Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-16
THE DOG AND THE NEGRO.
How Monsieur BeFgh Protects the
Dog in New Y0rk.-But He Fatis
TO Protect the Negro.

How Monsieur BeFgh Protects the
Dog in New York.-But He Fails
10 Protect the Negro.
Some days since we published an &C
count of the arrest of Mr.. Walker, O.
New York City, because he had used at
dog as motive power in crushing out
fresh cider for his customers. Mons.
Bergh and his crowd Of fanatics COM
PEELED Mr.. Walker to dispense with the
dog power, but little negro was at once
substituted on the cider press tread-mill,
and as yet Bergh has not said a word
about cruelty to the animal-negro. A
late number of the New York Herald
has the following:
The Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals has compelled the
sweet cider man up Broadway to take
that dog out Of that cider mill, and be
has substituted a "cullud pusson." 1t
was cruel to the dog, but it is all right
for Sambo. Has the negro no friends in
this community? Where is the civil
rights bill?
Mr.. Bergh has had an equivalent sue
cess in his assault on a cider mill. 1t
was not wind mill mind you. 1t was q
treadmill-anda poor old dog was broken
on it. Recorder Hackett swore as a
witness in this famous case, that he had
the personal acquaintance of four hua-
dred dogs and be was satisfied, from the
knowledge thus acquired, that the poor
old dog must be tired ''in the legs and
Mayor Hall, who had observed dogs less
extensively. but more accurately, swore
TO the same effect. With such authority
on his side it is no wonder the Recorder
was able TO compel the cider grinder to
take out the dog and put in a colored
man, named Washington. This is one
of his least equivocal successes-one Of
his happiest strokes. Now that the war
is over and the Voice Of Wendell Phil.
lips is heard no more in the land, we do
not know who is to come TO the rescue OF
the colored man in the mill, but we are
reioiced that there was somebody to
come to the rescue Of his predecessor;
for, as we are not so fond Of cider as
some people are, we did pity that dog
The New York people rescued the dog
from the tread mill of hard cider slavery,
but the colored bearer Of the great name
of the Father of his Country is permit
ted to walk the plank in place Of the dog
by Bergh and his Radical brethren Of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. The case was tried and
decided in favor of the dog by the legal
Radical dogs of the New York Court Of
Special Sessions, consisting Of Justices
Kasmire, Morgan and Murray. The
report of the case Is interesting, and il
published as fellows in a New York
journal:
In the New York Court Of Special
Sessions this morning before Justice
Kasmire, Morgan and hurry, the FIRST
case called was that Of Charles ID. Walk.
err, charged with crulety to animals
Mr.. Walker has been under arrest
since the 18th Of May last. for working
dogs in his cider mill, corner Of Broad.
way and HoustanIstreet. but owing to a
severe illness has not been able to ap.
pear for trial until to-day, and when ar.
raigned at the bar showed traces Of the
indispositIon.
The court room was crowded with in.
teresed parties, among them being Re.
corder Hackett, ex-Msyors Hall and
+ nsnan, Alderman Morris and several
Of the lso,;ce Justice Mr.. Eldridge 7
Gerry appearso Cor the Society for ID,
Prevention ~ C-,.l,- - Animals, anc
called as the prosecuting witness, lanes