The Madisonian., April 06, 1895, Image 7

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WHAT A HORSE'S FOOT IS.
It* Marvelon« Anatomy and How It Should
Be Treated.
In a lecture on the horse 'é foot, Pro
fessor Duncan MacEachran of McGill
university, Canada, proceeded to de
scribe briefly and to illustrate by sec
tions and diagrams the wonderful struc
ture of the foot, first the bone forming
the distal ends of tho four extremities,
articulated in such a îiiîfiner and degree
of obliquity as to minimize concussion,
next the wonderful arrangement of the
soft tissues covering the bones over
run and intersected by networks of
blood vessels and nerve fibers, firmly at
tached to the bone, j et so disposed as to*
not only secrete the horn, but to keep
secreting it while the animal lived, to
carry on these functions even while ex
posed to compression and concussion
from the enormous loads which it had
to bear from the weight of the animal,
his burden and the momentum of his
movements, yet so perfect was the ar
rangement that seldom indeed did we
find that even a blood vessel was rup
tured or a tissue bruised, so long as it
was left in a natural condition. He next
showed the beautiful dovetailed con
nection of the hoof to the sensitive or
soft tissues, a model and diagram being
used to illustrate. Tho structure of the
wall, sole and frog were explained. He
then,spoke of the foot as a whole and
declared it pe^ect in structure, perfect
in fonction, and, as proved by the horse
in a state of nature,•<» perfect protection
for the sensitive foot within.
"Why mutilate so perfect a struc
ture? The protection of this horny foot
cover, as the hoof may be called, from
wear and tear, caused by constant use on
the hard roads of civilization, by an iron
rim or shoe is necessary for the full util
ization of the animal's powers and use
fulness. It has been truly called 'a nec
essary evil, ' as our own foot covers are,
yet surely the foot can be protected with
out our having to chronicle 75 per cent,
of the lamenesses, of the fore feet at
least, being duo to faulty shoeing. With
the farrier I would plead for the poor
horse, to see to it that he himself and
his workmen are taught something at
least of the anatomy and physiology of
the horse's foot, to think of it as a very
sensitive,highly organized structura and
not thoughtlessly to cut away as useless
that horny sole, so necessary to protect
the tender sole which it covers. Do not
scorch it by applying, while fitting,
too hot a shoe. In fitting the shoe re
member that it is to remain on night
and day. It is not to be removed at bed
time, as your own. If it twists and dis
torts the foot and parts of the limb above
it, there is no relief from the torment
of cramp and sprain; if it presses hard
on a sensitive part, being firlnly nailed
011, the horse must suffer night and day.
In nailing the shoe on be careful that
the nails do not press on or penetrate
the sensitive parts. Tho horse cannot,
remove it, and tho careless groom may
not notice it for days. If you would but
think of tho suffering which poor horses
undergo from your carelessness or ig
norance, you would treat tho foot less
as an insensiblo block of wood.
"To tho owner I would say: If you
can afford to keep a horse, if you re
quire tho services of a horse, deal with
him as you would with any other of
your assistants. Ho cannot take care of
himself; you must hire a man to take
care of him. Think of him as a noble
animal almost as sensitive as yourself,
having pleasurable feelings and suffer
ing pain in not much less degree than
yourself or any member of your family,
and let the thought influence you when
you hire his caretaker. Don't let a few
dollars a month influence you in the
choice between a good and a bad groom.
If you would think of the pain and an -
guish, tho sleepless nights and unhappy
days of many horses, owing to the neg
lect of their feet by ignorant or dissi
pated grooms, you would give your sta
ble more personal supervision, and yen
would seo that your groom not only
knew what was necessary to procure the
comfort, of your horse in the manage
ment of his feet, but that he would at
tend to and put into practice such
knowledge. Owners sometimes cause
great suffering by penuriousness and a
false economy about shoeing bills and
stable expenses.
