Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-24

road, having gsrnished his pockets with
beet, cabbage, and pumpkin seed from
my store in Liberty street, got on the
back of his horse, and turned his face
northward. Now, it so happened, that
the horse was in possession of more COM
mon sense and mother wit than was con-
tanned in the big Dutch copperhead of
his master for when his master was
gloriously drunk, (as he termed himself)
he knew it not, but the horse knew, for
master being mounted, and still hating
between the two opinions, whether to
call stirrup-csLp or go ahead, thinks the
horse with himself, You have enough
already Now. having got under way he
finds his master vacillating on the saddle
to all points of the compass. Says the
horse to himself, You have too much |;
I'll try to keep you from falling. He
fell off. however, before they had gone
mile, and his feet hung in the stirrup.-
The horse stood still, Here was theme
for painter. There stood the compass
sionate horse, the big tears rolling in his
eye, looking with sorrow on his drunken
master, and revolving in his mind how
best he could help him. He griped the
brim of his hat with his teeth this gave
way, and again the drunkard's head
smote the dust. He then seized hold of
the collar of his coat, and thus held him
till he had cxtricatcd his foot from the
stirrup. The master having now become
somewhat sobered by fright and loss of
blood, was able to mount and keep his
seat, and arrived safe at home. Soon af-
ter this, the man joined the temperance
society, and is now useful and happy
man. 1t is many years since this occur
renee, but the horse is still in the family,
and kept like gentleman, as he is.
Shortly sitter the close of the war be-
tween France and England, in 1916, a
troop of Cavalry horses was brought to
public sale. A baker made purchase of
one of them; next morning the panniers,
viz two large baskets, fastened with a
strap, were thrown across the back of
the horse, while the panniers hung one
on each side. Having filed the panniers,
the baker sailed forth to feed the hungry.
While passing the head quarters of the
Horse Guards, the trumpet sounded cal
ling the men to morning parade, the
horse pricked up his ears and Gilpin-like
started at full speed; the baker on his
back, with foot in each basket, pulled,
swore, foamed and sweat to no purpose ;
the loaves, the rolls, the buns and crack
ers bounced from the basket, without
leaving wreck behind, and as fast as
they bit the dust they were devoured by
the hungry urchins in the street, who
reioiced over this shower of mama, near
tho tents of Israel. The horse rushed
into the park just as the troops were fall
ling in line, seeing a gap as he advan-
ced, in the rear he filled it Immediately,
thus the rank was complete. The baker,
whose hat had gone before the four winds
of Heaven, again commenced kicking,
hogging, and swearing, the horse kept
the ranks, men and officers gave shout
of laughter, tho COrnu'NndSr o""nO for
ward and was informed by some of the
men who recognized the horse as having
belonged to the troop, when the officer,
willing to do the horse apleasure, order
ed the trumpet to sound the charge
Away flew horse, baker, and baskets, as
if driven by the wings of the mighty
wind, Some ertra evolutions were gone
through, in which the baker now re-
signed to his fate) bore conspicuous
part, and which was performed by the
horse according to the rules and articles
of war. The baker went home (; he there
found gaping throng, all clamoring for
bread, and he gave them stone. Had
he cast his bread upon the waters, as
commanded in the Scripture, he would
have found it after. many days; but he
cast it on the brckbats, where it was
picked up and devourcd by the young
pigs among the swinsh multitude, he
saw no more of it. Next day the baker,
not willing to lose another batch of loaves,
and fishes, sold the horse to an officer of
the company, who, admiring his martial
spirit, paid generous price, which re-
funded the baker for the wholesale spec
ulation on the day previous.
l saw horse at an eXhibition-a
watch was held before him, he was asked
what is the clock; it happened to be four
o'clock-he struck the ground four times
with his fore foot.
A few years ago, had friend in
Brooklyn. He owned ahorse who, when
asked by his master to salute the compa-
ny, would place himself against the wall
and, standing on his hind feet, salute the
company by nod
A few years ago, horse in my neigh
borhood came pacing along before cart
containing one ton of coal. The driver
slept behind conversing with II neighbor;
the horse being alone, was going on a
slow pace. A child, who perhaps might
have seen three summers, sat in the mid
die of the road, building his house upon
the sand. Through fear or stupidity the
child sat motionless; when the horse
reached the spot he stopped and smelled
of the child. The lane was narrow, he
could neither pass on the right nor the
left with his thick Inns he gathered the