Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-18

tufmcnted By niel 70 boot ~ pfUUst against
Dup's milk md water suhsii ne. and cali fr t6s
lprpious question % ny resoutiou
This was seconded by The Bobtai Black, Little
/ Sorrel aud Dapple Cray, aud The iozoluiion was
cafrltd by large majority.
! The Cream announced that The Committee on q
Plsnorm was ready to report, end presented the
lst Since The horses are deprived Of their nat
/ uta defeuscs. they should be cneetually secured
sgaiusl firi, &c, while connncdin harness.
"a No good Christian wiz leave bic horse ted
| in the SUI, upon paving stones, when there "a 2
shade and son ground within hity yards.
| 3D. The man who Keeps ohcck.rpin hHohed
| up, while The horse s aitng by the hour, ought
~ 60 TO the place we road o.
4th The provision Of the Golden Rule should
bo constructed 50 as to apply to borses sswell as
men.
This platform was adopted by q unanimous
Heigh, and the Secretary was ordered 10 furnish a
copy to every horse congregation in the city Tor
ratification, with the request that the subject be
acted upon next Sunday
These resolutions and report Of the meeting we
were delegated 10 convey 10 the several churches
Of the city, for actiou the horses were all tied
and could not leave. We accordingly arted cheer.
fully, doing ell in our power to aid in the reform
atory work. Al the Second Presbyterian and Triu
ity Churches we found pretty good shade, and q
consequent good feeling smong the horses. Sew
eral however, were In the hot sun TO whom We
read the report. One Of them, Dark Red, said it
gave him new hope to hear that the masses were
rising. lie had borne the labor and heat Of the
day, but his owner should bride his tongue no
longer. So saying, he rubbed bis bride OF upon
the hitching-post and signed his approval by an
expressive stamp. The others did likewise, those
standing upon the platform leading to the church
gates saying that, although not so much heated,
they were bored with flies almost to death.
! AT the First Baptist Church. we found but one
10 the horse congregation. He was standing by
the side Of sapling, which cast shadow about
equal to the cloud which the prophet called up, as
large as a mans hand. lie had good stable at
home be said, but such treatmentas be got on Sun
day was too bad He didn't want 10 put any check
on the movement but il insubordinatiou should
reign, who was TO saddle the expense. We ex-
planned that no immediate revolution was intended;
fair remonstrance was first to be tried, aud the
Central Committee wished to obtain the sanction
Of horses Of all denominations THIS horse then
signed the remonstrance--with the amendment
that all horses should be immersed in the lake Or
cool water once a day"
At G.ace Church no horses were in sight-a
symptom that they were taken care Of
At the Plymouth Congregational Church we
heard no grumbling whatever. In fact at first we
could hBd no horses, but at last discovered a spa
ci US, high aud airy shed, built on Oak Place, back
OF the church, in which the horses were standing
with quiet and comfort. They would assent to the
resolutions, however, as wise aud Democratic
principles
Want Of time preventing any further inquiry du
riug the morning we returned to the original meet
ing TO report Upon making our statement Of
the condition Of the horses at the various churches
the following resolution was added to those 6rsl
adopted
RcsOlDed, That every church and congret alton
should speedily erect and provide similar shelter
from the sun, rain, cold to that provided by the
Plymouth Church.
Carried unanimously.
Just then the people began TO come ont Of the
church The little Black tossed his head and gave
the Chestnut a wicked leer The Yellow Mare
whinnied for her colt, the Pony champed bis Bit
sulkily, but all were glad to get away that they
moved off at the word, and we guess this oonven-
tion, like many others, will end only in talk How,
ever, if no reform is effected, in a short time W,
shall look for further action