Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-05-10
a9Ygan1lsrpns . 70. 8eaoing,
ApHrI,ApE1pHIA A HORSE TRADE.

2:42, with the doctor and his wife in {
wagon, Mr.. IT. heard of her merits anc
. resolved upon purchase. he went te
Philadelphia to see the physician, and make
him an offer for the mare. He met the
physician, when the following conversation
occurred: -
..saIuuderstand, Doctor, that your trotting
gray mare is for sale -,
q did want to sell her, but I imagine she
Is now disposed Of
Disposed of-to whom?
Ito Mr.. S., a celebrated connoissuer Of
horse flesh, residing in Brooklyn
Indeed !heis neighbor of mine What
did he agree to pay your ..
m Five hundred dollars
'TssAh 2. said Mr.. II. well, I'll tell you
what PH do Let me have her and I'll
give ron FIVE hundred and fifty cash down.
ssBut I've promised her to S.
Never mind that. If he should call,
say thatshe is dead--that I broke herleg
on the Point Breeze road, in consequence
(which you had to blow her brains out
sAnd will You back me up in the story
sOf course will
LISA bargain, then. Give me the FIVE
hundred and fifty, and, I'll send the mare
down tomorrow night, but hadn't we bet
ter crop her main and tail, SO that S. can't
sue us for lying to HIM?
Just as you please. There's your mon
ey:and now send the mare to New York:
I'll make arrangements for her passage
Physician promised to do SO. This was
on Monday morning. On Monday af:
ternoon Mr.. s. made his appearance. Mr..
s. also halls from Brooklyn, and prides
himself upon owning the best establishment
lin - Place. ~
iHow dye do, Doctor?' said Mr.. S. Il
have come to pay for that mare
sWhat mare 2
your gray mare, the one wrote to you
about last week. ..
Haven you heard about that she's
dead and buried
dead? Nonsense-you're fooling me. ,
Not at all. If you doubt it, ask your
= neighbor H., who broke her leg while driv-
ing her on the Point Breeze road
- ftIs 81. in the citYT
= Yes. You'll find him at the La Pier
re.',;.;a9s
1T Is not necessary for us to say that Mr..
s. called at the La Pierre, and saw H.,
neither is'it necessary for us to say that H.
swore that the gray mare was dead, and
that he had killed her He could not do
otherwise without losing 'onesof the best
bargains he had ever made -..-.,.
Mrs., regetted the catastrophe, and con-
cluded that there was no use of crying over
split milk. He shook hands with H. and
left, saying that he would try and find a
piece of speed in some other part Of the
city. Having quieted S., Fl. took the next
train, and arrived at his residence in Brook
lyn, in first class spirits
Physician promised to send the mare by
the New York boat that evening. Hedidn't
do anything Of the kind. In consequence
of this, a. arrived in town again, to see
what the dnce it all meant He found the
physician at his own house, and opened
the door out as.follows:
why didn't you send that mare I bought
of you on Monday |?
g 'Ou Monday
sYes,: on Monday
g You're mistaken. l sold you no mare
( on Monday, and for the best reason in the
world-she was dead some hours before
Dead what do you meanT
What do I%mean? And have you for
gotten that you broke her leg on the Point
Breeze road, and that so badly that we had
to blow her brains out?'
T. you don't mean to swindle me by any
such game do you? p
'Swindle? No indeed. You killed the
mare, and can prove it,
Who by
Your own neighbor in Brooklyn, Mr..
tAnd what does he know about it p
sJust as you told him-and that is,
that you killed her while trying her
speed
81. could hear no more. He rushed to
lawyer and instructed him to commence
prosecution against physician for swindling.
Lawyer took fee, listened to statement, and
informed Mr. H. that he had admitted the
death of the mare on Saturday. Mr.. Il.
saw how matters stood, and started for home,
feeling as sore-headed as any angry bull,
at the loss of his money.
A few days afterwards, as we learn from
gentleman posted on the points. Mr.. H.
saw gray mare driven by his neigbor S.
What bob-tailed mare is that, S p iuquir,
ed H.
Mine
Possible? Where did you get her?'
Bought her from DR., in Pbiladel.
phia. She's not as good looking as the one
I wanted, but in point of speed I think
her fully equal
rWhat did you giveT
Four hundred dollars
Say no more. Let's drink
S. accepted invite-hithched lamp
post to tbe gray mares nose, and went into
H.'s dining room, to take something
warm H. did the honors. AS he raised
his glass to his lips, bystander thought he
pronounced an imprecation on 'the big
gest rascal in Philadelphia
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