The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
CRUELTY TO A ooosE.
rreks Sun

| lreeks Sua.l
 Societies ser the prevention cf cruelty to animals arc all right in their places, but there arc men who have this cruelty busi- ness on the brain, and they carry II too far They ignore all cruelty and suffer ing tha, Is caused the human tase, hu; II a man kicks hts dog they have h,m ar rested \ sAsc Tn New Noak IS attracting great deal ci attention, and making ,hc cruelty society the laughing stock of 'he country. One day a member .et ,he soCie,y ~aS passing the pala,ial residence oi an Irish lady. m shaniy town, and d,s- covered the good woman plt king scese
 The idea ct plucking the feathers irom a live etd so narrowed the feelings oi he cruelty man that he tcmonsuaied with Mrs Malenc,. and she treated hum with contempt He had hri arrested fot eru- el,N to animals. and the halt picked goose wss brought, into court Then there was battle et siant in,el!es,s, bolh sides having emploSed lawyers The ptn>e.uuon went on te shaw tha, the ae- eusesl, tN her ae, tn p,Cktas the feathers tom the lsc bud had subieeted the Eoese 'o eIe4, pam. aad destroyed iis pcSsc oi mtud The AEsa>ed sho~td that the custom - n, king geese wss of.E' than ihc law ~ Me. rS aud that ne zao>c hta ever been ht .td - roins p,A4a oi the f5 kiak Inc ,,ueI3A maa Vi. p!a, cd eu the stand and eNo4e ihaI the sos>e Eate tatth e>etese.sns si pau dutng ghe ptotcss at Asug ani tle othel sale trtei ,e make tie 5n,n4elg hu@ he teeN the ylitiSfeHtc tefwrcn tf e&- .sf s.s | an ihr pan II goosc. at,si when he Mas unah.c tc atepe,lN eNplain hls method ot intetRfrnaH ihc language ei geesc. he wa> 4siaWei te stand da~e. when the ..e= ,used ~t> pat on the stand and s~ute thai tho kease was Isssns ntih joyful seands at the feeling al pleasure it being pi,Ard, and was .ailing the other geese up io take then ,uIns m the delightful experience. The man sad he could plalaly ,ir,c, pam dep,,ted on the h,e oi ihe goose. daune the pic k,ng aad thrtr was r,tiiui. "spase my lie" on its sonn,cnance whnh nearly btukr the heart at the agent ei the sasieis Mts Maloncy took tho sand and said that the eNptesslon which the man took tef pan an Inc face ot the pooae. WAS pleasure. She sad the goose had been rat.et s pet and looked iotNata ta the annual pi,l inf ~i,h all the evidence of pleasant an- it9Httton and often the goo.e would clsl#h up into hst lap and hsg to be pt ked The judge WAS about ia hnr the woman tcn dollars, or fatuty daAs tn isfi when tho doiense lneAed fhat lhr Case he th,esn oataf count en ti.s ground thtt Inc complaint alleged ,taelty to | goess. when n iatt the h9td MS rtn det ioue arguments followed. the ptnsr, ntian st,iming thli randsr MAS | Raese n ti8e cSes at the taW attt ihr sie irhse maintain that Foote and Eanter Nste t~u entirely different hltds and hnalls ,hc judge dls, hatEed ,hr ptlsoneI and saA taken tn a iunate syium. ahd nes eout tlatnf ~as made "ai be'"ts another ludge The ssc ~iii drag through lhr ,ouiis for ,sat.. and cost 4 hat,el oi money and when II A hnaily de' ldcd the old ls,iy ~ha piolrd the goose ~ill have been taken to her long home iiom the ps ., hous~. and the cruelty man will have become sa uld he saHna, tell Eeese hem a saud blii uan~, and noh.d, ~.ll te ben, f4,ted by all the litgalion