"I, too, have been a traveler, and I have talked to a great many wise and good people on the subject of the cruel treatment of animals, and I find that many of them have never thought about it.

They, themselves, never knowingly ill-treat a dumb creature, and when they are told stories of inhuman conduct, they say in surprise, 'Why, these things surely can't exist!' You see they have never been brought in contact with them.

As soon as they learn about them, they begin to agitate and say, 'We must have this thing stopped.

Where is the remedy ?'" "And what is it, what is it, madame, in your opinion ?" said the old gentleman, pawing the floor with impatience.
"Just the remedy that I would propose for the great evil of intemperance," said the old lady, smiling at him.

"Legislation and education.