The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-26
Marvellous Performance Of . Horse.

A high sP'nted horse, dnven oy TWO
young men on the morning Of 18th inst,
between 8 and Z o'clock, when near the
village Of East Corinth VT, became fright
ened and succeeded In detacking himself
from the slsigh. Hs ran most furiou'ly
through the street, until, for what reason
can hardly be imagined, he turned his
couns directly towards the door Of n
house occupied by Mr.. B-,s msr-
chant Of Corinth, crossing Geld 70 reach
the house. Striking with great force
against the door, Il gave way, and the
hone made his way through the hall in-
to the kitchen. Out Of this kitchen
opens door into small bedroom, occu.
pied at this time BY Mr.. B., hi
wife and three children. Mr.. B. and
child occupied one bed, and Mn B. and
two children the other. The furniture
consisted OF two beds crib, mirror,
clock, chairs, &c. The horse, probabl.
attracted by light which was burning
in the room, dashed in breaking down
both beds and crib, each Of which wer
in different corners Of the room, demol
ished the mirror and clock, and fnall.
look refuge in the corner Of the room,
shivering with fright. In coming in con-
tact with the mirror, he seemed to have
received severe wound in the mouth,
from which the blood was freely distlib
utcd about the room, upon the beds anu
e'en upon the occupants; the whole pre-.
scnting an appearance that cannot be de-
scribed. The strangcst part OF this stor!
is perhaps, that no one received the
slightest injury, although they were not n
little frightened.
The above letter is from an authentic
source. We have reason to believe that
this story Of the marvellous performance
Of a runaway horse is literally true. The
same story was told to us yesterday by y
gentleman to whom it was related by u
friend who had received q letter from
Corinth. 1t seemed so incredible that
We refrained from publishing it until We
could obtain the original letter. The al
fair occurred in the house Of Mr.. N. ID.
Blake. According to the statement o
which We heard, the horse went out o
his course to reach the door OF the house,
and through three doors to get into tn,
bedroom. He first jumped over one
bed, in which was Mr.. Blake and on,
child, breaking it down, and then ovei
the other bed in which Mrs. B. and two
children, oycrsetting in his course til,
light-stand and extinguishing the light.
lie then broke down the crib in the Other
corner. The occupants Of the room were
greatly frightened. MI. Blake drew his
wife ami child from their bedstead which
had been demolished, carried them into
another room and struck light. 1t WIZ
not until his return that the cause Of the
accident was ascertained. According to
the version Of the story which was com.
nunicated to us, he found the horse rear.
I'd against the wall, the corks Of his fole
shoes preventing him from falling direct
ly upon the bed which Mn. B. had occu-
pied, and on which ole Of the children
still remained! The horse was young
mare owned by Mr.. Grant whose SOL
was driving home from a party, when
,hc became frightened and ran. This IL
the hardest attack OF night mare Of whicl,
We have any RECONCILIATION Journal.