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The Sad Story Of A Life

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Adrián Press inan tells this one : "Not without emotion, we are called upon to note the death of the white buil terrier, Jim, of the Ann Arbor fire departtnent. The writer was personally aequaiuted ftith Jim, and can testify that he never Hinched, even in the most august presence. Such was the breadth of his democracy that the prince and the pauper were alike, to his taste. In his youth Jim was hidebound to such a degree that the front incisors and iesser deutals of the lower jaw were exposed to the sun, and to such material objects as possessed vital organs and came within reacli. To remedy this, he appeared at a clinic and sabmitted to the abridgment of his "follower," by which the released skin sliot forward a couple of inches, and partially overéame his deformitv, thus servingthe ends of snrgical science. The first meeting between the recorder of this obituary, and its subject was enthusiastic, but not unuecessarily prolonged, as the writer wasobliged soon thereafter, to cali on a friendo!' bis - a tailor - witli whom he went hito execntive session, with closed doors. It so happened that his business thereafter took him on the side of the street opposite the engine house and he and Jim never really met aftei ward, but each always recognized the other. A wagon ran over Jim and killed him. There was a funeral at dead of night. There were pall bearers, torch bearers and first and second grave digger. Tlie soleinn service was eonducted iu English and Germán, and Jim rests iu tlieyard back of the engine house, aloug with two other dogs, three coons and 31 cats he is known to have "removed."

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier