CANINE HOWLINGS.

Lake County Press, Volume VII, Issue 386, 3 October 1878, Page 3

CANINE HOWLINGS.

10 THE EDITOR OF THE ARROW OBSERVER. Sir,—l have a grievance, and, like many another scribbler, I wish to call the newspaper to my aid. Around and about my dwelling live, or hybernate, about a thousand dogs!—well, when they all at once give tongue there would seem to be as many, but the prcbabi* 'itoj-ohfhat their number is less. Anyhow, me number is not what I complain ef; it is their noise,, making the night hideous and sleep impossible. Should the belated footsteps of a bacchanalian citizen be heard, or the prowling propensities of some knowing old cow in search of inconsidered trifles be detected hy any one of this canine multitude, he sounds the alarm-, and the whole at on ce commence the mcst inharmonious chorus imaginable', ano keep it up as long as any one of them has a bark left. Ihese citizen cows seem invulnerable to *°g’s teeth or bark, for they heed them not _; but continue their diligent search if the field were all their own, until something more potent comes in contact *Uh their ribs—such as a brick-bat, a billet of wood, a tomahawk, an old pick, ? r any thing that comes handy to the 'refill mind and ready hand that aims it. r have. Sir, exhausted the immediate s apply of all such harmless things, and 'he nuisance is not in the least abated ; hot is my anger—for only last night, being awoke out of my sleep, I issued °rth in the cold with, I must confess, aa evil intent, and found one or two W8 . feeing unconcernedly notwithstanding the dogs, upon what I took to fe, shirts ar| d things which the good 1 y v '"xt d-.nr had bung upon th< fence ■ rv. I nerve-l my arm, and aimed a

missile about 6lbs. weight. I missed that cow, but crash went my neighbor's window. Of course I subsided, and crawled back again to bed feeling somewhat foolish like; forming a kind of bitter resolution to suffer any amount of noise rather than get up again. Now what am I to do, Sir? Of course I shall pay for the window, but that will not help me much. I am delicate and require sleep, which, if I cannot get in some ordinary degree, I become useless to society and a burden to myself. lam a quiet and inoffensive man, and never to my knowledge poisoned dog or cow in my life, and to do so now I am quite undecided ; besides, I know that such an act would perhaps be illegal if not criminal. If there be no Municipal laws to correct such a nuisance as I complain of, then there ought to be ; and if there be such laws and no one to enforce them, then let the owners of prowling dogs and delinquent cows look better after such property and an injury to such may be avoided. It is immaterial whether said dogs be licensed or not if they are not kept on their owners, premises—they are not licensed to annony peaceful citizens ; nor ought stray cattle to be exempt from the Impounding Act because their owoers live in Arrowtown. Such cattle found upon a run of twenty square miles would likely be impounded and why not here ? Perhaps after a little retaliation a remedy may be applied.—l am, &c, Arrowtown, September 24th. Speargeass.