Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1902 — Kindness Succeeded—Cruelty Failed. [ARTICLE]

Kindness Succeeded—Cruelty Failed.

Broadway cars and vehicles were blocked in a jam. The old horse wouldn’t move. His driver stood alternately staring at him in despair and beating him with a heavy whip. But neither blows nor words would move him; he laid back his ears and stood stock still. A crowd gathered, watched and commented. “Build a tire under him,” suggested one. “Stick a pin in him,” advised another. Again the driver laid on the whip more heavily than before. But it was no go. Just then a man stepped out of the crowd. “Let me have a try,” he said. “Come, old boy, buckle down to it,” and he patted him gently. The horse turned his old head and looked at the stranger. “Come,” he continued, “have another try; buckle down to it,” and he stroked his neck. The old horse understood at last His limbs gave a quiver and the truck moved ahead. —New York Tribune.