The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-05-21

the breed of these valuable animals has pro-
lurcd tn" best TOa,istors in the United States.
The Morgan horses, which as we have said,
form large portion Of those brought from
Vermont are descendants Of the celebrated
old Justin Morgan horse which was brought
at two wears old, in 179j, from Springfield,
Mass, to Randolph, by Justin Morgan of the
latter place. lie was descended from the
Goholphin Arabian. the sire of breed of IA
nous racers, but was not himself thorough
bred. The Morgan horse. though small
animal, is noted for his great bottom and har-
dincs>, as we'll as for his compactnc<s and
roundncs> of form. He is a very spri .htlv
animal. and is said to be be more saracious
than the generality of horses
Balancing the Law with Grindstone.
Just on the outskirts of 4 fine old village,
in the southwestern part of New Hampshire.
on what before the building of railroads, was
the main road for tcam>tcrs from Vermont
thrOugh Nashua and Lowell to Boston.
resided in a very exceedingly beau
tiful residence, DISTINGUISHED LAWYER, who
within a few months has paid the great debt
of nature. Near his mansion, under the
shadow ofanrcstral clms. and row of stiff
Lomhardy roplar<. was his tidy. onc->tory,
square. t'at-rootrd office The tall. gentle
manly. silvcr-haircd esquire A." was no pet
tito"gcr, ven solicited his opinion-you
should he prepared topav for it. His charc-
cS were always the most respectable char
artcr. Now Joe Clark was an honest. broad
shoul1crrd >iX-f"o'cr. who,from the up coun-
try, had for wears driven his fat. sleek. six
horse team hv LAWYER A'>.on his way TO and
from Boston. and often was the time in the
dusty DAYS Of midsummer he had let his team
stop to breathe under LAWYER As nice shade
for Joe was kind to his horses. While he and
tn" civi! Attorney chattcd of the wcathcrthc
news up country" &C.. at the little office
door. On" m"rN;ng,aS Joe was assisting the
ho>t'or in hit"hiug on h. team. at the tavern
in Lawyer a. adjoining town. he did that
which he had hardly before done in his life
accepted 4 banter to swap horses As he
Wa whi>tling along hv the side of his team
that morning, some ''iaw-rucstion" in conncc.
ton with his swapping started into being II
his mind, and tlough it wa. on a point of
little consequence. vet he resolved that whcr
he reached squire As. hc would let his team
breathe for a minute, while he should oe
the Squirc'S opinion. The few miles wcr,
soon pa>Scd-thc Squire found in his Office
the case stated the opinion given bv the ut
t"rancc of the Singlc word. YES" As no
lite way of taking leave. bat without the mos
distant thought OF anything of the kind being
required Joe asked what was to pay "Fiv,
dollars" with one of the Squirc's blandcs
smiles, was the repl Y. Without word, til,
money was paid. Joe continued for month
to travel that road, a thoughtful man. How
wa he 10 @rt square with his old friend :
On" day as he was approaching Nashua. h,
met the Squire who told him that he ha,
purchased a @rin1>tonc for his farmers, at
certain store in Nashua. which was E,mou
store IN those davs, and he wished him. o,
his return from Boston, to call and take tbi
grnd>tonc along with him. Joe very rea1i
" a"r"'i"d to the request and never hcfor
had Joe Clark team come INTO Nashua i
such sweat as thcy did that morning. With
ont stopping to see that the ho~tIer locke
after their wants, he hurried to the store AN
rolling the purchased grndstonc through III
premises INTO an out-otthe-way from sigh,
corner. and carefully covering up the sam,
he left orders that on no condition was tha
stone to he delivered to any ether tcam>tcr.
The week came round.and Joe with a han
pier face than he had worn for months. call
ed for hi, freight. Never did a crindSton
before fall - pleasantly upon Joe's sight
He lifted it to his wagon, with the lleasuy
that he would have tossed there one of hi
whlte-h"aded boys. Through the cleveI
miles OF pine PLAIN, that separated NaShu
from Lawyer AS home docs team went tina
day with an unwontcd speed The old Gen
tlcman, as the team came to halt. soon mad
his scntlomansy and good naturclappcaranc,
The stone was carefully rolled to the sid
OF the 1cnce-neycr was a crindStoD
handled more aretulIy-.Joe almost handle,
with on air of affection How much to pay ::
sraclousI y as kcd the old lawyer. Eve dol
lars was the cool response oh. the treiqh
wish to pay You, Mr. Clark the stone
paid for at the time of purchase" Five do!
lars, sir, Is my charge tos the freight" Th
money was paid without another word-an,
ever after, Joe thought himself square witt
the Squire-having balanced the Law witt
the GrnL>tone.-B BiIdIetsrd Jou7qI.
\ NOVEL SwINDLING CAsE.--.At th
Brighton cattle market, Thursday, an ol,
gentleman named Phincas Lawrence, a tarnl
cr OF Lexington, was most cunning y an,
summarlr cheated out of $50, BY three Gun
niny thieves, who sold him tor that sun
three yokes of fine oxen, which they pointeC
out to him in one 6 the yards. Takin. til.
money one of III, ro,ru,s wen, INTO a sio,