Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-02-03

nusin9 story, which - well told by native
Georgian:
"Darins the session Of the Supreme Court, in
he village Of when a number Of
,sopls were collected in the principal street in
he village, 1observed young man riding up and
3own the street, a. supposed, in violent pas
lion. He galIopcd this way, then that, and then /
Tho other. Spurred his horse to one group Of cit |
izens, then to another. Then dashed off at half
Ipssd, a. il fleeing from danger; and suddenly
checking his horse, returned-first in pace, then
in trot, and then in . cantsr. While he was per-
forming these various eyoutions, he cursed swore,
whooped, screamed, and tossed himself ia every
attitude which man could assume on horseback.
in short, he eaeorsed most nsgnanimoIsly, "a term
which, IN our tongue, expresses all that have
and little morc) and seemed to DO
setting all creation at defiance. As like to see
all that is passing, l determined 10 take n posi-
tion little nearer to him, and ascertain, If posi-
bic, what it was that affected him SO sensibly.-f
Accordingly l approached crowd before which no
had stopped for u moment, and examined it with
the striciest scrutiny. But could see nothing in
IT, that seemed to have any thing to do with the
v0rtsr. Every man appeared to be in a good hu-
nour, and all minding their own business. Not
one % much a. noticed the principal figure. Still
he went on. After q semicolon pause, which my
appearance seemed to produce, (for he eyed me
closely as l spproached) he fetched "a whoop, and
sworc that "hc could out swap any live man, wo-
man, Or child, that aked these hills, that
ever straddlcd horse-Aesh since the days of old
daddy Adam" ''Strangsr," said ne to me, 'sdid
you ever SEQ the Yallow Blossom from Jasper?'
"No," said ], "but have often heard Of him.
.'l'm tho boy" continued he; 'sperhaPs leetle
-jist q Ieegle Of the best man, mt a horse swap,
that ever trod shoe leather
began to fool my situation a little awkward,
when was relieved by . man somewhat advan-
cod in years, who slept up and began TO survey
the Yall0c Bloss0m's' horse with much apparent
interest. This drew the riders attention, and he
turned the conversation from mc TO the stranger.
"WeIl, my old coon," said he, edo you want to
swap Iossess'
"why, don't know" replied the stranger; 81
believe Two got beast I'd trade with you for that
one. il you like him."
"Wall, fetch up your nag, my old coon; you're
j'st the lark wanted to get bold Of lam perhaps
Ieetle, jist lccsle, Of the best man ut horso-
swap, that ever stole crackliss out of his nanny
fat gourd. where's your hosss'
"l'il bring him presently; but wan. to examine
your horse a little"
"Oh! look at him., said the Blossom alghting
and hitting him cut-"Iook at him. He's tho
lest piece Of koss-lcsh in the thirteen united uni
versal worlds. There's no sort o mistake in lit
tie Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feot, and
fling 'em behind him as fast as tho noxt mans
hoss, don't caro- where he comes from. And he
can keep at it as long as tho sun can shine with
out resting"
During this haranguc, little Bullet looked as if
he understood il all, believed it, and was ready
at any moment to verify it, He was q horse Of
goodly c0untsnance, rather expressive Of vigil
ance than fce; though an unnatural appearance
Of 6esceness was thrown into it, by tho loss of his
ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his
head. Nature had done but little for Bullets head
and neck; but he managed, in a great measure,
20 hide their defects, BY bowling porpetual!y. He
had obviously suffered severely for corn; but ii
his ribs and hip bones had discosedtho fact ,he
mover would have done it; for he was in all res
poets ~ cheerful and happy, as if he commanded
ell the com-cribs and understands in Georgia.
1lis Insight was about twelve hands; but as his
shape pareook somewhat Of that Of the giraffe, his
launches stood much lower. They were short
straight, peaked & concavc. Bullets tail, however
made amends for all his defects. All that the ar
tist could do to beautfy it, had been done and all
that horse could do to compliment the artist, Bull
let did. His tail was nicked in superior style, and
exhibited tho line Of beauty in 50 many directions
that it could fail 70 hit the tdious taste
in some Of thcm. From tho root it dropped into
. graceful fsstoOn; then rose in handsome curve
then resumed its first direction; and then mounted
suddenly upward like cypress knee to perpen
dicuIaf Of about two and a half inches. The
whole had careless and bcwi,ching inclination Il
the right. Ballot obviously knew whore his beau
~ lay, and took all occasions TO display it to the
best advantage. Ii stick cracked, or if any one
moved suddenly about him, coughed, or hawked
or spoke little louder than common, up wen
did not please, the coming dourn must Of necess
~, for it was different from the other
a. was its direction. The first a bold ane
rapid flight upward: usually to angle Of forty
five degrees. In this position he kept his intorcs
ting aPPendagc, until he satisfied himself that no
thing n particular was to be done; when he con,
menced dropping it by half inches. in second beat
then in triple timc-then faster and shorter
and faster and shorter still; until it finally die
away impcrcePtibly into its natural position.
might compare 81 ghts to sounds, should say
it, settling, like the note Of locust thai
any thing else in nature.
Either from native sprigh,liness Of disposition
from uncomfortable activity, or from an unconque
sable habit Of removing flies By the stamping Q
the feet, Bullet never stood still; but always KEEP
up q gentle ay-scoring movement Of his limb.
which was peculiarly Interesting.
II tell you, man." proceeded the Yellow Blo
com, "he's the best live boss that over trod tn
grit Of Gsorgis. Bob Smart knows the hoss.-
Come here, Bob, and mount this boss and sho,
Bullets motions" Here Bullet brisslcd up, an
looked n IL he had been hunting tor Bob all da
long. and had inst found him Rob snranc on hi