The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-07

the land would ensue, if all of the
buckfng broncos, and kicking cayuses
were canned and shipped off to the
Chinese or some other hippOphagi, but
man can never get along without some
horses to aid him, and to bear him
company in his journey through life.
So long as man exists under present
conditions. he must have horses and
dogs. There is no need of attempting
to enumerate the many services de-
manded of man in different directions
wherein he will miserably fail of ac-
complishment unless he can have
horses to aid him in his task, and the
pleasure of owning a good horse is
second only to that of owning good
dog. a horse IS no less grateful and
appreciative of kindness than a dog
though he is deprived the same facili-
ty Of expressing it, and the stories told
by soldiers, stage drivers, cowboys and
other people of sometimes doubtful We
racity, Of the intelligence and endur-
ance of horses, astOnish us, though
every person who has ever owned or
used a horse knows from his own ex-
perience something of his value; and
few things grow upon one, few things
SO improve upon acquaintance aS a
good horse, and few men who have
lived much in the west fail to recall
the times when they owed comfort, and
sometimes life itself, to a horse.
So many stories could be told about
horses, so many are every day being
told, that it would be only wasting
your time. and unnecessarily taxing
your patience. to recite any If ther1.
But many times I have stood watch
ing horse and wondered how it was
possible for any one to define the dis
tiDguishing line between instinct and
reason.
Exactly as in the reference to dogs.
there are horses worthy of neither con-
fidence nor consideration, and I sup
pose that this new use which has been
found for horses, will dispose of very
many of the unreliable sort but IT
passes nv ability to understand how
even in these days Of ''ro work men
can be found to slaughter horses at
the canning establishments in Oregon.
There is of course no logical reason
for feeling this way, but sentiment
will intrude and obtrude upon ones
life, and I am certain I could more ca
silly sweep the streets for ~ ~ N~
even run for an Office than kill horses
from which to make canned beef Still
think it very proper thing TO do,
by Kidding the pastures of a quantity
Of animals good for nothing else. Those
and better appreciated
About cats I can say but very little.
My knowledge of them is also rather
theoretical. have no doubt there are
some great and good cats in the world.
but ] have failed to make their ac-
dU9intance They are certainly use
full. and upon occasions melodious and
ornamental. l had a pet canary de-
stroyed by a cat, and I prefer to re-
serve my opinion upon cats of every
degree
Without having received the slight
est 1nt.mation of what I was to speak
about, how much of your time [ was
to be allowed to consume, or exactly
the purpose of this meeting, [ am left
to infer that the work of this humane
society is to ameEorate the conditions
surrounding the lives of these humble
friends of man and that this meeting
is intended to call your attention to
the work. Certainly no one can doubt
thot it is worthy purpose-a noble
endeavor.
regret to know that there is so
much work for this society; that it's
work is so sadly needed, so absolutely
necessary. The daily exhibitions of
o~-o'-v TO animals of every kind
which are forced upon our notice are
enough to make one blush for his
kind, to thereby believe in the doc
ri Of t0t7l e""ravit~ In tho ono
matter of sending poultry into the
city, and keeping it after it comes
mere. a radical change is imperative.
1t is too disgusting to think about.
much less to eXpostulate upon. MANY
times, most times, I hope. these cruel
ties are rather the results of ignor-
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it is the province of this society to
instruct. Sometimes the cruelty is the
outcome of inclination and innate
wickedness. and then the society
should have the power and the ability
to restrain and to punish Educatio
will do very much. If men can only
be made to understand how much can
be accomplished with almost all
kinds of domestic animals by gentle
ness: If thew will cnlv learn how
grateful animals are for and how
quick they are to respond to kindness,
they will, as an economic measure,
adopt kinder methods in dealing with
them. poor half-starved dog is
comparatively valueless and is not
worth his keep. let it cost little as it
may; an underfed and badly cared for
horse is never at his best, can accom-
plish little and if ever any extra ex-
ertion is demanded of him. he fails
at the critical moment, and the ex-
pense and care that have been so be-
grudgingly bestowed upon him is only
wasted care and wasted expense.
A man who cannot and does not
properly care for his animals should
not be allowed to own them It is far
more merciful to at once send a dog
to the crematory than to starve him
and beat him; and the poor. faithful
horse that is aiding his master to
earn a living, or that is ministering
to his comfort and pleasure, certainly
is entitled to care and kind treatment
and somehow he should be protected
and given it.
AS I have already told you, I had
no knowledge of what the officers of
the society wanted me to say. Many
here can appreciate the difficulty Of
saying anything about the Humane
society, and in this church, of all
places, without referring to the lady
whose memory is so precious to us,
who was SO Identified with both
church and society, no one could tell
her good deeds in an entire evening
and I cannot trust myself to even
mention her name
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