Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-09
THE HORSE STILL HOLDS HIS OWN.

The good old friend OF man, the horse. has not lost his place
in the world of pleasure and labor yet. He has been tested by
all sorts of devices and at times ii seemed he would have to go,
but he Is here, more numerous and valuable than ever. 1t was
said when steam was introduced as a means of locomotion and
power that the days of the horse We're numbered, but that WAS q
century ago, and the noble animal has prospered abundantIy
since. When the automobile came a few years ago many thought
in a short time the sight Of a horse would cause excitement on the
public streets, so scarce would h" become. When the auto truck
was introduced in the big cities every one ~prophesicd that the
horse would become extinct in a decade. bat he is still here, and
in greater numbers than ever. Minneapolis has 10 more horses
than it had ten years ago; Chicago has $50 more than it had a
decade gone. Other large cities have as many, or more than they
had when the auto and the gasoline truck came into existence
And the price Of the horse is high. The Observer saw a team
scd at auction the other day for more than four hundred dollars.
and they We're not particularly fine animals either. The horse
is man 5 best friend, and there is nothing that will put him out of
business. Even the prophet assures man that there will be horses
in heaven, for does not ST. John in describing the New Jerusalem
declare that when he looked into heaven he saw a white horse
upon "hom seated a great leader IN whose name "thr armies
IN heaven followed upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white
and clean Observer in Aberdeen Democrat.
As a general rule the public is prone to condole with parents
when their children go wrong but in the majority Of eases the
parents are themselves to blame for the maynard acts of their
children. The minors who are allowed to roam the streets at all
hours Il the night, the young girls who hurry to the depot every
time a train pulls in, and those who have a desire to mingle with
dlssolute company are all in need of parental care and attention,
and it is the duty of parents to see that thew racaivo if Evor,.
individual Is dominated by one of two infuences-eoor " evil
and the dominating influence takes root in youth. Environment
and companionships invariably direct the future path of the
young boy or girl either for good or evil, and it is the duty of the
parents to see that every influence is brought to direct their
children into the path that leads to noble and useful manhood anil
Womanhood, Many Of the crimes against the laws of nature and
society m directly attributable to perennial neglect at a time when
4 mind OF youth is IN the moulding stage and is receiving the
impulses OF the dominating influences of his or her Immediate srr-
foundngs' In every city, town or hamlet there are always more
= iess men women who have no respect for the laws of moral
lty, and one Of these creatures can contaminate a Of vo,+bs
the parents allow their children to keep within the evil influence
= parents Wdl do the duty that is natures claim upon parenthood.
~ !, = !. 'ne shame ana disgrace which has blighted so many
nseful lives will be eliminated. Know where your children ara
y 81 Times, watch their choice of companions, instill in their
I! m ma thelr duty to themselves and society, keep them within the
LiucActS lHa 1llu up morality and hioh nrinnipIor ~ ;,.+o,
o. d Tears and sorrow you will reap pleasure and parental pride
webster Reporter Farmer.