The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-11-24

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49, " while the horse was
0~ telling its troubles.
It's portrayal of the woes of a tram
slave is touching in the extreme.
'1 was born in Monterey county,
California, during the war. The year
do not recall. 1 remember that they
were fighting in the South. 1 was on
one of the old ranches. The State
was then new. My owner was a SYM
pathizer with secession. L think he
joined the rebels. He rode my mother
away and grieved with the rest of
the family. / was trained under the
saddle by one of the boys. The oldest
daughter of the house selected me for
her own use. She was very kind. A
vehicle was more to her liking and
she placed me in q phaeton. There
seemed to be some trouble in this FAM
lily and one day there was a great sale
of the property and stock. The young
lady chung to my neck and wept when
Il
eve were driven across the country
to San Francisco. This was a pleas
ant trip, except that the roads were
sometimes dusty. at San Francisco
we were disposed of by private sale
and brought q good price as a trusty
family horse. 'i An. elderly woman
used me and while she was not cruel
she knew nothing about the manage
ment of a horse. One day became
Frsr raf h<Nr h L IT nj
not run away, but / was made nerv-
Gus and could not conceal il. The
woman told her brother and he sold
me at once.
'SIy next owner was a merciless
man. He placed me in the hack ser
vice and was driven hard day and
night by men who abused me shame
fully. This work was so rough that
was incapacitated in a very short
time. They placed me in a pasture,
where had a delightful time for
couple of weeks. There were grass
and trees and a stream just like in
Monterey county. This came to an
end all too soon. There was another
sale like the very first one.
al was placed on a sailing vessel
with about fifty other horses and in
three weeks we were in Honolulu.
There was scarcely a comfortable mo-
SIN Honolulu / became, without
much delay, tram horse. 1t was not |
so bad at first. AS the years sped on
i fondly anticipated rest, but the
vacation never came. Finally they |
said / was too slow for the cars and L |
was made stable horse. When L |
heard Mr.. Paine and his luna talking |
about this / thought the change |
might be agreeable. L was bitterly |
a
sometimes boy or Japanese, drove |
me and they knew less than the good |
woman in San Francisco. Their tug
ging and jerking at the lines, to say |
nothing of the beating, was worse
than the check rein and the night
rushes in the hack business.
zone day Mr.. Green, the agent for
Miss Wilder's humane society, came
along and looked at me. Miss Wilder
had said i was superannuated, and
George Paris had remarked that L was
pau for business. Mr.. Green said /
was played out and that it was a dis
grace to humanity to keep me at
work. He ordered me laid off till
further orders / was given a
very short rest, then returned to !
the sprinkling cart. 1 had become
quite well known to the Nuuanu
valley people, and Mr.. Paine's bad
faith was reported. Miss Wilder and
Mr.. Green interposed for me again. ! ;
IL was promised that / should have
Eight work / did not notice much !
My duty now was to draw
loads of feed to the stalls up the val
ey. The man beat me more than
ever. / was tired and sore all over !
every minute. ,
"This afternoon broke down COM
pletely. The driver cursed and used
The whip. He left the seat and kicked
me. Then he found a club and bella
bored me. / wanted to do the work,
because felt that / should, and also
% escape the beating. This continued
until i was in acute pain all through
my poor old body.
Miss Wilder came along and made
he man stop beating me. She sent 7
or Agent Green and a policeman 8
The driver said he would get a mule :
% help up with the load, il he was {
lot arrested. The mule was brought, ]
)ut could not help him any, anu he G
vas unable to take up the load The !
lriver did not know how to handle us, |
md would not listen to advice. At I
Smith and George
'aris came along.
sThe Attorney General began issu- {
ng orders at once, and the driver
new him and was afraid. / was
AIKEN from the wagon and led TO the
table. A message was sent to Mr..
'aine that he would be prosecuted if
Tas ill-treated any more. Ihope this
means q rest for me. III Mr.. Paine
ad any respect for old age he would
cal lightly with me-"
This recital almost exhausted the I !
oor old horse.