The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-03-25
THEDoGLAw.
What a Giles County Ex-Candi-
date Thinks About 1t and the
Legislature. Dog Skins as
Legal Tender, and Sau-
sage Factory to Pay Off
the State Debt,
From the Union and American

INC CIdGC OGDBs
From the Union and American.
In view of the passage of the House dog
bill, yesterday, by the Senate, the following
letter from Giles county ''original' to the
Pictorial Representative from Giles and Lin
coin is spicy reading:
The following letter was read at the session
ofthe House of Representatives Wednesday
night:
ELKroN GILES County, March Il, 1sf5.-Dr.
James Bowers Dear Sir: 1 learn from the
papers that the Legislature has passed dog
law. Now, Doctor, I wish to know if the dog
tax is a property tax or poll tax. If 1t is a
property tax, I wish to know if it is not IN
constitutional, because you have no right to
tax property for eonfscation. But / am told
that the tax collector viii kill the dog
if the tax is not paid. Then the State
ought to establish q tannery and make
dog-skins q legal tender to pay the in
terest on its bonds, and to start button
factory, make buttons of the dogs bones
make bologna sausage out of the flesh, and
send the intestines to soap factory.
But, lift isa poll tax, then the dogs will
have a right to vote, and some of them will
be candidates at the next election, and viii
run like Old Scratch. You may bet some
good man viii get beat at this internal fool
ishness, as the darkey who was about being
baptized said when the parson stTangled him.
The Legislature has been in session nearly
seventy-hve days and has actually passed
dog law. Its action puts me in mind of the
Abbotts' family, whom / once knew IN Geor-
gia. There were twenty OF them and they
all went coon hunting, and, having freed a
coon, cut the tree down. It fell on one of
the party and killed him. One OF the survi-
yors cried out, 'there, now, we have killed
one of our best brothersn The others yelled
out" Blast It'll man, never mind what the
trees done, don't you let them dogs tear the
coon skinln The Legislature has been en-
gagged in the consideration of trifing bills,
while the State owes twenty-five million
dollars, and the people will be destitute of the
means to make their crops unless you start
your sausage factory right of.
The dog law gives one-half of the tax to
the State ard the other half TO the man that
has his sheep killed. Now, Doctor, will
bet you fine plug hat that there will be
more sheep claims presented during the next
year than there are sheep in Tennessee
The dog law says it is to encourage wool
growing and for other purposes. Now, tax
of one dollar on mans dog viii make sheep
wool grow like blazes. ! supposed that the
assembled wisdom of the State had got
enough in the Civil Rights act, and that it
would grow some faster.
Doctor, was of the opinion last January,
when they beat me for Door keeper, that
there were but four sensible men in that body,
make me change my opinion. I would be
glad for you to get a bin passed to give me a
pension, as my great grand-father's uncle
was coroner, and his wife sold cakes and
beer on election days You had better repeal
the tax on jackasses, OF majority of your
body will catch thunder when the Revenue
Collector comes around.
Respectfully your friend,
r. II. WHINE.