Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-05-01
ALEXANDRIA,:
THURSDAY, MAP I, 1917.

We recommend Wild more than COM
mon earnestness, to the attention OF al.
our readers, the paper headed HYDRO
pHoBrA," in this days Gazette. 1t deep.
y concerns every individual, and parti-
cuIarly parents and heads Of fami-
lies. The boundless RIGHTEOUSNESS, and
uncomfortable self-wiIl in which the chill
dren Of our country are, with 50 few ex-
ceptions, INDUCED by the mistaken no.
Itions Of their parents, renders caution
about dogs more necessary in this coun-
try than in any other-whiie the chances
of danger are multiplied and every day
multiplying in it beyond all other coun-
tries in a proportion which surpasses the
power of calculation, and almost out
RACES credibility. The obstinate, suTIy
disobedience Of the thoughtless crop of
boys which so often render them regard
less Of parental authority, the abundant
means which they generally possess OF
feeding dog while it is small ard young,
the tondness for the company Of that spe"
cies so natural to man, and which makes
the father too often as incOnsiderste az
the child, have conspired to multiply the
animal in all our towns and cities TO an
extent which, exclusive OF that most ter
rifle of dangers so unfortunately attached
to the race, is a constant nuisance and q
pest to the inhabitants. Ia those parts Of
Philadelphia which are in all other re-
spects the most pleasant and healthy
we mean the parts most remote from the
public markets and the haunts o: business,
the inhabitants are kept awake eVe.y
fair night, and particularly Oh moonlight
nights, by the incessant barking ard un'
howl Of the foc&s Of dogs
which infest the streets. Every litter Of
pups that comes into the world adds,
often the whole, generally the greatest
part Of its contents, to the .cry-every
" apple.eating urchin" gets him a little
pet from the brood, and probably in the
course of year is able to accommodate
each Of his younger playmates with pet
too-and thus the evil INCREASES and will
continue to encrease until il bursts in
one extensive, horrible calamity upon the
and brings them to sense of
Ihe mischief they have so long sppine!y
seen preparing for them. The human
imagination cannot keep pace with the
horrors which twenty thousand dogs (!or
here are at least SO many in Philadel-
,hia) infected with the hydsophObia, and
affecting every animal that comes in their
way, would spread thrOug ia such popu-
Gus city
The same may,. to certain degree, be
aid Of every city, town or village, we
AVE seen in the Union. The masis-
rates Of Charleston, South Carolina, a.
ware of the danger, have for some years
,ast enacted laws and made provisions
o secure the people by preventing dogs
rom trsversing the streets either by night
,r day. Taxation would 20 great way
o diminish the chances of danger, and
would if smartly applied be a two.told be-
left tc the community. The uagistracy
If Charleston has gone much farther
md we have no hesitation in saying that
n every part Of the Union their example
ought to be initiated. Certainly some Ell.
iectuai means ought to be adopted TO pre-
vent the multiplication, beyond certain
xtent, of that species.-No one living
.dmires or indeed loves the amiabc ami
nal more than we do:-But we love our
fellow creatures still more. and think II
will not admit of doubt that ten thos'
sand blind puppies should be drowned
.ather than that one human being shcuE
lie of that most horr:bl" # all imaglnaa'
leaths, the Hydrophobs.
From the National Htsliigencer.