Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Fingers, fist, knees or noses: a Gardenia pattern poem

 

HOT SPRINGS, 

October 24, 1939

In an effort to reduce 

stealing of bird dogs, 

Police Lt. . . Kauffman began taking the noseprints of such animals at the Whittington Avenue fire station this afternoon. More than 50 owners had impressions taken of the noses of their dogs. A charge of 50 cents was made to cover actual expenses, and for this the owners got the dogs' noseprints . . . ADG.

The sheriff proposes

that printin' dogs' noses

will cut down on thievin'

and keep us from grievin[.

Let's stop all our riddlin'

and fork out a piddlin'

four bits (fifty cents)

to cover expense.

We'll keep those illegals

from stealin' our beagles!


c 2022, PL dba lovepat press, Benton AR, from VARIATIONS, Second Printing, 1995