"To the public I would say you can
do much to protect the foot of the horse
and save him frpm suffering. Are you a
merchant? See to it that your men think
of the poor horses which deliver and re
move yonr goods, when breaking up
packing boxes, sweeping out nails into
lanes and back streets. When I tell yon
that a large number of valuable horses
are lost annually, particularly those
horses handling railway goods, owing
to carelessness in this respect,nails pene
trating tho sole or frog of the foot, pro
ducing most painful and often incurable
wounds of the deep structures of the
foot, you will seo that it is your duty to
give this your consideration. This is a
subject, in fact, which should call for
civic legislation, for it is but right that
the horses should be protected from the
suffering thus inflicted and their owners
from such serious preventable losses."
U tc Stock Points.
Do up now all the jobs of mending
pasture, fences, gates, stiles and lot in
closures that will be needed in the spring
when the grass grows. You will gain
many days of time thus.
To make a sow a good milker breed
lier early and do not give her much fat
tening food.
Take the best care of the sows that
are due to farrow in March. See that
they do not lay c/n too much fat and
thus destroy their pigs.
If you are going to buy or sell any
'ices this year, now is the time to do it,
before the warm weather wakes them
up.
In the season when lambs are com
ing thick and fast, it is a good plan to
keep hot stones on hand to warm them
in case they are chilled and their moth
ers do not own them.
The business of horse dentistry is one
attracting more and more attention.
MRS. CHARLOTTE EMERSON BROWN.
A Woman of High Character Whose Death
14 lleeply Deplored.
A pang of sincerest sorrow has enter- j
ed many hearts at tho announcement of !
the death at Orange, cu Feb. 5, of Mrs. '
Charlotte Emerson Brown. Every wom
an who knew her knows that in her per
son existed one of the best friends to :
her sex that ever lived. Mrs. Brown
was emphatically a woman's woman. \
She loved her kind, and she lived to
elevate and make them happy. • She
knew not tho meaning of envy or jeal
ousy. She exalted the home. Her ideals
of womanly life were the stanch old
New England ones, which make per
sonal religion and the domestic) virtues
the foundation of character. On these
she herself had reared a remarkable in
tellectual development, and she desired
all women to do the same.
The ordinary statistics of Mrs. i
Brown's life have often been given. She
was tho daughter of the Rev. Professor
Joseph Emerson of Andover, was born
in 1833, and was graduated in her early
womanhood from the woll known Ab
bott academy of Andover. She had been
a teacher of many different branches and
had traveled extensively, when in 1880
she married the Rev. Mr. Brown of Or
ange.
Mrs. Erown believed devoutly in tho
woman's club movement, and to lier ef
forts, as much perhaps as to any one
woman, the success of the great Federa
tion of Woman's Clubs is due. After a
thorough training in club work in the
large' and flourishing Orange club, she ;
was able to accept the presidency of the
federation with a full knowledge of its
responsibilities and was exactly fitted
to give to the organization the prestige
and leadership which were necessary.
The mere presence of Mrs. Brown in
a meeting gave it dignity and charm.
Her fine face, on which love and char
ity were beautifully expressed, shed a
spirit of fraternity all about her. No
one who saw her at the great federation
meeting at Philadelphia will ever for
get her.
Mrs. Brown possessed a fund of learn
ing which her modesty in society and
her desire for bringing out the good
points of others to the neglect of her
own allowed few, except lier intimate
friends, to suspect. She was familiar
with seven languages, understood art
and music thoroughly and could discuss
history, literature, philosophy, scienco
and theology with great intelligence.
Few men or women have possessed in so
high a degree tho New England pas
sion to know.
Tho labor which she did for women
undoubtedly shortened her lifo. Few
know how she worked to establish tho
cause so dear to lier. Others sometimes
doubted whether it would prove of much
benefit to women. She never did, and
no monument will more honor her than
that her friends and followers shall have
her faith and zeal.—New York Times.
The Ohio Lair.
The Ohio law granting school suffrage
to women has been declared constitu
tional by tho circuit court of Columbus.
