Milford chronicle., 1915-07-23

IT is matter for every citizen to con-
slider as part of their own business, that
whenever a horse, mules or other dumb
beast is being tortured either by another
person, or from flies, weather conditions
or any cause whatsoever, we are all
morally bound to help to put an effectual
stop to this cruelty to a dumb beast, no
matter if by so doing we incur the wrath
of the miserable individual who is re-
sponsible for the suffering of the animal
Everybody-you especially gentle reader,
have this duty resting upon you at all
times as a good citizen.
On the streets of Milford as well as
other towns, each day there are cases of
cruelty which are passed by and the Of
fender not brought to account, and one
of the most common at this season of the
year is that of horses tied to posts in the
broiling hot suns and weather where
they are compelled to stand for hours at
time, while the woman, or man who
has driven them into the town are either
shopping or idling their time in social
conversation. The sun and storm is not
the worst part of the cruelty in such
cases, as was clearly demonstrated last
week in South Milford, at the south side
of Thomas Davis store. A horse hitched
to a carriage had been tied to an awning
post and for hours left to suffer from
the biting of flies. The horse happened
to be of a very short hair breed, and the |
flies had located themselves upon its
back in several places just beyond its |
ability to reach them either by rubbing,
or striking after them, and they were
black spots as large around as a half dol
lar, in each instance composed of horse
flies visciously sucking the blood from
the sleek and we'll kept horse when at
home, but at that time suffering torture
by reason of cruel hitching in a position
1t could not relieve itself, or dislodge
the flies by surging and rubbing. In the
carriage was a horse blanket and a lap
robe, either of which would have been
a protection for the poor horse, but the
cruel owner or driver had left it to suffer
without thought for its comfort. In {
this case the owner was not looked up, !
but the writer with clerk from the store
did place the blanket over the horse, :
which by gentle Whitney expressed its G
thanks for kindness from stranger to !
i; and we venture to predict, that, that
was more than the owner would have +
lone for the act to relieve the horse from I
suffering Here is a case where the c
'wner either did not think, or did not I
are for the comfort of the animal. In =
ii such cases a prosecution under the il
ruelty to animal laws, would be but a Il
means to educate, and compel people I,
to consider the comfort to h
umb animals. Every town should COM al
el the enforcement of laws for the pro-
ection of dumb animals. There is an u y
ther practice which has grown to be =,
oticeable in several towns of Delaware, &c
nd we suppose in other places as we'll, ce
here indolent cheap grade of horse Sc
-aders drive broken down animals over ~
lie highways, and frequently abuse them W
/ many ways, and this is another form ca
cruelty to animals which must be "a "a
roken up. We believe the people are m
ot moral towards generally, but that su
ley are 10th to take responsibility for an
lforcement of the laws, and by reason an an
this the law breakers grow bold, and AZ A.
tally public sentiment compels a re- tel
rm. Let's have the reform now. ini
act