THE DOG NUISANCE.
(to the editor of thb tixks.) Si», — The most useful and respectable mem* bers of our lower-animal society are the hens— they lay egga during the day, and at night they sleep quietly. Ido not mean that the cocks are bad, but they have mistaken notions about crowing through the night. I do not know whether their conduct in this respect is dieagreeable to the hens, but I know that when a cock erow6 in a small henhouse loud enough to be heard a quarter of a mile off, the noise iv the henhouse must necessarily be dreadful. The real rowdies are the dogs ; their utter contempt for the comfort of the human race is deserving of the gravest censure. Nightly do these pests congregate in certain parts of the town, and, for reasons best known to themselres, deliberately bark and wail and howl in concert by the hour together. These canine penny readings at midnight are not appreciated by respectable human citizens accustomed to associate midnight with a horizontal position and sound sleep. I promise to Tote for the municipal candidate who goes in for abating this dog nuisance.— l am, &»., Cekbob.
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Southland Times, Issue 1767, 15 July 1873, Page 3
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196THE DOG NUISANCE. Southland Times, Issue 1767, 15 July 1873, Page 3
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