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High Priced Baby Pugs

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
October
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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The prettiest kennels in the city are to be found in the handsome apartments of a Woodward avenue doctor, where a little mother pug weighing eleven pounds has a litter of flre of the puggiest kind of pugs. Upon a sofa by herselĂ­ a y ounger and smaller pug, full grown at nine pounds, was snoozing the idle hours away. He was valued at $200, but that sum had been refused. "Midge's grandfather, Santa Claus, took two first prizes at Boston, and was sold to a New Bedf ord man for $500," said the doctor. "The mother of the little pugs is hers, too. But Midge is even finer than Dainty. They are the small pugs of the famous Morrison strain." "How much money for the little ones?' "They are going rapidly at $35. The flrst one brought $50. Here is one that has the fine apricot color that denotes the best breed. She has not the black stripe on the back defined as well, but that will come out later." Their square, black muzzles and large eyes were as prominent features as if they had been a year old instead of a month. The mother had tbe black toe nails indicativo of race, and this mark was repeated in her offspring. The father of the pugs is Port, a well known pug. An ancestor named Comedy Junior is believed to be one of the finest pedigreed dogs of England. "Do you keep them for amusement, doctor, or for revenue onlyi" "Oh, I thought I would like to raise them, but it takes too much of my time. No, I am not a professional dog fancier, but I like

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Ann Arbor Register