﻿506 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  shop 
  he 
  took 
  Walters' 
  dog's 
  head 
  in 
  his 
  mouth 
  and 
  carried 
  him 
  

   across 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Idsardie's, 
  and 
  laid 
  him 
  down. 
  The 
  Cook 
  dog 
  

   then 
  went 
  down 
  the 
  highway, 
  in 
  a 
  northerly 
  direction, 
  to 
  George 
  

   Staub's, 
  and 
  laid 
  on 
  his 
  piazza. 
  At 
  this 
  time, 
  Mr. 
  Staub's 
  two 
  

   granddaughters, 
  four 
  and 
  six 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  respectively, 
  were 
  on 
  

   the 
  piazza. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  doll 
  on 
  a 
  chair 
  and, 
  as 
  the 
  dog 
  went 
  

   near 
  it, 
  the 
  child, 
  fearing 
  he 
  would 
  harm 
  it, 
  went 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  dog, 
  

   put 
  her 
  arm 
  under 
  his 
  neck 
  and 
  took 
  the 
  doll 
  and 
  ran 
  away. 
  After 
  

   lying 
  awhile, 
  the 
  dog 
  took 
  to 
  the 
  highway 
  and 
  w^ent 
  in 
  a 
  northerly 
  

   direction, 
  stopping 
  at 
  T. 
  Walters, 
  which 
  is 
  two 
  houses 
  from 
  Staub's. 
  

   The 
  butcher 
  wagon 
  was 
  standing 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  door, 
  around 
  which 
  

   were 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  women 
  and 
  children. 
  Mr. 
  Hall, 
  the 
  butcher, 
  

   threw 
  the 
  dog 
  a 
  bone, 
  which 
  he 
  took 
  in 
  his 
  mouth 
  immediately, 
  and 
  

   w^ent 
  and 
  buried 
  it. 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Walters' 
  fourteen-year-old 
  boy 
  took 
  

   the 
  dog 
  by 
  the 
  collar 
  and 
  led 
  him 
  into 
  the 
  house, 
  where 
  Mr. 
  

   Walters 
  was 
  lying 
  sick 
  upon 
  a 
  couch. 
  Mr. 
  Walters 
  caressed 
  the 
  

   •dog 
  and 
  talked 
  to 
  him, 
  after 
  which 
  he 
  told 
  him 
  to 
  lie 
  down; 
  the 
  

   dog 
  obeyed. 
  After 
  lying 
  about 
  five 
  minutes 
  the 
  dog 
  rose, 
  

   ■and 
  again 
  Mr. 
  Walters 
  commanded 
  him 
  to 
  lie 
  down 
  imme- 
  

   diately, 
  which 
  he 
  did. 
  Later, 
  M. 
  S. 
  Walters, 
  an 
  elder 
  son, 
  

   <3ame 
  in, 
  took 
  the 
  dog 
  by 
  the 
  collar 
  and 
  led 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  wood- 
  

   shed, 
  and 
  tied 
  him; 
  he 
  then 
  caressed 
  the 
  dog. 
  As 
  he 
  turned 
  

   to 
  leave, 
  the 
  dog 
  grabbed 
  his 
  hand 
  and 
  severely 
  lacerated 
  it 
  with 
  

   his 
  teeth. 
  Mr. 
  Walters 
  punished 
  the 
  dog 
  for 
  biting, 
  when 
  the 
  

   animal 
  sprang 
  at 
  his 
  throat. 
  The 
  father 
  went 
  to 
  his 
  son's 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  and 
  untied 
  the 
  dog, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  turning 
  him 
  outdoors. 
  

   The 
  dog 
  took 
  to 
  the 
  highway 
  and 
  started 
  in 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction 
  

   to 
  J. 
  Richardson's 
  place. 
  Upon 
  arriving 
  there, 
  he 
  immediately 
  

   went 
  into 
  Mr. 
  Richardson's 
  w^oodshed 
  and 
  laid 
  down. 
  Mrs. 
  Rich- 
  

   ardson 
  came 
  out, 
  and, 
  as 
  the 
  dog 
  was 
  showing 
  signs 
  of 
  extreme 
  

   heat, 
  gave 
  him 
  some 
  water 
  to 
  drink, 
  which 
  he 
  drank. 
  Mr. 
  Richard- 
  

   son's 
  dog 
  came 
  in 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  immediately 
  the 
  Cook 
  dog 
  sprang 
  

   upon 
  him 
  and 
  fought 
  him; 
  afterguards 
  he 
  took 
  to 
  the 
  highway, 
  but 
  

   returned 
  about 
  2:30 
  p. 
  m. 
  Upon 
  his 
  return, 
  Mr. 
  Richardson 
  fired 
  

   a 
  gun 
  at 
  him 
  twice 
  to 
  drive 
  him 
  away. 
  He 
  then 
  went 
  across 
  the 
  

  

  