Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-04
WHEN TO USE THE LASH.
Mr.. Henry Bergh Points Out the Adj
vantages of the Whipping Post.

There is n marked decrease in the
number of cases of cruelty to animals.n
said Mr.. Henry Bergh to a reporter.
Drivers seem to be getting more
merciful to their beasts; they UNDER
stand that horses are property and that
IL Is TO their interest not TO maltreat
them. Then again. these burly, cruel
fellows have learned that they can not
thump q horse with bar of iron with
out danger and almost certainty of ar
rest. must say that fear has great
deal to do with the increased kind
treatment animals are receiving. Lam
sorry / cannot attribute the cause en-
tirely to better motive. In curbinr
the cruel passions of man toward the
animal, it naturally makes him better
toward his family and more humane
generally. Yes; the fear of punish
ment is the most effective method of
awakening the humane emotions, es-
pecially in that large class who have
no moral education or training.
"a few years ago cock-fghting and
brutal dog-fighting were common in
this city. / have stopped all of that
inhumanity, and the only place where
Is at Hunters Point; and even there,
among the roughs and refuse of this
city's scum, we go and stop them.
Such men. with brutal passions and
blunted intellccts, can only be taught
humanity by fear They are of the
class who whip their wives, and for
such men we would recommend the
whipping-post. True. it is very Sc
we're remedy; but if they refrained
from whipping their wives they would
not get whipped. The whipping-post
would not be used as often as one
would suppose, but it would serve rs o
threat, and there would not be so much
wife-beating. No, il would not break
the mans pride or degrade him. He is
already degraded and has no pride
when he beats his wife. This would
whip pride and spirit into him, and
make q better man of him. While WIS.,
iting the orient | conversed with the
officials who did the iiagellation. They
state that it is very rare that man has
to be whipped twice, and that it at
once takes the brutal element out of
him. Burglars and robbers should be
treated that way. Look at Delaware
They would brave cholera district be-
fore they would stop in that state.
They will not even travel through it.
they go around it.
mo, | do not think whipping too
severe for man who brutally beats an
animal. God gave the animal feeling
and the man reason. If he abuses his
powers he should be made to suffer. OF
course, | refer to extreme cases of
cruelty. We have had very few such
cases of late. Our greatest trouble is
with some OF the surface horse-car
lines. They put on their worst stock
after midnight, thinking that we are
asleep. We often surprise them at / or
2 o'clock in the morning by taking out
the half-dead horses and causing n
blockade of cars. They soon send good
horses. Then we have great deal of
trouble with cats and dogs, especially
at this season. People going out of the
city for a few weeks lock their cats in
the houses, ieaying them no food or
water. They think the cats can catch
enough rats, and they naturally want
the rats weeded out by their return. In
few days the cats begin caterwauling,
and the neighbors come to us with COM
plants We get the key of the house
from the agent and liberate the impris-
oned felines.
1.-The other day one attempted To get
out of n tenement-honse while the family
had gone to Coney Island to give tho
cat chance to clean the house of rats.
The cat jumped twenty-five feet on the
roof of another house, and then rolled
down iEto the water-gutter and was
caught. Eleven days afterward the cat
was accidentally seen, and report was
made to this Office. We spliced two
ladders, sent a man up to rescue the
cat, after it had lived eleven days with
out eating. Dogs are also locked up
by families going out of the city for a
few days. The dog naturally feels
lonesome and begins to howl, and the
annoyed neighbors come to us. 1t
seems that people will never learn the
folly of locking mp dogs and eats dur
ing their absence. 1t is not only cruelty
TO the animals. but to the neighbor-
hood" concluded the pioneer humani-
tartan. --Nea0 York Mail and Express.