Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-12-13
From tie Boston Spectator.
THE HORSE RACE

THE HORSE RACE
Dick Homrspun wa. brought up 8
perfect we'll educated ploughuoy, who
summrred on the farm and winiered a.
the Town school. But summer and
winter were well improved by hum and
his fathers crops of corn. cabbage anf
hay, and his own intellectual crops OF
arithmetic, geography and writing,
were abundant AZ 81, his father d'
ed and left HIM money. knowledge,
good habits, and farm, and he was
the delight of the girls, of his wokmen,
his mother and himself Dick worked
hard in the summer, patd his taxes,
courted. eat roasted potatoes and baked
apples and milk, and knew not grm
old Care for many years, until the dire
day came about that horse race 0c.
Cured in his neighborhood. Dick on
the eventfui day dropped his hoe IN the
field. went home ard told his bloom
ing bride that he must 90 and see tn
sport. called for hi, old leather pocket
book and promised to be home AT dark,
and started fol the horse r1ce. IL was
surrounded st the ring by those vermIn
called the knowing ones, and YET why
t.ey arc so called | know not, who
began to temp h'm,o drink fast and
afterwards to tet. After gu'pmng
down his antipathy 20 gambling, sno
prrh'ag on, Of his NOODLE the sober
hections which his grave pastor had
in.tiiled INTO his mind from his 'ou''
upwards, he began by r'sk'og siA
shlllngs on the issue Bot this was
but beginning of ,ronhle, tor when
the fence OF morality WAS once broker
down the whole flock of extravaganza
leaped in. H. was called a sIxpenny,
narrow hearted soul, and to relieve
himself from the charg", he had TO
face bet after be, uuDli tily dollars Of
his money was down -Then when
the horse race began. poor D'cky was
q picture for Iiog4rtb. Which sweat
tn, most during the race, the quadru
ped or Dick, was difficult problem
TO s9lve-he was upon the halt bent,
all the while, like an aimed rifle, and
bis face was IN the form OF Hope and
ID SPAR interined by skiliiul painter
I'ne issue Of the race was that Dick
won, and doubled his fifty dollars. with
tn exception of two for treating, m
which Instance in order 10 save some
thing, he drank his foil proportion OF
The iQuor and went home with good
del OF money aud very little reason
in fact, he scarcely knea hi. own house,
and MS own household scarcely knew
him His bride laughed at his sItua
tion, fnrgave him his first error. watch
eli over his cascadlng siumbers, laugh
inglv boxed his ears in the morUlag.
when he ashamed ofthe past, re umed
his lahors and determined IL have Off
the druukard. Times went Oh well
fot a w,aiie. and he fly dollars wer.
placed al inieresl-t'ut another hOrsr
rae came round, and ID * though
rs fifty doll Is we're 80 ra'iiy won, tha
ii Was an acl Of prudence to obDam =
Ike SUM 10 he placed at interest 9TH Z.
Ills aflrctionate wife remopsuated.
that they ALREADY had enough, viii
co1'mou indusuy 10 ,uPpi, their wants
att 1t was wrong 10 take money from
others when he did tot need it aEC
thai he prime pal was dishonest Bot
D'r< say nothing tui The iifty dollars.
sud bis "iir gave up, as II was Use
les 10 ccnlpupl Dck raised hundrco
ans started lot the / orse race Hcwas
40 ngg I'd in h.s hahits this lime
yeriy i've was hci,rd in short ume,
an DeS set d0~n to see t,'c even
b q oo k MS motley, never ionh.ing
ans thing OF success Dut The currency