Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-06-08

ca mare, aud for reasons best known ta.
| himself he wished tomttku rate betwecn
her and the Lazy Sam.
The General examined Lazy Sum witt,
the eye Of d Jockey
"Pish.' said lie very contempttpri+y
"why this HinE cannot run; why its
| fabsided rs Il Sheep aud ~ heavy shoulder
ed as d hog and cat lah1med besides ]
would not give mule for three Of It.
| Why did yuu not bring lot Of ittles 10
market! ! would lave bought some at II
fair price Your horses do not slit Inc.
| Pray what do you ask for this thing whirh
YOU call a running nag! IT may do to
plough a season or two Does it Worh!'
Unlike the Job of ancient days, job
To1npkins suffered his anger to risc and
master him. AT least he made the General
think. To Use his own words lie coryurt.
ed. lie screamed ont
"Hellow! Mister, / wonder you're so
mighty wise coiisderin you know SO little.
Why YOU make me feel all over in spots,
| to listen at you. reckon nay he you've
got a quartering yourself, lint yolt"
II have a plough nag here" said the
General very couiy, "that am sure can
rltn away from that thing of yours"
"1'hing, halloed job "why, you make
me feel sort of wofy, and I've good
mind to go my Whole lot again anything
you can parade III the whole South -
III would not spoil good mind then
qrioth the General. "Btit suppose you
are afraid to run, as your father had forbid
it,"
II don't care solitary flint what dhddy
says when my Irish is up exenimcd
Job Indignantly. bring out your nag
and lets see it.
The General gave the order and "a
Job expected, the sorrel mare, (onco J6o
Miler's) was brought forward.
While Job examined, his adversary en-.
deayored all he could to fret him by dis-
praising his horse. and Job appeared
worked to fever heat.
To cut short the story the drove wits
staked against twenty-five hundred dol
lars in check upon the C Bank.
And the company adjourned to tie Gen.
era s track, to see the race. On tho way
Job stopped short and facing tile General
asked very earnestly:
"Now you're sure this ant Joe Miller'4
nag? My mind sort o misgives me, caze
from what I've heard they sort O. favor
like
"D-----.n your Joe Miller and his nhg
Also replied the General, ''tie mare is
mine. / tell YOU ....
This appearod satisfactory
/ have given You the Generals dcscrip-
ton of Jobs running horse---done to fret
him. 1t was by no means d correct one.
Lazy Sam was we'll made pobey Of The
Printer stock, but was Of mild, sleepy,
sluggish disposition until his metal was
roused lie generally went with his eye
half shut and his head dropping ut an
angle OF forty dcerees. When the Gefi---
eral viewed him he was in this condition.
The horses were in the Generals stable
and the check for twenty-five hundred doll
lars was in the hands Of agentlernah pre-
sent. The General had no doubt keeping
all Jobs fine horses and sending him homo
on his ten toes. Lazy Sam was led along
by Jobs boy as sleepy as usual 4, The
preImiHaries were adjusted, and r, :
mounted As Job threw Jim on ! -
Sam,--he sprang all four off the groln1.,.
and his dull. sleepy look, was changed into
wild, almost deyiish expression
He looked as job did when he 'emvo1t.
cd' Eh
The General lost his mahogany coiJf
and looked pale; but said nothing
Lazy Sam won the race by thirty feet,
Job was suddenly cool as cucumber
And Us he put the twenty-five hundred
dollar check in his very greasy pocket
book, which he did very deliberately he
looked round cunningly. Il sort O. think
that's first rate and II hall" said Job. "anJ
leet!e past common. Why, Gen'ral,
Sans laid you as cold as a wedge" lie
turned round suddenly to his rider---"Jim,"
said he, "here's FIVE dollars why it all
goes in mans life time, but the General
looks as if he d been squeezed through the
little end of nothing or less"