While a policeman was covering his beat near Delaware Avenue and
Dickinson Street, says the Philadelphia _Times_, he came
across a dead dog.
Taking out his book and pencil, he wrote the following:
“Dead dog at Delaware Avenue and Dick----” and stopt.
Picking up the dog by its tail, the policeman carried it to
Tasker Street, where he dropt it. Here he took his pencil and
book out again and wrote:
“Dead dog at Delaware Avenue and Tasker Street.”
A passer-by asked the policeman what made him carry the dog to
Tasker Street, to which he replied:
“Well, I couldn’t spell Dickinson, so I took the cur a square
down to an easier street.”
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