San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-03-29
Pen Points.

Correspondence OF tho re Y IHEss'
If any state in the union needs a
Humane Society that state is Texas.
The suffering and mortality among
stock here has been fearful during
the past, uncommonly severe winter.
No shelter. No fodder stacks. How
much is embodied in these two short
sentences. Selishness, cruelty, and
short-sighted policy on the one side,
and terrible, prolonged suffering and
death on the other. All unnecessary,
all needless unthrift, as it is OF culpa-
bic neglect and inhunanity. In our
estimation, this is one of the meanest
kinds of criminality-to cause suffer
ing even to torture---for dumb, help
less animals, dependent upon us for
care and comfort. We believe it q
shameful sin to keep more cattle and
other stock than can be properly
cared for.
We hope the time is not far distant
when this matter will be made the
subject of wise and, humane legisla-
ton, and also, that individuals will be
educated ND to u nobler standard
respecting the rightful claims of even
our dung animals.
A HARD WINTER.
We human beings, who have been
disposed to complain over the Ito us)
prolonged, severe season, have only
to think of the experience of our
people at the North during the same
time to realize how favored has been
our lot here in the Southwest. March
up there may not have ''come in like
n lion" but it has continued, we might
say, with the white bear in it's snow
and arctic severity. However it will 60
out, we are justified in saying it will
not be ''lil<e lamb but looking to
probabilities, we might venture to
predict with some show of reason,
that it may leave our Northern sister
states like u whale in very deep wa
ter. From such heavy body of
snow, floods are likely to be the re-
suit, drenching the country and caus-
ing great financial losses by the de-
struchon of roads and bridges.
"TAINT NIX"
For one of the amusing specimens
of childish simplicity, the following,
we think, will bear repeating:
Going down the street one day we
overlook little maiden, and walked
along, chatting as we went Hear
ing the village bell toll for the de-
parture of some soul to the hereafter,
we asked her: "Do you know who
is dead?' A dubious shadow over
cast the innocent face looking up in
to ours as she hesitatingly replied:
II don't know The next moment Il
solution seemed to dawn
upon her, aud she supplemented,
beamingly, 81 know, faint mel That
settled it with the little child, and
we walked on with the little maid
Chat wasn't dead conversing in the
most cheerful manner.
THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE.
This is still living, and actively, too
in the hearts OF our best people. as
will be demonstrated in the future, |
we trust, successful campaign. We
are a law-abiding people, but when |
the time comes for decisive action,
there will not fail to be n strong up
rising to change, by legal effort, the
present law respecting the liquor
traffic and the hateful influence OF
the saloons, especially upon the rising |
generation. Our fair Republic will
vet present an unblemished escutch.
con to the world. Slavery, intern
perance and polygamy forever effac-
oil from it, with the right Of suffrage. |
as ii should be accorded to women.
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