All Od Account Of A Pig

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animáis, which has lately assumed the management of the public ponnd, and John Partridge, who is the officiating poundkeeper of this city and county, are in trouble. It is all over a pig - the pet of a man who walks the streete followed by the animal, which wears a blanket and tamely answers its mastert cali whenever it is given. Neither the pig nor the man apparently knows that they are the subject of a much mixed controversy, but such is the case. Questions concerning that pig are pouring into the office of the poundkeeper and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animáis daily and are becoming more complicated as the time goes on. Here are soiae of them: If a pig assumes the manners and privileges of a dog is it not also compelled to take upon itself the same responsibilities the dog has to carry? Why is this pig not regularly registered and licensed, and why does it not have a tag attached to its collar, which puts it on an equal footing with a dog? What right has this pig to the freedom of the citv? What legal standing has this pig in case it gets itself into any trouble? What is the difference between a dog and a pig from a legal point of view? How can a man take out a dog license for a pig, and would not a pig traveling with such a pennit be liable to be arrested for false pretenses? If Mr. Partridge or his depnties seize this pig for not being licensed, will not its owner have a good canse of action for ;i damage snit against the city and county? Snch are the knotty problema Mr. Partridge has to wrestle with, and it is beoause he doesn't know any solution of them that his nights are either sleepless or tronbled with dreams, in which he Bees peopll with every kind of animal from an elephant to a mouse following them about the streets as pets. - San Francisco Chronicle.