Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-21
ON CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

| TINS as correct, for II comes from one who
has raised peanuts as a regular crop and on
| Il large scale.
| ON CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
| Much is now printed in the agricultural
| papers with reference TO cruelty to ami
| mails and its prevention, and | regard the
| subject as good. useful and humane one.
| ] read the agricultural department of The
| GAZETTE regularly and with much interest
| for | regard it as the best embodiment of
| useful agricultural literature for Texas
! that has yet been given to the public in the
Lone Star state, but so far l have seen
nothing in it on the subject indicated above.
| There Is certainly most prolific field here
for working up that theme, and | am sure
it would be work entirely popular with
all the better class of our citizens. On
several occasions you have asked for sug-
gestions at the hands of your readers, and
not wishing to find THE GAzETTE's agricul-
tural department behind in anything COM
ing within its line, | would take advan-
tage of your liberality to the extent of
suggesting an occasional article on the pre-
ventiOn of cruelty to animals And as
starter for you | would mention the reck-
less way some people have of driving their
teams through the streets of Fort Worth.
1t certainly involves cruelty to the teams,
while. at the same time, it is generally dam
gerous to citizens who happen to be out on
the same public highway. / do not pretend
to assert that the practice is universal
here, yet l must be permitted to contend
that it is entirely too common; and / re
greet TO say that some of our most reckless
drivers are ladies, for they seem to rely on
the usual rights accorded their sex, and
therefore feel that all mankind, without
regard to race or previous condition. ought
to get out of the way when they are abroad
on the fly. CITIZEN.
Fort Worth, Tex.
Anything looking to lettering of the
dumb brute's conditions in life is always
in order and highly praiseworthy, but,
while we are ourself belonging to widely
spread and most worthy society organized
for prevention of cruely to animals, and
are strong believer in its principles. we
are yet forced to admit that this work is
sometimes carried l. little 100 far by its
over-zealous devotees, they having made
mistake as to what really is or is not cruel.
Of course there are hundreds of cases in
which no mistake could be made, and such
cases are deserving of prompt action, but
as far as relates to this matter of street
driving, in general way, we are not aware
of an existing cruelty. especially on such
splendid thoroughfares as are many of our
streets in Fort Worth. From time to time
we have noticed. certain teams going little
faster than actual necessity would seem to
require, but on no such occasions have we
seen the drivers urging them under the
lash indeed they we're almost invariably
holding their teams back; and from these
facts we could not help concluding that the
little spell of lively moving was as much an
enjoyment to the teams as to the persons in
the vehicles behind them, and therefore
could scarcely be correctly classed as
cruelty to the animals. If we are allowed
to put down the other man on the street as
an animal there MAY be something of
cruelty to animals in the thing, ON some oc-
casions, but that other man has his remedy
in existing ordinances, and if he does not ap-
peal to these ordinances for protection the
fault is all his own.
AS to the ladies God bless them, we are
entirely willing to admit that there is now
and then one among them who when she
drives she driveth furiously, but we can
see no course other than to stand clear and
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there is really much danger from her |
spirited driving we would advise you, as
about the only thing feasible, to make your |
will. keep your eyes open and your locomo-
ton machinery in good order, and take your |
chances. There would be little to gain |
through kicking about it.
Men dying make their will, but wives
Escape a work so sad
Why should they make what all their lives
The gentle danes have had?''
And in any deliberate attempt to wrest |
from them their lifelong possessions you /
would be very apt to soon find that you had |
undertaken to carry on somewhat uphill |
business.
But really if you keep close watch on
he signs of the times there need be no
serious apprehensions of danger from the
furious driving o. ''my lady" For in
stance, if you are sitting on the head of
ire plug chewing Glove to remove from
'our breath, before going home, the odor of
small cube of switzer cheese masticated
It neighboring free lunch counter, and
-ou suddenly notice an icecream cake man
With all possible haste nervously get
ing his hand-cart from the street to the
idewalk, and peach peddler theoretically
'asting his mule team towards the next
ross street, and the old United States PEN
toner's scattering OF so minus of the usual
imp or halt in step as to be truly surpris-
ng, and the old Confederate veterans
risky clawipg with both clutches towards
he nearest alley, and cursing in the name
+ the Southern Confederacy, you may well
now what is coming without further in
and so had best cling to your
re plug. In moment the danger will
ave passed with all its clatter of horse