The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-12
DR.. M. A. M. Mclaughlin, 81 o. M1'" s.

never cat any horse and don't want to.
But | do eat beef and think It far more
healthy than hog meat or bacon. You
horse voters say that the horse Is the
reason that we raise so much cotton and
that cotton would not be grown II not
for the horse But think that they are
wrong, \ good many farmers who own
large plantations say, from experience, that
they had far rather have the on to work
than the horse. They say that they don't
cost so much to keep aud when through
with one blowing they can butcher II,
The horse, when II grows old is beat
around and left to die by some hard
hearted man, but the cows trouble in this
world is PVT to an end. | have fought boys
many a time when have seen them beat
ing around some poor helpless animal and
think II the duty of every hoy In the land.
Many man have | seen beat around his
teams and | have told many to stop but
they only laugh and call fno some bad
name, or call mo tenderfooted town fell
low or crank. But don't listen to such
stuff. 1t won't do you any harm for them
10 call you such things. So ! sincerely
hope Chat all the Haps win try and stop
people from beating animals around,
Some horse voters say that the COW
voters are only joking about using auto
mobiles. but II you watch the papers close
you will find out different.
Yes, 1t seems to me that sumter Ether
edge must be gone to sleep. ! hope that
such old writer's like Sumpter, Cornelius
Combs. Mamie Smith. Onyx. and even
10 that old old time rose and gray Hap,
Lee Strant. ! expect he has forgotten the
Haps. Willie u. Carpenter, Thomas #.
Moore, Karl NJ. Schoppels and T. Il, La
Grone must not stray off and get lost. The
L.. a
writer's that Is usually seen for young be-
ginners, am perfectly in favor of the
Haps having re-union, and will attend.
ella" your letter was excellent and think
you and Maude y. had better learn some
thing besides cooking. | never cooked but
one meal In my life and II just was III 10
eat haven't attempted TO cook any
since. As Philip Webster says, 1t isn't a
boys place to cook and plant flowers.
am OF the idea that Philip never planted
any Jack beans. Now Phil send rome seed
II the Haps, as 1t Is time they are SONG
to seed. | must cpge. Your new Hap,
Sidney &. Carter
p. S.-Hrrrah for the 10000 IIaps!
Houston, Texas Dear Haphammer II
has been cuon's age since wrote hope
YOU are all we'll am happy to soc our
Hap with his new leg he is a fine looking
boy. 1t tx a very good idea to have a
standing fund which would enable us at
any time to assist those who need IT, ! IN
close % cents for the fund. | sec That un-
til now tho COW is ahead: she is very use
ful that | admit, but could we do with
out our noble horses There Ia no question
about the horses superior intelligence; he
has also beauty, activity and docllily com
bined he Is mans most useful companion
and we may turn in all directions. there
IL Ya al
mans daily wants. with all modern inn
provemenis we arc as yet unable to cast
him aside Although horses were UNI
known to the natives of America a. the
time Of its discovery. We know that they
existed sometime before in the Western
continent, as their bones have been found
chiefly In the Southern States viii n
agree with the size OF the horse OF he
day, and in South America fossil
remains Of horses of gigantic size have
been exhnmed. The first allusion to tho
horse occurs in the Book Of Genesis, and
they were ussd for chariot races and other
1870 y. c., from which time Il
became more employed by man. In the
Of South America. where hors es
abund. immense quantities OF skin are cx-
ported annually. Horses live from thirty
TO forty years, but the majority die sooner
either from sickness or III treatment. How
cruelty some men and boys do treat the
poor animal IL is such shame TO whip
or kick horse, as ! have seen II done,
until he Is almost exhausted. When a
horse is too old 10 work ne receives no
he Is turned out doors TO feed on
grass. What is he 10 do in winter when
all vegetation dies but starve? ls that
Miss Bertha Connery OF
Natchez, Texas, dated Ortcber /. said that
II oxen were trained like horses they would
be Just as useful; that there would he
fewer races and less gambling IN the world.
In the first place an OK viii never have the
activity of a horse nor his intelligence
and permit me 10 say, senorita, that all
through Mexico and Spain there are bun
fights and many dollars gambled on these
animals, Do not these countries belong TO
he world? Now, the circus. what would
1t amount to without horses? Would 1t be
beautiful with lots of cows? No. that won't
do we must have our intelligent horses.
Eyer the milkman, when he Is through
milking the COWS, could he drive to town
with oxen? No. because they are 100 slow;
he must get the horse to sell the milk
When all cars stop at night and you need
n doctor you are glad to have a horse to
ride or drive Picture In your mind our
brave Admiral Dewey In the New York
parade driven by oxen; the people would
not think OF such an absurdity Oh, no.
he was driven by ine horses. What SPLEEN
did horses do we see daily on the Are
engines, and the chief, how would he reach
The FIRE but for his beautiful horse. which
every one admires. The fire engine horses
are SO well trained that at the sound OF the
bell they come to their post ready to be
htrhed, Isnt that remarkable? Three
cheers for the horse. cast my vote now
and ever for the brave and noble horse.
am as ever true Hap.
Nicholas Beldeh.