Identifier: dogsofallnations00mill (find matches)
Title: Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, Conrad Jenness, 1842-
Subjects: Dogs Dogs
Publisher: New York, J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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llwithout embarrassments for any. Watch displayed thegreatest dog wisdom in the management of his receptions. Watch lived a useful life, and when he died, his mas-ter and all the household and many of his neighborswho knew of Watchs beautiful character, and thedogs all about the region where his home was de-plored his loss. He died in October, when nature tookon the sere and yellow leaf. It was a very appropriatetime for Watch to pass away, just as the autumn leaveswere turning into orange, crimson and gold, a lit-tle later, to wither and fall upon the ground and de-cay. But as Watch had lived such a good life, his deedsalways remained green in the memory of those who knewhim. His grave was covered with flowers and branchesof trees, whose foliage was tinted with October frosts, mak-ing the mound beautiful and picturesque, like the grave ofa monarch. Watch wss a monarch among dogs, and whatwas done for him was well deserved. Such dogs are rare.Peace to his ashes. IN PROSE AND RHYMi 191
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LXXXIL KAISEE. Yelina, a little German, girl, was starting off to schoolwith book in hand and lunch basket on her arm. Kaiser 192 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS, seemed the picture of distress in parting with his youngmistress. She tried to cheer him by telling him she willsoon return. Kaiser was given his name because of hiskingly manner and lofty character. LXXXIII. EOSEMONT. Eosemont was the name of a sweet girl who loved ani-mals. She had four beautiful pet dogs. One was ,a. Pomeranian with eyes so saucy and keen,And one an Irish setter, red-haired, and always clean.The third, a shepherd dog, the fleetest of all the lot.The fourth, a Japanese spaniel, the size of a little dot. Eosemont taught her pets many tricks. One of the mostinteresting, was to take the dogs to the country and teachthem to gather wild flowers and fetch them to her. Shewould go to a field where flowers were, and call the dogsto her, and break off one and hold it against her breastand clasp her arms about it, to show them

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