The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-22
Grcat IndignatlOn Meefing!

"fs"'' 'He l|h OF May, 1850.
PURSUANT to public notice-eviDced bv
geherai gro#l Ia large and respectable meet
ing OF Dogs Of this God .forsaken commun;
W met al the Public Market Honso !,
I;1, Gsolz, 'oF the purpose o. taking into con
s'uefa'lon the slanderous reports and scan
a. dalous epithets lately cast upon The race =,
temperance Speakers, ,he pclion of III,
Judges OF our County Court, as we'll os III,
recent connecticut Blue Laws" ndop,ed h,
or Borough Council. in their war nnon ii
DoEgeries. oP0" "'
The meeting was called 10 order bv H.
lion Sancho Panza-J r. Jowler, Esq. wa
elected President, and Col. T. B. Prince m
poln'ea Secretary. TIE object of the NEE,
ing being stated by the chnir. the followin,
named dogs we're appointed committee /,
o'a'' resolutions expressive Of the sense of th
meeting, n to wit: Nj. o. Bull, ESQ, Professo
X. Tiger, and Major BushyaiI.
During the absence of the committee III,
meeting was addressed by number Of bigb
intellectual dogs, with elevated ears an,
snort @ stump tails, with quite pthy remarks
sulco 10 the occasion. The commirte,
haS'hg returned, Blucher Tugmullon moved
me reading of the preamble and resolutions
which were taken up in order. supported b,
spirited barks, and adopted with veil!
WHEREAS the canine race are and eve,
nave been, free from the vice of Tntemper.
ance' (exceptin sheep meat, wharf rats. anc
pig ears,) we are jealous of our rood name
AID Will take all honorable measures TO de
'ehd our characters from all foul and sland
erous re9or's--Iberefore,
Resotped. That The term aDoeoer;esr . A,
applied 10 those haun!s of vice. Whether Ii,
quor laverns, beer groceries, or fish cellars
"h'th are so often and so zeaIousIy visited
b,y The Lords cf Creation, - for purposes o
debauchery, is direct Insult to al decent =,
respectable Dogs.
= heSo'0ed' That the Speakers, Count,
Court, and Town Council. who have 81
freely used the term set Fouh in the foreeo
ing resolution, are deserving Of our most nm
qualified disapprobatiou, anG should be me-
with one universal growI!
Resolred, That as the practice of worry
ing sheep has been much censurcd bv III,
bIped race, and may be considered bv som,
as an offset to The vice of drunkenness. n,
dog, be he hound or "cur of low decree >
shall IN future be permitted to worry an,
sheep or lamb, unless legally licensed to dc
50 50 by our County Court or Supreme TowI
Council of Dogs: and tha. The funds fifany
arising tIom The sne of such licenses. be an
Piled 10 the purposes Of educating puppies il
the principles Of canine honesty,
In the discussion on the last resolu,,r
some of The buglc tail breed were wont I,
indulge in much mirlh, wit and sarcasm. i,
speaking ol our present B rcrgh Officers
II. a. Boxer, Esq, stated that he knew on,
VINO 5000 nigh IN the conncil, who. in hi
great zeal TO detect " hiskey cellars, had b,
mistake gone down his own Ihront and 90
awtully fudded! lie did not discover hi,
mistake Ill his light was put out by III,
wrenchng water he took in, when he describe,
y as dreadfulIy hard, SO much shattered, tc
ind his way out in the dark!
]. G. Towser was more lengthy. and poy,
greater latitude 10 his remarks, and was de-
srous Of phlosophsing little. Cold Wat
eF, N his opinion, could not be compared to
lillle old "Red Eye"-he could not think
OF abandonlng the use of the latter: while tr
substitute the former would oiye him The
Blue Agae Fits! Colo Water. he snid, chills
people, as well as kills people, by drowning
them IN IL; besides il makes lhe infernaI
steam Tor the 'tngins' that blows felIers up
And then II was cold water that DESTROYED
me whole tntldeuvian world in the days O
NOAH! lie was tooth and Toe nail for nulIi
fcaion.
>, a. Irlpp was not so much oppose d tt
Tue tapping ofpuFe cold water, as tc the hu.
initiating spectacle of wearing collar about
his neck! He thought that mules and ,ack
anapes alone should wear a halter, 10 deter
mlne how far from the fence 10 feed but for
such things as had brains, Temperance Pied,
ges or Borough Ordinances we're too degra.
ding even for sucking puppies! lie wen,
Tor The largest liberty MS we'll rs the largest
dram, IN this county of freedom and stand
afd whiskey prices.
S. BMingo next took the ground. and n fior
eyeng The audience and speaker with hend
tilted to one side, like puppy seeming n
lizard in The crack of slump,l bis bosom
heavcd with the bigness of thought. lie had
had n dream the night before-an omingous
dream. lie dreampt that the tip of his nose
was red, which he took for granted was n
sign that he had better leave of drinking
brandy and water. lie had dreampt, also,
Of seeing nest of eggs. which he under
stood TO mean that The Town Council would
find great mares nest somewhere
four OF nve kegs Of The 20. be ioyfu'' which
he had helped 10 store away The day be fore.
IN an old foisaken stable, TO be used by the
barking fraternity in common al their own
proper leisure!
He was followed by T. p. Coly, in vio-
lent Alehoholicagainsi Town Council, as we'll
rs all ether fools who are mol dead yet. He
'ald they we're 0raery, and should be tarred
and feaihered, and concluded BY Offering the
following resolutioDs: ,.a't,..
Rcsolred, That all decent Dogs who vo-
ted for The present Borough Officers, should
'be shot with pack sndtlle"--tIen ram.
squaddled up salt river, and set 20 pumping
thunder al three cents q clapp I
Resolred, That we hereafter support old
'Red Jacket" for common counclmen--a
man who is not afiad of defining his position
when he siumRs his tool! on he free sol
question, and who can drink bis two quarts
and half day, and chews tobacco like 0
hosss
The best feeling prevailed. when these
propositions were made, throughout The meet
ing, as was evidenced by the general wagginG
Of tails, and when The lOst resolution wal
read, genernl howl rnng thro' the Hall!
On motion Of G. w. Poodle, the meeting
a ndintIrnnh. 10 N nnann,I,lo nj ihn- LII Cl.LI.-