The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-05

lower and utterly abhorrent saa 0ene1's
traits of the dog, let Us find out now
he has stood in public opinion all I've
the world in times past and present:
From the aggregate OF this general
estimate /, OF course, exclude b IN
fstuated regard Of nearly every man
for his own dog; which is often so
as to impel him to curse
strike or ever shoot his best friend 1or
merely
KICKING HIS DOG
regardless of cause, and even TO re,
gard with more favor, his envenomeo
british toady, than his neighoors
child. which it has wantonly worried
and vet pass for q humane and CHRIS
tian being!
For evidence of the general and IN
mitieated detestation of OF
the dog, let Us first turn to the pages
of
sACRED HISTORY.
In II Kings. Chap. viii, verses III.
l2 and IL we cad ''And the man OF
god (Elishs) wept. And Hazaei saio,
why weepest thou my lordi and ne
(Eiisha) answered answered, Because L
know the evil thou wilt do unto the
children Of Israel; their stropsholds
wilt thou set on fire and their youe
mcp wilt thou slay with the sword, and
wilt dash their children, aad rip up
their women with child. And Hazaei
said. but what, is what, is thy servant
q dog that he should do this great
(~rong) thing!" Comment On this
or Bible research for more evidence CD
thi. point is s%uperfuous. ;.
1t would now be 1.-THE correct thing
according to usage, to air my historic
lore. and meander awhile through the
shades of the
PRoFANE HISTORY
of I'VE olden times;" look IN among the
ancient Egyptians; interview the polish
ed Greeks and ~oracular Romans; cos
fab with the testy Gauls, the rude Bri-
tons, the warlike Cloths and adventur
Gus Norsemen. Reference might also
be made to the 'ArabIan nights enter
talnments," in which dogs are dealt
some deadly digs; but some might OBJ
ject to evidence drawn from such a
source, averring the oUer, profanity Of
luG WoIk , dud jill ChoC 10
it Is very profane indeed, "but time
and space" mot to say paucity OF
knowledge) forbid SO we might as well
skip from the times of Prophet Elisha,
to our own. In Asia. northeastern
Africa, and southeastern Europe OF
to-day. when a man is accused OF any
thing mean, vile or malignant, his
prompt interrogative reply and depre-
cative appeal, invariably is; 'Am | u
dog that I should do this foul thing!'
The German language teens with
abusive epithets from man to man, but
that which conveys the very acme OF
implacable insult is ''Du Humid" the
of which is simply
THOU DOG.
The French are more expert and
prolific 10 devising expressions Of deri-
sion and insult than any other people,
and yet their s%uperlative term of insult,
through clenched teeth, in a
voice thick with the intensity of con
hste, ''Chien." (dog.) In
this country and England. to call a
. 'bear, a bull-head. a fox, a
monkey, a mule, 4 sheep, or by any
other animals name, wen donkey or
hog, may irritate in some cases and
a self complacent smile from
others; but to call man a dog or the
son of a dog, fills him with a deadly
fury more potent, certain and danger
Dug, than the epithets ''liar" or thief"
would SUBSEQUENTLY speaking.
This is a plain everyday truth, with
which every man, and ever boys, are
conversant, that dog" applied to man,
is the most extreme term of reproach
aud abuse; and as such. is of universal
and unquestioned acceptation. Hence
the Obvious deduction is, that the dog
is the generally acknowledged synonym
and substance of utter b~asenesS.
A full and specific investigation of
the peculiarly doggish attributes which
cause this wide spread aversion will be
made in the next chapter.
(IO to cOntinued.)