THE DOG NUISANCE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3001, 7 February 1881, Page 3

THE DOG NUISANCE.

[To the Editor op the Daily Telegraph.] S lß) ___ think I can recognise in the writer of an anonymous letter to the morning paper, and which bears the signature of " Algernon Seymour," an accomplice, or, at all events, a sympathiser of a gang of depredators who have at various times paid nocturnal visits to my meat-safe and coal-shed. The losses I have sustained from these thieves have been considerable. Last ni.ht the dog of which he complains barked long and loudly, and would not be quietened until after midnight, when I went to a piece of unoccupied land at the back of my premises, where, in the dim light, was a figure moving about. Seeing, or hearing me, I presume, it disappeared, and thereupon the barking ceased. Now if Mr Algernon Seymour will guarantee me immunity from midnight prowlers and thieves, T, on my part, will promise that he shall not be annoyed by the barking of tbe dog, So long, however, as lam a ■ufferer from this class of visitors, it is the duty ot the dog to bark, and I expect him to do so.—l am, &c, The owner of the dog in question. By the way, was that an unfortunate confession on the part of the Ed. H. B. H., " Let the poor dog ' bay tbe moon ' to its heart's content unnoticed, as we have long done ourselves," or was it only a bit of bad grammar?