, 1873-05-22
How It's Agent Manages: Affairs at
tho Stock -Yaras. -
Instances Of Cruelty praotised on Horses,
-, Sheep, and Oxen: ~
Extract from the !ecccIlt Report
% = Of tho Society,", ,,.s >.

police force alono. In Chicago, thon un1or tht
control of tho old Doard, tho lymphatio Brown
the, phlcgmatio Gund, and tho dogmasio Tits.
worth, no effort was made to carry out tho law,
Tho policemen did not trouble themselves about
It, oithor because tlloy woro naturally dainolinod
to take trouble, bocaugo they did not want 10
give ofrenso to pcrson who Was 1naltreating an
animal, or because tloy snw nothing wrong IN
tho mattor. Thus; onco upon time, q
horao was Bunatruek on Twonty-ninth
street, aud abandoned by Ills owner to
die Of hunger aud thirst. The animal 10y thero
for aono tino, partly supplied with food mud
water by the women and children who urod Ill
tho vicinity It finally dlod thoro, but moi until
ite Dyes had boon oaten out by iusocts. A. rH>-
1fceman on that bent had Ills attention called to
:o ulator but declined to tako any notice OF It,.
lost ho might ofro.,u tho owner at tho ANIMAL pro-
ferring to out,ngo tho Bonsblities Of tile public.
Ho eyon declined for tho same reasont to tostify
IN tho case Tloalattor waa brought boforo o
Justice who.rcfuaol to fno tho ownor, On tho
ground TINT tlero had beon no Abandonment
ginco tho animal had boon loft In a neighborhood
whore people lived.
Such Indifference OH tho part Of police author
itioa and subordinates, convinced those who had
been instrumental III procuring the pasaage Of
tho Inv, tllnt Homo othor iustrumentality. must
10 reFortod to to make it Of any nya1 Conso-
quontly in t870 Mt tho tiuao Of tho presonce loro
srorin sj H ta Ennt the % Illinois @ Humnno sncetg %
for tho Prevention If Cruelty to animals, waB or
ganizod, but had barely commenced operations
when tho fro cano to put an ond to everything.
Inst spring tho Society was reorganizod, aud tic
mombors formed com1nittoos to solicit money. A
law Lad also boon passed empowering County
Boards to appropriate money to carry out
tho law rolatiye to tho prevention Of
cruelty 70 anlmala, and the 9, Gommssioncra e9a 1a
which has been faithfully and .1u!slclously OK
ponded. An effort will soon bo made to induce
thom to renew ti,ls, H. and, IN Siow of W Wha1 ha9
been accompllshed by tue soolosy. the Noard
appropriation asked tor.
one OF tho hrst things tue soc1oty did last
year, was to station man At tAe STOCK Yards,
tat pGng ~ po9t m WHERE mere hs ms m a oHsn @
county. Cattlo naYo noon Drought IN thoro
which havo been threo or four daya on the road
without 1ood or wtatoT' ts .,.a anu II 1t was par5
Of MS dusy to e; soc that diy d5ihoy were attended
to upon their arrival Sheep. hogs, etc..
often came in with their 1egs broken, and 1t WAS
necessary to gee that thoY we're NOT aoueed.
This agent had not peen there twenty minutes
beforo % was noed sat na nag out
leg, to starvo there. Tho officer went out to in-
vcstlgatc, and found that tho statement was cor
rect and that tho animal, unable to move had
fa a e hsa L. ent to tho na aa md
asled him II he owned tho horao. He said ho
did. Was he going to leave INN there7 Yes, 10
WIS. II 20 corld stana 1t. no should think tho
community c3an n!a cond Iha ,. horse had c9at him
STD. linen tho officer EaVc him a
copy ot the law, anu t9o man, after
IenuIlB y, snlu ~ Rusa8e@u w Ao nhu 9etter 80 hnu
a, se mnrs9 WIZ ~ oe Of sesn mo
no nos m to le gS ,p so
ne mons 20 u a4n u III an1ua mno 70 nau ~
nsle6 who Would nav I lin, m whereppon @ @ a. tho be- officer Of
coiIod hia attantidn Il ti1e 1aw anI aatod r. tha
tn mha os o guy d ~ atnndaI W 40 eon, nau
nIuuusunn - H. "en, a.u u.touuou T.: ~ w sneop;
r,anfad y In Ino,S whn ha hoon ;a"n ;s uno
md WHIT richt he hsi to do It. for tlls aheen had
fIsS a toa Daa aarye t mo11m cn ~ ~
~. w, @ maH essn,ts, sulxso vii Win eoPy o. me
th"i 4 Sa tno 4,; tnoto ~ ~ ~
anna nl,ee hss aomo s2ean and ,en,3, ;,'m,,o ~ S
bn nen 4S,d - ;1n H. ~ 4n1a i,;s
~ aJ 70 1au M ~ ao1a ILL " u nls
h;n % tno 1c nfIcer Ntooned 3own +, 1,;c,s "tn ~
tho laub and put it hack. mid The owner ti;1 pive
tua n plow M'sh H. n'a mp; "non sae olacer was
all oAer, the owner, w1lo had learned to RESPECT
the law admittei that ho had Lonn servn1 nbont
<lgnt.. oply q 1eT anys ago nog broAo away
3iom the grove. " "as caugnt, anu one man
Which muse s astoa e Ill It was psarty 1 oeten
up. Tho man Has prosecuted and fined $40,
,ov III a,o.exe3 harea ~ THes IT, olno Mnoaa =
rtn lnt an9 IN ordar tai !; V;at 80 a. ~, ous
sway, put put out OUT tho remaining eye. sD' A0' t'u
Certain outrageous practices in packing md
rreat oxtent Wlere hops wern lame n,,d cnrtd
MT ha dr;vnn ~, IN t5o h,,;,ang wbnso 49,, 49,.
to be slaughtered, hookB wero put IN their