, 1881-02-05
In the Interest Of Qaadsupeds and
Bipe5s.
IC0mHuni catiar.

lComuunicatior
Stock men appear to h. optimists At
east !, is charitable so To consider them
and believe II II Just | can Conceive oI
m reason Why t;ey shauH lie more hard
bsar,si. p'o~e crUei, tl:an men in any other
branch oi business, ai:Jl Yet, a. they are seen
today, they woald be 50 judged BY many
who ould rot wiiliully E.isjudge them But,
as saij, believe them op.lmists, and as
such | waald prescribe their treatn.eni. ep-
tiI:is1n Is form ef IInaey. lie who has IL,
as badly - mlny Q: car cattle men have it,
are as crazy IS men who are afflicted with
psssia.isn. The cne IS always in heaven, or
GONG there g'I an air line route the other
in keH, or making an c9aaly expeditions
passage. Neither cf them, as rule are
dangerous neither needs = ''strsl .h:-iacko,n
or 20 be ''rs. il irons, - trt G5th need sup,r-
vis'on ~ ihc state-aHd ii there is any class
lby Occgpa,ionl OF op.inists that need this
kindly care more than GEosher. X IS the
stOckman, FOR, hy reason Of his disease. many
thousands oi the brute crea'ure are annually
killed, in the most horrible .naaner-starved
to ceath- As | Am abou to otter nv al
wise in the treatment nf tte petian., / may
he Re5 hv thc cool somewhat hsughty,
somewhat pertinent inquiry: "Are you or
have you ever been stock-raiser, or IN a
stockraisers employ: Have YOU any inter
est, directly or Indirectly, in the patient or
his affairs, Were You called upon TO pre-
/ scribe, or for consultation In this case: And
| if not, why do you presume;' To M alu-
/ able interloeutas | would reply: | 10 not
! wish 70 be impertinent-fs from II. II !
appear so the unseifishness OF r,y object VIII
( be my excuse haye never ''been a stock
: raiscr o. in stock-raisers employ My
knowledge of the care of stock is exceedingly
! limited | have no direct interest IN the
/ stock raiser, bat ! have an indirect one IN
, the care o; his stn-s, and for that reason |
! have made oo!d. l have been presumptuouS
I in the interest OF humanity and brute crea-
lures BerIh, IN the east, presumed 10 pro-
tec- qlairupeds iron he nal treatment OF
/ Eine.ls, and was sustained hy the sentiment
! Of the people and the voice OF the legislators.
l A law was passed making brutal treatment
of animals punishable Though not like
/ Bergh, 4 phllanthror;st by occupation, l
/ have some heart, soIae sympathy--as ! be-
/ liaye every man has-f,'r suffering, no matter
I whether it he in human.or brute kind. / do
not believe with PythagOras that the SOILS OF
/ men are found In beasts, but | do believe,
most confidently, that I brute-I mean a
| four footed one-sutfers pam with no acute
ness, if not equal to, second, only, to man.
! | believe that any man with a heart in HIM.
as big as small sized pin head. who will
| take trip of a hundred miles through the
upper cogntfv and witaess the effect of the
winters famine on stock, see the cattle.
hcrses and sheep in every direction s.agger
ing abeut, aimlessly. helplessly ; their cma.
ciat,d bodies, their pain-bespeaking, want
! appealing eyes, beSceching to be dispatched
! at once that they may rest from their mis-
! cry with the multitudes lying around who
! had been more kindly dealt with by being
allowed to ole early. Believe the harrow
ing sight vii! appeal to, sicken, outrage every
emotion of the mans humanity. And be-
/ lieve, yes know, that these feelings Will be
aroused in stOck-raiser equally with the
man Of any other occupation. But the sight
that sickens his heart is brought about by
! him and he should bear the blame. iie is
solely responsible. What , did say ,espon-
| SIZE No, he Is like any other crazy man
he is not responsible He is an optimist.
/ Beng an optimist he felt confident, during
/ the proceeding summer and fall, that there
WOold he little or no snow this winter; coz
! seguently there was no use Of his providing
| feed for his stock logically, he didn't; nat
urally, tney died and consequently, as op-
! tlmism, III cattle men seem to be incurable :;
/ rs self interest-the strongest law Of nature
! is evidently not sufficiently strong TO in
duce them to insure the lives Of their stock.
/ by providing IN summer Sutiiciency OF food
| fer their winter keeping, the government
should step in, in the interest OF humanity,
and preserve the lives OF their stock, and,
I incldently, prevent these crazy men from
/ squaDdering their possessions.
Now rs to what treatment is best in the
premises. That treatment e necessary be-
! heve all will agree, but as to the manner Of
: prescribing for the patient there may be 4
diversity of opinIon-It Is proverbial for doc
/ tors to disagree. Conscious of my want of
experience modestly; and of my
presumption-hence timidly | suggest In
outline, the following treatment Let there
BE- passed legislative act oblginS every
stock-raiSer. WITHIN the process of the act, to
make return every fall tunder eaih) TO a COM
missioner appointed in each county, for the
purpose, or to some already existing officer,
Of the number of head of stock, classifying
the stock which he owns. To report, IN the
same manner, the locality of his range, the
amount of feed he has on hand, and at what
points he las it collected He should be
obliged by the act TO have sufficient feed for
all his stock for ninety days; and the law
should provide wha. would constitute suf-
ficiencv There should be severe penalties
attached to falsitying OF returns, or failure
10 comply with the act in any OF its provis-
IONS. An optimISt will say, In 4 winter Ike
this, 20 why was such fool to take the
chances on the weather, o why was | so
shIttless :, No man will regret his act more
than he does; but next winter lie will re-
peat the folly-becauSe he Is an optimist.
therefore advise orr Legislators 70 be expedi-
tlogs to pass s:cl IN act or make some pro-
vision u take care Of these deludcd mcn
and their property while they are suffering
most pungentIy the effect of their want OF
perspicacity TO make haste while they are
in the thrces of their grief aud lamentations;
to he swift 20 pass the law while in their
misery they have 4 little CLEAN of sanity,
while they can be said to be compos- -mentis
and viii no: oppose an act which is 50 palpa-
: bly, Tor their cwn good, which, in short. does
nothing more nor less than chliee them to
take care of themselves.
:. EASaNaELE
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