As I reflected, however, it occurred to me that no doubt this horse had been subjected to unkind treatment from his youth up.

I began to blame his owners.

Had the law of kindness been observed in the early management of this horse, doubtless he would have regarded the first appeal of this young lady to him.

May we not hope, dear Aunt, that a new era is dawning upon us with regard to the universal triumph of love and kindness over oppression of every kind, and that the brute creation will partake of its benign influences?
The tone and manner in which horses are spoken to often sends a chill to my heart.
This reminds me, if you will excuse longer delay in my narrative, of some unfavorable impressions which I received lately on my way to Boston, with regard to the imperious manner in which a traveller is assailed by advertisements on the fences, as you pass through the environs of the city.

Every few miles, as the cars passed along, I saw, printed on the rough boards of a fence: "Visit" so and so; "Use" so and so; "Try" so and so.