The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-25
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II o man could GO INTO open market
and for two or three hundred dollars
purchase the lifelong devotion OF 9
friend, though o humble friend, ~
would be accounted a wonderful
thing. But chat IS exactly what hap
pens or might happen, whenever a
horse Is bought You give him food,
lodging, and the reasonable services
of a valet, 10 return for which he VIII
not only further your business Of
your pleasure, as the case may be, 10
the best Of bis ability, but be Will
also repay you with affection, respond
to your caresses, greet you with a
neigh of pleased recognition, and 10
q hundred ways of his own exhibit q
sense Of relationship
There are men to whom a horse Is
only az 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 a
character, o mind, a career of his
own: rs being susceptible to pain OF
pleasure; as A Creature for whose well
fare they have assumed a certain re-
sponsibility, Of which they cannot get
rid, although they may forget 1t OF
deny It's existence. Even among
people who are intelligent religious,
and kind hearted, as the world goes,
there Is sometimes found, 90 we all
know, especially when their own con-
cepience Is concerned, ap astonishing
Indifference to the suflerings Of dumb
beasts
There Is Q good deal Of hard
deartedness 10 our Puritan blood as
respects dumb animals ! once spent
several weeks on a farm where many
beasts of various kinds were kept
The family was Of pure New England
stock, farmers tor many generations
back, s~talwart, intelligent, honest
people, pillars Of the church, leading
men In the village, but In their treat
ment of dumb beasts without feeling
or conjunction II the cows did not
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 Of
the hand. That on all Convenient
occasions / snrreptltiously fed the
occupants Of the barn-horses cows,
oxen, and BULLS q fact which ] may
be permitted to state, lest / should
include myself In the condemnatiop
OF these hard -hearted farmers; and ]
recall with pleasure the anticipatory
neighing, the scrapln2 OF hoofs and
the rattling OF chains that soon be.
came a regular occurrence whenever
1 set foot upon the threshold Ihave
known better educated, villa9e.hred
persons OF the same stamp, men Of 0
kind that command, when they die
~half-column obituary notices tn the
paper, who took 0 vicious delight 10
stonlng dogs OF their lawns, and who
would have been moved to scorn BY
any show OF affection for q horse
People whose attitude toward dumb
animals L. OF this character not
only fail Of their duty, but miss a
vast amount Of happiness. Horses
are to DO enjoyed In other ways than
those Of riding and driving. To be-
come familiar with their characters
and pecullarities, 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 more unveracious
than a fairly good conscience will al.
low-this is to enjoy a horse. II. @
Merwin 10 "Road, Track, aud Stable. "