Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-13
From the Worcester Transcript.
The Nicholas Mare.

The Nicholas Mare.
The Nicholas Mare" was a beast of extraord-
nary speed and endurance Like most rare ami,
mails, whether human or brute, she was eccentric
In her habits 1t matters not who owned her NJ
the time OF the incident we are about TO relate
suffice It to say her owner ives sensible man, and
thorough horseman his prediction for horse
hesh, more than anything else, having driven him
into the livery business. Next to the wife of his
bosom, he loved the Nicholas mare, a fact Of which
both females were sensible without being Jealous
OF each other. For this reason tho mare was hired
only TO particular customers, and when let, tho
party hiring was always carefully instructed as to
tho pecnliarities Of the animal
particular friend, unacquaintcd with the AMI
mai or her habits, and troubled with an irpped;-
ment in his speech, as well as native inHrmity Of
temper, which prevented him from exercising any
charity for living creatures Of slow or tardy mo
tion, once applied to our livery man for horse,
Ior journey OF dozen miles or so, taken for the
purpose OF bringing his wife home from her faith
er's house, whittier she had been on a visit. Tho
contract ran thus: "gt
l ~ w-w-want horse-a good 'un-one that n
s-s-start the minute you s-s-say sPw-Pwh-Pwhistn
a-an.andll go like thunderlo
I Suit you, guess was the reply
4 " We-we-well ont with her, them
The mare was put between the thils of a nice
light buggy, her harness thoroughly adjusted by
the owner the rens carefully laid over the dash.
board, and the usual chapter of advice opened cor
cerning her management.
o, g.g-git out with your directions. can ,lriyc
guess" interrupted the lessee and picking up
the reins he sprang for the seat but landed heels
up upon the buggy bottom. The marc was on
but the driver being game had the command, as he
thought through the recovery of the lines npon
which he pulled as though resolved to .sdo or dien
"A slight smile was visible upon the demure face Of
the lessor as the vehicle receded from sight Mt a
killing pace, and nothing more was known until
the next day, when our friend with the imped;-
ment made his appearance with the mare, but
without his wife. As he drove up cloud o'ei-
spread his face, as he saw the lessor at the stable
door.
/ "W-w-what k.ki-kind of an incarnated b-b-brute
dye call thsY"
BEST horse in the stablen
"W-w-welll started for D.
! "Yes, know IT,"
W-well, before could stop, went TO II
thirty three miles,) drove back this morning.
Yen k-knknow fathers door yard--half mile
widei"
"Yes, wells"
"W-w-wel-old Observation-Disclosures Jim,
hired man, and vsiter besides trtri-tried for two
hours to get wi-wi-wife into the wagon and couldn't
do 1t; dd-ievilsh critter danced college horn
pipes all r-r-round an-anand over some Of us-bu.
not passenger could we get in"
/ "How did you get inS"
Tell You. Old mans foxy as a lawyer Told
me to take her out-I did Told me TO g-gget In.
did, and after ! got in they hitched the mare,
and he-he-hsre l be. W-w-wo-wouldnt give A
Spanish dollar for the mare, though she did como
the twelve miles in fforty-eight minutes"
/ "WhyY
Look at my hands,
They Nere--one blister. The lessor smiled.
/ II you bad listened to me all this would have
been avoided allow the lines to remain untouched
until you are seated and she never starts til Won
tdl her. Dive her with slack rein and she will
go as slow as you desire"
/ The truth OF this statement was nj once tested
by trial, and resulted was asscrted-pr scisely
but the driver was punished for his impotence,
and ever from that day insists upon having hosse
that won't 's-ststart the minute You e-say p.
pWhist and-go like thunder
Don't You Piayf
4 "No, don't play on any instrument" said our
friend Tom Pringle, In answer 10 our question.
"To tell the truth, became discouraged by
slight misconception, when was young man.
wasn't appreciated, you know, and all that sort Of
thing
"WelI you see,p said he, in reply to another
question, "it was about twenty years ago, when
was studying law, and n brother was medical
student, that we both fancied we had n wonderful
talent for music. SO John bought n flute, and a
fiddle, and turning one Of the attics into study,
we practised there half the night through. We
didn't want any one TO know about IT, especially
our father, who had very strict notions as to the
value OF time and TO make him think US usefuly
emplo-ed, had quantities Of law books besped
up and John had a skull, and all sorts OF bones,
scattered about. We knew that up in our "study"
no one could hear us but Betsy, the housekecpe
and, she was our old NURSE VIC felt sure she
would keep our secret. One morning, after we
had been willing the long night hours away with
our music, TO our own mutual delight, we came
down late TO breakfast looking, suppose, some
what unrefreshed.
Z You mustn't study too hard, boys,r said our
father, considerably.
1 eyes, SIR said !, grsvely
! :" just then Betsy appeared at the door, and
looked mysteriously at my mother
Yes, what is ityn said mother surprised at Bet.
sy's excited manner. "what is II, Bctsys ~
I "Wcl, ma'am, wish to say ma'am"-Betsy al.
ways spoke in that short, nipping way, when she
was what she called worked up"-"I must leave
you, ma'am.n
leave me why y asked mother.
"Yes, ms'am, it's twenty-five years that I've
been with you, maaUl--and it's the boys at last,
ma'am. can't stand il, AID amt going to. Its
not Christian like, maam."
"whss hare the boys been dongr asked mo-
ther
"It's NJ. John, maam, and sometimes think