Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-27

got 'em bad.
/ w&s 70 much asba4ed tsai ! took
round about wa, 30 the stable, and in.
stead Of coming hotae like fresh, and gal.
SOa! cavalier, oa anYd gallop, ! walsed
my purchase TO the stable and disrAountcd
%itb chsfsd spirit.
\ well. dear" ssi1 Yrs, S. 9Th o face
beaming all oyer waL sniles. 'lloY Id
you like your horsefs rex l4.i ,hst be-
was aot quite so iipc esplale s,erse RS
anticipated, but ] al1sdN As.ghtQsiss -.
I for 2ood hutAor y Gyi4pathctic. "he Will
make e good b.o!%e. Ihihs, ..f.sr all, for
you asd the ckiidrerI 20 jog around witA.
in the wagon
Oh, won't tht.t La.t,lcasoatst' p said Mrs
IS.
Farewell, thso, tuiFl rides, Gad rural,
roads o mornings 'Aiter all, it is better
for your horse to. hn's pul@os@ry cos-.
plant than to have Z yourself.
!. had determiaed i.pt t. build H stable
nor to buy q carriage until have thor
oughly tested py laysa H. LarRess. E,or
this purpose aired 2 RockAway fro,n the
stable keeper. Thc4 put Mrs. s., aud
the yonng ones ia NJ doNhss, sests, 2nd
took the ribhoss fora li!lc drive. We
had passrd the ccmetiy when Mrs. s said
suddenlyr, "dear w lat ID .h. laat:ar with
your hose?"
He was going dowa Aill whh his aosa
olpaost to the ground. run=ing the wagoa
first on this side and then on the other,
/ thought Of the remark made by the man.
and turning again to Mr.. s., said PLAY
/ fnll, isn't he? The next moment | heard
breaking away in front, and then the
Rockaway gave lurch and stood still.
Upon cxamipGtioa found Il . new
horse had tumblSd down, broken one
shaft, gotten tbEoaS6 tho check rein
SO ~ to bring his head mp w:th q round
turn. and besides had managed to pnt one
of the traces ia single hitch around his
OF hind leg. So soon as had thken all
/ the young ones and Mrs 5. out of the
Rockawav. | set to work to liberate the
horse, who was choking very fast with
the check rein, and cut hia out in such q
way as to make getting home Ivy our con-
veyancc impossible. When he got MP
he was the sleepiest looking horse ever
| saw.
Then took the horse with rAe to get
him out Of the way of the children, and
went in search Of assistance, The first
thing the horSe>dd when he got about n
quarter Of a mile FROM tho scene Of She ac-
cident, was to tumble OF q bank. For
tunately the bank was aot over lour feet
high, but as went with him, my pam
falcons were rent in grievous place
While was getting she horse Gu his feet
again, ! saw q colored man approaching,
who came to my assistance.
The first thing he did was to pull cut
q large jack knife, and the next thing he
: did was to opan the horses mouth and
runt he blade two or three times inside
he horse's gums.
"Oah. sab, )" said the man, wiping the
blood from his knife" eft hadn't beeG for
dat, yor hos womld a bin goner."
"Wha. was tho matter with him?''
said I,
:. Oh, he's only iis got ds blina.stag.
gers, dats all Say" said he, before
was half indignant enough at tho man
who had sold me such all animal" say,
ant your name Sparrowgrass?"
i replied that was my name.
ooh" said he." knows you, l brung
some fowls once down to you. | heerd
aboOt your hos. Oats de hos dats got
de heavos so bad hoh! Yom bet,er sell
dat hos"
determined to take this advice, and
employed him to lead my purchase to the
nearest place where he would he cared for.
: Then went back TO the Rockaway, bat
| met Mrs. 5. and the Children on the
road coming to meet me.
She left a man in charge Of tho Rock
D away.
9 When we got to tho Rockaway we
D found tho man missing also the whip
c and cushion We had beautiful walk
, hume by moonlight.
l Does any person want a horse at a 10"
price? A good stylish looking animal
close-ribhed, good loin, and good stiilo
| sound legs, with only the heares an(
Y bind-staggers, and a slight defect in on'
Il of bis eyes? If at any time he slips hi
birdie and gets away, you can always ap
Q proach him 10y getting on his left side
II ! will also engage to give written guar
| rantee that be is sound and kind, SigneC
y by the brother Of his former owner.