Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-12-29
Miscellaneous.
sunday DOIngs AmOng HOrses.

! We observe that one Of our cotempora-
ries has reported horse meeting as held
in front of a church last Sunday:
yesterday we started for church, but
being almost overcome by the intense
heat, we reached the church so late we
changed our mind about going in--so pas
sed on.
! AS we went on, we saw something
was on foot among the nags; most of them
had their ears back, and were showing
their teeth, and stamping in anything but
a religious mood. When we got our fluid
down we stopped to investigate the dis
turbance among the horses, and as we un-
derstand horse-latin, sat down on the steps
to take notes. All outside the rails and
hitching posts, in a paved gutter, each
beating a tattoo with quartette of iron
hoofs, which we at first thought would be
more profitable TO the blacksmith and far
rier, than for the owners; but as the
owners were mostly rich, it was none of
our business.
The little Black reached his head over
to the little Chestnut and whispered to
him something; when the Chestnu NOV
ed the meeting be organized, by calling
the Big Bay to the chair. The motion
was carried, and the chairman proceeded
10 state the objects of the meeting as fol-
lows:
FELLOW HoRsEs: We have now or
ganized ourselves into a convention for
the purpose of peaceably discussing our
grievances, in accordance with the repub-
lican character of our inalienable rights.
We are brought from our stables and pas
lures every Sunday, to be tied up here, in
the hot weather, upon pavement of vii
famous boulders, exposed to the heat Of
midsummer's sun, and the bites of mer-
ciless flies. Many of us have not a stitch
of fy-net to our backs, and all of us are
more or less incapacitated from protect
ing ourselves, by having our tails clipped,
to crafty an unseemly fashion which
neither our masters nor our mistresses
seem to honor at this time in their out
ward combinations. Besides, our check
reins are left tied so tight that we can
not bite a fly from our shoulders, or ease
our muscles single minute. Ia view Of
these abuses, we feel thar our condition
calls loudly for redress, and hope this
convention will devise some means to ac-
complish it.
The Black then nominated the Chest
nut to act as Secretary, which was agreed
to.
The Cream Color moved a committee
of three to present a platform for the
consideration of the meeting be appoint
ted. Carried, and the chair appointed
the Cream, the Black and the Roam said
committee.
While the committee were consulting
together, the chair called for an express
sion Of opinion from the different mem
bers of the convention, ana reqested that
each one bring in a resolution embodying
his sentiments; whereupon the following
was offered:
By the Deacon's yellow mare
ResolUed, That the merciful man is
merciful to his beast. Adopted.
By Old White:
ResOlUed, That every horse should be
provided with fy-net.
This was amended by the Sorrel SO as
to read: and that the said fy-nets should
be constructed SO as to protect the fianks
and legs, as well as the back and ears
and in this form the resolution was adop.
ted.
BY the Bobtail Black:
ReSolUed, That it is an abridgement oi
our natural rights to curtail US at one end
and tie the other, while the flies are suf
ferred to suck our blood. Carried with
much unanimity.
BY the Black Pony:
ResolUed, That these flies bite like tbs
- (Here he uttered profane expires
sion.
Objected to by the Deacon's yellow
| Mare. (The Pony had been brought ul
in livery stable where his morals hat
been sadly neglected } The little Sorre
+ said the Pony was right. The old Dul
7 thought the language too strong for thr
place, but would vote for it any other da,
but Sunday. The Big Gray moved t
strike out all after the word Resolved,
and insert THAT these flies have the fac
ulty of causing the members of this con
vention, and our race generally, mucI
pain and annoyance"
At this the Pony fairly kicked one lei
over the shaft, and bit splinter from tn
fence. He said:
"Mr. Chairman, the horse just up is a
old fogy: l go for calling things by thei
right names. This standing up here i
such weather is anoutrage which no chris
tian horse could endure. Master is j
a there on his soft cushions, hearing Sha
drach, &c., in the fiery furnace that di
not burn them a whit, while we are com
PEELED to stand here in fiery furnace tha
does nearly take the hair off, and are tor
mented by the flies to boot! ] protes
against Dun's milk and water substitute
2 and call for the previous question on m
ag resolution.
a a This was seconded by the Bobtail Bay
: Little Sorrel and Dapple Gray. and tn
resolution was carried by a large major
se ity.
e The Cream announced that the com
"a "a mittee on platform was ready to repor
Of and presented the following:
1st. Since the horses are deprived {
their natural defenses, they should be e.