Evening journal., 1892-11-23
cocKRoAcHEs eEfRIeNDeD.
She Gets Them Their Rights and Sticks
Up for the Hapless Turtle.

Up for the Hapless Turtle.
Down near the foot Of vesey street.
says the New York Herald. is the store
of a man who deals in poison meats for
the use Of noxious animals. He also sells
traps for rats, mice and beetles To
assure the passerby Of the efficacy of his
snares for the latter he has a big trap
full of the largest beetles he can get, and
they squirm around in an agony of terror.
Small boys prod them with toothpicks
and mock their servlle condition
Many people have threatened to com
plain TO the authorities about the cruel
treatment OF the beetles, but none of
them has ever done so Agents of the
Society for the Prevention 81 Cruelty 10
Animals pass the corner, but their
sympathies are not aroused by the almost
human cries of the captives
A woman, waving an umbrella, walked
into the store the other day and said that
If the beetles we're not at once released
she would have some one arrested She
WAS loud ia her talk and she meant busi-
ness thai syas plain.
Madam said the proprietor Of the
beetles to paeify her, those animals are
treated with the utmost consideration
They are fed and watered three times
day and at sundown the boy puts some
hay IN the cage for them to sleep on
They are quite domesticated aud would
not leave their present quarters if you
opened the door. To prove to you how
kind we are to them | have only to state
that each beetle is known by pet name
and we don't allow any fighting in the
cage"
IF that is so, said the woman, little
mollifed, lit puts different aspect on
the case am member of the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals,
and | came down here to see il they were
i'll treating any turtles in the market
Its at Fulton Street Market that they
ill-treat the turtles, ma'am," said the
beetle dealer, politely They starve EN-
to make en- fat, maam. It's shameful
how they use oysters, too. Don't give
EN- anything to drink for week at
time. They boil Holsters alive there also.
instead of cutting their throats first
think If you would go over to Fulton
Market, maam, you would discover
number of shocking abuses such as those
have named.
II came down about the tartles," said
the woman, ''and somehow gotswitched
of on cockroaches when saw that cage
Of yours. You're sure the poor creatures
are properly fed, aren't youg"
'Puifeckly certain, maam Their
lives are safer here, too Ii they were
loose they'd only be eating poison and
committing suicide"
I'D like TO see them fed, though, 50
that / can certify personally that they
are well cared Tor, said the woman,
little doubtfully
"Why, certainly assented the genial
dealer. Turning TO the store boy he
said, Here. Joe, run over the street and
get two cents worth of calves liver"
is that their Iavorite fOodY'' inquired
the woman.
Won't eat anything else 1t would
paralyze you to see how much liver those
there reaches get away with.
The boy came back and the liver was
pat in the cage Tue philanthFopist an
nounced that she was satisfied, but she
thought they ought to get little milk
TO wash the liver down*with.
Milk don't agree with EN- this
weather, answered the dealer, We
give EN- ice water
II suppose l must be satisfied with
that, then, the woman remarked, putt
tlng her umbrella under her arm II am
much obliged TO you, sir, for the courtesy
you have shown toward me
"Cail again, ma ann, and see how the
reaches are doing You'll find om much
stouter after The hot SPELLS passed
Then he directed her TO the market on
the other side Of town. where they
starve Tho lEftles and bon lobstofs with
out first opening their iugniar arteries to
/ put them out OF their misery She
/ grasped her umbrella frmiy and started
TO tho scene 81 these inhumanitea Will
/ a wariike stride