Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1910 — Local Veterinary Gives "Amen” Endorsement to Horse’s Prayer. [ARTICLE]

Local Veterinary Gives "Amen” Endorsement to Horse’s Prayer.

Dr. J. Hansson, veterinary surgeon, hands us the following prayer and asks that we give it his “Amen” endorsement. Every horse owner should read this studiously and learn a lesson from it. The horse made supplication as follows: To Thee, My Master, I offer my prayer. Feed me, water and care for me, and when the day’s work is done, provide me with shelter, a clean, dry bed, and a stall wide enough for me to lie down in comfort. ----- » Always be kind to me. Talk to me. Your voice often means as much to me as the rein 3. Pet me sometimes, that I may serve you the more gladly and learn to love you. Do not jerk the leins and do not whip me when going i p hill; Never strike, beat, or ki<"-'. me when I 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 something is not wrong with my harness or feet.

Do not check me so that 1 cannot have the free use of my head. If you insist that I wear blinders, so that I cannot see behind me as it was intended I should, I pray you be careful that the blinders stand well out from my eyes. Do not overload me or hitch me where water will drip on me. Keep me well shod. Examine my teeth when I do not eat well; I may have an ulcerated 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. I cannot tell you when I am thirsty, so give me -clean, cool water often. Save me, by aLI means in your power, from that fatal disease—the glanders. I cannot tell you in words when I am sick, so watch me, that by signs you may know my condition. Give me all possible shelter from the hot sun, and put a blanket on me, not when I am working, but when I am standing in the cold. Never put a frosty bit in my mouth; first warm it by holding it a moment in your hands. I try to carry you and your burdens, without a murmur and wait patiently for you long hours of the day or night W ithout the power to choose my shoes or path, I sometimes fall on the hard pavements, which I have often prayed ■night not be of wood, but of such nature as to ( give me a safe and sure footing. Remember that I 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, to be slowly tortured and starved to death; but do thou, my master, take my life in the kindest way, and your God will reward you here and hereafter.—(Boston Courier.)