The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-01-05
NEW yoRK's DOGS LONG AG,
rhe Grievance of shadrach PIebians
ne He Told u I'm . Pamphlet
of the Times.

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New York, now a city OF $4,000
people, had considerably less thai
10000 population century and hal
ago. But although its population wa
inconsiderable in 1850 the number
dogs in town was unrensonably large
and constituted a grievance OF tn,
early inhabitants which in quaint bu
foreible language an early rcformer
using the name of Shadrech Piebianus
endeayorcd To abate or abolish by thu
publication OF a pamphlet.
1T appears" wrote Shadrech
from the most accurate Calculation
that we have in this City, at least a
Thousand Dogs; do not mean OF
the human kind. The Dogs 1 mean
are that real canine species which
in their dismal Howlings, disturb tn,
repose Of the Healthy, break the in.
terrupted SAUNDERS of the Sick, add
fresh Horrors TO the Night and rem.
der il perilous TO traverse our Streets
after the Sun is sunk beneath our
Horizon.
These Creatures are perfect
Nuisance to the Inhabitants, and
with respect to Forty-nine in Fifty,
answer not one valuable purpose.
Nay, should any of them run mad
as have lately sundry of their species,
in many parts OF the Country, how
inexpressibly dreadful would be the
Consequences TO so populous a city!
Il may venture TO take il for grant
ed" continued Shadrech applying
arithmetic to the grievance, chat our
Dogs daily consume as much eatable
Provision as would suffice Five Hun
dred Men: A monstrous Extrava-
gance, and Piece of Luxury that
would redden the cheek Of Lucul.
lus! The Expense OF a Thousand
Dogs at Penny Day amounts to
1920 los SIP per Annum. What
Glamour should we hear was such q
Sum to he annually raised by a Tax
on the Inhabitants for the Mainte.
nance OF our Poor! Yet so preposter-
Gus are we, as to lavish our Superfui-
ties on the brute Creation, while our
ears are sealed against the plaintive
Voice of our own Species"
The local ordinance of that period
did not seem TO afford the inhabitants
any relief from the dismal howlings
of the 1,cC0 New York dogs or the
uproar caused by them, and Shadrech,
returning in his bulletin TO the pa
thetic side Of the canine question. the
paramount issue with him at that
time, gives a stirring description OF
the evils caused by the dogs i'm d.
verting succor from the needy i'm
habitants, OF whom there appears TO
have been no lack. He says:
There Is nothing more common
than daily to behold at our Doors,
the shivering. pale yisaged home born
Poor, and the penurious half-clad
Stranger, banished by the Rage OF
ploring with tnv ,hs native Soil. inn
OF flowing Tears and su~-aioouence
the cold Morsel, and the Scanty boo.
which he IS inhumanly refused, while
Tawser, Tray and Mopsy are pam
pcred with Dainties. and gorged with
the Fat Of the Land!
at may, indeed, be objected that
TO Gentlemen they are useful Ami
| HldlS, III udlbdhS 'hNii ~ N'f 800
proclaiming the Approach of Rob
bers: But not One in Fifty, 10 speak
within Compass, is kept Tor that
Purpose. and where IL really Is the
case, let such persons be compelled
TO confine them TO their Yards, and
prevent them from being Terror
/ and Disturbance 10 their Neighbors
As you, Reader, are able and willing
TO contribute TO the Distress Redress
Of our Grievance, beseech you 70
roar like Lion against those useless
Ours, that, by Law of the Corpora
ton we may speedily be Witnesses
Of their perpetual exile"
Notwithstanding this earnest and
urgent appeal addressed TO New York
ers Of $50 years ago. the grievance
Of Shadrech renamed undated