The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-31
Our Dear Friend, the Horse.

Rrua Tie ChletsO Trihars)
Human nature is 50 constituted that 1t
dos not thoroughly appreciate what 1t
possesses until there Is danger Of losing
IL and does not fed out al is good quail.
ties until il l. forever goDe GrIveyArds
attest the truth Of this in memorial pane.
gyTic and monumental Audscity. Our
virtues seem 10 De made 0! such fugitive
and intangible stuff that they entirely Is
cape police until the possesSor dies, Al
which time they ale Inst Published To the
world upoa the marble page Of the CEN.
stery,-a volume seldom read, and more
seldom believed when il Is read. Con-
slant use and familiarity eDgenter Con-
slant S51se and contempt some people
live together in marriage for mGoy year.,
holding eAt-Grd-dog relations 10 each
Other. Suddenly, oDe d them dies, where.
upon the survivor discovers that he or
she hss met with 3 great loss, and no
mourning Is black enough 10 symbolic
the oTsFpOEeripg grivi foT the beloved de.
iuDct, VINO, when alive, had no Apprecis-
bic valve, ether financial, eonnu6iAl, or
Otherwise.
Perhaps the mos, striking instance Of
this perTersion, or, it may, be, ecenIrieity
Of human nature, has been developed By
the sudden appearance and rapid spread
Of the horse eatsuh, iIalenEA. epiEOotic,
or whatever other DIme II may BE- known
by among veterinary surgeons, horse Con-
nOiseurs, and borSe iOcktyI II any do
ntssicated sBinsl IN the whole rA6ge Of
brute creation has reason TO complaint il Is
tie hOrse The cat has no greater
troubles 10 its lie than the danger Of &C.
esSiOnsl boOij Ecks, which rarely X ever
hii the mark. The dogs greatest sorrOEs
gov OUI Of tie perverted use oi Tin ket
les BY young children The mule i Of
that herUic mould which scorns pain, ard
puts soTOR 10 4 CHI with one kick Of It's
,gils hinder hOOf The COW and the OF
axe, almost without exception, kindly
Cared for and housed, and lead good easy
lives The horse, DO EeTer, who Is the
superior VI them al IN nobility and use
tulness, and IS absolutely indispensable 10
daily Ire, Is the victim oi frequent NAL
treatment Any SOFT OF slabIing b COED
enough 20: him. No amount Of work Is
TOO heavy. ShOe-psgs and o1i-huSks will
20 ior bis esIpg, and il, under such cir
ccmsisDcss, be slGckeos in his work from
fatigue or bad temper, the DtII thing in
o.jer IS 10 beai him numerically. He
must neiiher eIpeci favor, mercy, " rest
bat drudge along uneonp!siningly, until
BE- IS iocapAcis,ed los fuEtner work, and
thea be Is tuned cut 70 die, perhaps Of
starvation.
The horse disease, hoEeTer,hss made
its appearance, S1d scddenly every horse
OEner WHO has been accustomed 10 abuse
his animal, rOE that there Is prCspec; Of
losing him, discovers that be Is 3 dear
iFisnJ, = noble creature, deserving Of the
k!a5st Consideration and most touching
care. /. Is painfully ludicrOns, tie amount
o; pity and the tenderness Of treatment
which IS noE bestowed upon him Street
car companies, which have used their
horses Is if they were made ouI Of cast
non, which have put them under the rem
and whip Of stupid and cruel drivers,
which have overEorked them TO twice
the amount Of labor Of which they are ca
ps5!e, are noE absolutely overwhelming
Il Tie de!icScy Of their GitentionS A
horse OF ordinary appreciation must be
1let With SStooishmeni 10 ind Q first
class breakfast sci before him instead Of
hs Customary indigestible mss; 5 days
EoIk propOttioaaie 10 his strength, with
Al opportunity 10 rei; blankets provided
FOX him that be may not take cod; and,
81 Right, pS!siable sgpps-, 8 clean
stall, and plenty OF iresh water
aot pare Sh. As nothing IS the matter
with the horse Ct present, and Is he can
roi be sTs-e thsi tie atmosphere Is
threatening hin with cI,6TTh, one eau
easily imagine the anxiety be must ieel a.
this alarming change IN his treatment
Ice Danger 10 6orss o; sensitive nature,
o3e Who hss 10; had ell his frs: FEELINGS
b!nnis3 b. d-siEeEy s1i cruelty, i S De
cpiiAr cae. BE nay die Of the c4t.rrh II
be lakes i, and &c may die OF ssiOaish-
nso; a the delicate stieniiors and dis
unEuishet Consideration Of which he is
81 present The recipient The Omnibus
noESsS s:e IN the same cs;SgoT. limusi
PcSZ,e ;ke1 TO Understand Why they are
70; t5Tea ssd beztsn IS usual AID 50
o. lh.o1Sh the whole list The ugliat
tEo-!eEgrt brute IN the city, Who hsS
maze BIS b0:se lie daily victim O. his
cruelty and !Sge 81 u Sudden has =
seeking l3es IhSi his Animal Is noble,
hooei, faithful Creature, 6eserTioE the
most friendly regard Be rsTer thought
d this WHEN there Vas 70 danger; but,
roS tasi be may lose him any moment,
iaeFe < 10 iini; % his appreciation o! his
ao-ss, excsp; is money T4lse.