The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-04


object to the personal appearance. Of the
horse. protest against the conventional idea
81 beauty ~ attached to that animal 1 think
his nsse too long, his forehead too low, and Nj,
legs Except in the case VI the cart h0r.el rdj.
culonsly thin by comparison with the size Of
his body. Again. considering how big an Ani.
NAL he il, object 10 the contemplate delicacy
Of iiis constitution. IL he not the slickest erea.
ture Ia crestionI Does any child catch cold az
easily as horse Does be not .prain nj. let
lock, for all his appearance VI superior strength
"a easily az ! sprzip my anciel Furthermore
10 take him from another point Of view. what
hslple. wretch he IL, No fine lady require,
more constant waiting on than horse. other
animals can make their own toilette; he must
have groom. ron viii me that this is because
We want 10 make l,is coat artifcialiy glossy
Glossy! Come home with me, and see nv cat
my clever cat who can groom herseifi Look
q, your own dog see how the Intelligent cfra.
ture curry combs himsef with his own honest
teeth! Then again, what n fool the horse is
what poor nervous fool, He viii start al a
piece ~ white paper IN the road a. If il were A
lion. His one idea, when he hears a noise il 10
run away from u. What do YOU say To these
two common instances of tbs sense ana courage
Of this sbsurdiy oycrpraiscd animal | might
multiply them TO two huudred, /, | choos. 10
exert my mind and waste my breath. which I
can never do prefer coming at once to nv
last charge against the horse which i, the most
serious Of all, because i Affects his IN oral char.
aCtcr. ! accuse him boldly, In his CAPACITY Of
servant TO man. Of ,lynss- ard tfeacherv. /
brand him publicly, no matter how mild he NAV
look about the eyes. or how sleek he NAV be
about the coat. - IA systematic bstrayer when.
ever he can get the chance. Of the confidence
reposed Ia him. Cha'ie. Dickens on he Huse.
To be an ass is hard case, but to write
oneself down as one is very different affair
IL Mr. CHARLES HicKGVs had come before
us pleading m lorno pauperu and humbly,
that he could mob see the beauties OF the
horse as celebrated by all writers, from the
inspired one down to the last scribber in
PoRrER, we might have pited him; content.
ing ourselves to say with SAScno PANzA.
= honey is not made for an ass : mouth, nor
can we expect thorough cockncy to under
stand hore. But Mr. DIckENs takes
the bit in his teeth, AMI mauls his subject
with such cruel ignorance that we can
only deem him worthy the fate of MAzEPrA
maigri the fortunate ending.
Yes it is no use attempting TO conceal
the fact that M regards feld-sports French
taylor is "a much expert at them and upon
seeing Mr.. DIcsEys on horseback once upon
time, we thought that he sat the animal
with oil the grace aud lghtness Of two bags
Of meal going TO the miIlers, and that il
would be far better for his safety, were he
"to pay the difference and ride inside"
We can imagine DrcEgNs, AS u child in
petticoats, and quarreling with his sister
Tor her doll, when boys Of the same age
would be in brceches aud playing u, cricket
/ Such wrctchcl trash as that We have quoted
| requires no relutation We content ourselvc.
with description Of the same animal. by
writer who was emphatieally man. ever,
inch oi his six feet-two one who has locke,
danger to hfc and limb much oftener in tn,
face than the luxurious CHARLES DickFNs
has the probable loss of his dinner, aud that
with the confidence and nsousciancc only
kuown to the thorough bred sportsman
liar, Oh Cochncy. the words OF Guns
/ roPuER NoRru:
! What a squadron of cavalry Wiki fer,
/ eyes and flaming no>trils --betokenlng will
( what ardent passions the noble ANIMALS vii
teycl in the chase Esy. brown, black dun
chestnut sorrel, gray-ofall shades and hues-
anhcvcry coorser distinguished by his own pc
culiar character of shape and iorm-yst al
blending harmouoasly a they crown n,
mount, 50 that painter would only have t,
group and color them a. they stand. nor lose
/ II able to catch them, one of the dazzling light
OF deepening shadows showing on them from
/ Nat sunny yet not unsturmy -ky.''
A couple more such articles AS this ON,
You have written, on subjects Of which 20,
know as little, and 10y general consent, yo,
viii De kicked from your Pegasus and Ii
/ in the London mud bIund,rng. 'loundcriu.
+ Cockncy.