The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

THREE SMART DOGS.
several Interesting stories Of Some bright
Household Pets.

several Interesting stories Of Some fright
Household Pets.
I do wish you could have all seen Eoz.
lie was named after Charles Dickens,
the famous story writer. who. when he
first began to write, called himself
Boz
He. our Boz | mean. was q beautiful
sky-terrer. with long, sillSen BLUSH
gray hair. which fell over his face SO
thickly that you would never have been
able to see his eyes at all had they not
been SO very, very bright.
He knew lots of cunning little tricks,
and he learned them all himself. In
fact. we never could teach EoZ any
thing. remember trying to make him
shake hands with me- sat him up on
his hind legs and took hold of his right
forepaw, shaking it gently. while say
ing, in my friendliest manner: How
do you do, Boz
But Boz turned his head on one side,
lollcd out his tongue, and pretended to
be looking very earnestly ut the books
on the lower shelf of the bookcase.
gave him slight slap on his silky ear.
and told him to look at me, while said
again. in my most coaxing tone: Give
me your paw, and how do you do. Boz"
But Boz turned his head on the other
side and gazed straight at the piano, as
though thinking he'd like to take music
lessons.
So, after trying for half an hour.
was obliged to let BOZ drop ON all fours
and scamper off with a merry twinkle
in his eyes. And that twinkle said as
plainly as words: Ella. ha. wouldn't
do it: wouldn't do it,
But. oh! what merry games of hide
and seek" and tag" Boz would play
with the girls and boys that came to
see us: and often, when he had no chill
dren to play with he would race around
tables and jump over chairs all by him.
| self, evidently thinking it great fun.
In one thing Boz was not unlike all
the small folks know. lie was fond
of candy. and what's more, he knew
pennies bought it. ! don't know how
| he found this out for I'm sure ! never
told him.
| Many time has he brought my
| pocket-book from my desis. upon which
| used often to leave it lying. as a hint
| that he would like u few cents for some
thing good. The few cents were
| always forthcoming, and away
! BOZ would go with some of his
! little friends to the candy store
/ in search of the incest sugar
sweets Boz didn't care much for mo.
/ lasses candy. II stuck in his teeth as
| it did in the teeth of those small brown
/ people the mischievous Loosh played a
| trick on. but he'd eat it when he coult
get no other kind.
One very funny trick this clever dog
i gle had. Whenever | wore drcs.
with train and came in his vicinity
he would seat himself upon the train
! for ride across the room, and ON be
| ing upset, which he was i'm short order
] he would 60 away and sit in a corner
! with his face to the wall, for ut least
] five minutes.
| But alas. one very. very hot summer
day. when all New York city was sui
fering from the great heat dear cum.
j ming Boz died, and never was little
! dog more sincerely regretted.
/
country and Miss" blaclx-anf-ta
| did all our barking for us. She learned
| TO shake hands fast enough and as soor
/ as any friend of the family made his OF
| her appearance she ran to offer her lit
| tie paw. In fact a person had only I,
gain admittance to the house tn bt
| greeted in this manner by Miss.
| remember once going into the par
Tor and finding perfect stranger there
"A man who had called on some bust
ness or other-with Miss seated directly
in front of him holding ont her paw and
he looking ut her with puzzled express
sion, exceedingly funny to behold, or
| his face.
And. now. did you ever hear a dog
singo Watch, who belonged to a
friend of mine, sang several tunes. but
his favorite tune was ''Old Hundred
OF course he did not sing it as well as
you or could, but he growled ont the
low notes and howled out the high ones
in a way perfectly wonderful-for !;
dog.
One afternoon Watch got into trouble
through his fondncss for music. They
had been holding some solemn service.
in the church to which Watch's mistress
belonged, and when these services were
over the people began to sing "Old
Hundred and just as they reached tho
fourth word a very bass voice joined
in. Watch had followed his mistress
to church, slyly stolen up to the side
of the organist, who was an old friend
OF HIS and remained there as good al
gold until he heard the familiar tune
] am afraid the young minister whe
seized him by the neck and tail an;
placed him outside the church door die
not do SO as gently as minister SHOULD
have done, for Watch, as though in very
spite, sat on the step nearest the dool
, and sang his loudest all through tin.
last line of the doxology.-Detroit Ere,
, Press.
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