The Republican journal., 1900-10-04
Scion Says Horses Have "Riz."
solon Chase in Boston Sunday Herald. |

[Solon Chase in Boston Sunday Herald
What's that againg by?" 1t was a
horseless wagon. the first that ever pass
ed through Browns Corner, that caused
Aunt Sarah to make this remark as she
stepped to the door, with a broom in her
hand.
After taking a look she answered her
question in this wise: "a wagon going
along in the road without any horse.
What will come next"
A young man and his wife were tour
ing the countryside in wagon without
any horse.
Two years ago, at the State fair, the
horSelesS wagon was there, but 1t was
slow coach, and a clumsy, uncouth con-
trivance that went around the track
about as fast as traction engine in the
West will haul threshing machine
along the highway from one farm to an
other. The show of the horseleSs wagon
was so unsatisfactory that the people
laughed the machine and the man in it
of the track Since that time the horse
less wagon has been improved, as the
moving machine was improved. until 1t
will go allyWhere-go fast or 60 slow.
along amy decent road.
The man and his wife in the horseleSs
wagon We're in 10 hurry. and stopped to
inquire the way and talk with the PEG
pie who gathered around the wagon
without any horse.
Aunt Sarah WAS one of the first to get
there. and had a bunch OF flowers, which
she presented TO the woman III the
horseless wagon, and said: 'W hen |
was girl could ride horseback, but
never expected to see man and his wife
ride along i'll a wagon Without any
horse
The young woman alighted from the
horseleSs wagon and asked Aunt Sarah
to IL Ike her seat
Aunt Sarah picked up a 3-year-old boy
and stepped into the wagon. The ma
chine moved slowly down the hill across
the bridge, then gathered speed and
went round curve in the road, with
Aunt Sarah's sunbonnet strings lying
Ill the wind.
AUNT Sarah was delighted with her
ride in the horseless wagon, and said:
Il have been learning for 20 years to de-
my housework better and easier ard |
make better white bread from year to
year. The man who has learned to make
a wagon 60 without any horse IS work
ing III my line
Uncle Charles did not exactly agree
with his wife's common-senSe rhlloso-
ply. but said: The man who has learn
ed to make wagon go without any boss
Will kill the boss business.
Uncle Charles did not take into ac
count the demand for horses for army
service Unless civilized Christian ma
tions take a new departure and live in
peace with each other, the demand for
horses for warlike purposes will equal
the supply The demand for horses for
cavalry, artillery and draught animals
to sustain the present armaments OF
the great civilized countries IN times of
peace is immense. In time of war the
slaughter of horses. army mules and
''them steers is beyond estimation.
The worlds present armament is a
milestone hanging around the neck of
the worlds civilization, and the great
Christian nations must dlsarm or
starve AS the great powers increase
tbel armament. it doesn't take so
much proyocation to commence hostill-
lies. | nele Charles need have no fear
that the horseless wagon Will kill the
boss business while civilized conn
tries are engaged in the killing tusi-
ness, rs they are at present.
Horses have ''riZ'' and are rising
There is a scarcity of horses III the
middle West for farm purposes, be
caIlsr ct the demand for seryiceable
Aulsts to engage IN Christian warfare.
Horses wear ont fast in war: the
wounded are left to die a lingering
death. Dead men are buried after the
battle and the wounded cared for, but
the stencil of dead horses pervades the
atmosphere until the scavengerS of the
attleeld-carrOn birdS-strip the flesh
from the bones.
Providence, as though ashamed OF
mans Hhumanity To man and To dumb
animals, covers the battlefield with a
carpet Of green and provides vultures
to pick the Ilesh from the bodies of
dead men and horses, but Christians do
the killing. There is DO hell here or
hereafter that can compare with the
Christians hell on the battlefield.
Dumb animals--beasts of burden that
arr 50 useful III the arts of peace-are
pressed into the military service to die
Of guIShot wounds. thirst and torture.
Many horses die at sea on the passage
to the seat Of war. Sick horses die in
camp, and military operations are often
DELAYED waiting for remounts. II clvl-
liZed countries who engage in the bust
Hess Of killing would leave dumb ami
lMals ont war would not be so cruel and
mprciless. Without the aid of dumb
animals Christians would not fight each
other with such ferocity. and war would
not last SO long.
In our war with the Philippines many
horses died, manned and bruised on the
passage and were pitched overheard
food for the fishes Many of the horses
that survived the passage were unit
for service and soon died.
Many thousands of horses have been
shipped from this country to South At
RIGA but so many have died on the pas
sage OF succumbed to the climate or
To the rifle fire of the Boer that Gen.
Roberts has been much delayed, waiting
for remounts. The activity in the kill
ing business in civilized countries just
now has Increased the demand for ser
yiceabIe horses so that the farmers of
the middle West are breaking in wild
horses from the plains of the far West
to work their farms.
War i'll civilized countries brings
wealth and fame to the few, but is hard
an dumb animals and the many who do
the tighing and pay the taxes.
The man who prefers the horseless
wagon 50 that Aunt Sarah can ride to
town and do her shopping and let the