Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-08-04
WHOLE NUMBER 554.
soeIablIItY wilh Anlmala.

An old Connectieut farmer, with q short
sermon on the care and treatment Of ami
mails, which, though only intended TO illus
traie single point, yet really COVERS the
whole ground of stock raising. We should
hardly know how 10 add anything more.
Read his sermon-l6cture carefully
you have often noticed how Quickly
one becomes attached TO doeile, good
natured animal Whether It is Sir Short
horn; rich ID ancestors soft haired Devon
young Pomp. Of Black Hawk parentage
or some delicate featured representative Of
Lady Suff0lk-tractiblit wins the heart.
The fact is, we never get acquainted with
| fractions animals, nor they with Us, SO there
always exists mutual dstrust and dislike.
But no farmer has advanced to the probet
standing who does not Habtdally put him
self on friendly terms with every moving
creature Of his place. Ok, horse, COW, pig;
cat and hen must be known individually be.
fore either can be tightly cared for.
"But the real satisfaction Of barn life;
both to man and animals, is only attained
through. that good win which exists be.
tweeb friends. There is "MelIow Eye
and his mate "White Horn" Though
they bear the yoke, and The whip, onr kind
" feelings continue independent of all riinor
conditions. Trusty upon cart or plow,. and
preserving wherever tried, their interest and
mine are identical, and so at work or at
play, [for we sometimes ganbol tpgether)
we feel a common joy. Mellow Eye has
exquisite sensibility Of smell. IneYer wear
a new garment that he does not examine
critically with Ills olfactories He has also
a very nice. sense Of honor, and manifests
deep feeling under reproof We.have seen
him when simply cautioned by utteritg his
name, look upi scan oht face moment,
while lis own indicated the thoughts pass:
ing within; then with an expression of shame
turn and walk away. But when winter
puts US in daily aud hourly companionship;
how much more agreeable to supply their
wants because Of their genial habits.
1t is a regal delight of a cold morning to
march along the alley fronting the stalls
and receive the saldtations of my good ma
tnred brGtes One after another they scram-
BILE up; reach out the tiuzzle to my preferred
hand, aud blandly request me to do the
hon0rs of the manger. Then, after break
FAST plainly White Horn signifies bisdesire
for drdught from the tank He holds down
us uSdh W bS uulOOoCuy buiHo
horn aud steps over to the fount. Notice
those loud sucks-an ernest fellow be is,to
work or drink. Now see him put his neck
against the post, and by few perpendicul-
ar rdbs tells you how much he should Ikea
''game of card" By this time Jenny,
Pomp's mother, has finished her rack full
of timothy, and neghs her readiness for the
carrots Hardly has her remainder reach
ed yotir ear before the shoats, half robed in
a night gown of straw, emerge from their
nest and run to the trough. Their allow
auee is not yet brodght out; and so srcatches
take the place Of slopes. Each one is inn
patient for the first attention, and whiles
gentle disclaimer if not preferred.
Bat miserable is the fate of brutes that
get only brdtes for masters. Those men
who see nothing but hair and horns in an OK
or COW; whose selfish hearts render them
dead to every expression Of eye Or form, to
whom, id short; animal nature is an insen-
able, transient vitality, never ought to own
or control any brute except themselves.