The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-03-18

is a lesson they will never forget, and whether
any OF the little ones, in after days, will re-
member the ecstatic scene Of that scaffold near
Belair, and endcavor to reach heaven by the
short and speedy road blazed out by Griffin, only
the mysterious womb of the future can unfold.
Let Every Dog have his Day.
Vivisection is term used to describe a new
alton of the physical infirnities of man. 1t is
nothing more nor less, according to the New
York Times, than the dissection Of brute ami
| mails while they are alive for the purpose of
| physiological and pathological investigation
| DR.. John c. Dalton, Professor OF Physiology
in the New York College Of Physicians and
Surgeons, has published pamphlet in defence
of the necessity of cutting live dogs and rabbits
and cats to pieces as means of educating the
profession i'll a more perfect knowledge OF the
nervous system and the vital functions. He
contc,,ls that this knowledge is essential to the
proper application Of remedies to many Of the
diseases of men, and thai it is justified in the
consideration that it sometimes restores health
and prolongs life.
| We UO iiOt UtitCNC la LII. 1CdltOl . lHCOt
The fact is, we do not know that it is very de-
sirable to ptolong the life Of most men nor
can we reconcile it to just sentiment OF hui
manity that tine poor dumb brutes should 60
through an excrutiatfng and terrible ordeal III
order to arrest the dissolving flesh Of their little
more elevated brothers. Men ought to die
when fheir time comes, and not have galvan-
| izQd hyxSst af fa of tha
ing yet sentent lower order of the brute crea-
ZION. 1t is net SO much the love Of MAN than
scientific students argue themselves into the
necessity OF these cruel experiments, but a
selfish ambition to explore the novelties and
hidden deaths Of knowledge of mans organism.
They woul,? as soon apply the Information they
had eained from watching the gushing gore.
the quivering flesh. the S9stching, expanding
and contracting muscles Of The butchercd dog,
to some human creature not So useful as the
sacrificed animal, as to the gresfest of our
| kind.
| We do not understand either the Primarily
or the morality of the assumed necessity Of tor
turing the dog for the relief of the man. nor is
it consistent with our theory Of christianity
that SO much injustice should be rerpetrated
upon the animal. solely for the physical anne
Iteration of the man. If we believe the preach
ers. none of us have any use for life on this
mundane sphere. Those of lis who are ''oHt
of the ark are esteemed too bad to live, and
those who have realized forgiveness of sins and
! been -"elected'' should want to 60 away and be
at rest-te cut loose from the pernicious sur
rouis6ingS and uneongenial atmosphere of this
| wicked world.
We think science Should eonfine its expert
ments to inaninate physical subjccts, and let
| every dog have his day, as well as every man,
| and when the time comes to -4shuffae off this
qNostsl coil, - let hina do so decently and nat
uraliy, and not be ushered into the other
world whether dogs CT man's-brfore hi;
time comes, just to crafty a monomania in
respect to science. The dogs life is just as
dear to him as the mans life is to him, and
unless he violates some dog law, such as kill
ing sheep, or using his grinders too freely on
dis brother mans flesh, he should not have his
vital spark unceremonicusly put out.
A COZY RETREAT.-A raid was made OH the
illicit distillels in Southwest Virginia. several
weeks ago, and number Of them captured
One offender. with a romantic turn OF mind,
had disco ered commodious cave, through
which meandered crystal stream Of water
Above it was a large hollow tree, With a num-
Der ef large limbs reaching out from the par
ent stem. The enterprising manufacturer of
the ardent spirits had managed to convert this
hollow tree into chimney, through which the
| frnf1 fo f1cti11opy. csn1 in iDIisfjnat
clouds, being diffused in unn.ticcd quantities
to the limbs and out into tile air. He
had all the pharaphernalia Of a first class dis
tillery. ana was quietly squeezing the juice
from the cereals, secluded and apart from the
vulgar, prying. meldlesome outside world
: when oficious myrmidons of the law nterfere6
with his innocent past-time.
The Spectator copies all the infammatory
articles it finds in its exchanges about the Civil
: Rights Bills bat forsets to remand its
readers that it supported Greeley and the
Civil Rights Bill, the principle Of it, in 1872.
In adj, coating Greeley, it sustained all the ex
travagant issues that ever afflicted the country
and yet it now wants t6 put ON an air of sub
lime moderation in view Of the enactment O
the principle of the Greeley platform into law.
Suppose the Spectator favor the public and it
readers with some original views ,kpoa the sub
ject of Greelcyism and Civil Rights and leave
. the productions of its exchanges for tKe eeta-
sumption of their readers.
INTERNAL REVENUE CoLLECTOR.-A para
graph has been going the rounds of the papers
! land found is way into the columns of the Yin
dicator, of last week, that J. Henry Rives l,at
been removed from the office of U. S. Interna
Revenue Collector of the Lyhchburg District
and e. Y. Thomas, ex-mcmber Of Congress
from the 9Th district, appointed to fill the va
cancy. We have it from good authority tina
there is not one word of truth in this state
ment. Mr. Rives is still fhe Collector, ant
) there is 10 disposition onithc part of the gov
l ernmcnt to remove him..