Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-26

cause. for objecting. So the society plans
TO bear all the expense 1t can and hus-
band the support of the county TO use
in case of need In an unusually scrlOus;
or expensive case.
The local society had case short
time ago that was somewhat peculiar a
man III one of the smaller towns some
distance from the city was using q horse
that mad caused considerable coInplalnh
among his neighbors and friends. He WAS
ore OF the clustering kind of men and
had succeeded in intimiduting those VINO
would have made serious complaint
AGAINST him. But someone had mustered
courage to bring the matter to the at
tenton of an officer of another :. l.. :.
a. society and he had called on the man
IN regard to the matter and had laiieu
to make any kind of q settlement
This encouraged the owner of the horse
to make more boasts and threats and the
neighbors We're about discouraged ~
looked as II the man could not be feacil-
Ell in any way and that the old horse
wonld have 10 suffer But one woman IN
the neighborhood explained the SITUATION
10 President Emery of the Waterv1llc So
ciety, and asked him TO see what ER
could DO in the matter. SO DR. JOY was
sent out to investigate The doctor Is
pretty web known within q good radius
of the city as the officer OF tile society,
but he wasn't known in that particular
village.
So le approached the owner OF the Ola
horse and talked business with MN hke
a regular horse jockey The old anifnai
was brought out for inspection ana ni55
good qualities extolfed to the skics unu
his deficiencies CLOSED over. rms gave
the. doctor good opportunity TO Hiaht
q thorough examination and to see Jusl
what rights the society had III the c;tse.
The dickering would doubtless have
made good chapter in a sequei 10 Da-
Nid Harufh' If all Of it could nave peen
transferred to paper. The result Wa Wa
his immediate destruction. This saved
the society Il fight that 1t could doub--
less have Won, but the cost would nave
been twice The price PAID Tor me heen no ac-
complished. That neighborhood now mas
an abiding faith in the ability OF the
Waterville society.
The work of the society is not by any
means the most pleasant in the world
There must be a good deal of patience
and shrcwdness exercised to accomplish
results sometimes and the problems th;tt
often arise seem to almost defy solu-
ton There was one case that was very
perDloxing. A man had an old famii,
horse that had suffered an accident that
left rcr a cripple for ife; It VIZ" az. m nue.
a stiff knee joint-vers inconvenient DGt
still painless. 1t was this way with the
horse. A stranger seeing her going along
the road would have thought 1t clear
case of gross cruelty to drive her at all.
So the mans neigibors thought and they
entered a plant against him.
DR. Jolly examined the case and founa
that the animal was suffering no pain
from the injury and was useful In MANY
ways in spite of 1t. This was q case
where the society had no right TO inter
1 Bnt i the i ne en s thought It very
strange that the horse of So-and-So that
wasn't lame at all should be killed ana
also that of another So-and-So that
untouched. 1t put the society in BAD
light but there was no help for 1T and
the old mare had to be let alone. III
there had been sufficient funds in the
been purchased and destroyed, as that
was the only way out of the difficulty
One of the most encouraging features
of the work is that most of the cases
now coming to the attention of the soce-
ty are caused simply through ignorance
and that as soon as they are explained
TO the owners of the animals they are
anxious to have them put out of their
misery. 1t is, OF course. 500 bad to have
80 much ignorance but that is better
than to have the cruelty inflicted through
plain malice or ughness. The great
change that has been affected in the
character of the animals seen on the
streets of the city now has been noted
q ain and again and the local society de-
serves the lions share for this reforma-
tion. Few horses that are unfit for work
can be found in the city or vicinity and
tie teams coming in are much better in
every way than they used to be. The
IuUit OF the Society Has Dtel SpItftu
and wide and the owner of old or Grip
pied animals knows that Waterviile is a
mighty unhealthy city for them.
The society is very deliberate and con-
sentative in its methods and BE sure
YOU are right. then go ahead might well
be adopted as a submotto for it. But
this policy has caused it to be respected
every where it has had dealings and
backed by its weIl-known willingness to
iieht to q finish whenever there is need
it mas made q pretty good working COM
Dination