The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-09-22
fOIEYS ORlNOL LAXATIVE
For STOMACH TROUBLE and CONSTIPATION
THE HORSES PRAYER.
A Copy of the Dumb Beasts Famous Plea
Hangs in Hub Fire and Police Stations

A Copy of the Dumb Beasts Famous Plea
Hangs in Hub Fire and Police Stations.
In every Boston fire and police station
there hangs today copy of the 'Horse's
Prayer" the world-famous plea of the
dumb beast for the treatment which his
master is bound, in humanity, to accord
him.
The prayer, originated by President
Francis H. Rowley of the Massachusetts,
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, has been copied in all parts of
the country, and is to be found in many
private stables as we'll as stables of large
Boston business houses. The S. S. Pierce
Company, Jordan Marsh Company, R. H.
White and the stables of the Metropoli-
tan Park Commission all have copies
placed in conspicuous places.
This is the famous ''Horse's Prayer:
To THEE, MY MASTER, 1 offer my prayer:
Feed me, water and care for me, and, when the
days work is done, provide me with shelter, a
clean dry bed and stall wide enough for ME
to lie down in comfort.
Always be kind to me. Talk to me- Your
voice often as much to me as the reins.
Pet me sometimes, that l may serve you the
more gladly and learn to love you Do not
jerk the reins and do not whip me when going
up hill Never strike or beat or kick me when
| do not understand what you want, but give
me a chance to understand you. Watch me,
and if l fail to do your bidding, see if some
thing is not wrong with my harness or feet.
Do not check me so that l cannot nave the
free use of my head. If you insist that l wear
binders, so that cannot see behind me as it
was intended 1 should, l pray you be careful
that the binders stand well out from my eyes.
! Do not overload me, or hitch me where water
will drip on me- Keen me well ShOd. Examine
my teeth when do not eat, may have an
liberated TOOTH and that, you know, is very
painful. Do not tie my head in an unnatural
position, or take away my best defense against
| flies and mosquitoes by cutting off my tail.
cannot tell you when I am thirsty, 30 give
me clean, cool water often. Save me, by all
means in your power, from that fatal disease
the CHAMBERS. cannot tell you in words
when | am sick, SO watch me, that by signs
YOU may know my condition. Give me all pos
sible shelter from the hot sun, and put a
| blanket on me, not when am working but
when am standing in the cold. Never put a
frosty bit in my mouth; first warm 1t by hold
| ing it moment in your hands.
try to carry you and your burdens without
murmur, and wait patiently for you long
hours of the day or night. Without the power
to choose my shoes or path, sometimes fall
on the hard pavements, which l have often
prayed might not be of wood but of such a
nature as to give me safe and sure footing
Remember that must be ready at any moment
to lose my life in your service.
And finally, o MY MASTER, when my useful
strength is gone. do not turn me out to starve
or freeze, or sell me to some cruel owner, tc
be slowly tortured and starved to death; but
do Thou, My Master take my life in the kind
est way and your God will reward you here
and hereafter. You will not consider me irrev'
erent if | ask this in the name of Him who was
born in Stable Amen.