THOSE COMMISSIONS.

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THOSE COMMISSIONS.

regretted that the canine intelligence did not consider tlio portion of leg between 't and the said bones. "The boy is not guilty of negligence in getting in the dog's way, and we should compensto him, only ho is now a man, and it was a, boy who was bitten. Likewise ho has forgotten which leg .suffered. "Wo are inclined to censure the dog for careless discrimination, but it is dead, so we unanimously conclude no one is guilty, except the ratepayers, who, having derived considerable entertainment from the proceeding-, twst now pay the cost thereof."

A dog once bit a boy's leg, so the latter's father promptly sued the owner of the animal. After much wrangling the oaso was submitted to nn independent inquiry committee, which many years after gave their decision ai follows: '* Wo find the dog partly responsible for the bite—not the owner, whom we have established has no cannibalistic tendencies. Considering the independent action of the animal, which pointed to bones in the vicinity, it is to be