Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-22
DOG.ONEDNESS.
for aud Roy on The Dog Fund CUES.
lieu,
To the Editors oftde Chronicle.


To the Editors Of the Chronicle;
That Roy" letter which appeared .
in the CHRONICLE Of the 10th, was the
dogishest piece of literature have
ever seen. [ feel compelled 20 criti-
else it, both as to abstract expression
and logical sequence.
Substantially Roy tells us that
the "devil, generally, has got into the
dogs, particularly. That a dog Tor
two) will travel eight or nine miles
and Kill "a whole flock of Sheep
lust for the fun of the thing, and 70.
the Sleeps blood. That one old dog
that had contracted the habit contin-
ued it when he was 30 old he could MT
do or was not fit for anything else.
That Wash Price. of our district,
tracked dog two miles year ago aud
killed it, but not until IL had killed
thirty lambs.n Note the fact. That
was fifteen lambs to the mite, or lamb
for each ll75 yards.
Well, dogs are good aud valuable an
finals. The dog, as Il general thing,
has more real good faith about him
than has a good average man. A man
even a Christian one, 10y Profession
will betray and desert his friend in
times of severe adverse storms, AMI
whine and comp aims under good
provdential treatment; but dog,
even sort of mean one, will forgive
the unjust cruelty of his bGggdr mas
ter, aud lick the hand from which has
Just fallen the cruel rod of punishment.
Yes, aud such a dog will follow that
master, after ali others desert him, and
constitute the sole mOurner at the beg
gar and Ou,casts grave.
But, to have these religious dgg-refer-
ences Roy" tells us, that the 500, 600
of "DUg-reveuueN ought to be rCSOtUed,
legislativelv. into a sort Of Dog Saw
ing's Bank Fund from which those
who mourn for dcad sheep may cause
the stOmachs of their purses to swell
out with pUBHess. My dear Roy,
that would never, never do! Why,
especially, the avaricious Dem Ocratlc
scrubb-sheep owners OF the State
would employ their own private dogs
to worry, especially, all their old and
poor muttOns to death, so as to realize
fat Cottswold and MerinO prices for
them, out of the Dog-Funds Yes
Sir Roy,n a poor old sheep, within
three days of honorable death by star
walton or rot, murdered" in the way
/ say would draw as big Post Nor
tenn price as the most thorough bred
"Bell-wether, fat enough to drag
the ground 1t would be more
than like New York's offer,
last year. of 50 cents for
each un-collared dog arrested and de-
livereI at the City Mad-dog Pound
How was it? Why, all the little and
old dogs within 20 or 80 miles of the
city were brought in and sold to the
" City-DOg- killing Department at 80
cents a head. In a logical sense, good
mutton is easily digested and is nu>
tricious and valuable food. People are
fond of it. 1t may he, that much Of
the very best fat now adhering to
ROy's ribs settled there, as a direct
ntttOn-rCSuH Ut Is the case with
4" YOr.n Well, dogs have good sense,
and also good tastes and good appe-
tite. No wonder they go for good fat
sheep. But l admit, that it will be
much better to have all our necessary
muttons slaughtered in a proper
manner and in what we call reg
ular mutton seasons. am, therefore,
in favor Of such police regulations as
will restrain bad dogs anu foster aud
fatten good ones.
But. Mr.. Roy your "dog-oned'
taxation policy will not reach the de-
sired end. The true policy is, or
should be, TO fence against dogs Of bad
morals and unnaturally ferociOus and
blood-thirsty appetites. o, certainly
1 am serious in this. All our good
grazing woodlands ought to be en-
closed with six foot picket fences. II
what is said as to the value of sheer
killed annually by dogs be true, such
value, for two years, would picket
fence most Of our woodlands. That's
the way, anyhow, to raise sheep
Clear out the under-brush, and set
with mixed grasses, aud enclose l0C
acres thus Of any of our average
billy woodlands, with a picket fence
lit will cost not more than $3.50 pei
rod, and it will make a secure, living
home for as many sheep as now have
to live poorly and get bit to death by
dogs on one or two thousand acres o
open dog territory"
I'll tell you, Roy" what's a fact
our "lOst Lunatic Asylum" Legisla
ture, or some other one more or lesi
sensible, ought to con6scate the sheer
of all those who turn their flocks on
into the aOUd hills; and, if the owne
be rag-baby" Democrat, tax hin
in addition. Yes. "my cOuntrymen, ,
cOnfiscate his wild muttOns and tal
him smart-money beside. YOR.
Roy" on the Dog Question Again
POWELL's STATION, Dec. Is, 1915.