, 1893-07-12

should be any necessity to destroy it. IL
however, this MAST be done, then ii ought t.
be effected III the quickest and least painful
manner Toicsuse it unnecessary pain is a very
great san; and whoever is liz he habit Of doing
this, thereby he4rdefs MS own heart, ana
learns to DO unmoved by the sufferings and
and affections Of others. How then can such
r one please that God who loves all las
creatures. not excepting the smallest and
meaaeSt. and who does them nought bat
eood
woll} thev f3~a. s3Lzas. tint a muz1le BE-
provided ana pat up "a tA, dog Immediately
af.c' j. his ieeu e2p.trtd. and that it bs
(c! 70 t1' p.t@: u l. ,sa cement 81 exec4-
ti01.
It is not only IN this Wy that cruelty ~
shown to this most constant Of MARS
friends. Many persons have no doubt,
witnessed what boys DO when they happen 70
meet with q dog that is u~Lacompanied br lis
master. The little urchins cry out to each
other, Meet him up y and, providing them
selves with stones, they pelt the untor-
tunate creature Seldom missing their
ajn), and send it bowling p%iteously along on
three legs The fourth having been severely
wounded by the cruel blows Of its wiche!
prosecutors.
There is a strange fact in connection with
this habit of stoning dogs it is that | have
necer seen girls practising it. 1t would APP
pear as'if there is either q great deal more
mischief in he nature Of boys, or thnt it il
differently directed.
Oft times. when goin along a country road
one meets with . man; followed by about
half a dozen dogs similarly conditioned 10 tine
seven leankine Of King Pha aoh's dream
This man is an estate watchman. and the
creatures thar accompany him share very
largely his tolls aud labour8, although tkey
participate lery little in the wages tl'at &c
crue therofrom. Their protrulln5 ribs tysti-
fly to the fact hat if they are ever fed at -a.l
they get rs much to eat as Is barely sufficient
TO keep them alive. And yet tbs faithful
animals folio this man eyeryw here and are
so often attached t. him, as to return 10 hun
when they happen TO be given to, or taken by
another person who would feed them much
better.
have been told that lho w4tehmoa receive
a certain amount Of allowance to teed Their
dogs
] cannot say whether this inform ltion is
founded upon fact, if 50; then It would be far
better for the manager Of the estate himself
t sea that the dogs are fed, than TO give the
allowance to tho man, who may appropriate
it to his own use.
1t is cruelty to keep dogs aud other animals
and give them 50 little 10 eat. that they are
always matt starving. 1lls lar better To dv
away with some OF them ii iii doing so the res.
can be BETTE proved for.
Many estates. send cars to town OF To
the East end of tie island FIR man ire. These
carts are often well loaded, aud tho animals
that draw them have fully enough work to
do to get along with their burdens even when
the roads are dry. Nevertheless, as W. %
along the road. we not unfrequontiy see one
of these heavily laden vehicles, WITH the
cartnan and one OF two market women seated
on the t P and as many more persons, perhaps
sitting on the shafts, AID the poor animYrs
toillng along often painting most dreadful.
NoF will these lazy and unreasonable human
beings get off the cart whrn they come,
to all ascent in the road but emain
III their comfortable position while stlley
make the creatures as uncomfortable as thew
can possibly be. Sometimes the reprimand.
of a by stander has the effect of making them
get of the cart for a short distance only to
get on again when they are out of sight; by
Gttener one ia answered rudelv and told to
mind his own business as Oh ugh the kind
treatment of animals was not the business of
every humane person. We are told in scrip
ture "Look not every man after his own bust
ness only but also after the business of
others and this passage may with the.
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