Fiction

He meant to just dump the bones & crap in the yard, and, like so many of us, did something stupid without thinking. Temporary madness....

This had to be during the depression - people were lucky to get paid anything anywhere for anything. Koska at least paid.

Fidelis had no love for the dog. He singled it out for special feeding of the worst stuff he had just to aggravate Koska, not out of meanness, more of the nature of a prank. He thought it was funny. Until Fidelis moved there, Hottentot ran free and didn't bother

A good way to get out of cleaning up after yourself, I think that Fidelis figured, was to just pitch the stuff out and let nature take its course. Why should I do it, he figured....and what fun to have Koska's dog coming over...he enjoyed it...

I doubt there was trash pickup then - things had to be disposed of properly which was a lot of trouble.