The Morning herald., 1877-02-07
sNrERINa At GOODNE"s.

sNEER1Na At GOODNESS
An illustrated paper in New York pno'
fishes a satirical cut, Of Miss Webb OF TINS
city dumping a coal cart; OF course
hard. and cruel natures willhave the coarse
pleasure Of laughing at the picture; o"'
Miss Webb and her co-workers can ieel
that their labors are recognized, and their
interference in the cause OF
dumb animals feared, when such papers
az that We instance, subsidies some low
vagabond in our midst, to sood at a high
outcropping of humanity for the e, penny.a-
liners revard-adi dirty dollar. The society
Of which Miss Webb is such an efhelen'
worker, is one which deserves encourage
ment and support from every person IN IN, inc
community, whose soul, is capable OF ''el'
ing the woe Of any one Of Gods creatures;
and instead of being libelsd and sneereo Zee
at. its work should be applauded. Their
was q time, when mems hearts were !, 50
steeled to every kind impulse, that BY the
laws Of war, captivss were sold or slam
Christianity with its mild and benehcen'
doctrines, gradually stamped out 'n's
borrid barbarity-its teachings have been Ell,
ever broadning the work ofhumanity, and
the Catholic Church has long ago. placed
under the protection Of one Of her SAINTS
tho animal world-and annually where
blessing is invoked on them, short-slghted
men ,oea-forgetting the lofty teachlng'
svmbolized in the act-that man should oe
the guardian and protector Of the brute
creation. The piety of the "Moyen agc,'
10 ,orantly called the dark ages, mantled
mercv to dumb animals, with the vesture
of religious dedication. Sir Kenllm D'goy'
the celebrated English writer, IN MS
"Mores Catholici," relates how Lenardo de
Vinci, in the Fifteenth century deVotea
his life to the care Of dumb animals. In
the Louvre there is picture painted oy
Alexander Hesse, illustrating some OF the
actions of De Vinci. The scene is at
Florence. A group Of persons is formed
around bird catcher, who is counting out
money. A young man Of noble form, in
magnificent attire, is opening the door o.
a cage from which bird is escaping; emp
ty cages are at his feet. The spectators
around announce their thoughts as they
watch with infinite delight the birds re
stored to freedom flying round their deliv-
erer. St. Francis, Of Asisium, was note(
for his humanity to the lower animals
These works says St. Francis De Sales ar
the admirable effects Of goodness and sim
plicity which the world cannot comprehend
but which, nevertheless, displays pro
found wisdom, inspired by charity. l
has been we'll said THAT tn
stupid are more cruel than tn
ingenious. 1t cannot be forgotte
hat the Church has labored through al
ages, to soften the hardness Of humani'
towards the brute creation, many Pope
have issued Bulls, attaching the penalty
communication, to all those who presiste
in celebrating those cruel combats Of an
mails and men which disgraced the Roma
colosseum.
Our towns woman Miss Webb can we
afford to walk in those paths, trodden by
De.Vinci, ,De-sales, Plus ", Martin WILDER
force, VConnell. and Bergh, all of who'
lent the grandeur and GLORY of their inte
lect to precisely the same csuse, as that
the society of which the lady We mentio
is such an efficient member.
A MISTAKE Of giving credit to Il
"World," has been made the subject of in