The daily gazette., 1879-07-25
For the Ga zette.

MIR. EDITOR AS cOnSl0of3Dle us
been sa in regard to my dog, allow me
to put you right on the subject. In the
first place am trying TO make sheep
husbandry pay in Delaware, aud to-day
have over 500 sheep and lambs in which
are invested about two thousand dOllan
and farm that has cost me about ten
the interest of the investment, and In do
ing so run afoul of some drawbacks, the
greatest of which is the fear that the
many worthless dogs (kept by persons
who never own any dogs when the as
SCISSOR is about) will some night get
among my flock and destroy them. 10
prevent which take the precaution TO
leave laying loose around upon my own
property some prepared meat in hopes
that hungry dogs will find II and take 1t
in preference to my sheep. Would you
not try to protect your printing ONCE
against any set of tramps or Others who
would do anything to destroy your prop
erty? The sin which have been
guilty of is simply trying to protect my
! property, which the law fails to do. In
regard to my own dog, Of which 20 much
has been said, did prize him, but had
information which led me TO believe
that he would kill sheep, although had
no positive evidence that he ever had
done SO, yet thought it would be incon-
sistent to keep dog of which had
doubts that he would do It, and ct the
same time trying to prevent It being
done by other persons dogs, and with
my own hands ddi to him just what I
would have done to any other dog found
upon my property. gave him some
prepared meat the result of (which was
l tbat J,,1 al onA 1.nai ~ M
up. Now, Mr.. Editor, while upon this
dog matter, allow me to quote from .
private letter from particular friend In
Kent county: % -.iii 'i'nanp
81 see from the DELAWARE GAZETTE
of this week that you are q deadly enc
my to dogs, and why should you and
every other man not be? Two weeks
ago, Mr.. Pratt, neighbor of mine, and
an excellent young man, with wife and
little childrent, threshed his wheat,
one of his neighbors came to help
, Mr.. Pratt, allowing his dog to follow
him. When this dog and Mr.. Pratt's
came together a fight was. the result.
In separa ing tkem Mr., Pratt was bitten
upon the back of his hand. In few
days the dog that bit Mr.. Pratt was dicov-
cred to be a mad dog and was killed and
to-day Mr.. p. is in the agonies of hydro
phobia, craving death to come and re-
lieve him from his suffering. If Mr..
johnson could see the picture this excel-
lent young man in his agony, and the ago
ny of his wife and little children, the sad
ness through this community, / think he
would forever close his columns against
ridicule about any man who is deadly
enemy to oil dogs. Moreover, am in
clined to think that it was only q few
| months einoa Wtlspinnfnv hod a. Il
case of this wonderful dog luxury prowl-
! ing around the streets and bit q child.
About year ago sent my flock of 81
sheep into back peach orchard to eat
! of the young crab grass which sheep are
so fond of. The result was in q few
days, in broad open day my neighbor's
.. dogs went for them, killed IA outright
and nearly killed several more. When
/ | mentioned my loss to my neighbor his
, answer was that no person saw his dog
. kill the sheep. And beside says he, "a
: sheep has no more right above ground
than MOLE" And such impudence Ia
;; all l ever realized from the loss of INV
! sheep, just because l did not see the does
=, kill the sheep. Mr.. Dean, man and .
dog are good bit alike, (that Is some
men). 1t makes man furious mad TO
kick his dog. He tells you to kick him
ifyou want to kick anything, and thou.
sands Of men will fight over kicking
! their dog 'onor than if you insulted
their wife or kicked one Of their chill
dren. l am an enemy TO dogs, but don't
s dare kick one for fear of getting some
1 newspaper down on me. Dogs are Ger
=; tainly' curse ON the earth. There ia
: the sportsmat's dog, the free nigoer's
: dog, the old maids lap dog, and q hun
= dred other dogs, all Of which are nui.
!, sance and curse. But don't Won hurt
! or kick one of them. Oh, no! If YOU dc
o the newspapers will go for you"
0 Now we all have dogs that in some
n way interfere. and annoy US in our bust
9 ness. The newspaper dogs that worry
T the ordinary publisher are his competi.
# tors in the same line of business who
n publish superior papers, and so far exec
). that the common publisher is the dog
It that gets killed financially and yet thii
e is done without the prepared meat by
# simply acting the part of the "dog in ths
:, manger" in keeping up continual grow
y and always appearing mad. Though VIZ
q have none of this character OF publisher,
in Wilmington. Oh, no! Now lust lei
: me alone and will take care of all TIN
d dogs out here in White Clay Greek thsl
'r try to annoy me whether they have fouI
IT legs or only two.
% Respectfully, WIN. DEAN.