The Toledo Blade says:
It is significant that the circuit court
decision was written by Judge Shauek,
who has since become a supreme judge
and will be one of tlio six judges to pass
upon the question when it comes before
that tribunal. Judge Shauck holds that
the legislature has full power over the
whole subject of organizing and regulat
ing the schools of the state and cites
decisions to prove this. The point that
women are not qualified electors under
the constitution is held not to interfere
with their right to vote on school mat
ters, as the offices to be filled in such
elections are unknown to the constitu
tion. It now looks very much as if the
women will have clear legal sailing un
der the new law.
Outdoor Costume«.
A report from the French capital is
to the effect that the abbreviated cos
tume which tho Parisienne calls her bi
cycle dress has been found so comforta
ble that several women who love to
hunt and fish wear it habitually on their
country estates in the daytime. They
rejoice in the sharp contrasts of silken,
lace beflecked tea gown and the smart
est of dinner frocks in the evening, but
bicycles seem to have succeeded in in
troducing in a few months what dress
reformers have been vainly trying to in
augurate for years— i. e. , a sensible out
door costume for women. In even the
most conservative of countries as to
dress, the United States, it is now con
sidered the proper thing to wear a very
short tailor made skirt, with knicker
bockers and leather leggings, for coun
try tramps or sports.
Xoti e for Publication.
U. S. LAND OFFICE.
H elkka , Moot.. March 1. 1805. >
Notice is hereby given tnat the lollowing
named settler has tiled notice ol his inten- !
tion to make final proot in support ol ins
claim, and that said prool will be made be
fore the clerk ol the district court at Vir
ginia City. Mont., on April i:>, ig95, viz:
Solomon I). Hardistv, who made II. J£. No.
57S4 lor the northeast quarter section 10,
township r> south, range 4 west.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation ot. said land, viz: William
Walker, Nicholas Hanks. Bernard IJosrtie
and Peter Deley. all ot Latirin. Mont.
Any person who desires to protest
against the allowance ol such prool. or who
knows ol any substantial reason, under the
law and regulations ot the interior depart
ment. why such proot should not be allow
ed. will be given an opportunity at the
above mentioned time and place to cross
examine the witnesses ol said claimant,
and to otter evidence in rebuttal ot that sub
mitted by claimant.
W. E. COX.
Kegister.
First pub. March 0, 1805. -JO-tit.
Desert Land Final Proof—Notice for Pub
lication.
I.AND OFFKE AT
liOZKMAN, Montana, Kelt. Hi, IMS.
• Notice is hereby given that Lillie A.
Storey ol Enuis. Montana, has tiled notice
ot intention to make proot on her desert
laud claim No. 510. tor the southeast quar
ter ol southwest quarter section :> township
S south range 1 east betöre the elerk ot the
district court at Virginia City, Montana on
the 1st day ot April. 1895.
■ She names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation ot
said land:
John E. Woodworth. Elenor E. Ayers,
Morris Kilner. James B. Cameron, all of
Cameron. Montana.
C. P. BI.AKKI.EY,
KPL'Wter
First publication Feb. 23. 1S!>.">. (18-C)
Notioe to Creditors.
Estate of James L. Mtuiliss. deceased. No
tice is hereby given by the underpinned aihiiir
is'.rator of tile ejtaie of Jamsrs L. Minniss
deceased, to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said deceased, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouchers, with
in four months alter the first publication of
this notice to the said adininisirator at his
I tliee In the city of Virginia, county of Madison,
state of Montana.
Dated at Virginia City, this tith day of
March, lMi.i.
JULIAN A. KNIGHT.
Administrator of the said esiate.
First pub. March 9, 1895. 20-5
Notice of Administrator's Sale of Real
Estate.
In the district court or the filth judicial dis
trict, ot the State ot Montana, within and
the County ot Madison.
In the matter ot the estate of
Dennis Collins, deceased.
