The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-24
PETS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE.
Creatures That Have Been Loved by
Noted Men and Women.
Srom tho San Francisco Cali)
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creatures That Have Been Loved BY
Noted Men and Women.
C'ron tho San Francisco CALI
a volume might be written OF famous
people and their pets and it would be
interesting reading. Many books of b.
| ography have scattered along their oaces
tender "reminiscences OF an atta-huert 10
some dumb animal. from Boswells Johns
son" and COwper's Letters" down TO enc
| of the latest works Of the FIND, The Life
and Correspondence OF Charles Kingsley. -
Jchnson's cat Hodge" for which he used
/ to go out to buy oysters lest the SER
! wants, having that trouble. should take
dislike to the POOR creature and Cow
/ per's bares, which used to amuse him in
his dull. weary hours at Olney, are as
well known as the two men themselves.
Charles Kingsley seems to have loved
every living creature around him, and he
taught his children to respect even the
most loathsome insects. Mrs Kingsley
tells how family Of runaway toads mada
their home in hole of the green bank
at Eversley. and the scythe was never
allowed to approach their retreat He had
two little friends in pair OF sand wasps
which lived in a crack Of the window in
his drawing room. one of which he had
saved from drowning In basin of water,
eagerly for them or their young which
came out of. or returned to, the game
crack, He petted the white stable cat and
the black house cat, and sat up with
sick dog during the last two nights OF It's
suffering life. Wherever he went he was
followed about the parish by his faithful
little Dandy Dinmont, whose intelligent
face was always to be seen at the lectures
and school lessons. and was known to
as much esteemed by them as BY the
he was for ten years.
Dogs perhaps. have been pets with a
greater number of famous persons than
any other animal. Everyone will remem-
Der Sir Walter Scott's canine pets. OF
which he had more than a score. The most
priced was the old Scotch hound MAZDA,
his companion for many years. whose grave
is near the gate at Abbotsford. with the
monument and inscription that he designed
for her. Then there were the two pet
greyhounds, Douglas and Percy, which at
tended him everywhere. They had privi-
legged place in his library. one of the win
dOws being left open in all wea.hers, 50
that they might pass in and out when they |
pleased.
Lord Byron had famous dog. Boat !
swain, whose picture Is still to be seen at |
Newstead Abbey: and Hoods dog. Dash,
will be remembered as the one that Barry |
Cornwall said should have been named |
Rover. He accompanied Charles Lamb in |
many Of his walks. nearly worrying the |
life cut of the gentle essayist, who could
hardly manage to keep in sight Of his rest
less four-footed companion, and was in |
constant terror lest he should lose him.
Water Savage Lander was another lover
Of dogs. He had number Of them
Parigi. which followed him in all his
tramps: Gallo. given to him by the sculp-
Tor Story. whose place was to lie at his
'eet: and. most celebrated of all, Pomero.
sent TO him from Fiesole to Bath, where
ne was then living. For twelve years
4andor and his dog were always together.
loticeable figures wherever they went, and
Pomero was written about and talked
about nearly as much as his master.
Mary Russell Milford was surrounded By
logs from her childhood. To relate her
history would be to tell theirs likewise. for
hey were inseparable. Their qualities
roubles. and general beings have an i'm
,ortant place in her letters. and they have
ender mention that might lead one to
uppose them to be human members of
he household. "All our pets are WE'LL is
Ter usual message in closing, and many Of
hem come in for special mention. like
'Marmion and Modoc and Moss Trooper.
he hounds" "Maris, with her black and
'lossy puppies Miranda, from STRAIT
"Mayfower. and Mid. and
.ufa. from the North countrie." and Dash,
rho sends his respects to Mrs. Brown
rg's DOVES and was SO well beloved by ;
is mistress that when she was in London
omesick she wrote to her parents, Il ,
N dying fer my Dash and my flowers"
VT. l.wcrth's companion on his morn
lg rambles was dog for whose death he
incerely mourned and to whcse memory
e paid an exquisite tribute in verse.
There have been other famous lovers of
ogs. Sir Edwin Landseer way especially
Dnd of them. and many Of his pets he has ;
aade to live again on the immortal can
as.
Mrs. Browning was greatly attached to a
hazel-eyed spaniel that Miss
Iitford gave to her Flushie lives in lit ,
nature as the subject OF enc of his mis-
reSs' tenderest poems.
Goethe hated dogs: his pet was live
make, which he kept in a chimney corner
"a repulsive companion, one would think. | =
he pet Of Tiberius. the Roman Emperor,
;as also Il snake: yet the two men were
holly unlike in every particular.
Jean Paul Richter's pets were q mouse,
squirrel. and a white spider. Hogarth
lie painter, was lOlO u cats, ana at his
ome at Chiswick he had garden where
e buried his favorites. placing little tab {
It's to mark the spot and distinguish their
idividual sepulchers.
The cat has been ,avorite with a num-
er of wellklowp people. Pope made
1mpanions of several and he showed the
est side OF his character to them. DryGan
ad also q stately fayorite cat with q
,mper as bitter as his own pen.
Gray. author OF the beautiful "Elegy in !
Country Churchyard' wrote an "Ode on
lie Death OF Favorite Cat Drowned in
Tub of Gold Fishes" In this little poem I
e bewails the fate of the demure and !
most historic Selma. Dante made pet
large black cat. Theophile Gautier .
ad white cat Of great beauty named
on Fierrot de Navarro. OF which he was
stravagartly fond. This animal died OF
He had a regular physician
I'd was fed on asses milk. but he finally !,
lccumbed and the poet describes his
sath in moving terms. ,
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