The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-14
PRUrEOT THE DUds ANIMALS.
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The severest part of the winter has sci
in and it would be humane act on the
part of every farmer and every otheI
person who owns cattle, h~rses, sheep Oh
other animals to proYide shelter for them
aud protect them from the terrible cold
when the thermometer goes fifteen OF
twenty degrees below zero The Lord
of heaven, who is our father, commanded
his chosen people that they should not
muzzle the OK when he trampled out the
grain that their bread was made from,
and He will look approvingly upon acts
of kindness toward the animals which
He has given Us control OF.
The beasts of the field are deprived OF
their natural liberty, such liberty as the
deer and buffalo have, in the interest OF
the human family, and it would be jus.
tIce on the part of all persons who can
do it, to treat them with kindness.
The horses of Arabia which have been
considered the finest In the world, and
which have contribited largely to the
improvement OF the breed of horses in
various European countries, owe, very
probably, a good deal of their superior
speed to the kindness with which they
and their progenitors have been treated,
for when q horse has been protected
from the severity of winter end kindly
treated, he becomes willing - put forth
his very best effort for his master and
the habit of trying hard and well be-
comes part of his nature.
The benefit to be derived from treat
ing horses with kindness can be Observ-
ed among the Indians In the Indian Ter
ritory, their ponies being quite gentle;
especially when We recollect that they
are pastursd during the greater part of
the year, and are not usually kept IN a
stgb.e, or under shed OF any kind, ex-
cept during the severest part of winter.
II is because the ponies are protected
during winter. ana petted little by the
Indian children, that they are docile,
ana bring a better price according to
size than the ponies which are raised in
Texas.
The "bucking," surcingle- breaking
pony of Texas never received much
kindness in his younger days.
Farmers In this country, and especial
ly in the western states. wherever build
ing material can be readily obtained, are
accustomed to put up necessary sheds,
or buildings, In very short space of
time. and Americans, generally, pride
themselves upon the rapidity with
which they put up buildings. Let our
farmer friends, then, who have not al
ready put up shelter for all their stock,
put up shelter now while there Is lull
and an abatement of winters
cold, and they will be well re-
paid for 1t by an increase
in the value of their stock when the
spring comes again to emile upon Us.
Good treatment will make domestic ami
mails of all kinds more valuable, and
even a poor dog will repay his benefsc-
tor. The dog has been called the "frIend
of man" he will defend his owner while
he has life, and he is surely deserving of a
bone or crust. Even the poor, despis-
cd cat does good work, and keeps
rats and mice from swarminG
about granaries and dwelling houses.
besides making the baby and younger
children happy, People who have
enough food TOR themselves and their
children, can keep even the cats and
dogs from suffering, and will contribute
to their own happiness ny dong so. II
will pay the owners of cattle, and other
domestic animals. to protect them from
the storms of winter, and by doing so
they may draw blessing from the CIV
er of blessings, upon themselves and
their families. P. j. r.