Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-09-26
A coMPLIcATED CASE.
Nan with Grievance Cot Mixed UP
Over Dog.


does a dog become a nuisance?"
The city hall man said he was not
the dog man.
/ 81 have a peculiar grievance" the
caller proceeded. Don't get it into
your head that the dog is tied up OF
that he is dangerous, or that he is
killing chickens or licking the dogs
Of other people. If he was doing any
Of these things he could 60 to the
demnition bow-wows, so far as am
concerned. No, sir. This is per-
sonal grievance. Give me MATCH"
Gas l just said to you" replied the
official, 'my department has no sort
of connection with animals or nui-
sances, but as these are dog days, and
this is my day off, I'll take your COM
plant and see that it gets to the
proper department. What sort of a
dog is it?H
II don't know, and / don't know
that that has anything to do with the
case"
perhaps not, but we've got to
make beginning. You have seen
the dog
"You presume too much. Inever |
saw the dog. But l know dog when
I hear one"
Cali right. What does the dog |
do?"
"The dog is not to blame; don't
want the dog hurt"
Didn't you ask when you came
in here when dog becomes
nuisance?"
"NIaybe l did. But what I meant
was when do people force dog to be-
come nuisance?"
''Then your grievance is against
the people-not the dog?"
"Well, if you want to put it that
way, all right"
"What is the name of the person
who has the dog!
II don't know The dog is not his,
anyway"
81 suppose you think the city Of
New York will send man to house
to find out the name Of the person
who has somebody else's dog that is
making a nuisance of itself. How
much of the planet do you think is
coming to you?"
'Let me get in few remarks so
as to save you any concern about my
options on the earth. It's this way:
A man next door to me owns dog"
whats his name?"
81 don't know. Ee goes off on
one of these fool vacations for his
health, and he is one of the huskiest-
looking individuals in the block. He
leaves his dog behind. Dog is all
right in his place if they'd let him
alone"
"If who would let him alone?"
'"The man who is friend to the t
man who owns the dog. The dog is ;
kept in the basement all week, and
as long as they keep him in his place
he's all right. But Sunday is the
dogs day out. That's my day at
home. / mean that Sunday is the
dogs day out of the cellar, not out
of the house. The friend of the dogs
master brings the dog up into his
apartment on Sunday. There is a
cat in the house, and also parrot.
The friend of the dogs master sicks
the dog on the cat. The wife of the
house takes the cats part Then the
parrot cuts in and says lot of stuff, !
and the dog keeps up the bark, bark,
bark until | am distracted. The win
dow of my room opens on the court. t
The window of the room of the man S
who sicks his friends dog on his
wife's cat opens on the court"
"And you want to know when the
dog becomes nuisance"
"No, sir. / want to know what
right man has who owns dog to
go away and leave him for some one
to take care of, and what right the =
man who takes care of the dog has
to bring the dog upstairs and tease
him, and make him bark as if he saw a
he moon" v
81 think your action is against the 7
owner of the dog"
''You bet it would be, and mighty
lively action at that, if knew where I