A DOO DOG EATING MAN tho strona e taste of fritz meikle lor canine meat heat philadelphia thew beneath the thatched roof of a vine cottage nestled lov angly at the foot of ot a sloping hilli hillside side it in lower INI merion erion township a few miles from Manay liv lives es friiz merkle and his wife tho the farmers in the neighborhood call him dog eating cating merkle 31 erkle decata ile cats not only dogs but cats this taste he lie acquired from his mother in law who germany where fritz himself wag was born bor n a good gi many years ago he formerly kept a tavern agod and an eating house in in mana alana yunk near pear the reading railroad depot through close economy and fortunate speculations in a small way ho paved up enough I 1 money to purchase the tile farm upon which he now liets li lie ile is a slender built mau mail with keen brown eyes mustache modeled after that of bis marck and a it curly head lead of hair in ill bi liia dress dres he be affects the manners and at 1 d customs of the city folks he is well ivell known in manayunk Mana Iana yunk and through the surrounding coat country ry as i a do dog cater and it is not stretching the line litie of truth an all inch out of the perpendicular to say that at I 1 least a dozen of the choicest sleek I 1 est fattest canines in the before I 1 9 mentioned c tinned suburb have inhabited upon various various occasions in cold carved sections his domestic clapboard fritz kills tile dogs with his trusty gun skins skills them after the orthodox method which prevails in slaughtering beef and then quarters them he especially prizes the hams or hind bind quarters which he lie salts cures and eats with as much gusto as though the meat in question were veal when ho he gets a fat pup a newfoundland or plump mastiff or setter he lie bolls boils that portion of the ati contiguous to the backbone reaching from the ears to the tail and extracts a pale amber colored oil which he be pronounces a certain and speedy cure for cons consumption timp sore core throat and kindred bronchial complaints he sells large quantities qu a of this oil to quacks and rural druggists who dispose of it as opportunities offers ers at seventy flye cents per half pint F from rom a canine of average size he obtains a gallon of oil mrs merkle a thrifty buxom matron who looks teutonic teut onic every inch in eh of her even with her mouth shut cooks the cats and do gsand and superintends super intends the nial making cing odthe of the oil j A reporter of the press pros spent a portion of yesterday afternoon with the queer family whose home life when victuals are not in question does not differ from that of ordinary mortals when the visitor reached tile P place lace fritz was leaning on the front gate mechanically whittling a slip blip of willow wood mrs airs was vibrating between the shed kitch en and the cellar busy bottling the tile dogs oil A fat bowzer lazily 21 slept opt near the pump the tile picture of innocent contentment utterly unconscious con seiona of the awful fate in store furbin fur him an attenuated roan mare had her gaunt head poked wistfully out of a hole liale in the barn door A faded sunflower rested rc sted against the weatherboarding weather boarding of the tile kitchen apparently tired of life near the barn was what proved upon subsequent inspection to ho le a bleached licup lic up of cats eats and dogs bones the reporter dismounted his styli stylish di equipage c and find giving givin 0 he cultivated jehu on the box a c cigar i igar with which to while away the te dinus moments opened the tile gate saluted fritz and walked into the dinin groom fritz followed with conderi wondering ng eyes the reporter laid a half balf dollar upon the table and asked for a bottle of dogs oil as a medium of opening the conversation without exciting t suspicion cion as to his identity what is this oil good for ho he asked say annie for vat goot ish dis oil inquired fritz of his spouse who was just into int 0 the cellar for she replied how do you kill your dogs pursued the reporter 1 say annie how haf we kill k ill le cm m a again ain asked friz fritz of ills his spouse shoot him was the impatient response from the innermost depths of llie tile cellar they say eay you cat dogs said eaid dog the he visitor preparing to c climb up the tile chimney say sa y annie do vc ve ate dog called our fritz to mrs bl merkle erkle dot ish goot she remarked her wrath evidently ri rising ing and she began be an to ascend the cellar stairs mrs irs herklo vouchsafed the information that the hams were boiled or fried and eaten with an abundance of salt and pep pepper or she said eaid dog meat was tolerably tolerably Ely tender with a haver flavor like veal and yet peculiar withal and ought to bo be eaten by cuttic cutting it fine like a it lobster for salad the reporter asked fritz if he lie ever ate cats ho turned to his wife and asked aay say annie we haf ate cut cat sometime vall cat ish goot too A replied MM airs merkle I erkle as bhe she prepared to again descend into the tile cellar mr merkle Of erkle related how when he lie had kept a tavern he boiled a fine fl fat at Newfoundland dog and served him hiru to his boarders as veal and how when ho he told them afterward I 1 ati tw ys ay about the deception two of them were ft ere taken d deathly sick I 1 mrs alm berkle saya says she likes cat meat although it is not BO so goot ash dog the flavor being mote more akin to rabbit the meat of both cat and dog is dark that of the latter being the meat of the hindquarters of the cat is especially firmand they esteem it the tidbit tid lid bit of the feline anatomy not long ago a man living in manayunk Mana yunk named metzler gave fritz an old pet dog named spot some days afterwards fritz called and told him that spot had made splendid aati eating ug merkle owns besides his erty in the city and it is not poverty but an eccentricity of taste that has led him to prefer the ibe meat of cats and dog to that of sheep shee p and beef