Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-07-05
July s, 1887

,.c,,.s paying no farther attention to the
ar,,,,Isoms fellows, than 10 tender them
- s,uression Of pity, and some other gen
tl., rational rebuke? This is war and peace,
in miniature. At least in regard to war,
every rejecting mind will at once admit that
this will apply on the largest scale. On the
other hand, while we have confidence in the
soundness of the New Testament ana the
religion Of Jesus Christ, we shall maintain
that the measures here suggested will Sc
cure peace, on the largest scale.
(5) All we have TO say on this point is.
that if the Peace Society has logged in
warrior for one Of its officers or members,
so far il is chargeable with inconsistency
We are happy in being able to say that, at
its last annual meeting, the society threw
itself upon the Christian ground that all
war is sinful. Henceforth, we trust it will
no more sacrifice principles 70 numbers.
(6) Who would believe ihat the writer of
this processes to be a follower Of Him who
taught expressly TO :urn the other cheek if
one be smitten7 Yet It's reported that the
Editor Of the Spectator is a member of the
Presbyterian church This ruthless tram
ping on The Savio's command, however,
IS Of ono consistent piece with what we
have before been examining.
0) No one can dispute that the West
Point Academy is most prolific hot bed,
for terminating the seeds and nouri sh;ng the
plants Of war. II was on this very account,
that we so much deprecated the cultivation
Of it by such hands as President Wayland's.
MAD Docs THAT dreadful maladv to
which the canine race are subject, and
which is 50 easily communicated to all
other animals, even the human species,
seems now to be prevailing to an alarm
ing extent, in different parts OF the Com
monweaIth. Instances have occurred in
the counties Of Berkshire, Plymouth. and
Suffolk. This is great evil; one which
greatly cndangers the weII-beng orsocIc-
ty and should receive the prompt auen-
ton Of the civil magistracy in every CITY
and town in the Commonwealth. We
hnI the following painful srcnc described
IN one OF our exchange papers -" A lit
lie gir', daughter Of Mrs Joseph EIv, of
West Springfield, aged about 7 years, was !
bitten by rabd dog last week. Just as
she came out Of school, the dog 0ounccd
upon her threw her down, and tit her At !
aud above tho chow, tearing the flesh
from the bone. \ council Of physicians
was called, her arm Immediately amnu-
tated, but we understand that there is little
hope Of her life Bot if she lives what
must be her suffering, and that of her
friends, from the apprehension of the ter
rible disease ~
Dogs are comparatively useless in this
country; the greatest proportion Of them
are kept by spendthrihs and vagabonds-
1t should be made the law Of the Com
monwealth, that every man o. woman
who keeps dog, shall pay for the same
tax OF one thousand dollars per annum,
aud that every dog should be subject to
the penalty Of death by any one who chose
to kill him, It found three yards from his
Owner.-Chr. Waterman.
Hold hold, brother Tire sher Don't get
"fandtical," in your anti-do8 keeping cru
SADIE. If you seriously recommend such
measures against the crime Of raising
faithful, affcctionate domestic animal, what
penalties would you have annexed to man
stealing, woman-whipping, Bible withhold
ing, and soul-driving7"
by the way, however, our own aversion
10 the dog growing business is strong enough,
no doubt, in all conscience-perhaPs as strong
as brother Thresher's.
Yet we like to see little consistency Of
character He who is notorious for swal
lowing camcIs, is justly liable to ridicule il
he take great pains to srain out gnat. He
who makes a loud noise against a compare
lively small evil, is in consistency bound tC
speak out against an infinitely greater evil
More directly, he{who is clamorous agains
the raising Of dogs, because Providence
sometimes, makes them a nuisance, ough
not to be silent towards sIdrery, which is
system Of complicated wickedness, OF man
inrention, eril and only erH CONTINUALLY
The former is but Fighting thunder
cloud, moved by the hand Of God, smitlnJ
only here and there an individual. Tn
latter is a devouring FIRE, kindled and fed b
lust and all malignant passins, and constan,
Iy spreading universal desolation and death
A little girl, in Massachusetts, has bee
frishdully bitten, and others exposed to tn
dreadful malady. The Waterman is just