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woman who was included in the doggerel. 

 The best authorities agree that a dog should 

 never be whipped, or struck a blow more se- 

 vere than a slap with the hand, and even that 

 not over the ears, mouth, or abdomen, where 

 a slight blow may do great damage. A dog is 

 an intelligent being, and as sensitive to tones 

 of voice, to reproof and praise, as a child. The 

 voice alone is all that is needed to control him, 

 and to bruise his body to reach his mind is as 

 brutal and unnecessary with the one as it is 

 now acknowledged by the wisest educators to 

 be with the other. Moreover, it is very im- 

 portant that if a dog is to be punished in any 

 way it should be immediately after the offence, 

 so that he will perfectly understand what 

 it is for. He is very quick to appreciate 

 injustice, caprice, or cruelty, and he con- 

 ducts himself accordingly. If he is properly 

 punished for an understood fault he is peni- 

 tent, and begs, in his way, to be forgiven ; if 

 too severely or without understanding, he re- 

 sents it. 



One who holds the lives of others in his 

 hands must not forget that liberty is the 

 breath of life to beast as well as to man, and 



