Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1906 — WORTHLESS DOGS [ARTICLE]

WORTHLESS DOGS

Kill Several Hogs for William I. Hoover. • . DAMA6E DONE IS NEARLY SIOO. ■ r About Every Hog In the Drove Is Bitten and Torn and More May Die. ‘"SDogs played havoc with Wm. I. Hoover’s drove of hogs Wednesday night, and as a result two were found dead the next morning, two more were as good as dead, and nearly all were torn and bitten, some so badly that they will yet die, great chunks of meat being torn from their bodies. Mr. Hoover lives on a farm about 2J miles southwest of town. He heard the dogs after the hogs and got out of bed and seized a gun and ran out and took a shot or two at them, but they got away. He says the animals after the hogs were dogs, although some people think some wild animal may have done the damage, as dogs are seldom known to attack a drove of swine. At any rate, the hogs were chased and run so that those that escaped with slight cuts were sore and stiff Thursday and were heated up so much that bad effects may follow. Mr. Hoover notified trustee Stackhouse of the damage and he took out R. H. Grow, who with Mr. Biggs appraised the damage at about $45, which covers the two dead hogs and the other two that were as good as dead. The entire damage to the drove is probably SIOO. This leads us to remark that there are altogether too many worthless dogs running about, both in town and country, and if about nine-tenths of them were given a dose of buckshot it would be a good thing for everybody.