. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. ^ rWHE team shown below represents the nervous, restless horses i(^j^ seen in the opposite picture. Before, they were unable to keep themselv
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. ^ rWHE team shown below represents the nervous, restless horses i(^j^ seen in the opposite picture. Before, they were unable to keep themselves quiet from the torture they were under- ^^•J going. At the present, their checks are so easy as to give them no discomfort, and they restfully stand with arching neck, in their proud beauty, re;il objects of worthy admiration. Reader, we askyou to be a commit-tee of one to inter-est everybody youmeet in the subjectof loosening thecheck-rein. Par-licularly do we askyon to kindly whis-per in the ear of thefair occupant of thecarriage who ridesbehind thesehorses, that it be-comes her, whileshe enjoys theshopping, or en-gages in her devotions at church, to know that the animals whichare patiently waiting her coming are not being tortured while inher service. Surely the natural sympathy of women would rectifythese abuses if their attention could be drawn to the In Easy, Graoefol Position. Sight Obscured by the Blinder and Strength Destroyed by the Check-Rein. T IS NOT alone the fine horse that has to suffer from the highcheck-rein. Too frequently the work-horse is compelled todraw the heavy load up the hill and out from the excavation^ with head fastened in such position as to make the effort todraw doubly laborious. This illustration represents the struggleof the team to pull the over-loaded wagon up the hill, their headsfastened by thecheck-rein. Inthe frantic en-deavor to accom-plish this work,one of the horseshas broken itscheck andbrought its headinto natural pos
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