The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-03-07

IIIS OnIOnk SOOl6 III
want worth the powder it would take +
blow him to old Beelzebub.
This like to have been the death Of Sol
he puffed and blosed and turned blue il
the gills-or would, if Old Sorrei haden'
left no chance for improvement in that VA,
and he began to rattle 10 the throat I'll
his wife thought he was . goner. SUR
enough, and burst . bowling and sobbine
in a most mournful and despairing way
His breath finally come to him. though; a
any rate enough Of it to let him tell the FL
der that il he. the minister, would go Il
work and shoe the old Sorrel without swear
! ing. he'd be cussed if he wouldn't turn to
and get religion. Sol thought that woulG
be a knock down argument, and it struci
him all up in heap when the Elder tool
him at his word and he said be would dc
it. So that very day the minister. be took
of his coat aud wert to work on that etar.
nal critter. that had clean beat every body
that considered themselves horse sharps.
for forty miles around. He commenced at
the beginning and learned Old Sorrel the
rudiments. and the FIRST day he used up the
greater part Of . bundle of hoop poles over
the hide of The confounded baulky, ugly
beast, without appearing to make much of
an impression on him either. Rarey hadn' t
been about in those days. and the Elder
went to work in the old fashioned way
The second day when he took hold of him.
he turned him loose in lot and went in
there, and ood awhile before he touched
him. They must have stood looking at
each other for about half an hour, Old Sor-
rel apparently remembering yesterdays
work perfectly well, and finally he turned
round aud sneaked into corner. looking IS
of himself as horse could. The
Elder had precious little more trouble with
him after that; he went up to him and
coaxed him, then hitched him into a buggy.
and drove him around the village as nice
As could be. and before night he actually
look him into Soils shop an put new set
Of shoes on him all round, with his own
hands without his offering to kick once
They afterwards put the horse right into
regular work on the stage line, and he
turned out the best and most willing horse
he Company ever owned.
The Elder had to go away the same after
noon. but he got out some hand bills before
,e went, stating that be would take that
stubborn. unmanageab e, baulky old sorrel
,orse for his text The cir cumstances were
generally known. and there was a power of
,urositv manifested to know what Kind Of
. sermon the Elder would make out of such
hard old text. Sol began to mend rapid
y. and the neighbors run him a great deal
bout his promise. But he had taken a
,reas fespect for the Elder after he had shod
hat Ill fred old sorrel horse that had kick
4 hlne blaxe. ,ut of him in such an agra.
ssina. manner. and allowed that RI his
vas :. Good as his hor,e bresk-
,r. Il vou1d be some sat;sfaction to tet n.
eiodf under hin. or course hiesvi(e did
4 ~ eo,1lds q heAn nm the ~ood aGnet. a.
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III kia6 of surmOu Elder Hohbe would
~ 81 thak courageous cd kicking sorrel
ufse that had not been seen IN Skovhegan
ncs the cattle show and the circus bad
9th been there the same day. The meet
~ house wouldn't begin to hold them, and
, the Elder went out into a grove and got
p onto stump for pulpit, and had his
sxt laid onto the ground. for the people to
ee 1t. And such an exhortation as he gave
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