Show take care of the horses while we are in the business ot of quoting ordinances we will ill just submit one more as follows sec ANIMALS CRUELTY TO any person who shall torture or cruelly beat or ill treat any horse ox or other animal within the limits of this city whether belonging to himself or any other person shall be liable to a fine in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding three months or by both fine and imprisonment there are dozens of witnesses to the fact that this ordinance is often disregarded not alone by strangers but in many cases by our own townspeople and it should be stopped teams are arc tied up on the principal streets and left standing for several hours in all kinds of 0 weather and w without food or drink if this is not I 1 X cruelty to animals we do not know what t 1 would be termed cruelty the mere fact that the ordinance is in existence should be sufficient without any special pressure being brought to bear to have it enforced |