3.1:0 FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



births of calves, lambs, and little pigs, many of 

 wliom miglit never come, and to wean and tarry 

 for years for the growtli of calves ere they could 

 be dignified with the name of beef, or be fit for 

 the general consmnption. 



It reminds me of the dog who snapped at the 

 shadow of the meat he lield in his mouth reflected 

 in the water, and by that act lost the substance 

 his jaws contained. 



Better let things be, than condemn them without 

 reason. Better that blatant tongues should be 

 still, than mislead the over-credulous, or, by false- 

 hood, seek a selfish aggrandisement — not an aggran- 

 disement in the end, but a mere time-serving and 

 time-sought popularity, personally desired, its pre- 

 mises laughed at, and its mischief, in the end, 

 despised. 



Having lived long enougli now to look on this 

 side and on that, ^' the heart" no longer hot and 

 restless, but '^ subdued and slow," it is not without 

 some reason that I attempt to win for every living 

 thing, from tlie giant to the lesser life, more 

 kindliness at tlie hands of man ; and both for 

 man and animal the best and gentlest care of all — 

 that of woman. 



