The Wisconsin Herald (Newspaper) - April 17, 1847, Lancaster, Wisconsin for or of have that say consider that client was to proceeded the dog worth here Ifco not wild Or fiw Thia action of brought Esquire n joitke of the Peace in and for the of Grant by the rier against UM defendant to recover dog The plead the al tone not in manner and form Ac whottopon came a jorj of six good una lawful men who were duly swom to try said issue The plaintiff clearly proved that the hnd struck his clog It in evidence that the dant met the plaintiff's dog while and worrying sei whereupon the defendant cut the dog Irt with an axe whereby the dog to be a quadruped and be eane two No positive proof that the tion of the proved fatal When last seen by witness the doe WAS still and kicking The dog was a fat dog hut yet not so fat The dog was in fine working fat to be quarrelsome but too lean for Had dog a nothing a- gainst dog's be was of an imported breed but thought he peaceable and well i toward our government and and pup for never said that the dog was a sorry dog a mean ar that he was not worth powder and to blow him to had never ia the dog If the dog was Aw dog and my body had lulled him he should want not say but what a whole kennel of dogs might be raised for not in the dog line not aay defendant note The said he and but little if at all of only son by analogy from man to gave it as professional opinion lhat ia canine species well as An- if the spinal marrow were the integuments ered and all the bones ments and membranes that connect the two of the frame were sundered and tor by Mow from the bit of an axe a suspension of the operations of the arterial system and in fact of the tion of life ensue Cannot say it inevitably be not know how efficacious prompt surgical might a dog will bear almost often heard that have nine know from the anatomical structure of dogs why dogs should not ns man lives has seen two legged cut in two that lived brick it might have looked but he did hjr tf the dog with of It w contempt it affords them no shelter or protection unless earn prove on trial that he it of for his food aril not bom with rights nor any at They hare no character H the and on dogs in tv an al embargo The Uw What KB the Why DV TWP he him in the of bit ing the neck of i and justify the Ml with Oh I fetid torn I barely abating Lastly the learned counsel say f dog of no value and tries to have yon think that the common a orach M n That it the whole family of high or low decree both mongrel pup and ear the common law docs no such if it did right euHiwon law to in the of God's no intrinsic they are base In time that it no crime not arisen to the of being leal a pray there Wentd the who so bravely of f nod in various other by the of the totted M the aid off Gen Taylor it the Moody battle of Vista We indebted to him for many Ian of Mw hard fought battle had fallen ia lore at first sight with the position at which finally made Boena Vista His movement only a to into the he had as hfs battle ground soon men who ble as informed him of then in a dop with ton I again 4 As to which da net serve lor food and which fore the law to have no intrinsic valve as dogs of all torts Ac though hove property in arc of soeb dogs cut in as that the of stealing by that rule my here might die that IrVed but they were cut in two in about the middle of their tails much canine surgery I suppose that would bo called reluctant to give any deci- ded divided dog might be better than a whole one for some of a bad dog is better haft the evils 1 would choose the least Plaintiff's attorney's dog on that principle Is the most valuable know of i only eiva killed only swear that the dog in two with one of Collias spcb as Isaac Hodges not say on his oath that the dog appeared in good spirits wagging his oof think the dog could be of a know surgery such told plaintiff that fractional dogs were not wish to dogmatize Plaintiffs attorney waived the of opening the argument upon defendant's attorney spoke Gentlemen of the My speech I shall as much as ble I will at uncover hark forward and hunt down lions fallacies upon which plaintiff for a verdict I trill rack through the turnings and that is no reason they should not be put on a bating of entile Neither was it in Sir William stone's day steal n but it is noiP Moreover it never was a pood son give whf there IB property in n it not to Now the plaintiff taken bia out of the common low Mr to show that no is carry off my bo surely could not eat or wy which it is equally more than general run certain be could not dizat Bat we far from it The proof isi have Droved value rather that he much jin I am fully lor any awl be that at art common law that with the evidence yon he could be of no value for that as you would answer to now that yon under- Gad and give stand the case of I surrender Worried -I know you are to the tender mercies of the opposite counsel The counsel for the plaintiff then closed as follows is an Why why should he thus deal sophistry and Why tortoro the Why distort Why pervert the faw and Why i goid said the dog Bs since suit have talked with plaintiff about the dog toy thin to testified that the character was good general plaintiff him a heard his a good good for tin would on a hog's ear Gho good dog the wolf in stole any of old better