The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-02-07
Fo- she Palladium.
MILroS. Feb, :. 1856.


EDIroRs OF PALLADIuA-In the 10th line
from the top OF nay last weeks communloa-
ton, you com positor makes me say conseHfGl
instead Of eougealing. aud in three Other m
stances my wording was changed without 81
tering, however, the sense materially, and
therefore | viii not fuss with him about what
may have been the result Of innocently set
ting up @ nights; for | not 81 all sus-
pec;ing him Of being infected with the new
tangled con,agion Perkins, % prevalent in
your good city OF brotherly love-not II all
How unconpromisingly cold this weather
continues. Can i be possible that We are I'M
perceptibly drifting northward TO the regions
Of eternal ice and snow or are those regions
coming down upon Us with their perpetual
friyidiiy2 Surely this Is kamsehatkian
winter Great fears entertained tia: the
fruit is all destroyed; how We'll grounded these
fears are, | unable 10 determine but
certain il that our frui: trees IN this latitude
have not been reared to stand uninjured at the
low tenn nera;ure of from 90 to 81 deg. below
zero. And when we consider that the last
growing season was very vigorous one-ev-
cry tree and shrub. It VIII be observed re-
ceiyed an unprecedented addition in trunk
and branch The small germ branchlets, du-
ring the fine mild autumn. of necessity re-
manned exceedingly tender, even up to the
time when the cold weather came upon Us. and
had. consequently. perhaps not acquired their
usual solidltv az that season of the year. arj
less prepared than usual 10 undergo the sever
mes Of even an ordinary winter. We must
come 10 the conclusion that the fears enter
famed are not entirely without some founda
lion. Hoping il may turn out otherwise. let
US patiently await the time when the voice of
the turtle shall again be heard in the land. sn3
We shall see.
There is passage in that good old book
which | am often brought to think Of The
nerciful man regardeth the life Of his beast. ="
When | see the patient and faithful COW. from
which the family draw half living. milk
ed and turned away a. nightfall with buL a
scanty feed, aud without a shelter, am CON
strained to ask myself What regard hath
that man for the life OF his beas1?
When l see herd Of voung cattle and
horses huddled together in he corner Of =
field, shisering in the bleak north wind. with
no shelter but the cold sky. no bed but the
snow, IN this wooden country. an unbiiden
suspicion enters my mind that the owner IS
not ''nerciful man"
How cruel. and vet how prevalent is the
practice TO leave the domestic animals uushel-
tered-to the mercy of the wind rain and
snow, during the winter. wI-a food barely suf
fclent to carry them through the season. The
practice Is 50 unfeelIng. and 80 improbable.
withal, that it is matter of surprise that so
many cattle are wintered in the open air The
same amount OF provender that will keep them
alive unsheltered, would keep them. if shelter
ed, in fine growing condition all winter.
Every man that keeps a COW ought to pre-
pare in the fall to shelter her during the win
ter; if he cant, he ought 10 sell her to some
one that can. No COW, calf, horse colt hog
or pig ought TO 50 unsheltered and unfed du-
ring the winter. The earth yields her album
dance for man and beast. and every human
being is entitled to its portion TO sustain life.
When one fails to get It. it is TO be attributed
TO cruelty. improvidence and bad husbandry
When l see man fly into passion be-
cause his horse has not more sense than he,
and belabor him until the poor animal stands
trembling, and then beat and kick him for
trembling. set it down that he is an unmer-
clfui man, seeing that he does not regard the
life of his beast Echo.