The Monitor., 1888-05-25
THE FRIEND OF THE ANIMALS.

| sights as he passed TO and fro through the
streets of the city. Often he saw poor,
NANCY, half-starved dogs that had no
homes; he saw cruel boys throwing stones
at them, and the kind boys heart ached
to see the beasts suffer So and he wished
he were big enough to thrash all those
cowardly boys
| Sometimes he saw forlorn cats that look
ed hungry and wretched, and the boys
would tie tin cans to their tails, and chase
them it'll stones and clubs, and try to kill
them.
''Don't do that, said Henry Bergh
sometimes; sit is mean and crnel.7
Hold your tonguel None of your
goody-good for u.s. We are bound to have
our fun" cried the other boys.
He saw horses which were so old or sick
that they had no strength, or so ill-fed that
you could count all their ribs, and yet
these poor horses were harnessed to heavy
loads, and the drivers would beat the
beasts with clabs to make them GO
why do you beat your poor horse
SOP he once asked an angry driver.
''To make him attend to his business,
and I'll try touch of the same treatment
to you if you don't attend to yours, :" said
the driver, fiereeIy cracking his whip.
''IIe is my horse, and shall do as choose
with him."
As Henry Bergh grew older he saw
many other ways in which domestic ami
mails were made to suffer. He found out
about the cruel dog-fights and cock fights.
He saw that often when horses had
grown too old to work, they were turned
out to starve along the roadsidcs; or when
they became lame or injured so that they
could not walk, they were dragged through
the streets with broken legs or mortal
of their misery. He saw that poultry,
while yet alive were plucked Of their
feathers, and that calves and sheep that
were being carried to market suffered un-
necessary pain. Each one of the poor lit
tie beasties had his four legs tied together;
then they were all piled in the wagon or
car, one on top OF the other, any way they
happened TO come, and SO they were all
jolted off to market crying with pain all
the way
When Henry Bergh became man he
found ont that many good men and women
like himself did not want to have the ami
mails suffer; so he and other men started
society to stop cruelty to animals. The
society set To work and had some good
laws passed which forbid cruelty to ami
mails, and which punish those who are
cruel. Many tho usand nen have been
fined or otherwise punished for beating
their horses or for not feeding them
enough, or for overlooking them. Boys
and men are also punished for maltreating
dogs and cats. The Society for the Pre-
venticn Of Cruelty to Animals has its
agents in nearly every place. Sometimes
these are ladies', and very active agents
they arc I knew very nice lady who
owned beautiful horses, Of which she was
very fond. She not only looked after the
comfort of her own fine animals, but took
genuine interest in all the hard-worked
hack horses of the small city where she
| lived she could never see a set of horse
ribs staring al her but she stopped her own
carriage to inquire of the driver what kept
his horses so thin. She had right to do
this-indeed, it was her duty-for she was
the agent of Mr.. Bergh's society, and was
empowered to prosecute those ill-treated
animals ! never heard of her doing this,
however. She had very pleasant way OF
saying what she had to say, and nobody
took offense at her criticisms.
Did you ever see train of cars loaded
with cattle or sheep for the city market9
How mournful is the lowing of beasts
when the train stopsi 1t seems as if the
sad creatures knew that they wonld never
again gambol and frisk in the fields. bnt
that the very next day they are to be killed
and hnng up in the butcher-stails. But
these animals are not uncomfortable. Each
one has plenty of good air to breath, and
can stand up on his own feet in the cage,
and when he is hungry an attendant gives
him food and drink Henry Bergh's socie-
ty looks after all the great cattle trains
that come laundering over our Western
prairies TO bring meat to our great cities.
On the morning of March 18th, day
that will be memorable to inhabitants OF
New York for generation to come as the
day on which the great blizzard began,
Henry Bergh passed quietly away at the
age of sixty-five. His was life that was
not in vain, for the world was the better
for his living in it.
Sometimes boys and girls have a society
TO promote kindness to animals. and the
members promise not to hurt any dumb
beasts. not to rob bird s nests, or to shoot
animals. DO You belong to such society?
or are you sneh a society all by yourself.
and are yon helping to bring in the good
time promised in the Bible, when they
shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy
mountain? ?''-HsrgaYet Emma Ditto, ia
HTrper's Young People.
The Correcs Iime.
There are very few men who do not pride