Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-30
ST. JACOBS OIL
Is THE MASTER CURE FOR
PAINS AND ACHES.
BUYING A FRIEND
Who VIII Stick to You Through Good Re-
port and Evil report

Who VIII Stick to You Through Good re.
port and EVIL report
If man could 60 Into open marke,
and for two or three hundred dollars
purchase the lifelong devotion Of q
friend, though q humble friend, II
would be accounted a wonderful
thing. But that is exactly what hap
pens or might happen, whenever a
horse is bought You give him food,
lodging, and the reasonable services
of valet In return for which he vii
not only further your business Oh
your pleasure as the case may be, u
the best of his ability, but he will
also repay you with affection, respond
to your caresses greet you with q
neigh of pleased recognition, and ir
hundred ways of his own exhibit
sense Of relationship
There are men to whom horse |:
only an animated machine; they will
ride and drive him, hire grooms and
draw checks for his sustenance and
keeping, but all without a single
thought of the animal as having q
character, a mind, a career Of hi:
OVID; as being susceptible to pain ol
pleasure; as a Creature for whose vel
fare they have assumed a certain re
sponsibility, Of which they cannot gel
rid, although they may forget 1t oil
deny its existence. Even among
people who are intelligent religious,
and kind-hearted, as the world goes
there is sometimes found, as we all
know, especially when their own con
venience Is concerned, ap astonishing
Indifference to the sufrerlngs of dumt
beasts e..
There is good deal Of hard
deartedness in our Puritan blood a:
respects dumb animals. / once spent
several weeks on farm where many
beasts of various kinds were kept
The family was of pure New England
stock, farmers for many generation:
back, stalwart, intelligent, honest
people, pillars Of the church, leading
men in the village, but 10 their treat.
ment Of dumb beasts without feeling
or compunction. II the cows did moi
enter their stalls at the proper mo-
ment they were pounded with what.
ever weapon became handy; horse:
were driven when they were lame
and neglected when they were tired.
Every animal on the place was in q
continual state Of hunger, and none
ever received o kind word or o pat oi
the hand. That on all convenient
occasions I surreptitlously fed the
occupants of the barn-horses cows,
oxen, and bulls a fact which l may
be permitted to state, lest should
include myself In the condemnation
of these hard-hearted farmers: aud
recall with pleasure the anticipatory
neighing, the scraplng OF hoofs and
the rattling Of chains that soon be.
came a regular occurrence whenever
/ set foot upon the threshold. Ihave
known better educated, village. bred
persons OF the same stamp, men OF q
kind that command, when they die,
half-column obituary notices In the
paper, who took vicious delight 10
sto9ing dogs of their lawns and who
would have been moved to scorn BY
any show OF affection for horse
People whose attitude toward dumt
animals is Of this character not
only fail Of their duty, but miss a
vast amount of happiness. Horses
are to be enjoyed In other ways than
those Of riding and driving. To be.
come familiar with their characters
and peculIarit!eS, of which latter
horses nave many; to see them com.
Portable in their stalls, sleek, well
fed, well groomed, warmly blanketed;
to give them affection and to receive
it back; finally, to take pride IN them,
and, frankly speaking, to brag about
them without being moro unveracious
than fairly good conscience will al.
low-tbls is to enjoy a horse. III. @
Merwin In "Road, Track, aud Sta bic. "