The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-18
THE UTILITY OF ANIMALS.
ET NJ. c. ORMOSDE,

We are SO accustomed to seeing the ami
maj creation around us that we lose sight
OF their great utility. We owe them a deb
of gratitude, which we frequently rena,
with unkindness md neglect, giving in re.
turn for the most valuable services blows
and kicks. Especially is this so of the horse
the noblest and most useful of all animals
lie is cmphatically the beast of burden,
often overloaded and overworked. some.
times dropping dead in the harness. he
has vented on him the iIl-humor. cruelty
and drunken rage of his driver, and treated
as II utterly destitute of sagacity and feel.
n 6. We can imagine what the world would
be ike without the horse, and this will
snow us the debt OF gratitude we are under
TO this faithful servant Of our pleasures and
our burdens. He transports us swiftly over
pleasant roads he carries us to and fro to
our business; he bears the burdens of conn
merce, agriculture, and manufactures; and
then, when life is over and we have done
with the things of this world forever. he
conveys us slowly to the spot where 'sashes
to ashes, dust to dust is said over our
mortal remains.
What a debt of gratitude does the Arab
W. that " ship of the desert" the camel.
Hardy and docile. he is eminently adapted
Tor the work of traversing the sandy de-
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without water for several days, having been
provided by nature with a sort of internal
tank from which he can refresh himself.
lie has the power, too, to scent water half
a league OIL, and knows long before his
master does when the refreshing stream is
near The traveller of the Arabian deserts
Knows well the debt of gratitude he is I'M
der TO this patient, enduring, and useful
animal.
rIr
h would the inhabitants Of Sweden
n Norway do without the reindeer? He
Is their beast of burden and their carriage
horse" His flesh supplies them with good,
wholesome food, and it is the reindeer to
whom they are indebted for milk.
In Greenland what n serviceable animal
the dog proves himself. Hardy and swift.
he bears his master in his sledge over the
frozen wastes, and travels bravely on even
amid the fiercest cold of the Arctic seas.
His endurance is wonderful; while man,
yielding to sleep, dies on the icy plains.
the dog, wakeful and watchful, survives the
terrible cold, or only succumbs when the ex.
IRENE limit of endurance has been reached,
Or. Kane ~testiies to the worth of his ca
nine friends; when accompanied by them he
roved among the icy mountains and plains
OF the Arctic regions. The Monks of st.
bernard appreciate well their large-limbed,
WAAIa OCak butm W IQe
and benighted traveller, as he
lies hopeless and snowbound amid the
arkness of the mountain Businesses.
The COW places us under n debt of graft
Her flesh furnishes a popular article
OF food her milk is health-giving, and in
some diseases most beneficial-the physician
calls it white blood" Milk is the princi-
ingredient of many delicacies in which
human palate takes delight.
The sheep, too, although small, is one of
the most serviceable animals to man. Its
1esh furnishes an article of food, and man
obs him of his wool with which to cover
We could go through the list of animals
show how varied and wonderful is their
Utility to man. They supply him with food,
heir furs and wool provide him with cloth.
ng, their hides give him shoes, their horns
md usks make useful articles, their bones
i~ertilize the fields, and they carry his bur-
dens and bear him on his journeys. In
view of all these things, what kindness and
consideration we owe the animal creation
the many and important services they
render us.