Southern telegraph., 1838-02-06
THE CLOCKMAKER.

/ l raised four year old colt once, half
binod,a perfect picture O. horse, and gc-
nninc clipper. could galop like the wind;
real daisy, perfect doll, had an eve like
weasel. and nostril like Commodore Roger
speaaln trumpet Well, took it down (.
the races at New York, aud father he wen,
along win me; Tor slys he, Sam, yon don't
kno" every thing, guess you liant Gu
your wisdom teeth yet, and you ore goin
among them that's had 'em through their
gums this while past. s.Woll, when we gifts
TO the races. father he gets cot and puts him
in an old wagon, with worn out Dntch
harness, and breast band; he looked like
Old Nick, that's fact. Then he fastened
head mariingale on, and buckled it to the
g'rihs atwixt his fore legs. SAYS I, father.
what ON airth are you at? wow feel asha-
med 10 nc seen with such catamaran as
hat. and colt looks like old Saytin himself
no soul would know him. guess warn't
born yesterday. says he, let me be, / know
what am at. guess I'll slip it into 'em
atore I've done, as slick as whistle.
guess can see as far into a milestone as the
best on 'em.
Well. father never entered the horse at
all, but stood by and seed the races. and the
wlnnin horse was followed about by mat
ter OF two Or three thousand people a praisin
OF him and admlrn him. They seemed as
1t they had never seed horse afore. The
owner OF him was all up on end a hoastin of
hm, and siumpin the course TO produce
horse TO run agin him far ioir hundred dol
lars. Father goes up to him, looking as
} soft as dough, and as nleechin as you please.
and says lie, friend. it tant every one that
has four hundred doIars-its pIapv sight
OF money, tell you; would YOU run for one
hundred dollars, and give me a little start?
. if you would, I'd try my colt ont of nv wag-
on agn you, vow. Let's look at YOUR
| horse, says he; SO away they went, and a
proper sight OF people arter them to look at
colt, aud when they seed him they sot up
such a larf, felt cen a most ready to cry
Tor spite. Says | to myself, VIVA, can pos.
] Sess The old man to act after this fashion,
do believe ne has taken leave of his senses.
You needn't larf, SAYS father. he's smarter
: than he looks: our minister's old horse,
Captain Jack, is rcckoned as quick beast
e %! bis age as any in our location, and that
are colt can beat him for a lick of quarter
of annie quite easy-I seed it myself. Well
!, they iarted agin louder than ever, and says
# father, II you dispute my word, try me; wha
odds will you give? Two to one. says the
owner--SOO to 400 dollars. Well, that's &
great deal of money, aini IL, says father; if
:, TO lose ii I'd look pretty foolish. wouldn'
- |. How folks would pass their Jokes at me
% when | went home again. Yoa wouldn'
>. take that are wagon and harness for fifty
:. dollars OF it, would your says he. Well
says the other, sooner than disappo;nt Won
rs You seem to have set yonr mind on losin.
your money, don't care i'll do.
As soon as il was settled, fiiher drives of
to the stables, and then returns mounted
with red silk pocket handkerchief tie,
round his head, and colt looking like him
self, as proud as a nab,b, chock full o
: spring like the wire eend of !, bran new pal
of trowser galusscs-one said that's pla
s CIV nice lookin colt that old feler has arte
all; that horse will show play for it yet, sa "
II third; and heard one Teller say, CUES
. that's a regular yankee trick, complete
take in. They had fair start for it, am
off they sot, father took the lead and KEEP
it., and won the race, lho' it was prett,
!, tight scratch, for father was too old to rid
: colt, he was near about the matter of seven
ty years old.
ter the race. the e was an a,nazin crowd al
ter him, and several wanted to buy him; bat
saws father, how am 10 get home withon
's him, and what shall do with that are way
on aud harness so far as be from Sckvilie
So he kept them in talk till he felt thei
e pulses pretty well, and at last he closed wit
a Soniherner for 700 dollars, and we re
ii turned, having made a considerable goo
spec Of colt. Says father to me, Sam, say
he, YOU seed the crowd a f,ilerin the win
Il min horse, when we came there, didn't you
Yes, sir, said /, did. Well, when colt bea
him, no one foIlered him at all, but came
crowden about him That's popularity, sal
: he, soon won, soon lost-cried up sky his
one minute, and deserted the next, or ru
down: col, will share the same fate. He
get beat aGDre long, and then he's done 1o
The multitude are always tickle minded
rs Our great Washington found that out, an
Z the British officer that beat Bonaparfe; tn
bread they gave him, turned sour before n
rot half through the loaf His soap ma
RS hardly stiffened aforc it ran right back 10 y
and grease agin.
nd | was sarvcd the same way, liked
have missed nv pensinn-lhe Commune. c
said warn't at Bnnker's hill at all, the VI,
;ans. That was Clio, (ihinks |, o.
cs hov. if YOU once get into that are hel'
you'll race longer than colt, ICY sign
you'il run clear away to the fence 20 -
nd Ear eend afore Won stop, so list cut 10 an
took hand myself) Yes. says you q
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