Hens In Place Of Dogs

-Therc is mily that doos not throw away ■Ie scraps to koop ut. least half : and many that keep :i aoe in the simpe ot' a dog, thftt does no good, but ooste moro tlian a dozen hoos, complain that they cannot One dog in n neighborhood is generally a greatei tiouble to the iicLrlilii)r-i tlian a flock ofhony would bo, for ii hens are woll fed at home they wil] rarely go away. But whoever saw a dog thiit was not a pest, running across the newly made garden, and stiokinp; his nose iiito everytning. Kill off the curs and give the food to the luns, and you will find pleasure as wel] as proflt in so doing. We wish there waa n tax of ose hundred dollars on every l"!i kept in tho country. Those that "are of value as watoh dogs could beretained while the host of snni'ling, dirty Cura would ixívd place to souic more useful and less sonio pet.-