Vol. XII. 



JULY I, 1884. 



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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 



PKOF. COOK GIVES US SOMK GOOD SUGGESTIONS. 



a EAR FRIEND:— Does our good friend Doolit- 

 tle suppose we dissect insects alive? We be- 

 lieve truth is golden, and that its study .yields 

 the richest and sweetest fruit, so my classes 

 each year dissect 70 or 8J cats, and many 

 hundreds of insects. In this way they learn impor- 

 tant truths about themselves and about the incom- 

 parable works of God. But, friend Doolittle, all 

 these animals are quickly and painlessly killed be- 

 fore dissection commences. We believe in the closest 

 study of all nature; but we do not believe in caus- 

 ing suffering in the least of God's creatures. 

 He prayeth best who loveth best 



All things, both great and small; 

 For the dear Lord who loveth us, 

 He made and loveth all. 

 Tell Mr. D. that the subjects of the medical col- 

 leges are cadavers. A. J. Cook. 

 Lansing, Mich., June 25, 1884. 



Now, friend Cook, we have got you right 

 on the subject that we want you on. You 

 sav these animals are quickly and ])ainlessly 

 killed. Tell us how to do it. Kspecially 

 how shall we dispose of cats and kittens 

 when their numbers become inconveniently 

 large V In enforcing the do-^ laws in differ- 

 ent States, they sometimes, I have been told, 

 kill them with chloroform. Now; I would 

 Avillingly go to the expense of having some 

 chloroform in the house, for an example be- 

 fore the children, and to let them know that 

 we don't mind a little expense or a little time, 

 to avoid giving pain to these diinil) friends 

 of otu'S. Even this matter of killing potato- 



bugs, grasshoppers, toads (if th.ey are to be 

 killed), rats and mice, that is, wlien they are 

 caught alive, as they are in some traps." flies 

 that invade our kitchens, get on the windows, 

 and every thing in the way of animal life 

 that does us harm, can we not, when we kill 

 them, instill n-liole^'ome lessons rather than 

 to harden children Ijy scenes of crut'lty in 

 their early years? 



NOTES FROM THE BANNER APIARY. 



NO. .")*). 

 HAVE THINGS READY IN TIME. 



H ! I tell you, these are busy hours at the "Ban- 

 ner Apiary." First my brother injured his 

 hand in controlling- a frightened horse, and 

 could do no work for two weeks ; then Mrs. H. 

 was seriously ill two weeks, and I had to drop 

 every thing and care for her; and then, to crown all, 

 the honey-season dropped down upon us two weeks 

 earlier than usual; aiuWt ever 1 had to put my wits 

 to work to save a honey-crop that I was not quite 

 readiifor, it is now. We have to work until we dare 

 work no harder. I feel now as though I should com- 

 mence, as soon as thix season is over, to get read.v 

 tor another senxon. It's fun to care for an apiary 

 when every thing is in readiness; but, once let the 

 bees get ahead of you— well, you will not forget it. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 Rogcrsville, Genesee Co., Mich., .lune 1!>, UK4. 

 Well, friend W. Z. II.. you are brief this 

 time, certainly; but as the report is a good 

 one, especially the concluding sentence, per- 

 haps it is just as well ; and, to make it more 

 pointed, we will stop right where we are. 



