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of Nashville, told the writer that he never lost any sheep 

 by dugs. When asked how he avoided it, he replied that 

 he always kept a shotgun ready, and whenever a dog came 

 abound his premises he killed him. His neighbors who 

 had dogs, understood this, and kept them at home, and 

 even the dogs themselves, he said, by a sort of instinctive 

 perception of what would be their fate if they approached 

 too near, concluded to keep away. 



WHAT OUR CORRESPONDENTS SAY ABOUT DOGS ANSWERS TO OUR CIRCU- 

 LARS ON THE DOG QUESTION. 



C. T. P. Jarnagin, Mossy Creek, Jefferson county: Any dogs killing 

 sheep? Answer: Their name is legion. Dogs at a premium. We are 

 afraid toraise sheep. 



W. G. Ewin, Hurricane Mills, Hickman county: You might say all 

 the dogs in the county. The repeal of the dog law deterred some from 

 buying fine sheep and bringing them into the county. 



J. A. Turley, Cog Hill, McMinn county: Yes! One hundred head 

 killed in the upper edge of Bradley county last week, and a few killed in 

 this viwnity every week. 



T. J. Knox, Charleston, Bradley county: Seventy-five killed within 

 five miles of this vicinity since the adjournment of the Legislature. 



J. N. Guthrie, Gallatin, Sumner county: Since they the dogs have 

 been freed by our Solons, sheep-killing is on the increase, and so are the 

 dogs. 



G. T. Allman, Cornersville: Twenty-five per cent of our sheep are 

 destroyed by dogs, valued at $18,000. 



W. Williams, Edgefield, Davidson county : Five to ten per cent, of 

 the sheep in this county destroyed by dogs. 



Jno. F. Hauser, Gruetli, Grundy county : About one-third of the 

 whole number. 



H. C. Williams, Marcella Falls, Lawrence county: One-tenth of the 

 whole number killed by dogs. 



A. B. Cummings, Jonesboro, Washington county : About one-half of 

 the whole number. 



M. L. Thomas, Sullivan county: One-fourth of the whole number. 



J. T. Keith, Jackson, Madison county : Twenty per cent., both as to 

 number and value. 



N. B. Cheairs, Spring Hill, Maury county : $2,500 in value destroyed 

 by dogs in our county. 



J. K. J. Blackburn, Lynnville, Giles county: Very few were killed 

 while the dog law was in force. 



