The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-30
gatelligenser.
The Dog Question.

A correspondent of tho Fairfield Ners
and Herald raises c1y, regular howl,
against the dogs. dis hog and cattle
food, prepared at night, was stolen by
these half starved animals, and he
thought he would take the dog census OF
his neighborhood. Within one mile of
: his abode he found fifty-three; eight
being owned by whites and forty seven
by colored people. He then estimates
the dogs of the County at ten thousand /;
and, at the lowest living estimate, the
amount of bread, or its equivalent, con-
sumed by them is equal TO $4,000 bushels
of corn. This corn would raise 10000
pounds of pork, or enough for 5000
people.
In Spartanburg County, with its 42,-
600 inhabitants, there are at least 10000
dogs that are just rs expensive as those
of Fairfield, but one night as well at
tempt to deprive a man Of the right TO
vote as to restrict him in the number of
dogs he may own. The man fond of
blooded dogs will have his settlers and
pointers and they are about rs dcstruct.
i've as the bob tailed, yellow ours Of the
"nigger." Then the fox hunter must
have his hounds and they make q pretty
broad road through the cotton field when
they start fox or rabbit Dogs are
very much like people, they arc not
always under the best command. In
fact we have seldom seen dogs much
superior to their owners. 1t is hard for
dog to rise above its raising. The dogs
Of aristocratic owners will kill sheep and
fowls and commit other gcntcel deprcda-
tions that your yellow-eyed, slab-sided
mongrel would not dream of
There are certainly too many dogs in
our County, too many Of all sorts, and
they are not properly controlled They
consume too much food in proportion to
the benefits they bring, unless you count
the pleasure of owning dog amongst
the benefits. That is beyond price.
There is nothing superior 10 il, unless it
be the owning Of five or six dogs. The
supreme happiness Of the poor man,
whether white or black, that is the
owner of about five poor, raw boncd,
NANCY dogs, no two alike in any way, is
beyond human calculation. The pleas.
ures of the fox chase sink into sombre
and funeral procession, when you COM
pare it with half dozen negroes with
about eighteen dogs, Of all degrees, in
That's genuine fiji.
iSS6 S6io'e'"i7 iihS uietuSo VIC uok anu
plead for his determination doctors may
hold up the terrors of hydrophobia
before people; old women may complain
Of their eggs being sucked by nasty,
triting hounds" but the dog is here and
he is going to stay. The promise or
prophecy is that the poor will always be
with US. and wherever you see the poor
man the dog is not far away. Those
who raise so many objections to dogs
always mean their neighbours ours. No
man ever acknowledged that he owned
II sheep killing, egg sucking whelp.
His dogs are always perfect.
AS the dog is going to stay, the best
thing will be to improve his morals. To
do this the owners must set them n good
example. Dogs have lots Of sense and
they understand more than they get
credit for. When smart pointer hears
his mistress abusing and back biting her
neighbor, he thinks it his bounden duty
to slip across and break up the hens
nests or kill some of the young fowls of
this bad neighhor. The dog Is just car
rying out the thoughts Of the owner.
The black mouthed cur enters into all
his masters prejudices and animosities.
Not being able to talk and too much of
q dog to Dack-bite, he takes his spite out
in killing sheep or worrying hogs. A
good example would wonderfully i'm
prove the dogs.-Spartunburg Spartan.