The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-24

as a sheep, and heavy shouldered
and cat.hammed, besid s; | wouldn't give {
mule for three oft. Why didn't you bring
ia lot of mules 10 market? | would have
bought some at a fairp price. Your horses d,
not suit me. Pray, what do ask for this thing
you call running nag3 1t may do to plov
a season or two. Does il work?
Unlike the job of ancient days, Tompkinl
suffered his anger 10 rise and master him..
AT least he made the General think so. T,
use his own wotds, be converted. lie scream
yed out:
Hello, Mister, wonder you're SO almighty
wise, consider,n' YOU know SO little VIII
you make me feel ali in spot to listen to you
| reckon maybe you've got a quarlring your
self amt your
'l've plow nag here,' said the Genera
very cooIly, Shat can run away from tina
thing of yours
Thing followed Job; 'why you make mt
ieel sort Of wolGy, and I've a good mind tt
go my whole lot agin any thing you car
parade in the whole south
81 would not spoil good mind, then quo,l
The General 'BntI suppose you are alrait
10 run, as your father has forbid it,
Il don't care solitary flint what daddy
says, when my Irish is up exclaimed JoI
'BIng out your nag and lett
see it,
The General gave the order-and as Jol
expected, the identical Sorrel mare, (unct
Joe Miller's) was produced.
While job examined, his adversary en-
denvored alI lie could to fret him by d;sparn
ging his horse, aud Job appeared worked VI
10 fever heat.
To cut the story short, the drove was saket
against twenty-five hundred dollars in /
check upon tie B. Sank; and the com
pany adjourned 10 the race track TO see The
race. On the way Job stopped short, anl
facing the General, asked very earnestly;
Nov, you're sure this ain't joe Miller
nag? My mind sort Of misgives me, caz'
Ihom what | have heard, they sort o lavo
each other like
'D-n your Joe Miller and his nag also,
replied the General, the mare is mine Ilel
YOU
This appeared satisfactory.
have given you the Generals description
Of Jobs running horse, done TO fret him, |
was by no means correct, Lazy Sam was
we'll made pony Of the Printer stock, but wa
Of mild, sluggish disposition, until th'
me,te was reused. He generally went will
his eyes hafshut, and his head dropped 10 al
angle offorly five degrees. When The gen
|eraI viewed him he was in this condition.
Tine horses were in the Generals stable
\ he check for twenty five hundred dollars wa
| in the hands Of gentleman present Th
General had no doubt Of keeping Jobs fn
horses, and sending him home on his tel
toes Lazy Sam was led along by Jobs DO,
as sleepy as usual. The preiminaries wer
adjusted, and tiders mounted AS Job ,bte,
EJm on Levy Sam, he sprang all fours rf' tn
ground and his dull sleepy look was change,
into wild, almost dev,iish expression
He looked as Job did when he Converted
The Genersl lost his mahogany color an
looked pale but said nothing,
Lpzy Sam won the race by thirty feet.
job was suddenly as cool as cucumber
And he put the twenty five hdudred chec
in his greasy pocket book very deliberateIy
and looking around cunningly, said
Il sort O think that first rate and hal
and leetle past common. Why, Gineral
SANS laid you us cold as a wedge
job turned round suddenly to his rider.
Jim, said he, here's five dollars, why
all goes IN mans life time, bnt the Genera
looks as if he'd been squeezed trough tn
little end of nothing or less