Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-23

shuoh Ine lelns. honesty shook his head,
and gave a significant snort. A friend took
him by the bit, when he stepped rapidly
b edward, till the new buggy brought up
againsta tree. touched him with the whip,
when he reared and snortcd, and my wife
screamed. Don't whip him" cried friend;
''whipping never does any good to a CON
trarv horse" "IIe is an old offender l see
by his actions, said another.
The details Of this exhibition are not
agreeable to dwell upon. Neither coaxing,
nor whipping, nor pushing nor things
present, nor things to come, nor any other
creature, could induce that bcas, to even
drew the empty carriage out Of its tracks.
| asked n friend to take my wife home and,
leaving my elegant carriage iguomiuiously
led the obstinate brute to stable near by,
aud left him for the night
"a sadder and a wiser man I woke the
morrow morn persevered with Honesty
yet awhile, but, after being kept two hours
by his stopping in rainy night on Cam
bridge bridge, on one OCCASION and being
obliged to leave him in the stable yard,
when in great haste TO meet an engagement
at Lexington, ! reluctantly concluded that
he was not perfectly kind. My wife ha1
long since declined further experiments
with him. | was puzzled whether to admit
myself dupcd and cheat ted, or attempt to
cure the defect. | rode tie beast OCCASION
ally, and someimc3 drove him, with vari-
Gus succes7. One day had business at
Concord, at the county court and, with a
iiend. drove into that beauitIl village at
sunset. Court had Just adjourned for the
day. and my brother lawyers and clients,
and jurors and Witnesses were lounriur
about the hotel and the old elm on the coul.
mon. just as we came in front Of the Mid.
dlcscX Hotel, | observed my horse suddenly
to taltcr; then he stopped throwing up his
head, and jerking it sideways in a manner
remarkable to see, and SCENE quite he
wildercd. "lIe has q ft;' 'iunp out or you
will get hurt cried the multitude, which
at once surrounded us.
My friend oJcyed the call, and [ at
tempted TO DO so. just as the distracted
beast sailed backward over the shaft, nanl
Norham, s:eej and rider fell Down we
C.we in one miscellaneous heap. the car
r'uge essentially smashed, and his owner
ycxCl and disccmftcl A few days proved
1nt Honesty was subject to frequent at
tucks Of this kind.
But had not warranty, and am not
a lawyer? Spraieltway | commenced m
action FOR deceit It is u proverb at the
lar, that a lawyer who tries his own case
las Il fool for his client. | retained and
paid counsel. [ summoned and paid wit
Husses; l consulted and paid DR.. D2dd and
other experts. The case was tried, and all
MiJdleseX County was made to understand
how a lawyer had been cheated bya Jockey.
The jury rendered verdict in my favor
for one hundred and twenty-five dollars
damages, proDably upon the iien that a
lawyer ought not to recover more than half
that he is cheated out of. l gave my exc
cUjou to an officer with orders 10 arrest the
rascal, and told my counsel to oppose him
at every step and follow him to the end Of
The law.
After few months, my attorney sen.
for lac, and gave me the result of following
my directions The defendant had been
committed to Jail, where he had quietly re-
mained several weeks apparently happy in
the consciousness hat by the benefcent
provisions OF our laws, l, his creditor, was
paying one dollar and seventy-fve cents per
week FOR his board. Then he had given
notice Of his intention to avail himself of Il
further bencfcent provision OF our statutes
by taking the poor debtors oath. My
counsel had faithfully obeyoI Instructions
and opposed Kim there, paying for me, ac-
CoIding to law, two dollars per day to the
commissioners, while the examination was
pending. Finally, the vagabond had sue
cceded i'll swearing ont and my various
bills amounted to about the amount / had
first paid, two hundred and fifty dollars.
The enemy was free, but | was not.
still had that dreadful horse" worse than
lIr. Pickwick's, that nobody would take
away. ncighLo.iug horge-dealel offered
me fifty dollars, and | sold him, and took
bis note tor the amount. A few days
AFTER / asked him what ne had done with
him. lie said lie had advertised him to sci
a a horse sale in the city. l ha / a rational
curiosity 10 see the advertisement and
asked him to show it to me, which he did,
and it ran as follows:-"Black Saddle
Horse. A particularly fine black saddle
horse, perfectly sound and kind in all re-
ElCcts, and free from tricks"
! don't know how much he got for his
fine saddlc-horsc. | only know that | still
Ly.G lis worthless note ior fifty dollars.