Arizona citizen., 1875-05-08
THE CITIZEN.
y, MAY $. 1875.
LOCAL MA TIERS.
Sausage.

corps of reporters and so, many good things are virtually lost to the pubic gaze. But We have had the good fortune to oo lain the minutes of certain proceedings Tn late meeting of our village council ana we shall share them with the public. In caring for the municipal interests, our clty fathers happened to have brought up Tor consideration the yearly recurring Sut9ecI Of the dogs, and one member thought ne saw an opening to make d record for hiln- self and seized It by introducing prOpoS- ed new departure from the monutOnOus custom of merely taxing the caillneS. n a very fiOrid speech he reviewed the SUD- feet and in closing offered d series Of reSo- Iulions that hereafter in addition to the yearly dog tax, every suci animal shall be required to wear his tail at d short ana uniform length and to have the end there of adorned with a bunch OI green flOD"hS; which ribbons, IL was expected, would To d great extent relieve the lack or rerdHre m our streets and avenues. This very orig inal measure led To a lively debate anu opposition. But as the remarks Oi one certain gentleman embodied all that Was of any real weight in the opposition, anu as these remarks were very clear and for cible and tO the point, We shall give them In full. The member in opposition refer red To arose and said: MT. Mayor anu gentlemen: No one can be more Zeaious for the public good than myself, but III my humble opinion, One ot these pr"po- SItiOnS laid before Us Is lrOuSht With the utmost danger tO our comfort and well DG- ing. Need say that l refer to the curtaIl- ment feature in the present measure. ID order to give my objections 10 thlS feature full forcc 1 must premise with d cOnfes- sion 10 d weakness. Gentlemen, my par ticuiar weakness is sausage. IL would De in vain for me to attempt tu tell you now much owe m the way of Soiilce and com fort to that Succulent article Of diet. Hold- ing this linked sweetness in such esteem, IL is but natural that have been much palned at different periods of my ule, when l have observed d disposition on the part of certain unprlnclpleU dealers lO auu 10 their legitimate profits by the auulturd- ton of this luxury. Still, while l am con- fident that adulIeratIOn Is and has been for years going on to a certain extent, l must say my own experience has Oeeh fortunate, although l myself once found a live cent nIckel III d very lair looking saul sage. But there was d story current Ih the negh bOrhOOd where l used tO live thaJ an old lady whom l knew well, once found an ear trumpet in a large prize sausage which sine had drawn ata Young Men Christian Association festival. IIlne will lot permit me to draw possible cOnCIu- SionS from this story, though remember there Were strong suspicious Of foul play at the time. Suffice iJ tO say that the de- VelUpmenJS Of years and iull statistics have proven two things: First, that hu- man nature has shown itself loo weak ln resist the temptation 10 auultcraIe the sausage, and SecOnu, t:.at the most ire qucnt form Oi auulter;itIOn k the canine.
 Now, such being the case, what let lHe ask you, is the most OOVIOuS pnaZG III which this curtailment measure WOuiu strike any thoughtful statesman? Is Il not in the light Of i blow at the very Il!r of the sausage market, the most sensitive Of all markets? Why, gentlemen, sO Srn- Sitive Is this mark ct to the canine element that in the larger cities there are the most stringent regulations in reference thereto; such for instance aS that no dog snail Or allowed within certain dIStahce Ol any place where sausage machines are Kept; anu that the suspicious uiSappearance Ol any such Guadrupeu on such premises shall be passed over on the production Oi the entire animal by the owner Ol Saiu machines. And yet in the light Ol tnIs well know SenSitiVeneSS and necessity oi the utmost care, we are calmly brought face to face with d measure Wh' SC first and certain effect would be tU flood the market with d vast and fragmrntary quantity ot the most Viruient foe 10 our Sau>age. The audacily and cOOlneSS or thlS measure iS such that honestly believe it is the cause of the lateneSS of the Spring in the States. Gentlemen let Us cOnSign this measure virtually to the dogs, where IL belongs. And in closing, have but one of two al lernatives to present you: vote down this iniQultouS scheme, and t caninical smile will Suf1uSe the tail of every dog ill town; vule in favor of this measure and pre- dict that every time The steam whistle blows, universal howl Of deriSiOn and disgust will make the wtlkin ring"
 It is hardly necessary to add that this speech killed the whole resolution
 We have afforded space tn give these re- marks in full, because it proves what we have always cOntended, that there IS a vast amount Ot latent talent among our people. We have repeatedly rejected with ScOrn the imprtatitn that our candidates for Congress m0nopolized the OratOrical ability of the Territory. We now offer this speech in confirmation of our theory.
 JACOB YOUTSEY'S team pulled out for the Patagonia mines Tuesday, loaded with flour, bran, etc. Tor the mines. Col. David Taylor, paymaSter, and Squire Taylor, his clerk, left last Sunday for Bowie, Grant, San Carlos and Apache to pay the troops at those posts, and expect to be absent about three weeks. l. $. Fried left for Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Monday. Ad Linn came In from prospecting tour around the Patagonia mountains on Mon day. J. A. Moore and C. R. Haw!ey Jeff on Wednesdays stage. Solomon Warner went down iO Florence on Monday and returned on Thursday. Judge w. J. Os- horn and Samuel Hughes went down to- Florence on Monday and returned on Wednesday. Juan Aenna left for Bowie oE Tuesday. Miss NJ. J NeSmith, from Florence, is stopping at the residence of F.. N. Fish. Hon. r. R. Fully, Territorial treasurer, and senior mem Der of the firm of Tully, OchOa & Co.,, left for santa Fe on Monday by private conveyance. We understand he will go on 10 New York to purchaSe goods for his firm, and with the hope that travel and relaxation from bus. mess may improve his health. AleXan- der Irwin, who has the contract for supply ing the mIll at the Ostrich mine with
 wood left for the mill with provisions on