The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-07
DOGS.

The dog is very valuable animal to man-like
the horse, he is the companion of man. To be
useful, however, the number of dogs should not be
too great, and those taat kept, should be well
mann1 red and well watched, and well drilled and
disciplined in the service for which they are intend
ed In cities there are few purposes to which dog
can be put-to guard house or goods and kill
rats being about the total of their useful occu
patons. But strange to say, here where dogs are
comparatively of SO lite value, they most do con-
gregate. In many houses with lot twenty by fifty
feet, you will find almost many IS would serve
for a 'arge farm; and every square can produce a
phalanx OF the canine race including almost every
variety from the nobest Of The species 10 the sour
CT low degree" NOW tastandipg the number is
Sc great we have no means of relieving ourselves
q their redundant population, except the net
which Messrs. White, Page, Pearce, e. Co, with
their detachment of dog and hog catchsrs periodi
cally carry through the city. But very few are
caught in the net. and it has often occurred to us
that the night after the procession of the dog catch
ers through the streets, there great deal Of ex
ira barking more than Oh other nights-the dogs
possibly thus expressing their dersion of the feeble
attempt of their enemy to lessen theirnumbers
Lynchburg, which has shown praseworthy am.
bitten to display the attributes ofa city, has adopted
more efficient remedy against the multiplication of
dogs. Initiating the Crescent city, she has been
employing poison the best agent for this purpose,
and has made telling assault upon the canine race
which from all accounts was rapidly getting
ahead OF humanity there as it is here. We are
very much inclined to believe in the superior hu.
mainly of that nude Of killing dogs. Here, after
the dogs are captured they taken to the market
place for time to give an opportunity for the re.
demption of such as have masters vino are able
and willing to save their lives by paying pre- tty
liberal ransom. Those that are not SO fortunate,
are knocked in the head and thrown like dogs in.
to that ravine known dog heaven whence it is to
be hoped tor their sakes, their souls, if they have
any, pass into more blissful regions. But the poi
son does not mutilate the victm-it don't break
the skull and gives but little pain. Its taken in a
form most agreeable to dogs-a well seasoned sau-
sage or sweet morse of meat-af few pangs, insensi-
bilty and death rapidly ensue, and there's an end
omit.
Time was, when poison was the death most in
vogue for the condemned of mankind in the most
enlightened naiions-but now we employ, certain
hang them up by the neck. We are led to suppose
rom proverbal indications that about that ancient
'ne vi some other, hanging the mode of exc
ou'ne oogs; dogs DEATH is known everywhere
NC and to hang ''like dog, is as old
ahos' aS tne Nils Having appropriated hanging to
n'an' as possibly too exalted for dogs poison ia re-
vlved In some places, Lynchburg Ter instance. Al
| more hitting for dogs. But then the more hmm ana
| manner in which the poison is now administered
| to the dog than erst ii was to man, is uerbans
mark OF the distinctive features of the age in which
we hve. The victim then took up the poisoned
cup win perfect knowledge of his fate from out
us hquid contents the hideous form of death stared
MIN In the face! The Dog, all unknowipg. .eizes
tae tempting morsel, the delightful sausage. and
devours it with hearty Satisfaction Nor a.. -.
great; lor an Intelligent Newfoundland
WIN none mead and graceful and abundant tail -
having "ucn the air OF seisatisfaction and superb
y OF some doctors-we have no doubt he was
oos doctor-told US day or two ago, that dop,s
death from poison was great matter, there were
some severe twinges he admitted Ia the stomac b,,
insensibility soon followed and he suffered mo NOR.
oil ne was a "desd dog" Many of your epicure.
ne ssid' who eat inordinate and highly sea.onsa
oinners suffer more vita the bely.acbe. .,r,..,
any day in the year thsn does q poisoned do. ~
""efe my fate TO die violent death, said he l., 4
come In poisoned sausage
TINS 10 no doubt all very true; and the peonl. ~
Lynchburg. who 80 commissioned the posonsd
dogs, made great mist.ke. IL Il much The ms,
humane mode Of disposius Of dogs It d. too, he
moro Democratic; for the rich and the poor mau.s
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