Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-27
GOOD WATER FOR THE HORSES.

! was indeed much pleased 10 see IN
article in your columns last week suggesting
the putting up of nice drinking tun- lJ-
horses on our public square, 10 be regl-
larry supplied with pure artcSian water.
Since reading the article, myself and Il lady
friend have visited the Old trough ca the
square for the purpose Of making oOServi-
tons. IL is indeed & disgrace 10 such pro-
gressive city as Fort Worth. While We
were there several horses were driven up
to drink. The drivers had 10 get out aud
loosen the rCins before the horses could get
their heads down TO the Old dirty trough,
and when their heads We're down Ii was
plain To see that the poor animals would
not have taken drop OF the water if they
could possibly have helped it. They pat
their noses down to the water, sme.!ed Il,
and then fiirted them about in the water IS
if attempting to knock of ''Scum,' after
which they partook sparingly. An 'eN-
press" driver said we were seeing the AZ
rangemcnt lin its most dandy light, As the
water was not now as heavily charged viii
mud as usually characterized II. Danger Of
dying from thirst would be the only thing
calculated 10 make Il man partake OF such
water-why will man force his ''Oes.
friend" to partake of wha: he himself
would not not touch, simply because he has
that friend helpless within his power, e.
pecially when it could so easily be avoided
Let Us show humane feeling for the dumb
brutes serving US so faithfully, by proylo-
ing them with Il decent drinking font. Who
will be the humane person 10 start taa
praiseworthy movement
ANoTuER LADY,
Fort Worth, Tex.
We are iii earnest accord with any move
meut having kindness to dumb brutes 1t
the bottom of it. Then this suggested
movement would extend little beyond the
benefit proposed. for it would be telling ot
Q city inhabited by a humane people. The
stranger visiting strange place takes notes
of all these things.
Not few cities arc now evincing much
pride in their public watering places for
dumb brutes. 1t seems to be largely mod
eru movement. A few years ago the city
of Mobile, Ala. 1--WE refer especially 10 that
city on account OF our familiarity with IL,
had a stock-watering arrangement good
deal on the plan of what We now have in
Fort Worth. Finally the new Bieuvilie
waterworks were completed, giving the
place an abundant supply of pure water,
and then some one suggested that the
horses so faithfully giving their services ~
the city ought to have supply Of the same
pure water that their masters were using
There was no particular agitation Of the
matter for few months, but finally some
thing happened that set everybody talking.
There arrived by railroad from some dis
tant city a Strengthening arrangement, AL
boxed up and directed to Bienville square,
Mobile, Ala. \ heavy team hauled 1t "
from the depot to the square, where thu
boxing was taken off, revealing huge iron
concern shaped about like pede5taled
fruit dish, and measuring some six feet
across the top of the bowl. The interior Of
the bowl was plain, but around its outside
the molder had made it highly ornamental,
and had Furthermore cast upon 1t the To-
gend: presented 70 the horses of Nobils
by a LADY,
1t was set into position at the side OF the
square, pipes attached, pure Bienv.lle
water turned in and the horses Of that sec
ton Of the city made happy.
Other similar watering fonts soon FOL
lowed until there are now quite number
of them located about the place. The Old
watering troughs have all disappeared.
OF course we are not taking the position
that the people of Fort Worth ought to 20
into anything SO expensive, but We fully
agree with our correspondents that some
thing better than we now have is greatly
needed. 1t could not cost much 20 set up a
respectable trough, sufficiently elevated for
the convenience OF both the horse and his
driver and constantly supplied b. an info"
of pure artesiau water.