Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-05-01
BiGL0w's CORRESPONDENTS.
[From the New York American.

To the Chairman Of the Third Wvd-
MISTER CHAIRMAN,-I haint got no
akwaintance with you, but seein that
your folks are alp on the pint Of lection,
l wanted to tell you story in my plane
old fashion'd way.
There was man once, Mr.. Chairman,
that got the keepin Of l3 milyin OF hor-
scs: they were the true breed, MIR. Chair
man, evry one on 'em, and hadn't got
cquils in all creation for speed and DO
tom-'specially bottom.
These horses, Mr. Chairman, was all
kept in thunderin crate bidin, jist 53
years old, which, accordin to my rcck-
onin, makes out that it twas bilt in old
l776; it was split up, Mr.. Chairman, in
to "a departments, and to carry: and
that one stood nigh about the middle, and
was all kiver'd with rhits paint. Now,
Mr.. Chairman, this man at the he'd of
this heap Of horses, had been kind of a
milletary man, and he was plagy proud
Of horses, and he made pint of keepin
on 'em in aPple-pie order; and seen that
the Establishment was such roarrin big
one, and he couldn't keep his own eye
on evry thing at once, he picked up a
bout bakers dozen Of pretty smart ost-
lcrs, who, as he understood it, was pret-
ty good judges Of horse flesh; now, think S
he, with these fellers to bak me, can
go the hull hog. can fetch these l3
milyin of horses into rale mlletary trim,
and make 'em go threw all the manew-
vres accordin to Hoil, without saddil or
bridil: can make 'em come and 90 as
/ tell 'em, and neal down when want to
ride 'em. This was all amazin fine, Mr.
Chairman; but arter while he found
some OF the horses was plagy hard on the
bit-'specially the colts; and some Of the
old stailyins carried their heds nation
site too high for miletary dssePlin.-
Snivers, he found this out, he took his
he'd ostler into corner and axed him
what was to be done, to make these un-
rewly nags hold their heds down say:
he, we must have Reform. Now, MIR
Chairman, this he'd ostler was a prev
dent man, and didn't like to commit him
self too soon-so he kinder SAID as how
that he thought perhaps some on 'em di'
kinder hold their heds up, and mebb,
master could think of some plan to mak'
'em hold 'em down: why says the boss
that's jist what ! want, and Pm thinkil
that good stout collar will do the biz
ness; says he, think we'll have prett
considerable snowy collars for the prou
horses, and hommade ones for them a
aint quite SO proud, and then if we q
good hevy wait put into 'em in ST.
way, SOS 'twont show, they'll never Jill
up their heds agin in Greater, arter the
once fairly git the collars on.
Well, MIR. Chairman, the collars wer
all made jist as fine as silk, and ever
one 'om stuffed so full of cURB-cHAINs
that you could hardly llt 'em, and the
the thing was to put 'em on. Ivow 'two
the drolest thing to see them are ostler
manage them horses, and see how som
on 'em kicked and hounced, and the
very soon found that the only way wa
for them to pick the right kind ofhorse.
cause if they took 'em as they cum, the
was sure to git their legs broke. S
they went 10 work aud picked out all tn
hungry horscs-then they took all th
lame ones, and finally got hold of all @
them that didn't care cent for the Bos
nohow. remember it jist as plane a
day, Mr.. Chairman, that when they cuI
to count noses, the Boss himself and a
the ostlers, was all struck up in hear
to see what thunderin majority Of CO
lars there was in the Stall
Well, says sense Reform goes s
'tarnal slick, | guess we shall have
belly full ont booked at the Boss AN
see he was lookin mighty wiso-lhinl
now he's got hold Of the tail eend {
an idea, and we shall have the ID
pay. When it cum night, took NJ