In obedience to and in pursuance ol an
order and decree, duly made and entered by
said court on February 1805; 1 as the
administrator ot the estate olsaidDennisCol
lius,"deceased, will sell at private or public
sale the tollowing real property belonging
to said estate to-wit: the south halt ot the
southeast quarter; the northwest quarter
ot the southeast quarter aud the south halt
ol the southwest quarter, ot section lour;
the. northeast quarter; the east halt the
northwest quarter ; aud the northwest
quarter ot the northwest quarter ot section
uiue. All in township six, south ot range
tour west, in the Couuty ot Madison, State
ot Montana, containing ;lour hundred and
eighty acres together with all the improve
ments thereon and the water rights and
ditch rights thereunto belonging or apper
taining. Said property is known as "The
Collins ranch," and is about one mile south
ot Laurin in the Ruby valley.
I will receive sealed bids at- my office at
Laurtu up to and including March '20. 1805.
reserving the right ot rejection.
Bidders will specify prices and terms.
It said property is not sold on said day.
I will proceed to sell the same at public
vendue on Saturday. March 30,1805. at the
late residence ot said deceased. Sale be
tween the hours of 10 a. in. and 4 p. m.
Terms ot sale made known on day ol sale.
Dated this first day ot March. 1805.
RAS ROCHESTER,
Administrator.
First publication'March 2, 180a. 10-4t.
Daily Coaches
(Excejit Sundays)
FROM
VIRGINIA CITY
TO
ÜSTORRIS.
CONNECTING EAST ADD VEST
Wnn
Earns.
Meadow Creek,
Marjiana,
Bichmond Flats,
Mining Camps.
Sterling, and Red Blull.
and with N. P. K. K. Trains at
Norris and Bozenian.
S. R. BUFORD Ac CO.,
Proprietors.
A. K, PRESCOTT.
Dealer in
MARBLE
and
SBAH1TE
MONUMENTS
and
HEADSTONES,
Helena, Mo Una.
M. MAILAND * * *
DEALER i:V
MEN'S BOOTS AND SHOES. LADIES* BUTTON
••• BALMORALS AND WALKING
••• SHOES, MISSES FOOT WEAR
Boots and Shoes of all Sizes and Quality
CITT - LfONTAITA.
The pony saloon
GEO. W. KHK, Proprietor^
Corner of Wallace and Jackson Streets
T7"ixgrim.Ia. Cit37\
ZLvdZcnteina,
Keeps none but the tinest brands of foreign and dtmeslic Wil ts. Liquors
and till kinds of Bottled Heer and Ales: also the ehoieist sei« i tien of imported
and domestic cigars. 1 keep the pttrest goods obtainable.
S. T. FI a USER, President.
K. I). E dckh TON Y ici -President
FIRST • NATIONAL • BANK
Of Helena, Mont.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 1,000,000
A General Banking Business Transacted.
GEO. F. COPE, Cashier.
Banking House of Henry Elling,
Virginia City.» Montana
Transacts a general banking business. Deals in for
eign and domestic exchange, state, county and city bonds
and warrants. Collections promptly attended to.
B. F. White , President.
O tho K lk MM , Cashier.
FIRST • NATIONAL • BANK
©IF 1 IDHLiX-iCCfcT.
A General Banking and Exchange Business Transacted.
Correspondence Solicited.
James M. Herndon
DEALER IN
FURNITURE
~ ^ WALL PAPER _.n
UNDERTAKER'S
. . . GOODS
■ VIRGIN IA CITY AND SHERIDAN
Our undertaking department, is located at Virginia City. Coffins and under
taking supplies always ready lor shipment
Elling, Knight & Buford,
MASONIC TEMPLE.
V irginia - City, ■ IVEont,
» # —
Wholesale and Retail Dealers is
HARDWARE,
Iron Steel, Iron Pipe,
Nails, " Wagon Timber,
Miner's Tools.
TIN WAR
STOVES,^
CROCKERY
c. -
tv.
Glassware, Lamps, Guns,
Pistols and Ammunition.