The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-07-29
ANTI CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SOCIETY.
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ANIL CRUELTY ~ ANIMALS SOCIE 7.
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Not only have we laws in this state. Furnishing
with Just severity the abuse of dumb animals but
society also located at Bangor. for the excellent
purpose of caring for the poor beasts especially to
that said law is enforced. And it is said that
that humane society is waiting for some rascal of
this sort to turn up, that it may make an example
of him: just as Young doctors and lawyers are said
to be impaienly waiting for row and fight. that
the one may have broken heads the other outraged
Justice, to mend. Behold now some fields OF this
kind AL white and ready tor the harvest.
\ few days ago human beast hired horse in
stockton to 60 some five niles and when he re-
turned it. declared he had been bllt that distance
and had kept the horse We'll. But the owner lind
ING the horse exhausted and bearing the marks Of
violent beating. investigated the case. and found
that instead OF five miles, the horse had been flir-
ouSly driven twenty-five miles, the hottest day of
this season, without food drink, ill he fell down
from heat and exhaustion, and WAS then mercilc>o
ly beaten till he got up and back again. more dead
than alive. 10 hi- owner who sought redress by
law: but found. the other party being worthless
that besides the ruin to his horse. he himSelfbeng
poor man--woull be ruined by the cost of pros
ecuton,-nl 50 withdrew the complaint. Yet il i
TO another class of cruelty 10 animals that We would
call the attention of the society
rHE CATTLE DuCTORS. These from their ieno-
rance ana stupidity often nlct wrongs and dam
age the poor animals shocking 10 behold against
which there ought to h, some moral. if moi legal
protection. Here are Il few eases in pont-Last
year. the editor of y. T. paper states that he
had Il tine Young COW. imported stock which he
l,t - Oh II
having little delay in delivering hcrSclf--a cattle
doctor came along and said the trouble WaS-''Whl
was confined in the bowels and must De let OUT;
and plungng Knife into HE poor creature. lei
her life instead OF ''Wina, and $500 ou of the
owners pocket.
some Years ago farmer from neighhoring town
complained to Us how hard Providence had been
upon him; tir>l taking his wife: next year a fine
SOW and litter of pigs and now his best
dead from choking To our inquiry what he did
for the cow he replied-''l rammed 4 prhfork
right down her throat" and TO our further question
what he thought killed he her stil-'killel her ll
il was that cu-ecd pitchtork; tor | found it went
clear through the swallow into the windpipc." And
all straight instruments always must the swa-
low bending At right angle: piece of stiff rope
on rag or a bit of sponge firmly tied to goad. or
other flexible stick. being the proper instrument, if
anything is required. IT, however. AS sometimes
happens. the chokin" is in the windppe, the
more ii is pushed down with anything the worse
ALI downward passage here ending in the lungs
The only remedy here j. either wait for the thing
"to hr "oughci mp. or 10 Get some good surgeon To
open The Wndpipc and let it ont that way. ;,> i of
ten done human patient. and always with >lic-
cess.
But this sort # cruelty is not alone practicrd by
unthinking people About year ago a Mcll-tdll-
Gated clergyman from Knox Go. called at our resi-
dtnce with an open horse-Iocor book: and point
ing t" recipe in II requested To have the preScril-
ton made up: saving lis horse had become sick
and he wished to give that medicine. Reading the
recipe, and finding il, as nearly as we remember
Chorofom oz. Aconite or. Bella,lonna o.
all the most powerful of medicines and all TO be
given a once,-we advised in the strongest terms
against giving il. assuring him it would probably
Kill his horse in live minutes. telling him the above
piichiorl ease. But he said he knew all about
hor>cS-lc loved them: knew all about their nature
and diseases; didn't much as call for advice as
for the medicine. We directed him to IN apothe-
cary where he could get his prescription filled.
again warning him of the result in short Time he
returned not So lively when he left. saving
"Doctor You was riglt-tha confoun,led stuff kill
ed my. horse in five minutes - fine animal I
wouldn't have taken 500 for: almost valued it As
my life. o. thai had minded you.'
Now, gentlemen of the anti-craelty TO animals So
rirty. and ladies loofor their kind hearts and clear
heads ought 10 be in this great work,-the world is
full of Just such eases of abuse TO dumb animals
and the greatest. The most needed and most diff
cult Of your work i, TO the creatures from this
countless host Of their pretended friends. For there
was never one sick. from IN elephant TO tellheresS
chicken, but would have Jared like these poor
and the ministers horse, if folcthpart ofhe pre-
| scriplions and the Ruthless cutting recommended
had been followed. Some wears ago we had yalll-
| able horse " "hich became my>terously lame; every
| other person we met knew Just what the trouble
was; every one had acerain remedy, some several
most of them harmless, ridiculous useless. But
after studying up the anatomy of the horse, and
carefully reading some scientific works on horse
diseases. kindly furnished Us from the library OF
Hon. David Sears ,jr. who makes horses specially
| on his island farm in Searsport we concluded that
cons from bad >hoeing was the trouble; and so il
proved; attention 10 this cured the horse in short
time, ,-most of my friends, the horse doctors, not
coming near to the ease to get the right leg.
1rue these will turn upon the doctors of the hll-
man being, and charge them, many of them. with
as much ignorance, sometimes cutting off wrong
limbs. and doing as much mischief in general, AS
they But the cases very unlike; for while hui
man patients speak, scold, protest against bad
| treatment, the poor beasts have no voice to pro-
test against. nor hands TO throw away the mcdi-
tnes, and so deserve commscration.
| For both sorts of practionerS, for evervbo.lv
The great need OF remedy for these evils is to he
found in the request of great Goethe he lay ,y-
ing" Light! light! open The Windows and let in
more light"
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