not permitted to run at large, even on the owner’s own premises, unless he has sufficient safeguards to protect his neighbors against injury.–From “The Busy Man’s Friend”, 1901

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Notable Feline Petiquette

“ He looks around the table, and without a word or suggestion, he puts out his paw, and a gentle stroke of the table bell summons the waitress to clear away the course and bring on the next. He waits for the roast, and then his special feast of sponge cake is put before him in a Sevres saucer. He eats with better manners than some folks...”–  Was Platt’s cat Julius an inspiration for Disney’s “Three Lives of Thomasina?” – photo source, Pinterest

Feline Fancies of New York’s Famous Easy Bosses

Ex-Senator Thomas O. Platt has a collection of cats which he would not part with for a nation. One of these cats is of the tiger breed, big and gentle, and rejoices in the name of Julius. This cat is the chief point of interest at Mr. Platt’s country home at Highland Mills. No meal is taken at that house that Julius is not a favored guest at the table. He has an infant’s high-chair, expressly for his use, and when the meal is announced, Julius jumps into this high chair. He sits up straight and the waitress ties about his throat an embroidered bib.

Julius is one of the most polite cats on earth. He is not fond of soup or fish or entrees and the like, but he knows full well when the course is over and the next should be brought on. He looks around the table, and without a word or suggestion, he puts out his paw, and a gentle stroke of the table bell summons the waitress to clear away the course and bring on the next. He waits for the roast, and then his special feast of sponge cake is put before him in a Sevres saucer. He eats with better manners than some folks, and does not leave the table till coffee is served. Mr. Platt takes endless delight in Julius and the six other cats on the farm, but Julius is the king pet of them all, and could not receive greater consideration if he were the ex-senator’s eldest son. – Minneapolis Times, 1896

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Gilded Age Etiquette and Society Sheep

More popular than the pug, the pampered embryo sovereigns of Ohio tariff ideas, gambol according to Fifth Avenue etiquette.  

Lambs in Society —

They Have Become Creatures of Luxury and Are Forcing Out the Pug Dog! 

The lamb has become a feature of New York society. Not that sort which frequents the misnamed club. Not the variety whose fleece is invitingly extended near the stage doors of theaters for harmless little girls with the downcast eyes to pluck. This is the real lamb, whose name has been forever linked with that of Mary by the pastoral poet, says the New York Journal.

If you come to take an early morning constitutional on Fifth Avenue any pleasant day, proof of the lamb craze can be seen. White as snow, with collars adorned with tinkling bells, led by silver chains, generally in the hands of pretty French maids, the pampered embryo sovereigns of Ohio tariff ideas, gambol according to Fifth Avenue etiquette. 

In one of Fifth Avenue's aristocratic apartment-houses is a lamb that has a maid all to itself. No pugdog was ever reared in greater luxury. The mysteries of its toilet are numerous. Nothing, in the estimation of its mistress, is too good or expensive for this lamb. The brush and comb used in the daily toilet are silver-mounted, and when the lamb takes its meals they are served in sterling silver bowls. 

The daily menu consists of milk and a preparation of cooked Indian meal, sometimes varied by oatmeal. At night the lamb sleeps in a basket lined with silk and cotton, at the foot of its mistress' bed. The mistress claims that her pet is much more intelligent than any dog, and far preferable to a cat as a pet. If this modern Bopeep should suffer the loss of her protege the whole police force of New York would be asked to rally to the rescue.— San Francisco Call, 1896

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