The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-01-11

would know, that We have such laws p
Hogs are. running about throughout the
yssr % unres.rsiued ss the bids Of the
air jim the spring roofing up the mead.
owa,fn the summer destroying wheat,
OATS; rye aud barley, IN the fan asd win,
ter The corn !; aud seldom do they eat or
destroy anything belonging to their
crafty owner-so he at least unbiushipg
" inforus you. If you ssk BIN kindly
to pen, up bis hogs; becsuse, they root
no your door yard, garden and timothy
meadow, eat out your s'op pals, upset
your soap and even cook potts. wollow 10
your watering troughs, destroy yosr grain
shocks, eat up your chickens, ducks, tur
keys aud geese; and live off yosr pre-
ducts generally, not even during the
winter permitting you, to feed the 70.
msinder Of the corn snatcbed from them
during the fall and cribbed for yeuy own
animals but Of this even As YOU throw it
out to your cattle, they take The lions
share. He coolly tells you tha he was
not aware that they were of hin prcmis.
es You tell him, that it is agpinst the
law to let them run at large, he admits it;
but says. he has 50 much to do, chat he
has not time to attend to them,
The same 10 true to GREATS. or less
extent with horses and cattle After the
frst of October when the Wild grass is
withered most of our farmers in this
neighborhood drive their cattle and
horses away from homo for fear they
might break into their own fields snd eat
where aud what they have the only uu-
disputed right to eat, namely: the pro,
ducts Of their owner on the land of their
owuer. But this is not whore they want
them, they know there is no longer any.
thing to cat outside of Enclosures; on the
FIRST day Of November they know, too,
that they may BE- taken up a. estrsys, but
what do they care they drive them away
still with the hope, that they in some
way, may get into AZ Enclosure aud eat
the produce of another's honest Industry,
and thus deprive their .neighbo: Of the
products Of his hard earned toll Tbs
law does not call this larceny, but you are
just as etf.ctually deprived Of what you
produce as if thief or robber had taken
it. But you say take up the animals IS
estrays; if but few we're running at
large l could with some hope Of success
do it. But what would you do, if SO Or
100 head Of cattle broke into your corn
field (st.rvation driving them to it) and
you had but pen or stable room for 10 or
IS? I am inclined TO the belief, that
while you would be Watering and feeding
these, and writing and posting your i'd.
vertisemeDts, and while yau would 60
before q justice, summon appraisers,
compel them BY civil process to attend
and pay all tho foes tho remaining 40
or 80 would harvest the balance of your
crop, that you would have nothing to eat
for your own nor the estrays, and thus
be compelled to let them 60 again, Il
you undertook to take up the whole. you
hss 'foi6d S,hss,f.. VITO 6 .;7ily ppnreb. j. .
ed an elephant and when he hsd him did
not know what to do with him. The
same is true Of hogs, sheep and horses
It is asked whether l have lawful
fences! | answer l havo, but they do
me no good; because most Of my neigh.
bors do not keep up lawful partition
fences You advise me to complain ia
the fence viewers they decide in nv
favor and compel the building of lawful
fences which under our hog law system,
is three boards or three rail. l6 or 20
inches from the ground This while it
lasts protects me against horses and large
cattle; but enables them still to turn
loose upon me. hogs, cattle and sheep
enough to prevent me from raising any.
thing. This whole affair, sad and deplor.
ahls as it is, is roduceable to the follow.
ing true yet simple abstract propositions:
The man who raises the most horses,
sheep, beef and pork on other men 9 pro.
duets. against al law aud every principle
Of common honesty, is the best follow
To all IN whom there is yet q ssnsibility
to tho ights Of others and whose inward
monitor has not become so obdurste and
perverted, that it declares to them right
wrong aud wrong right; the question now
rises: What can We do to remedy this
great augmsnting evil? My friend Tar.
box suggests additional legislation. In
this concur with him; if he consents
to HAYS it short and comprehensive,
with everything now in force upon the
subject obliteratsd for want of authority
and penalty, Of the propriety of which
will treat in my next number.
MULTUM IN PARvo.
Springfield tp, Jan. sth, 1866.
The Clinton Herald says Adit, Gen.