The Opelousas courier., 1889-03-23
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At the Office of the Brooklyn Branch
Of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals there is a formldar
BILE and interesting collection of con-
iscated implements of cruelty, each OF
which bears a tag referring to a BOOK
in which are kept histories telling OF
mans cruelty to dumb beasts, and
mans mercy in protecting the animal
and Furnishing the offender. There
are in this collection whips, bale sticks,
iron rods, bean-shooters, rope, chains,
knives, pieces of hoop-iron, spurs,
cart-rungs and many other things, each
one a grim memento OF some case OF
human brutality. Side by side hang
two bale sticks with which horses were
beaten to death because they did not
understand just what their drivers re-
ouired of them. One of these was
used by August Baenan. His father is
a grocer, and owned q horse that was
| at times balky.
One day August drove out, saying
that he would either cure or kill the
horse. He killed it. The horse stood
still after being severely beaten, when
August hit the animal q tremendous
blow on the head, %fracturing the skull.
The human brute was arrested and
fined 800. The other bale-stick Was
used by Jacob Baumet and John lin
dermeyer, who were driving a team at
tached to a brewery wagon when n
of the horses became balky. The two
men took turns belaboring the animal,
crushing in it's ribs. till it fell dead.
Both men were arrested and had to
pay a fine of $25 each.
The tail of a black cat hangs upon
the wall, and Thereby hangs a tale"
as black as the black cats black tail.
The cat is long since dead, but its tail,
hanging in the office of the society,
will keep it's memory green for a long
time. The cat was the pet of two
children who were playing with it,
wheel ose James McNalIy came
along. He took. the cat from the
a6ldren and tod them he would
show them some fun. Drawing a
knife from his pocket he amputated
the tail close to the body of the cat.
The cat, Directing to the surgical ope-
ration, scratched McNally. whereat
the latter became enraged and dashed
the animals brains out against a tree.
McNally had to pay $25 for his fun.
Baseball bats are made for other
purposes than beating horses, yet one
of these toys hanging in the Office has
a history-that, in the hands of David
M. Mott, while he was walking a team
of car-horses through Broadway, one
powerful blow felled one of the horses
to the ground, dead. Mott had to
pay for the horse and a $25 fine be-
sides.
A tin tomato-can in the collection
has a history other than that OF d
tramp's GROWER. 1t vas used to tor
ture a calf. Mrs. Margaret Nash, who
lives on the outskirts OF the city, put
the can on a calf as a muEe toLeeE
the animal from sucking a COW. In its
} hungry efforts to get milk the call
pushed its nose so far into the can that
the ragged edges cut dSsply into the
flesh. Mrs. Nash had to pay $l5 for
her cruel thoughtlessness.
A heavy whip-handle that was USED
20 beat IN eye out of a horse tells how
Patrick Kennedy, after using up the
lash on the animals body, beat it with
the butt end of the whip, cutting it
head and penetrating n of the eye
balls. Kennedy was sent to the peni
? Tertiary for six months.
A lot of goats, COWS, chickens. cat
and dogs at Gravesend were found t.
be suffering from innumerable small
fostering wounds. 1t could not be &C
counted for until James Garrity wa
, detected shooting fine bird-shot into
b COW. He was deprived of his gun
which is in the society's Office, ant
> fined fifty dollars.
The most imposing exhibit of tn
collection is the complete layout OF
! cockpit, which was taken from Michae
| Karney's Hotel at Long Island City
Five special officers of the city SUI,
. prised a lot of sports and toughs VIII
I were witnessing a series of cock fight
. at that place. A section OF the pi
hangs on the wall. and beneath is
> case containing all the paraphernalis
. including scales, muffs, guards, gaff'
. spurs, shears, knives and saws.-N. !
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