The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-12-30
Love to Animals.
By PETER FARLEY.

feel the law of love from their Creator.
The plants bloom in beauty, the beasts
skip and play in rapture, the birds sing
in sweetest melodies, the fish leap JOY
fully in the limpid stream, and insects
dance in delight in the sunny air. q
SLovefis everywhere. The love OF Him.
who 10 all log dweHs in every creature,
She constant spring Of all that IS Little
girls and boys, who have not love IN
their hearts for all that lives, are very
far from deserving the love of their good
Creator.
And yet there are many little girls and
boys, and, alas, many grown-up men and
women, who, although they may feel
quite certain that il is right to love one
another" have very little Hove 70 the
things God has made for their use much
less to those which seem to be Of mo use
some crnel men VIII for their sport
only, sadly ill-nse the nobfest of animals
the horse. 1t was but yesterday that
Peter Farley read an account of steeple-
chose as it is called, in which horses are
made to leap over high rails, deep ditch
es, stakes, and hedges. In this steeple-
chase no less than five horses were obiig-
ed to be killed after the race; three had
their backs broken, and two their legs
sRapped. Y
e+ENoW, llttle Dogs 90 HUI rue SNDoPAO
chases; but they will train themselves to
this kind of sport by wanting love and
kindness to the things that are around
them. .isl5&35i .,.sJ (, ss4,as s eai
But of this they may be sure, that
every cruel act will so harden the heart
and render the mind so dead to the
voice of humanity, that as they grow up
to be men, the love of cruelty will pre-
vail in them and disgrace their name
and nature.
Many children are unkind to animals
from sheerNwant of thought Bot the
same law that teaches men and women
not to do to others what they would not
like done to themselves, ought to keep
boys and girls from hurting such things
as they may chance to have power over,
for the abuse of power is great Crime.
After God had made all things and
pronounced them good, he made man in
his own image, full of sense and good
ness. He gave him dominion over the
fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea,
and every living thing that meyeth upon
the earth. But man was not to be their
tyrant. - Ifs ifsti tfss z :
what is a tyrantY' you inquire. A
tyrant is one who uses his might against
the law of right who acts according to
his own will, who enslaves, imprisons,
kills, and destroys whoever and whateY-
er he pleases, and will suffer no one to
call him to account; you read of such
men in every history; Of the world. sqe! +
There are many ways of being tyrants
there are many ways of being cruel.
1t is cruel to rob a bird of its young. 1t
is cruel to set trap for bird. to put it
in cage; for a cage is o prison; and a
boy is nothing better than jailer, nay,
much worse, for he is jailer and tyrant
too Do not think that nice food and
seeds, and even care and atten ton, can
be any compensation to the bird depriy-
ed of its liberty. Liberty is the greatest
gift of God to man, the greatest gift he
has given to the beast, the bird, and the
insect, and when we deprive any of God S
creatures of that gift, all the love and the
kindness we can show them is but poor
recompense
Man has enslaved the horse, the dog,
the camel the reindeer, and many other
animals. They do his bidding, bear his
burdens, and lose life of freedom and
happiness for one of pain and labor.
They groan and vince under the lash,
the curb, or the chain. They wear their
lives away in sorrow, in the close stall
the confined crib, or the fenced yard
Their youth is spent in effort and labor
their old age in pain and misery, with
bruised bones, SCARED skins and blind
ewes. What can make amends for this
nothing but kindness; and even then we
are the animals debtors for more than
Many little boys and girls who would
think it wrong to be wilfully cruel, are
very unfeeling and forgetful. How
many there are VINO doat upon pets
Yet the fate of pets is usually unfortu
nate, and, very frequently, through the
neglectful conduct of those who love
them.
It is very common for boys to keep rab
bits, and for girls to keep eanaries, Al
first we find those who pet them very at
tentive; they feed them, often over-feec
them, watch them, and fondle them; af
ter little while some other favorite oh
ject engrosses their attention, and tn,
pet Is left. not unfrequently to perish b,
some accident that care would have pre-
vented, or to, die of starvation. sNfs
A young gsffiend of mine; Edmund, wa
kind hearted boy enough. but he wa
( very inconstant he would take violen
affection to a thing; but this affection
soon went off, and he became in fey
days as cold and .heaftless as he SCENE
to be warm and full of love.
On one occasion he had seen a squire
at the shop of dealer in birds and fame
animals, and he was delightedsto see ]
turn round and round in its little Gag,
!
long time as he went to and from hi
school every day. At last he prevaile
1a upon his mother to give him the sum r,
ouired for the purchase of the anima
and having obtained it, brought. it HON
in great glee. 1t had place allotted I
it in Edwins own play room; and th
boy had several projects in his head I
make his squirrel more and more happy
So squirrey was pampered and fec
Every week Edwin laid out the create
part of his pocket money in the pu
chase of nuts for his pet, and he CAREFUL
cleaned its cage every morning befor
breakfast, and hung it up in his plac
every night. Squirrey grew tame, an
would suffer Edwin to take him in an
out of the cage and to play with him
and Edwin was very fond of and yer
proud of his pet.
And he might have remained SO fo
some time longer. but one of his youn
friends had purchased q magpie, whic
he had taught to talk; and very talks
tive bird it was, and very merry ON,
too. 1t hoped and jumped about, an
seemed to care for nobody; it chattereC
and huttered, and turned its head O
one side to look up ct you with such pr,
yoking assurance, that everybody laugi
ed at and admired the magpie Edwi
was entranced from that moment-th
fate of poor squirrey was sealed. A ma,
pie Edwin was determined to have,
Now it SO happened. that master ma
pie was not only q very talkative bird
he was also a very meddlesome one. Il
did not exactly respect the property
Others, so Edwin found no difficulty i