The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-10-23
Ike PARTINGToN's COMPOSITION

tlonary some lessons in arts wherein he
perfect. Ike dislikes composition" wher
theme is given out to be written upon b,
scholars, md his credits are not very rrea
Tor his efforts in that direction generally
but the other day he astonishcd the mastc
and every one in school by an elaborate arti
Gle OH the horse. lie was called upon t,
read it aloud to the scholars, and getting
upon the platform, lie made bow and be
gan -
"The Horse" 1.-The horse is a quadru
ped with four lcgs-two behind and two
before. lie has tail that grows to the
hind part of his body, that nature has fur
nlsilcd him, with which 10 drive the file.
away. His head is situated on the othc,
end opposite his tail, and is used prncipall,
to ti.stcn bride to to drive him by, and tc
put into basket to eat oats with. Horses
is very useful animals and people couidn',
get along very we'll without thcm-csrc.
cially truckmen and omnibus drivers who
don't seem to be half grateful enough be-
cause they've got 'cm. They are very con-
venIcnt animals i'll the country, in vacation
time, and go very fast over the country
roads, when tie boys stick pins into them,
n species of cruelty that would not encour-
age. Horses are generally covered with
rcd hair, though some are white and others
arc gray aud black. Nobody ever saw a
blue horse, which is considered very strange
hy eminent naturalisls. The horse is quite
an intelligent animal, and can sleep stand
ing up, which is u very convenient gift, es-
pe':IaIly where there is Il crowd, and it is
difficult to get chance to lay.
"Iherc is great variety of horses fast
horses and slow horscs-cotl.es horses
horse mackerel-saw horses and horse flies,
horse chestnut and horsc-ratlisl. The
clothcs-horse is a very quiet animal to hav,
around house, and is never known to kick
though very apt to make a row when it
gets capsizcd. The samo may lie said of
the awhorse, which will stand without ty-
ing. 1Iorsctlics is y vicious beast, and very
annoying in the summer when n fellow is
in swimming. Horse mackerel don't
know anything about, only That they swim
i'll water and arc IL species Of fish. Horse
chestnuts is prime to pelt Mickics with, and
horsc-radsL is a mighty smart horse, but
bad 10 have standing around where there's
children.
tile horse is found in all countries.
principally in livery stables, where they
may be hired 10y the mile, and are considered
ly them rs can get money, a great luxury,
especially in the slcighing season. I'm
South America they grow wild, and the In
dians catch them with nooscs that thew
throw over the horses heads, Which must he
thought by the horses IL great noosence.'
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Tile -4ntics Of Tie IFidows.-"Do YOU
think MORE antique becoming on n widow 2"
said the young widow to Mrs. Partington,
as she exhibited mourning dress elabor-
atcly trimmed, and bonnet Of the latest
mode. The old lady scanned her attentive
ly through her glasses before she answered.
" More antic!" said she at length, and her
finger was raised up like note Of excla,na-
ton. g should think less antic would he
more becoming in widow. Widows more
antic must be them spoke of by Paul to
Timothy, who wax wanton and will marry.
Well, well, let 'cm, though where woman
has once married with a congealing and
warm heart"-looking straight at the rigid
profile of the corporal on the wall" and
one that beats responsible to her own, she
will never want 10 enter the maritime state
again" There was tremulous tone in
her voice, there was glistening of her eye
ike dew drop on morning glory, the
finger fell to her side, and she turned to
look out Of the window after Ike, who was
sailing n sl,ingle boat in a rain-water tnb
with n garden toad as passenger. The
young widow withdrew 10 read what Paul
had said, evidently disgusted will, the DANES
misapprehension Of her question, though
there was lesson to her in the blnnder.
Darned efI Don't.-An old fellow, with
vcrnnlIion face and n cane. was talking TO
an individual whom he had button holed on
the steps Of hotel the other night, and
his remarks were on the peculiar instinct
of insex." Said lie, "take moskeeter, for
instance, darned eff don't believe that Gus
sed little hrment is an intelligent bciu'
Did you ever watch him come sneakin
around on the outskirts Of your starvation,
especially as ifhe knowed you calculated he
was goin' to stick you. Well, he is the
shrewdest of all insex, see him lite on you,
hand, by'm by, and when you lift t'otl,er tc
hit the cuss he amt agoin' to let you catch
him, not by a considerable sight. Aim
that so7 ! somehow think moskeeters i,
sperets Of mean speculatin' hypercrites