The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-03-28
HUMANE S0CIETY'S REPORT
EENERAL STATEMENT FOE THE
SEVENTEENTH YEAR.

SEPENTEENTH YEAR
Increase in Membership-hIany Cases Re-
lieved-- Prosecutions and Their Causes
Over Two Thousand Complaints In
vestigated.
The seventeenth annual report of the
Connecticut Humane society, just is
sued, contains the usual record of good
accomplished by members of that or
ganization during the year. An effort
has been made to add to the member
ship in it's different divisions and many
persons in all portions of the state are
work
An adequate idea of what has been
accomplished since the last report may
be gained from the cases cited in the
statement for 1898:
THE SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS.
Especial attention is given to the
evils of bird-destruction and vivisec-
ton Regarding the former there is
written:
There will be little further use for
humane societies when old people and
little children are no longer oppressed,
neglected and cruelty treated; when
wives are no longer beaten, degraded or
slowly murdered by brutal or drunken
husbands; when the noblest and most
willing of our domestic animals arc no
longer overloaded overdriven and I'M
derfed, tortured and painfully restrain
ed by the overhead check; clipped of
the natural covering; shamefully belit-
tied and exposed by docking and shear
ing to ridiculous minimum natures
own defense against flies and insects
all to please some lazy groom, or at the
behest of fashion. When lovely and
tender-hearted woman banishes from
her Easter hat the heads and skins and
plumages of the song birds; when, no
4 longer beguiled by fashion, she comes
to reflect that, through her thought
1essness and vanity. the music and col
a or and elusive grace that make vocal
and bright and fascinating the woods
and groves are being blotted out, and
that this wholesale destruction is now
going on under every sky and in every
cline, will she not hesitate to wear
these ornaments obtained at such muir
ferrous cost?
THE EVIL OF vIvIsECTION.
Concerning vivisection, the report
Says:
The national petition for the total
abolition Of vivisection contained No
Nember Is, 1897 21,910 signatures, in
GLIDING the names of 500 physicians,
also a large number of clergymen are
among the signers; 243 names having
been sent in within the last few
months.
There is not to be found" said Car
Final Manning, "a word in the great
4 theology which I represent; no, nor in
any act of the church of which am a
member; no, nor in the lives and utter
ances of any one of those servants of
that church who stand as examples;
nor is there an authoritative utterance
anywhere in favor of vivisection. There
may be the chatter, the prating and the
talk Of those who know nothing about
it,
The Rev. Morgan Dix writes: Il have
read accounts of the tortures inflicted
in the name of science on the creatures
committed to our care or placed in oul
power by Divine Providence and they
have made me sick at heart for weeks
together. God has given us dominion
over them and powers which we ought
\ not to abuse; and when go into His
presence I wish to be able to tell Him
that abhor, detest and protest against
N the fortunes of these poor creatures I'M
der the pretense of thereby benefitine
pur own lordly race
MEDALS FOR BRAVERY.
Medals have been awarded during
The year by the society to the following
4 named persons to commemorate the
acts of bravery exhibited by the re.
ripients, respectively, to wit:
1.--George S. Goldie, New London
who rescued for men from drowning
August 10, 1894 Silver medal present
4 ed August 8, 1897.
John Karmarski, Meriden, fol
brave and repeated attempts to rescue
his brother from drowning July Is, 1897
Silver medal presented August 8, 1897
3-4.-Herbert and Albert w. French
Willimanttc, for bravery assisting il
rescuing George I. Harvey of Norwich
\ from drowning in Willimantic river DC
tober Is, 1896. Silver medals presented
September Z, 1897.
5-Henry T. Nelson, Norwich, TO-
sewing Annie /. Petrie from drownins
\ August z 1897, at risk of his own life
Silver medal presented November
1897.
AGENT THRALL'S REPORT.
General Agent D. w. Thrall in thu
summary Of his work for the year in
stances the following among othe
eases:
A butcher had a COW that had frac
Z tured leg and sent his man to lead it t.
the slaughter two miles distant. A
he must go through the city streets h
started Just before daybreak to escap
observation. 1t was so goaded that
early as it was, a policeman interfered
placed the cow in a stable and ARRESTED
the driver. The man was prosecute
and fined $25 and costs. AS the owne
had to pay the bills We concluded the.
were both sufficiently punished an
that probably they would not repea
the offense.
A man called at our office and want
ed to know if we could find a goo
home for a horse, saying he had on
he thought too good to kill and as h
had purchased a new pair he had n
use for the old one. We found that tn
the animal was twenty-three years ole
Its fore foot badly contracted, it's an