Show BOY BEATS HEALTH OFFICER Besides being an esteemed citizen I and a good fellow Franklin S B Carter Carte Carteris is the head of the board of health In Is Inthe Inthe I the burg of ot Burlington When a cat cal commits suicide on tho street or a dog do gets stung into kingdom come by b a n ii hiking It is his duty to see SOE seeto seeto iiI I to it that the tragically departed gets a s decent burial Some time since according to Mr Carter a little boy came to him with a s L dead dog which he said he ho had hod fished I out of ot the creek Following the usual custom the member of ot the th board of health gave him a dollar to tc bury the animal Two days later hater the youngster came with a second dog which he ho he had fished out of ot the creek and easily raked in another dol do lar tar Still another dog was produced a afew afew e L few days later By the end of ot the thc week the boy had cleared Up five dot del dollars lars hare in dragging drowned dogs from the water and burying them Mr Carter mentioned the rather re remarkable remarkable remarkable circumstance to a friend whereat to the surprise of ot the board of ot health member the friend leaned back and laughed hilariously I see Il e it all now he mirthfully mIrthful cried You have haTe been Frank You have been What do you mean demanded Mr Carter wonderingly I mean that he worked the same on you five times was the I startling rejoinder of ot the friend I saw him digging it up and if Ir the dog del r had only held out a few tew days longer he would have had 10 instead of or 6 5 Philadelphia Telegraph ph |