The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-30
KEEPING HORSES NEAT
Incident of Yesterday Showing How
Animals Should Be Prepared For
Their Supper and Bed.

one OF lDe ice lhdAuloNtNiitiS NN'''
|panies of the city has supplied itsel'
with a new outfit Of wagons and horses
fer the present season. 1t IS me
outtit-big wagons painted white WIZ
the name OF the company in fancy let
tiers. and strong, beautiful horses,
which seem to feel some pride in their
OCCUPATION as they dash through the
streets drawing the big wagons heay
ily laden with great blocks of crystal
made from Ohio river water twice dis
TILED And this evidence OF prosperity
is pleasant t. look upon, Even poor
ice consumers who must buy ice D}
the nickle's worth wrap it mp In q
Blanket and chip il off gingerly &c
make it last through the day, while
using harsh language about the ice
trust, would rather give his daily
nickle to the trust in order to get his
ice from one of these fine wagons
drawn by pair Of spirited horses
than to patr nize one of the ram.
shackle old three wheeled concerns
rawn by a decrepit old threelegged
bunch of bones, owned by some poor
devil who aspires to be a trust buster
cut never succeeds in busting any
hing but himself,
However all this is only prelimin
lry to what was intended at the start
% be the main purpose OF this story
h: to call attention to and perhaps
ind some explanation for an incident
# yesterday afternoon, about 4o'clock
in which one of those fine teams OF
horses and big negro driver were
| he principal actors. 1t was in the
street at the rear end Of the ice fac.
| tory. The team seemed to have just
come in from a hard run over the
,ity 1t had rained all day and the
streets were muddy and the horses
md wagon were spattered with mud
The driver seemed to be imbued witt
The spirit of neatness that preVade'
The establishment, as eXemplified II
he new wagons and general condi
ltrns in and about the plant; also, ~
seemed to appreciate the laborsaving
ltinosaving and extraordinary cleans
ling effect of a stream of water from ar
inch hose forced with siXty-poun(
Enressure through a quarter-inch noz
sle. Anyway he used such STREAM
for half an hour or so upon the wager
land horses with the desired result
Yesterdays rain was a cold rain
1.-The official record Of the weather nu
lreau showed that the maximum TEN
literature was AZ, with a minimum at
IL m of 80. AT the hour when thi!
incident took place the temperature
was about ~ degrees, or 4G degree
Hover than blocd heat. But the horse
were about to 90 to supper and t
bed. and they had to be bathed. !
horse or a boy should never be sen
TO supper and put to bed without be
ing washed, no matter what tn
weather.
The horses had been out in the raj
Ter hours and the rain was still dri2
Sing down up them almost freezin
Old They were fine, intelligen
looking pair of bays; they knew the
we're dirty and that they ought NJ
to appear at the evening meal an
umble into their new made STRAY
leds without cleaning up bit The
received the stream Of water on thei
LEGS and breasts and bodies for som
minutes without protest but the
with the coutrariness that characte
izcs h-rses and boys and other an
mails, they showed signs of resen
nent. They danced about a bit an
me Of them started to get away frol
he stream, but was checked by th
river who demanded in stentoria
tones "Hoi dere, Hoi-ii! Watts q
natter wit you?'
Men who have had little or no e
perience with horses might hay
houcht. on seeing this perfcrmanc
| md noting all the circumstances. tn;
The horses knew perfectly well whit
vas the matter with them. and the
we're right in resenting what the IN
lated might denounce as sensele!
nistreatment of helpless dun
brute. which might easily result
running a fine animal. But. of cours
he uninitiated have no business
neddle in affairs they know nothir
,bout and in which they have no d
'ect personal concern. The intelligel
lriver knew what he was doing an
more than likely would have turnt
he h-se upon any one who had We
! tured 30 interfere with him or NAL
| any suggestions.