Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-16
rr1 NATURAL s,osrs os ANIMALS.
rnrr ARr SENSITIVE To PAIN, srprcr
To fEAR, cArAhLk 90 AFrIcrio>.

\ new edition of that popular story
~ the horse, "BiAek Beaaty,- hs. lust
heeu i-susd nv the Prank Miller con-
pany. New York. ! never found time to
rad the story tlll nov. think Z hsv.
generally heen . Kind master With my
domestic animals. I know they rarely
showed any fesr In my presence, Vet
~ish ! could have rad the story of
"Blsck Beauty" before ever owned an
animal; and wish every boy and girl
Who will ever has, the carr and handling
20 horses coah rad the story. IN. aim
of the suthor Il simply Ia make the
reader take view of
rIIE HoRss's .IpE 90 tn, cAsE.
How many of Va grown people ever
ask ourselves by What righ, do ~e com
Pel any animal to serve u.t Man, by hi.
greater Intelligence. has hcen able Ia en-
trap the Wild horse AMI msk. him q
slave. Under this superior Intelligence.
coaplssi With Kindness, perhaps the 10,
of the horse l. improved rather than
ciher~ise hy domesticstion. I think I
might prefer a. be tam. horse With
some masters than q Wild one on the
plains, bat how ahout being the slave or
servant of brutal or drunken brute 10
q man.
I claim that all animal. have some
ustursl rights. They have the right Ia
gvt all the good they can cut % life.
NAN Has ~ RU.i>Lss To CAusE ~.
NECESSARY PAIN
to any living. sensitive icing. II Ne
must destroy life for our own adyan-
tsxc. we should d. 80 In as merclfal
manner a. possible.
II paws to treat domestic animals
kindly. 4 horse that has confidence In
. Kind master l. far morc valuable a. =
servant than l. one that has no such
confliehce. To gain the good will ~ a
horse or ~ any other animal Ne must
trcat u Kindly and never deceive or be
tray conhdence. The horse should look
upon his master a. his beat friend.
kindnc~. % animals not only makes the
animal. more valuable but the Kind act.
have q vfex Influence on the owner hun
elf. 4 nan who Il brutal With animal.
~ill hc an uncomfortable person Ia asso-
cis,e ~iih. Most Il the unkindness to
animals Il the result of thoaghtle.sne.-
raihsr than cruel intsntion.
such q story az that Ot Black Beauty
told BY hsr.elf l. q r,minder 10 many
ma. things that q Kind hearted person
will remember whsn handling animals,
for animals have nearly or quite all the
powers and susceptibllhies of men, only
IN direrrnt degrec.. They can feel pain,
cold aud hunger. snd can suffer from
tcar. They can also do good deal of
thinking. morc than most psrsons be-
lieyc or realize.
4 isdy r,,~ntly asked me II ! though,
the society for the prevention % cruelty
20 animals had really done much gccdr
I aid most certainly. \ few
oVER-oFTiCioVs Local AGENTS
have sometimes made mistakes Ia prose
cutting men without good grounds Tor
prosecution, but .ach mistakes OF such
men are the exccption. The exl.tsncc
of such . society ha. done a great deal
In chsvking thou ghtless men from abu.-
log their animals. No such brutal eNhi-
billions arr ever seen on cur streets ss
Nsr, common hfty year, Ago. The Idea
that Que has q right 90 do a. he please.
Nth hls o~n has b-en greatly modified.
Il 1. admitted In prsctic. that animals
have some rishts which owner. are
bound 90 rr-poyt.-Ne~ England farm-
ct.