In very early dog days I’d begin
To dose the little fellow well with gin;
And if I wished to enervate a boy,
The fire and vigour of his life destroy,
And all his brightness and his briskness mar,
I’d daily give the little fellow a cigar.
Second—To keep my dog respectable, I’d make him stay at home,
He’d lose his character were he with other dogs to roam;
He’d learn to fight and quarrel, bite and bark—
Mr. A. Mortram.