The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-09-06

", 1910.
From the New York Spirit of the Times.
Sunday Deins. Among Her.es.
| Our parson is one of the kint
who gives people the worth of thei
money, SO he gets up pretty exten
sive sermons for such hot DAYS
Last Sunday I sat until he got t,
llthly, and by that time I got q
dry as contribution box; so
stepped out to geta drink at tn,
pump. The meeting is on the cor
ner, and the horses were hitchet
along on both sides, lot of then
together. As went ont I saw
something was on fopt among th,
nags; most of them had their ear,
back, and were showing their teeth
and stamping in anything but re
iigious mood. When I got my flu
id down I stopped to inyestigat,
the disturbance among the horses
and as I knew horse Latin, sa,
down on the steps to take notes
All were outside the rails and hitch
ing posts in paved gutter, eacl
beating . tatt0o with quartet O.
iron hoofs, which / thought would
be more profitable toIAe blacksmith
and farrier than for the owner; buj
as the owners were mostly rich, il
was none of my business. sd
The little Black reached his head
over to the little Sorrel and whis-
pefed something, when the Chest
nut moved the meeting be organ.
lied, by calling the Big Bay to the
chair. This motion was carried.
and the chairman proceeded to
state the object of the meeting as
follows:
Fellow Horses: We have now
organized ourselves into . conven-
ton for the purpose of peaceably
discussing our grievances, in accor-
dance with the republican charac-
Ter of our inalienable rights. We
are brought from our stables and
pastures every Sunday to be tied
up here. in this hot weather upon
a pavement of villainous powders
exposed to the heat of the midsun
mer sun and the bites of merciless
flies. Many Of n hsave not a stitch
of fly net to our backs and all of as
have bcen more nj less incapocita-
ted from protecting ourselves by
having our tails clipped to CRAFTY
an unseemly. fashion, which neither
our masters nor mistresses seemed
disposed to honor at this time in
their outward combinations. Be
sides, our check reins are left tied
SO tight that we can not fight a fiy
from our shoulders, or ease our ach-
ing muscles a single minute. In
view of these abuses, we feel that
our condition calls loudly for ie.
dress, and hope this convention
will devise some means of relief. :
The Black then nominated the
Chestnut as Secretary, which was
agreed on. q E
The Cream Color moved q COM
mittee of three to present a plat
form for the consideration of the
meeting. Carried, and the Chair
appointed the Cream, the Black
and the Roam said committee.
While the committe WIS consult
ing together, the Chair called for
an expression OF opinion from the.
different members of the conven-
ton, and requested that each one
bring in resolution embcdyinp
his sentiments, whereupon the fol-
lowing were offered ee
BY the Deacon s Yellow Mare.
Resolved, that the merciful man
is merciful to his beast. Adopt
ed. sfe 9l s99iss'z 1E
Resolved. that every horse should
be provided with a fly net
This was amended by the Sor
rel, SO as to read; s.and that the
said fly nets should be so con-
structed AZ to protect the tanks
and legs, as we'll as the back and
ears, and in this form the resolution
was adopted.
By the Bobtail Black.
Resolved, That it is an abridpe-
ment of our own natural rights to
curtai us at one end and tie at the
other, while the flies are suffered
to suck our blood.
By the Pony.
Resolved. that these flies bite like
h-N slazfFs - iialtIs
Objected to BY the Deacon's
Yellow Mare. The Pony had
been brought up in livery stable.
where his morals had been sadly
neglected The little Sorrel said
The Pony was right. The old Dun
thought the language too strong
for the place, but would vote for
It any other day hut Sunday. The
Big Gray moved to strike out all |
after Resolved, and insert that
these flies have the faculty of caus
ng the members of this conven-
lion, and our race generally, much |
pain and annoyance $50
At this the pony fairly kicked |
'ne leg over the shaft, and bit a I
splinter from rail He said:
MIR. Chairman, the horse Just up |
8 an old fogy; I go for calling |
'hings by their right names. This
'tanding mp here in such hot wealth
+ is an outrage which no Christian |
lorse could endure. Master is in
here on his sofa cushions hearin :
shadrach, etc, in the fiery furnace,
hat did not burn them a whit I
While we stand here in fiery fur
lace that does nearly take off the