Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-27

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 I!:NMurrE OF IIYpINrU0EIA
 den YavuNy>ln of enthusiasm. but the re Sul; 4 >HmiNryinE here for some wears Ev.u tie glir.ny. snow blinding pin | uar,, < If SNiiIvrlluu do not tempt me towuuder from tho hlue hills and breezy dvlurs If this most beautiful and health giving spot,
 This lcads ule 10 notice Improvements, frr there are lots of openings here for | Improvement. At present the question uf lrvyjnE direct tax on dogs is being talked ever. would lko to occupy a l few moments i'll the calm discussion of this question, fir 1 cannot understand how ulr of the original colonies of the republic coulS have SNHo on for over a trutuvy uvrirun ;ls il k by dogs If the most lSuGmiuiuuS brand while roads, | bridges. schools and churches ask for aid i'll Vuin Ii cVyrH land literally SwarmCd with M ',h eaten dn4,S, dugS of doubtful unr, >try, clay bank d,SS, frutlal dogs with >,@.GyI h.,k>. orphan dogs. post | huupu> Il ES, prr%Umptivc dogs and doy> Ut large, this k hit,
 While We are t,i>rU>>ing tho question If revenue let uS rrHrNher that the dog iS a luxury. He is un more ncccSsity than a $2OO. UtD yacht. There arc poor men every E,,lf mile who are almost Ii able for upnvIrluS ill public inadequate l ly rlr;hvd. vel who t2t $j0 worth of to- barrn per a"uum and maintain. or pre- tend to nlajEtAin. half q ton of dog. As i vuu approach their cabins a yellow ere v.l>~r opens iN the worm fence and q clay bank ".Iun1 fresh" If hoaIS', lop cared ,ur< boil uut into tho day like a ruily reservoir t!!:., bursts it's banks and del uS,> the fLir flrr of nature with its muNdv Nuvr>.
 Tn, "N "Vn few spots ,u the map Uf the l Uni. T N l,.I, .n much actual need and absolute poverty exist. Vr such open handed generosity on the part uf these wEo urn lu,rr fortunate, and vet the land i; alive with duIs-dogS If no vAlue, dogs that are starving. dogs that keep the poor tubtrrular Yankee awake nights. dogs that never overlook any thing sWiftCr than q swill bucket, dogs that never flushed anything hut tlcaS have never seen such a dog-un cOun- try, and Vet a puhNc bridge across the l French Broad river. nerrsSary to the traf tir If hundreds If people and tapping q wide tr,Ict If country. has been for wears Il menace to life and property by its in SJ4uritv. and for three months has stood with one half it's length over tho river and the other half i'll q tatrr patch five miles below.
 have always been fond of good doS. and i'll the 29 yelrS that l have lived havo uut known over tlrro such dogs, but tho average four legged appr- titr that hvvl,> people poor and rubS thru If their sleep ought |" pay $i tax per &unum i'll vrtlrr tn convince some people th.1 th,'v %ru maintaining a hui s.Nrr. INrsr l-r uviGhh 'rhnOds where one rl@v safely walk vn dogs from one ululn If starvation h another, and l will venture nat there k not one spot in thl> ryAutiFul valley where the good Samaritan s,S's with wine and oil and blu,r,!u,m,nt If great price that he iSn t called ulr,u to fc,d the calf If his leg tO ! rvt,l,1 >rlral of hound pups,
 But y'U sly the people who live ill this utu:,>pllyre If hvlr l'h"bia and c,'u- t:uuA..y H-A tvr assistance will never read thI>. p,,~>Ihly But the voter ought to read. ;ul then hr may vutc intrll- gently. ur r!>,, ctcrual3y shut up and tak,' care uf the children and give his wife hj>Ny " hurw ts f men who I If thrv N,", L. -.Nr tE,!r lGnN!rS tu th,gr WI>,> II ,uN h,' the til>t thing they ever presented them with.
 The intelligent duS, which Is really au accidvutAl utfshunt If the wolf. even at best iS u grratly uvertstimatrd pro mutrr If hvirephuhia. and for every life he saves he fills whole cemetery full If mauglvd iuur'cnco, But, if this be true of the gn d dug, what shall we say of the great multiplicity of poor, miser- able dogs who procrio the Splitted sticA out urru>S the wuld. bitterly reprOach ing their sad, Sad lot:
 Therefore l,t Us require every owner of dog to pay smart tax annually fol the delights ut proprietary rights. Give boys who capture unlicensed dogs half [ dollar apiece to % to the circus with Fill up the tlabbvrgasted treasury ant make the tax come out of the poor man as it should. If the poor man wants t, rcvel i'll the luxury of d nunproducin! dog, let him pay for it. For one an willing as farmer to submit to this tax
 Four years ago 1 bought a flock o sheep. both If whom were wethers, bu l thought that wcther was simply tn name of al adult sheep, A ncighbur tol, me that shcrp doubled themselves twic year i'll this glorious climate, Starte, i'll to grow spring lamb and green pea for the Ashcvllr market But only on of my shceps doubled himsef He di it over a rail fence in his efforts [ evade q dog.
 Sheep are a poor crop here on accoun of dogs. Very few are grown here. On of mine was so scared by pack of file ! gitimate dogs the first summer that h fell out Of my pasture and only by acci dent caught on tho third farm beloN mine.
 That is not alt The local dog is a egg sucker, a chicken eater, snuff taI ar, child bitter. a woman hater an az v nostiC, q gourmet, a raCcoonteur, a son nambulist and a-but why recriminat or baCkbite the dog when his owner the defer of vested human rights? Do
 my cats, but it seems to me somethin ought to be done i'll this matter. Wh
 will be the first to petition the legisli
 ture! But there We again run against snaG. Who eger got relief from legii