The Osceola times., 1875-05-15
Dog Law.

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the Mobile Register. The picture
drawn, SO truthiuIly represents our
State that we reproduce it.
The best act put on the books
by the Legislature is the dog law.
Dogs are taxed one dollar each,
and the feminine branch OF the
dog family five dollars. Such a
law has been long needed, but no
rrevioas Legislature has had the
spunk to put I, ." tho hooks The
poverty OF the state to.day is due
in no small degree to the multitude
of worthless ours which consume
as much as the hogs, costs AS much
rs the schools, and produce moth
ing.
In the rural districts there are
nearly rs many dogs as people,
showing Of itself "a state Il civil'zs-
uon not the highest. Not long
ago plaintiff appeal was sent to
Nashville from one hundred and
for,y.three colored people Of Ruth
eriord county, saying that the last
years dry weather had cut off the
crop, and that they were in u
siavIn. condition. Some one went
through the poverty stricken dis
tricls Of the coumty,a and his business
being TO enumerate tho population
he enumerated the dogs aiso and
fonnd more dogs than people.
What was led to the dogs would
have iatIened enough hogs TO have
furnished the population with n
reasonable amount OF meat. But
instead OF raising enough meat for
home consumption they scrape up
what few remaining dollars remain
in the country from last years cot
ton crop and send 1T North for ba.
con.
Curse the worthless dogs !!
Wherever yol find them III ,ne
greatest number you find the pe0-
pie cCrrespondingiy poor ano the
country wre,ched. | wish the ius
"a. twenty five dollars and the
proceeds gwen to encourage the
raising o, sheep. Hey- ,s~ gro"'
cenlra STATE, adapted by nature TO
the production ol wool, too OF such
superior quality that 1t has taken
the premium more than once 1T the
worlds fair, yet on account OF the
myriads OF worthless curs which
prey upon the sheep there is not
one quarter enough wool produced
for home consumption, and the
country is drained OF money to
send to more civilized and p, osper.
Gus communities 10 purchase wool
aud wooden clothing. And the
people complain OF being poor.
Yes, they are poor, aud how can
they expect to be otherwise in It
State where the dogs coSl six times
rs much as the schools, and where
there is nothing - sell aud every.
thing to buy
/ In -wenty seven counties of thi,
State-averase counties-ihe dogs
last year killed IL, ,469 sheep. In
the one county OF Giles they got
away with 1861.
A Northern farmer who settled
in Coffee county was .elli < me a
lew days ago OF the fiue location
he had Tor sheep raising as compar
ed with the North. 1t cost only
enc quarter as much to winter
sheep here AS IT does IN the North,
The cold weather never kills has
lambs, no matter what month OF
the year they were born. But
there WAS one drawback that spoil
ed all that was promising aud fine.
The worthless dogs killed his
sheep and destroyed all the profits
oi wool growing. He was power
lesr to remedy the matter. The
country was fairly alive With dogs
every family having from two to u
dozen; the poorer and more wretch
ed and ignorant and worthless the
IN nily, the moro dogs they kept.
The other day | was reading a
card from Asa FaulA ner, one or
the most useful citizens of Tennes
see. His life has been spent in q
warfare against ignorance, idle
ness and dogs Obey all go togeth
er, and in building up the manuiac
turi,g interest OF the state. liz
has a family worthy OF the man
They take hold with their hands
and county full ol such would il
u few years become worth ;
whole congressional district Of the
average population. He said tina
two ol his sons bad estauilshed ,
woolen factory in Warren count,
They u;i.ized the waer power
With which nature las IS aLandaut
7 y provided every section Of IL.
. stale, ard gave work 10 fiteel
nanns, no small item where a. iDl,;
per cent. Of the popu..tou ar'
, without emp. Jmvnt. Iu- 4rj.'
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