{"id":7999,"date":"2022-03-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2022-03-07T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T06:00:00","slug":"he-kicked-the-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/he-kicked-the-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"He Kicked the Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>New York Tribune, March 7, 1914<\/em><\/a>. By Arthur C. Sharp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sued in the Municipal Court for $100 because he caused the death of a bulldog belonging to Antonio Angarano, Arthur C. Sharp has filed his answer in poetry. The verses read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now comes defendant and submits
His answer to the court. Admits
That at the time and at the place
He kicked said bullpup in the face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admits he lives in Syracuse\u2014
Denying that is little use.
All other things in said complaint
Are here denied because they \u201cAin\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defendant, answering plaintiff\u2019s claim,
For further defense to the same,
Alleges that said dog was bad,
Ugly, vicious, cross and mad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And often in a rage would fly
At dogs or people passing by,
And for a long time he had stood
A nuisance in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defendant says that on this day
As he was passing on his way,
He saw before his horses\u2019 feet
This bulldog fighting in the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defendant, trying to do right
Endeavored then to stop the fight;
Alleges that said dog was wild
With hunger, and his temper riled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And at aforesaid time he tried
To breakfast off defendant\u2019s hide.
Defendant, showing common sense,
Then kicked the pup in self-defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wherefore, defendant now insists
Plaintiff\u2019s complaint should be dismissed,
And if the action he has lost
Demands that plaintiff pay the cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the New York Tribune, March 7, 1914. By Arthur C. Sharp. Sued in the Municipal Court for $100 because he caused the death of a bulldog belonging to Antonio Angarano, Arthur C. Sharp has filed his answer in poetry. The verses read: Now comes defendant and submitsHis answer to the court. AdmitsThat at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,3],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-7999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york-tribune","category-newspapers","tag-arthur-c-sharp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}