The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-16

Carolina. Being in O minority, II can re-
tain power by force and Intimidation, TO be
repeated at each recurring election, or by
conciliation at this most auspiciouc time
gain an ascendancy which will be permn.
nent. Respectfully.
WIN. D. EVINS.
eHEEP HUsyANDRY IN SOUTH car.
0LIHA.
Mr.. EDITOR: ! have been keeper of
sheep" since STRIPPING, and speak know.
ingly when say never knew q sheep to
die in debt" to his owner, save when it
was killed by dog. Sheep will subsist en-.
tirely on no1ious weeds, herbs and the sour
grasses that no other domestic animal will
eat. My sheep eat about three bushels of
cotton seed, and small quantity OF hay or
oat straw, each, d, ing the winter, and In
some instances haye grazed them on diff.
ferent fields, and fed them nothing from the
barn during the whole year. Thig first of
May sheared some sheep that ran all win
ter without any feed, except that which
they gathered In the woods and these Same
sheep will now bring five dollars In mutton
and wool.
The statistics of Georgia shows her per
cent. OH investment in sheep husbandry to
be 63 upon an average Notwithstanding she
has "a dogs for each sheep. South Carolina
has dogs for each sheep, (by county 1t is
aot necessary here for me to figure more on
the profits of sheep husbandry, for it is
readily conceded by all intelligent farmers
who have any experience in sheep raising
that aside from the loss by dogs, their sheer
yield larger profit on investment than auy
other interest of their farms. The question
just here is. why is it that all farmers do
not keep sheep2 The answer to this aues.
| ton is the problem to which this article is
directed. When We look upo1 that time
hcnored and world-renowned animal the
| sheer, we see just behind him the yawning
jaws of the canine destroyer the dogs of the
| irresponsible, who are allowed by the laws
! OF South Carolina to kill as many sheen az
| he chooses. and the owner of the sheep has
10 compensation or redress save to kill the
dog if he sees him killing his sheep.
All our efforts to foster and ENCOURAGE
sheep husbandry in our State must be com
paratively futile in :he absence of laws to
protect those who would engage in it: for
until the ''iion sri the lamb shall lie down
together in peace" dogs will kill sheep.
'Tis true We have very insignificant and
poorly enforced dog laG in our State, which
is mere mockery so far as protecting sheep
raising.
Using the language of Col. Polk, of North
Carolina: ut has ever been an enigma to
Us why our Legislators are SO weary of this
question or dog law. We can only surmise
that 1t Is like unto nightmare to the cross-
roads politician, and he sees no advance
| ment to himself if he arrays himself in an
tagonism to his unwashed constituency and
| his affections :or his yellow sheep-killipc
p'Hp'." Will our coming representatives
make an effort TO protect and encourage
sheep husbandry, or will they continue to
quietly tolerate the dog nuisance now 80
PREVALENT
The honor snd dignity of the shepherds 3
| vocation has ever been established, for Abel,
the martyred, the brother of the first born
| OF the human race, was keeper of sheep.n
| BY this we may infer that the sheep has
| been longer domestic animal than any
| other animal. Abraham and his descen-
dnnts, as we'll as most Of the ancient patri-
Rrchs, were either shepherds or shepherds'
| sons. Job had $4,000 sheep, and we may
| surmise that if there were any dogs in his
ncighborhood his patience was tried by dogs
| killing his sheep. 1t is said of Rachel, .'she
| came with her fathers focks, for she kept
them" Moses, the future Statesman and
law.giver, drew water for the seven daugh.
ters of Midian to water their fathers flock.
King David, the "hero, poet and divine" !"
SO loved his lambs, when O stripping, that
he fought and killed both n lion and g bear
that had taken one lamb out of his flock.
The wise men of the East were shepherds.
abiding in the field, keeping watch over
their 6ocks by night" when the birth of
the Saviour was announced. With the
sacred writer's they were the chosen symbol
of purity and gentle virtues; they were the
victims of propitiatory sacrifice, and finally
became the type of redemption to fallen
] man.
The modern English poet, Bloomfield, in
one OF his charming raste.als, describes the
clouds:
"spotles1 as 9now, and countless as they are fair
Tho beautiful semblance OF o flock ut rest.''
| AsONi 1AA' EuitOip We EISoutno mOQern So
ciety in Christiani=ed South Carolina is not
30 far advanced that it can object to quoting
q few paragraphs from the Holy Writ on
the dog. The first place remember of see.
iB6 Tho sos sseii..;oi.eS. L; thc Bible Z: Exc
dus IL: :7-"But against any OF the children
of Israel shall not dog Inove his tongue
against man or beast" Again, in Deut
3:1s-"Thou shalt not bring ., OF
the price of dog, into the house of the
Lord thy God for any VOW: for even both
these are abomination, unto the Lord thy
God." Phil. 3:2-"Beware of dogs, beware
of evil workers, beware OF the CONCESSION. II
Mat. 7:6-"Give not that which Ia Holy
unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearl.
before swine" &c. Rev. 22 l5-.'F'or With.
out are dogs, =, and whosoeve,
loveth and maketh lie" See the attitude
in which the dog and sheep>are held in the
good book; tho dog is IL rariably the cdde
ntecarn of the vile and the wicked, while on
tho other hand, from Abel TO tho lovely
poem OF MARY and her little lamb" the
sheep proves himself to be the trtiR dulci.
unto mankind. South Carolina, look into
the mirror tthe Holy WdG aud see your
self Farmers rise ye and ring aloud the
alarm bell for Cerberus (the tabled seven.
headed witch dog OF the gates OF hell) l.
i:ow predomiaRting in our land.
J. G. sTRIBLING.