The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-02-07
DOWN WITH TIE nOGS

Senator Casey, distinguished philan-
! throplst, has, in his anxiety to confer
blessings upon humanity, introduced into
the body of which he Is one of the most
striking and ornamental figures, a bill that
has for it, object the determination of
dogs. The bill provides that any person
may Kill on sight an united, unmuzzled
aud uncollared dog, and makes it the
duty of constables and policemen to de-
stroy all dogs seen by them not protected
by rope, muzZle or collar.
The Senator's bill does not go far
enough in the direction of no dogs, but it
goes good distance, and we therefore
rise up and call him blessed.
Dogs are nuisance.
We have been told that the dog is
mans best friend. but this is mistake.
He is pest, and has no good in him. 1t
is true he ways his tail and looks pleased
occasionally, and barks with merryvoice
when he is not angry, but take
him for all in all and he is a
nuisance. lie is numerous in Cairo he
is probably as numerous as half mil
lion. We surely do not exas-
geratc when we declare and
say that there are five hundred thousand
dogs in this city, and we are very truth
full when We assert that four hundred
thousand of them lingcr in The night time
close to the house in which we attempt
to sleep, and bark with an industry that
never becomes weary. Last Summer
Chief Mclialc sent ambition or two of the
dogs Of the city to the spirit land, and We
are thankful to him. Since then We have
enjoyed comparative peace at night, but
with Senator Cascy's BE it enacted to
back us we might Kill the dogs that re-
main behind those that have gone before,
and thus enjoy Il taste Of Elysum on
earth.
Byron wrote about the watch dog bay
ing deep-mouthcd welcome as we draw
near home; the First, Second, Third,
Fourth and Fifth Readers contain COM
pliments to dogs, and one of them con-
talns a picture OF a dog
running before n boy; writer's
of Sunday school books have also
dealt extensively in dog literature. Thus
the public mind has become corrupted,
and the dog has been made fashionable
At the door of Byron and other dog Gu
logists, 1.-The and they have ahydoors, nearly
all the hydrophobia that has prevailed
must be laid. and we hold each and all of
them personally responsible for the many
nights of sleep WE have lost because dogs
would bark. TO those authors the nu-
merosity of dogs, iii the expression is
permssible), must be attributed. They
have cultivated among boys and men,
who ought TO have better sense, love OF
dogs, and the consequence is apparent. In
every town and village there are thou
sands Of dogs, utterly worthless, who are
not lovely as the day, and bark at night
when the moon am bright and the stars
am gone away. The authors referred 10
have been scourges Of Humanity, and we
anathematize them
But now GENES Senator Casey and pro.
poses to give to the citizen the right to
protect himself against dogs-to kill
them Oh sight. He should have gone
farther and have put into his bill pro
vision that all dogs are utterly unlawful
but he is entitled TO our thanks tor wha
he has done. He may therefore imagine
that with our good shot gun on Gu
shoulder, and hatred Of all dogs in Gu
! eye, we have approached him, have laiC
/, our hand upon his head, aud said: ''Bles
| Won. Thomas. hlesg you'.i