The new North-west., 1890-09-19

has q society for the prevention of cru
city to animals
1t has, Mrs. skinner McPhcliln, it has
ltls one ot the most pllIgent and vocif-
erons societies for the prevention Of
good fllat We haze, according to reports
Agents OF the organization make i t yeyF
hot fur people who own animals. il am
correctly informed il the matter and |
advise YOU, il You hope to spend the
heated terln on Staten Island. to leave
Your carriage horses and other heir
looms 1T The fiat, where they will not
be disturbed. Owners here have been
stopped on the street, arrested and fined
III fact, for not shoeing their horses,
while as a matter Of fact they were too
poor to even shoe their children Mis-
guided philanthropy is as injurious to
the public welfare AS the live rat caught,
kerosened and isnited by farmer in
northern Vermont last season. He drove
away all the other rats also the farmer
and his family, by burning down the
whole ranch In his nice warm little
room ut the poorllouse this summer the
farmer says to his wife as he inserts an
other little titbit of lnush and molasses
among his whislsera, The overzealous
and i'll guided ass is sometimes as dan
gcrous to mankind rs the level headed
rogue.
The Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty 10 Animals arrested IL widow
woman on the highway for tying to-
gether the hind limbs Of a female hog,
or swinette, which wns being transport
Ell from one point to another Those
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absolutely necessary to tie their legs if
they are conveyed by wagon, or they
will jump out The society removed the
cords whereupon the hogine leapt out
OF the wagon and broke her leg. Pre-
Vention people not only sometimes do
not frequently know how to handle
hogs, but also they do not know how to
prevent cruelty. l could name some
more of the instances reported, but these
will suffice to show you that the society
is tlourishing, several Of the agents do
ing a very thrifty business who have al
ways failed at everything else i'll life.
The following note comes from Il Tro-
jan who has suffered otherwise:
Troy, July 10, 1880.
Mr.. BILL NYE: Kindly give us your eX pcriences
at and opinion of u clam bake one Of the most
ridiculous institutions OF tile United States Very
respectfully, #E
ONE VINO MAS rHDRorGui.Y Discussed AT OSE
THEN.
Clam bakes are not always unsuccess-
full. Even it they are unsuccessful from
your own point OF view they might not
be from the standpoint Of The man who
prepares them. | wns one Of II small
party of plain American citizens who
1.;l
last season at Long Branch. had been
accustomed to life among the lowly in
years past, having been born Of poor but
extremely brainy parents. had also
lived in the wild and woolly west where
clans and other specimens of insect life
are regarded With distrlst. There You
can buy, or could ut tho time | lived
there, a hind t Of elk for $l.50 hang
it in yo,r wood Shed and feed Il
good sized family on it for IL week. So
l said to IL friend or two: "IIcrc is /.
natural product Of the soil, tho cheapest
and cunmonest of Gods imperYious
fauna, the low browcd and weak minded
clam. We will get some one to bake
some for us, then we will eat water
melon and play that we arc amcnable to
no law, but that we are free and unfet-
tered. and us careless; of human life as a
steam heating company or Il young ply
sician." We ordered no wine, but Just
clans and watermelon.
Another party from New York also
ordered IL clam bake at the same time,
so that the same kiln dried all the clans
In baking CLAIMS you heat a let Of stones
in a hot fire, throw them III a hole along
with your CLANS, green corn, ground
feed, etc, etc. You then cover up the
mass, and go away fishing or pitching
horse shoes till you smell something.
That is the CLAIMS. You then borrow II
sixtine pitchtorl1, such as is rlsetl by our
best livery stable people, and fork out
your CLANS and green corn, serving hot.
Guests will wait on themselves. After
the CLAIMS are served you load II large
shotgun with hot fence nails and collect
the bill.
l ate the left lobe of three underdone
Waterbury CLAIMS, an ear of hot seed
corn and II slice of soured and pessimistic
watermelon. My bill was $e3-that is
exclusive of nurses and medical attend
Ance
do not care for CLAIMS, anyway
cannot come up with ii clam. some
times feel that would like to, but can.
not. Neither can my boots.
Twas quite i'll after ate these CLAIMS,
having thrown away the most digestible
part, viz, the she'll, and foolishly eaten
the clam. On the steamer coming home
many people who had been greatly dis
appointed all day in the matter of enjoy
ment came up on deck, watched my gyra-
tions u few moments, and went home
peaceful and contcnted. At the wharf,
some of those who had been down to
Manhattan Beach toseo Pains "Siege Of
Vera Cruz" and We're bitterly disap-
pointed, came to where 1 was gnawing
an old anchor and moaning with an in
ward pain, and after seeing me suffering
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