Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-07-10
OF DOGS.

Over the way from our lodgings Is
a dog for which {. nj ,htly orisou as
cends that its days may not be long
in the land. A diminutive' dog tits,
with sharp, pointed ear,, the quick,
earnest movements of which are sug
gestive of the liveliest imagination,
and bud of tail, stiff as the big toe
of dancing girl, that forms tho pivot
on which turns, whom sitting, tho moi
siest canino superstruoture in the
whole neighborhood. A sight it is to
SEQ that astonishinganimal during the
watches of tho night, suporimposed
on it's caudal bud, which is as innocent
of hair as the curbstone that it contin.
uously drills, listening with prickod-
up ears and relaxed jaws for some OBJ
ject to bark at. Does a misguided
rooster crow, unconscious of the pot
to which he is destined, rattling
run Of sharp, shrill barks answers
from tho curb-stone. Does tho clock
in the neighboripg church spire meas
nredly strike the hour, a ncho!y
howl vexes tho drowsy ear of night.
9ae faint and far whistle of bolatcd
locomotive supplies theme for q half
hours fierce debate, while the hollow
rumble Of hack, or the cchoing step
Of wandering pedestrian, suffice to
excite the most furious and distract
ing snarls and snaps that ever chased
sleep from "tirod eyelid5 upon tired
eyes"
Innumcrablo arc tho bricks and un-
numbered the bottles that have been
SHED at that exasporating dog, with
tho sin ID result of a~slight change of
bass and fresh fulcrum for O corru-
gated nub of tail. Whom we think
of the years and years that this little
monster has worried humanity, the
sIeepless nights it has Inflicted On
youth and Innocence, the babies it has
caused to cry, the veterans of gray
hairs it has caused TO curse, our faith
in the virtues Of nuz vonaica decreases
in tho ratio that our confidence in the
patience and long suffering of human
kind is strengthened.
With these wrongs unre1ressed and
a long cherished purpose to punish
this particular dog unsatisfied, we
read the act Of the General Assembly
of Ohio "to restrain dogs from run
Mug at large" and the amendments
thereto, with savage satisfaction. If
statutes would only execute them
solves, we might .hope 10 SEQ the null
titudinous dogs of Ohio penned up or
poisoned. But the dogs do not seem
to pay much attention to what tho
Legislature docs or omits to do.
About the same number Of sheep,
lambs, goats and kids are killed, wor
ssed er injured, ore year with anoth-
er. as though ,hero were no legal re.
straint put upon their freedom. Ou,
interest in these statutes, too, greatly
abates when we discover that they mp.
ply to dogs in the country. We insist
upon Q further amendment, in effect
that whosoever residing IN cities of
.the first and second classes, owns, har-
bors or keeps about on his premises
dog that will bark between the hours
of lOP. N. and 6 A. NJ, TO tho annoy
anc', worry and vexation of the
eighbolh ood, the owner of said dog
or dogs shall bo liable to an action
f-r damages, and shall, upon convic
tion, be fined in a sum not to exceed
one hundred dollars, and be imprison-
cd in the jail of the county not .ex-,
ceeding ten days, and dieted on saus.
ago. to which the turnkey shaIlstrong
ly insinuato his dog contributed the
substantial portion. -
We, shall see to it, that thelaw thue
amended is enforced oyer the way,
and that the places that have known
that nubby tail shall know lt-po,more.
forever In a moral and exemplary.
point Of view, dogs should not-be al
lowed to run at large in tho night.
A pretty example they set to the men of
the>inture-the lads. who ought to be- at
home and in bed by 10 O'CLOCK at the: la
lest. A yagrat boy, like vagran, dog,
is esrtain- toa come 10 grief. The attach
ment Of the dog is for persons more than
Tor places, apd the influence ,sxerted by a
pet rat-terrier, . soft:eysd spaniel, q, a
wise old Nswfouudlander on bis youthful
master, who. can calcnIate7 And the, ii,
another point to be considered. II ihe
'hesd Of the house ia SO lax 10 Lis domssiic,
. discipline that he napiesss NO anxiety
abeot the company Lisdos keepssS sS of aiafifs, %
nor care. whittier 7zhe waads,s, il is ten Is
one that this lassssude grow; upon him and
mskes him less xatchlol everlhs hsti,s &
his childrsus, I',.st~,sj tsn.,t.L
faaasss ways, Il xilfbe .sesh. Tie do,