Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-01
FASHIONABLE CRUELTY TO TIE Horse.

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those parts.
FASHIONABLE CRUELTY TO TIE Horse.
The Maine Farmer makes the fol-
lowing sensible comments on the cruel
absurdities practieed upon the horse by
the dcvotecs Of fashion:
We are glad that the abominable
practice Of "docking" and "nicking"
horses is going out of fashion. 1t
prevails in no country in the world be-
sides England and the United States.
We got it from the mother country,
and the sooner we leave it off the bet
ter, 1t is wonderful how anybody but
an ignorant, narrow minded blockhcad
Of a jockey should ever have thought
of it, being as offensive to good taste,
as it is violation of every humane
feeling. Has Nature done her work
in such q bungling manner in forming
that paragon of animals-the horse,
that he requires to have a large piece
of bone chopped off to reduce HIM to
symmetry. or that beauty and grace
can only be obtained by cutting pair
Of his large muscles
The docking and nicking Of horses
(says an intelligent writer on Farriery)
is cruel practice and ought to be
abandoned by the whole race Of man
kind. Every human being possessed
Of a feeling and magnanimous mind
must confess that the docking and
nicking of horses is barbarous and cru
ell in the extreme. But that creature
called man attempts thus to mend the
works of his wise Creator; in doing
which he ofte" Spells and dis6gures
them. What is more beautiful than q
fine horse with an elegant, long tail
and flowing manc, waving in the sport
of the wind and exhibiting itself with
the grace and freedom Of nature? Be-
sides, our Greater mas given them to the
morse Tor defense as we'll as beauty.
Any man of sense would chcerfully give
Ten per cent. more for a horse whose
tail had never been mutilated, than for
one which had been under the hands Of
a jockey, as many have been nearly
ruined by being weakened in the loins.
s'WHo Is JUN1Us ?''-The Pendleton
Is. CO. Messenger, in a sketch of
the cold Stone Meeting House" in
that town, after speaking of several
celebrities buried in the graveyard,
mentions one, a printer, who in his
lifetime undoubtedly enjoyed the &C
quaintanco Of the veritable Junius
''Beneath a cluster Of cedars repose
all that is mortal Of John Miller, print
er. We fingered long by his grave,
for his eventful life afforded us food for
meditation. If we could have seen and
conversed with his descendants, who
live in this vicinity, we could have
gained a fuller sketch of him. Mr..
Miller was the Oldest typo in the State.
For the publication Of the "Junius'
letters-the author Of which he we'll
knew-he was expelled from England.
He came to South Carolina-probably
worked in the office Of the first paper
published in this State, at Charleston,
and then removed to Pendleton, using
the press which Gen. Greene had with
him in his Southern campaign, he did
job work until he commenced the pub
LEGATION Of the Messenger-the second
paper published in the State. The
world has speculated much as to the
authorship Of the "Junius'' papers, but
John Miller carried the secret to his
grave at the Old Stone Meeting House,
and has left no clue to unravel the
mystery.
A MODERN HERoD.-The disease of
which the late King Of Naples died was
a kind Of scrofula, the hereditary faint
Of the Bourbons. The Florence cor
respondent of the Boston Courier, in
a recent communication, says:
During the last illness Of the King
Of Naples, his body was covered with
vermin. If this be true, he died # the
ne0rbus pedicularius CT phthiriasis,
the result Of horribly impure state of
the blood. This loathsome complaint,
which is happily very rare, is generally
the punishm ent Of excessive and pro-
tracted debauchery. History records a
few instances Of its ravages. In the
book Of Acts we are told that Herod
was eaten up by worms. The Roman
Sylla, after life Of Infamous profit
gacy, was covered in his last hours, by
the most disgusting vermin. That
gloomy tyrar t, Philip H., Of Spain, in
his scventy-frst year, was tormented
by sores on his breast and knees-the
consequences Of the vices Of his youth,
from which issued myriads Of lice,
which it was impossible for his attend
ants to destroy.
BOYS, KEEP AWAY FROM MUSLIN.
If you don't want to fall in love, keep
away from muslin. You can no more
play with those girls without losing
your hearts, than you can play with
gamblers without losing your money.
The hearts strings Of a woman, like the
tendrils Of vine, are always reaching
out for som ething to cling to. The
consequence is, that before you are
going you are-"gone,'' like lot at
auction. A woman will cling to the
chosen Of her heart like a fly to a
"catch- 'em- alive" and you can't sep
arate her without swapping strings nc
art can mend, and leaving a portion oil
her soul on the upper leather of you,
affections. She will sometimes sec
something to love where others see no.
! thing to admire and when fondness is