Year: 1879

been with the dogs, for the place where
it was killed was found by the blood
and wool laying around; he tracked
the route where the sheep had beer
dragged over the fence and carried
through thicbet for considerable
distance, by the wool upon the bushes
into an open field where the trail was
lost but the carcas was found in a few
days by the buzzards the great friends
of Mr.. G. which had come to destroy
the stock, yet showed the rascality Of
the persons engaged in the transaction.
Now the protection the farmers want
is as much against the owners as
against the dogs for as | have shown
the acts of the owners are more con-
temtible than that of the dogs.


Will Mr.. G. please state single case
of improvement to the town, roads.
streets or any other kind of improve
ment that will be benefit to it eithel
public or private or for charitable pur'
poses, when by serviceand purse | have
not been ready to lend helping hand
It is not any desire to be egotistical but
will venture to say that in the way ol
public improvements for the benefit O
our town, 1 have rendered ten times
more aid than the whole gang of coop
orators who are combined to make my
son pay for damages to the dog of ont
of their number. Mr.. G. says 81 pay
my dog tax, but there is no protection
for me ?" If he will show any statute
law where it says l must buy land
pay taxes and make it a public parh
for this gang of night providers to enjoy
there pleasure in hunting foxes, break.
ing down my fences, and frightening,
bounding and killing my sheep, show
it to me and | will not make any fur
ther effort to interfere with there
pleasures, although it is at the expense
to me and the destruction Of my proper
ty.


will 60 to work to agitate the repeal
Of any SO unjust law. Will Mr.. G.
please state case of opposition on my
part to any just proceedings of the road
commissioners or theLevy Court commits
sioners, only where l have shown up
what appeared to me to be either a
waste Of the peoples money or lack Of
intelligence on the part Of some public
official, and as they are the servants Of
the people. their acts are worthy objects
of public criticism. To show that | am
not entirely without cause for my oppo-
sition, will say during last winter
something got wrong with my sheep and
several large, fat, healthy looking ones,
not the half starved ones (referred to
by Mr.. G. died very suddenly without
any apparent cause; when friend said
to me, 'NIr. Dean you had better give
some attention to your sheep as l over
heard some persons talking about poi
soned corn and sheep"


So Messrs. Editors you see some OF
the difficulties which the farmers have
to encounter in the lawful prosecution
of their business. What | want is
that all sides shall be heard and ] will
quietly settle down to abide the laws
made by our people. claim to be law
abiding and when violate the law am
willing when it is proved, that have
done SO, to pay the penalty for so doing.
Mr.. G.. talks about there not being twen-
ty sheep killed in long time. One of
his neighbors had % killed or so badly
wounded that he was awarded the full
value of them and this man was Mr..
G.'s nearest farmer neighbor not liv-
ing 200 yards from him.


Respectfully, WV. DEAN.