WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1827, 10 November 1874, Page 2

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

The ether day (says an American paper) a two-cent dog sprang from an alley, closely followed by a five-cent brick. Bounding the corner at right angles he came in contact with the feet of a Dutch* woman, who wag carrying a. jug of molasses in one hand and a basket of eggs in the other. The sudden collision of the dog with her lower extremities threw her from her feet, and she sat down upon her basket of eggs, at the same time breaking the jug of molasses upon the pavement. A young gentleman, 1 carpet bag in hand, anxious to catch the train, was, running close behind, and stepping on the fragments of the jug and its contents, sat down on. the chest of the Dutchwoman, who said, " Mine Got." The young man said something about mad dog, but in the excitement of the moment said it backwards. ■',■■-

In the meantime the dog ran against the feet of a team of horses attached to a load of potatoes. The end board falling but, they unloaded the potatoes along the street as they went. Crossing the road track, the wagging caught in the rails and tore one of them from its place. A freight train coming along a few moments later was thrown from the track, smashing up a dozen cars, and killing thirty or forty hogs. The horses on reaching home, ran through the barnyard and overturned a-milk-pail and contents, which another two-cant dog licked up. One >tf- the horses haying brokon his leg' wagC^illed this morning, and the other is crippled for life.

It is now a moot question whether the man who threw the brick at the,, two* cent dog, or the man who owns it," i» responsible for the chapter of accidents which followed.