THE BOSTON TERRIER in 



unprecedented demand for the Boston at very 

 high prices, and I am going to make a prediction 

 that on the continent of Europe it will not be 

 long before the American dog will follow the 

 trotting horse, and will work his way eastward, 

 until jealous China and strange Japan will be 

 as enamoured with him as we are, and his 

 devotees at the Antipodes will be wondering 

 where he got his little screw tail, and why that 

 sweet, serene expression on his face, like the 

 "Quaker Oat smile," never comes off. This to 

 a person who knows not the Boston may seem 

 extravagant praise, but to all such we simply 

 say : Get one, and then see if you are not ready 

 to exclaim with the Queen of Sheba, when vis- 

 iting King Solomon and being shown his treas- 

 ures: "Behold, the half was not told me!" 

 Perhaps the system of sales that has always been 

 followed by us may be of interest to many en- 

 gaged in the breeding of the dog, and while we 

 do not hold a patent on the same, or even sug- 

 gest its adoption by others, must confess it has 

 worked with entire satisfaction in our case, and 

 we have never once failed to receive the pur- 

 chase money. We must say in explanation that 

 our customers practically are all bankers and 

 brokers, and that our dogs have never been sold 

 by advertising or being exhibited at shows, but 

 by being recommended by one man to another, 



