The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-16
The Did Dogs.

Our pen is liable to stutter at times. and
quite apt to do so when we have anything for
it to say about id dogs in general and
Manitowoc ID dogs IN particular We
VIII preface our remarks by saying that they
are nuisances ut all seasons of the wear.
ana during the warm weather when each
individual canine Insists in Saying out-of-
doors all night to unite with ali other
carines IN berating the moon or insulting
some beated cut. they become almost intol
-'uble to weary men who try to find rest in
sleep! We never could see any object or
ambition in the life of these relies Of b,rbI-
Ran life but to trg away at the skirts nj re-
tard the steps of advancing civilization
People may bee ONE foolishly enthusiastic
and boast of American liberties, of the
Declaration of independence, our Constitu
ton, the Ptteenth Amendment, the Civil
flights Bill and all such stuff but it is ali
deirsion and mockery so long as men have
natural rights which dogs are not obi ced TO
respect. and dogs are granted privilege.
that are denied to men. Should two or
tn ee of our citizens, whose souls we're filed
with music and their bellies witt. beer. break
| forth in joyful song eve won't 60 hon, till
Morning" for Instance, some fine evening
they would hardly have time to finish the
arst st,nza before some minion of the i.w
would appear and either arrest them for
creating disturbance on tie streets or else
oblige them to di.perse yet, corgreg :
ton of hundred cogs or more night BE-
howilns IN the next street and making night
hileous, and the officers of the law would
not 60 near them, although they were tor,ur-
ing the sick with their noise and disturbing
the sleep Of those wac needed rest
Two great oyergrown g,owlers, without
any Cause or provicatien whatever. but
merely to satisfy their savage instincts, may
fight for an hour on our streets, and the only
punishment they receive is that which the Y
get while fighting each other; but should
two men undertake to settle little difficulty
between them in the SINE way, theS would
be Immediately jerkcd w. before some ma yis-
trate and heavily fined or imprisoned should
even harmless COW OF flock Of geese wander
quietly and unostentatioasly through our
streets the Marshal would be- immediately af
ter them ami soon deprive them of their
! liberties, yet, dogs can wander, in droves, at
will, doing mischief in various ways, and
are unmolested. Such dIscriminatio6 in
favor of the dog. we say, is a sarcasm on
/ American liberties
| fair Interpretation of the ordinance that
prohibits live stock from running in the
streets would keep dogs from the street also.
/ If cattle M ust be kept within an enclosure
pigs and geese in pens; why should not dogs
be confined toe, so that if they will no; avoid
nen, men may avoid them, especially when
hydrophobia is as prevalen. as i. now is and
there is great danger Of dozen dogs be-
coming rabid in day and a hundred lives
! inperiled thereby Let our City f ,ther.n
/ do something in this matter at once for the
| safety of our citizens, and tina, they may here,
after enjoy their -epose without its being dis
turbei by the barking of hundred worth
less curs.