nnd worth What while the dew of testimony in i jet lies and strong upon of dog memories 1st then the dog kilted 94 The dog not ed 3d If defendant the W meek as true as trusty A bowl or a Oh and ent doe wa of no Wa doe a snow ball? Another it would be impossible to do it Of Una there is no there is barely a One witness with single blow of a narrow bitted axe What? Slice a dog of that sixe in two with L of meet base to that Mai He U is only bat was m And would believe Ibat way nnd the the This is truly a new tut the of and if ynn have only chop a Jute The jury having in verdict in of the for fifty dollars whereupon the defendant rattier than go to jail turned out in execution to satisfy plaintiff's ment one forty dollar dog and one inquiry very proper to put the dollar being ait his gentleman who is just property which were ad for Scenery have seen letters from describe the at nome M Nothing can surpass the Sierra Madre along its whole A portion of our at base one and did to wonder at its dous shooting up far the to Asm Gen Taylor broke up his camp and returned back to his first Victa This position admirably It war at the foot of a tain or rather two mountains between which ran the road through n long ley On his right was a deep ravine which protected the than half a dosen regiments have done The left of General into hills nnd adapted to the lin Ta tor's line rested on the base of a mountain The road in the centre entrenched and defended by n battery In front tlie ground was deep ravines mode of fighting suited to our teers and by its ing the disadvantages of a great of Oft the wert descried approaching over the distant hills At their the n great shoot and gave three dous Their engineers of- were seen flying over the field and their csnnon about to get them in position but the nature of the ground did not favor the king sod it was late in the day be- fore the big guns began to open The enemy had with them two cannon of large Their fife though kept up very ly and apparently well manned did so little execution io our hat it was not considered necessary to re- turn their fire Our cannon were therefore silent the whole of the Wst or ten killed and wounded was the of the sustained forces ware soon ie toon in them protected by Gen Wool led the main and seen ing and encouraging the y The two hot conflict w t the ground divided the so v instead genera regiments compelled ia to fight on own Our were in their the mortality them In al our n 400 men would be attacked whole brigade ef Thus the Kentucky meat WAJ at the foul oj a in deep ravine by an of the enemy A large numbed of tbo officers were killed mong them Col who badly wounded and was despatched by the enemy who pwi him through with as he on the ground Lieut Col Ciar the thigh and being hie to walk WM taken up somo by some mep hat to the of the men finding the enemy ia pressing OM them Lieut Colonel tagged them to and take Forced to leave him of on the fidO last that was seen or this noble officer he was laying on fighting with his sword the who were stabbing him with bayonets The veteran of the same regiment at head of with three wart sons who lougU at his hadly wounded but still to till was overcome wii In the who were drawn out and ord charge the enemy were elouas and at deep and imposing j by our army on the During the where light and were with the finest conceivable A friend recently visited a far from Victoria whete there was grove of seven hundred bearing orange trees n day an officer Approached ing a flag of truce and requested to be thown to Gen Taylor The brave old man wss sitting quietly on old white with his fog the pommel of the saddle watching and variety of other movements of the enemy when the and extensive field of men wilt the nuke The weather in the of tf tooe cat in January was very warm enough at night for in which already more broken i be If dog cnn t in tw be good for were hi of ebony add i might against pott nae Now for which in You my fancy n jt were from quarto to octavo but w It will BO yon we IW Anting bat why the -is the thing or rather four or j and the dog a dog no rate and tender the Extract a tetter received from lake Superior dated Feb will good tether vein Mexican officer wst prevented fa n very courteous and manner that had by Geo Santa Anna to his Excellency General Taylor to in most respectful manner what be f Gen waiting From the silence of Gen and the quiet manner hi which he received rific cannonading the Mexican ed he very pertinent tioo to which however eld Roogh Ready gave very pertinent re- ply that only waiting displayed some Assistant Adjutant to their front them for their wan snot several balls isM body Injustice to bri should be stated that they ly rallied and reputation by the gall mg Col led the tn very and the fought fee felt wounded the fate of and Clay and killed by the aot however had kilM of the cowardly Col Ten the a of a- gainst targe body of VM killed by a hutce which mooth tore off one after doing hard AB iiir that nww two perhaps io a state of wa w is 1 of ewld dead dnf For instance if my client about hundred and of that ill do and N lustily to be I Lake La hwt Si K Lake LA Belle da ef IMPOT JWC the whole f to on in- to hie UK ea cmv white of 4 nd people at b most of the in I have Baited dw i deark g Ta ina old urn nf BM