Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1870 — Best Place for a Horse. [ARTICLE]

Best Place for a Horse.

“ Gossipper” in the Rural World, says : “ Wimer or summer, except in stormy time, there is no place so comfortable for colts or tired work horses as a good pas ture lot. To tie up a tired horse at night in a narrow cell, with a plank floor to stand on, is a species of cruelty that civilization ought to be ashamed of. If the poor animal must be confined like a convict in a dungeon, for pity’s sake let him have his he*d, and give him at least twelve feet square, with a soft dry floor to stand or lie on. “In the large cities land'is worth more in money than horses; but on the farm j there is no excuse for any such wicked i economy.’ Ask the horse what; he wants, and he will tell you that a place Where he can walk around, lie down and stretch his tired limbs, and roll over from one side to the other, gives him shore ease audcomloit, after a day of hard work, than the most costly plank stall, with all the rtf curry-comb, stiff bristle brushes, rubber cloths and* dexterous howlers that can be

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Grain Saving Threshers.— lt Is imdoubt gilly. true Unit farmers who nnnloy machine* to do their threshing by the biisliel, can decide If they choose what imrtlcular kind shall lie used in their iielgfilHirhood by giving their work to the best. In this view every grain-grower is interested in the advertisement of the " Aultman nnd Taylor” Thresher, which is given in another column, and should write for tfieir descriptive circular, and inform himself. Evgnr Saturday —The conductors of FJvery Murday are publlthlng, In the shape pl supplement!) to that journal, a series of full-page drawings fiy Mr. Eytlnge, llltis'r.itlng the principal characters In < har ea Dickens' novels, •• Dick Bwlvuller " and the "Marchioness” from "The 04 Curiosity Shop." are lhe character* illustrated Inihe number for May 21. A portrait of Right Honorable John Bright la given on first page. A double page engraving of the Cathedral of Cologne la alro given, with other illustrations. Fusons. Osgood <t Co., Publishers, Boston, Maas. J 5 00 per annum. "■ Godey’s Lady’s Book.—The embellishments of the June number ot Oidey consl-t of the following: “ Walting at the Ferry," a steel plate; a six figure co ored tarblon plate ; a handsome de sign for Patchwork; The Unexpected Ixttler; an ex enslou sheet, containing thirty-three designs of dre.ee>, bonnets, etc.; a plate ot headdresses, hats, ere.; B d Pocket; Waste-Paper Basket; Watch Stand; Paper Flowers; Initial Medallion; Hand Mirror; laidy’s Companion in Shape of a Parasol; Embroidered Scissor Sheath, etc. Also an Ornamental Cottage. The literary contents aro all good. L. A. Godby, Philadelphia. J3.UO per