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

"EEety last sqH RS owpsE. W I'll
do you know Mr.---P' mentionipr
ono of the richest men in the village.
repliea that ] was acquai9ted with him
"Well," said lac, "you hnow bis horse ~
replied that ] had personal acquaint.
aace whA hin. Well" said he, "la,s
the fastest horse in the conatry-mst SO
I'm wilin' to admit it, EYt do You
ks.ow B offered TO put py horss azia bis y
10 trotF ! had no money to. pri ND, or,
Soyther to spare but ! offered to. trot him
sorse at,in' hogsc, aad the winaer to take
both horses and I tel you.=-he wouloist
ae ;tr'
M,s. Sparrowsrass got little nervous
aad twitched pe by the skirt Of ny coat
"Dear, 3" sad size, "let BIN go."' as
spred Der ! would not buy the horse, asd
told the nan firmly would not ba,y his,.
de said very wolff he didn't sat twas
no use to keep, talkin'; but be- added
he'd be down aSin with another r.orss
next morning, that belonged to his broth.
er; and if le did.t suit ae, then didn't
want horse, With this remark he rode
off.
Tha ncxt n.orAiag was bright. and down
came the horse. He had been very clev.
cily groomed and hooked pleasant nndeI
the saddle. The nAah led him back end
forth before door. There. squire, is as
good a hoss as ever stood on iron" Mrs
/ s.. as' ed me what he meant by that.
replied that it was fgurative way of ex-
pressing in horse talk. that he was as
good horse as ever stood in shoaeather
"l1e is haa'sosp' boss, squire" said
the man. | replied that he did seem to
be a good looking suimal. but. said |,
"he does not quite coRae ap tie descrip-
ton of horse have read about Whose
hos was it? ssii he, ! replied that il
was the horse Of Alonis. He said he
didn't know him. bat, he added, tthere
are so many hosses stolen that the de.
scriptiops are now stuck up pretty com.
mon" To put bis mind at ease (for he
seemed to think that suspected him OF
having stolen the horse l told him tie
description | meant had been written
some hundreds Of years ago by Shake
speGre, and repeated it.
esquire said he, "that will do 70!
a song, but it ain't no p'nts of good
hos, Trottcrs nowadays 60 in all
shapes. big heads and little heads, big
eyes and little eyes. short ears or long eal
thick tail and 20 tail so as they have
sound legs, good wiAd, squire, and speed
well, they'll fetch % price, Now this an.
imal is what call hoss, squire; he's
got the p'ints, hers stylish, he's close rib.
bed. o free goer, kind in harness--singls
or double--a gooA feeder"
sIt seems to me" said /. "that there is
something the ma,ter with the left eye
"No, SIR" said he, and with that h,
pulled down the horses head, and rapid
, ly crooking his fore finger at the suspect
| ed organ, said "see thar--.lon't wink
Bit"
"Rut he should wink,"I replied
| "Not unless his eyes are weak" said he
70 satisfy myself, asked the man t
let me take the brille. He did so, and a.
soon as l took hold of it, the horse start
cd off in remarkable retrogade move
ment, dragging me with him into ny bes
!, bed of hy brid roses. Finding we wer'
trampling dowA all the best plants, tha
!. had cost at auction from fifty cents to I
dollar apiece, and that the more | pulle.
the more he backed, | finally let him h ave
his own way, and jammed him stern fore
: most into our largest climbing roses tha
, had been all SIMMER prickling itself. il
order to look as much like vegetable
, porcupine as possible.
= This unexpected bit Of satire in his roa
f change his retrogade movement toa side
long bound, by which he Airted off hal
, the pots on the balusters, npsetting m.
5 gladolutes and tube-roses in the pod an,
G leaving great splashes oil mould, eerrani
c ums, and rcd pottery in the gravel walk
S by this time his owner had managed t
D give him two pretty severe cuts with th
t whip, which made him unmanageable, S
: let him so. We had pleasant tim
e catching him again, when we got anon
c the Lima bean poles; but his owner le
G him back with very self-satisiied ex
e preston. playful, squire?"
It replied though he was, and aske
n him If it was usual for his horse to pla
n such prarks. He said it was not. "Io
It see, squire, he feels his oats, and hasn
e been out of the stable for month. Us
e him, and he's as kind as kitten. Wit
:, that he put his foot in the stirrup, an
IS mounted. The animal really looked yer
It well as he moved around the grass plo,
e and as Mrs. s. seemed to fancy him,
&c took written guarantee that he wa
,l sound, and bought him. What | gay
f. for him is secret; have not even tol
e Mrs. Sparrowgrass.
Q 1t is good thing to have sadil
@ horse in the country. The early mornn
e ride, when dawn and dew freshcn an
flush the landscape, is comparable to II
k earthly, innocent pleasure. There is on
;, thing about early riding in the country
/. you lind out great many things whicl
'e perhaps you would not have found o'
/. under ordinary circumstances. Iho fir
q thing ] found out was my horse had u
il heaves. l had been SO wrapped mp in II
l. beauties ofthe morning that l had N
% observed, namely, that the new horse ha
h been waking up all the sleepors on bot
ID sides of the road with an asthmat
Id whistle, of halfa.mie power.
er My attention called to the fact by Il
ID village tcamster who came banging aft
il me with his empty cart, shouting out N
7" name as he came.
,d "SpauygraSs;" said be as he came u
Sc, "that your hoss!" replied, it was.