The Press., 1884-01-24
Issued Every Thursday Evening.
From Hartford Times.) SHOCKING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
A REMARKABLE CASE IN ASHFORD.

tend to case of intolerable cruelty to an imals When MT. Thrall had partially in vestigated the case he was of the opinion it was altogether the worst case that has yet come under his notice.
 STARVING ANIMALS.
 The man against whom complaint had been made was Loren Bosworth, wealthy farmer, who lives in a large house in the center of Eastford. He Is the owner o1 several farms, on all of which he has stock and some of his animals are in shocking condihon-almost on the verge of starva tion. It is not because he is miserly tha that his animals are not properly cared for but because he neglects them from indif ference He doesn't water his cattle, be cause he thinks they will take on fat bet ter without it.
 I WAR UPON THE HOGS. l Some time ago Bosworth had 300 hogs running about the town in wild condi ton, and at last they became terror te the women and children. A town mee' ing was called, and no way out of the dif fculty presenting itself the meeting ad journed, many of the citizens going away with the mental resolution of ending the matter in true western style. A war upon the porcines began. Struggling shots were heard in the night season, and pork barrels were brought into requisition. A number of poor men took advantage o1 the war to stock their cellars with pork Good citizens winked at the proceedings, and when the war was ended an inventory of Bosworth's porkers found 95 per cent. of them missing.
 TERROR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. l I ,Y,,r more serious than to threaten as to the de- struction of his pigs, he was nevertheless regarded as terror to the neighborhood. If neighbor had ventured to approach his place to protest against his neglect of his animals, the chances are that he would have been run of the premises by the owner with pitchfork. But the agent of the Humane society, under the protection of his badge, was well received, and had an opportunity to look about and note the situation with his own eyes.
 HIDES OF 75 ANIMALS.
 Mr. Thrall thinks he counted at least seventy five hides of animals scattered about two of his farms. Some of thes creatures he has no doubt died from starva- tion, or because so weak that they were knocked in the head and their flesh and bones thrown to the hogs When asked why he did not sell the hides, at least, h said he calculated to but left them little too long exposed to the weather and they became spoiled.
 STARVING CATTLE EATEN BY HOGS.
 When he had so many hogs running about 1t was not an unusual occurrence fol these animals to attack starving OK, kill aud eat iit4 Woe to the DOOR aninaalaswha fell down from weakness and was unable to rise. The hogs would set upon him and literally devour him alive.
 CASES THAT MIR. THRAL1 SAW.
 MT. Thrall says that he saw one yoke ot oxen, of large frame, reduced by hunger to mere skeletons, and they were almost too weak to stand. These oxen were crowded into one stall, and only one of them could lie down at time. When the agent first saw them one was lying down, and he told the owner to get him up. Bosworth attempted to do so, and was kicking him so brutally to make him get up that MT. Thrall interfered in the inter est of humanity. This was one of the cases which demanded immediate att.n- tion and the poor creatures were put into separate stalls and promise exacted for proper care.
 THE OLD GRAY MARE PUT TO REST.
 To show the indifference of this inhu- mane farmer to the suffering of his stock, we will note another case which came un- der the eye of the agent. When MT. T. arrived, Bosworth had just returned from a journey of a number of miles in 8 sleigh drawn by faithful old gray horse. The old gray was at once put into stall with two other horses, the stall being only about five feet wide, or about the size or dinarily used for one horse. The old gray was bleeding from sores and cuts on his launches and feet in slipping about on the ice. The other horses in the stall had al so bitten him about the head and neck, and blood was oozing from these wounds. MT. Thrall's sympathy for the old gray would not permit hlm to pursue his inves- tigations further until this case was dis posed of and one animal, at least, put out of misery.
 s'Take that gray horse out, said the agent
 'What for ?" was the wondering query from Bosworth.
 the reply.
 ooh, into another stall, eh p
 'sNo. am going to shoot it. :"
 What going to shoot the old gray ?'
 sfYes.'
 ssWhat for p
 ''I told you. To end it's sufferings."
 In a minute the old gray had gone to the horse heaven.
 "Does the society bury it ?" was the next query put by Bosworth.
 s'Yes, if the owner doesn't. /" E "Well, bury him then. It'll save m" the trouble.
 eff I do it will be at the owners ex- pense, replied MT. Thrall, quietly.
 ''Oh well let 1t be, then, and will cut it up and feed it to the hogs"
 THE MOUNTAIN FARM.
 On deserted farm about mile from Bosworth's residence, on the mountai l side, he had number of head of cattle, some of which were in deplorable condi- tion, and actually staggered while forag- ing for food. They had gnawed the grass, from which the snow had been blown or washed, into the earth, to sa. isfy their their hunger. They had water, but they were compelled to stagger and slip along across the snow and ice for quite dis tance before reaching it, and some would fall while going for the water.
 NOT so DARK.
 For all this Bosworth had some stock which he cared for-some pretty good