Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-06-04
WHOLE NUMBER. 753..



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The horse knows his way home, candle
or no candle, therefore let him 6ud,it
himself and will give, this word Of ad.
vice to nervous aud INEXPERIENCED riders,
that they tuke TOO moch upon themselves
when they snatch at. the bride, as they
often do.--Whcn you worry yeus horse bs
pulling at the ,curb-rain (thel curb iiself, IL
altogether a wrong tbi0g) you distract
from his proper business He is a better
judge than you can be as To- the distance
his nose should be from the road, so that
he may see it to advantage IL is qpitc ~
mistake to bold up bis head The darker
the night, the uote freedom you should give
him Besides this, the horse finds his way
at night as much by tbelear as by the eye.
Even in broad day it is greatly by the
bearing that be does SO !; and at night the
other senses are quickeUed when The per.
ceptions Of night are at fault. The horse,
on an ccns,omed road knows perfectly
! what sort of an ecbolit is that shonld come
from every well known ga'l and fsGces from
the boarding OF barn, or from the wall of
! a gravel pit, aud he understands also The
no-echo when the road runs by the side OF
an cxpanse Of water. In still winters
night sound travels, s,twice is statute distance.
SO Il is that, in such a night, the farm
! yard dogs will bay enc anoher across the
country ct distance at which thunder Is
not heard My horse, it is likely, hears
the bark Of his own friend, the home dog,
before his rider begins TO listen for it.--
Then he is atieniive TO catch near sounds
which tell him . hat is the exact distance
from the ditch or hedge, on either side
The start Of "A rabbit 10 the woods, or the
rustic OF the cere leaves 10 the hedge, when
the weasel or the rat rushes np the steep
bauk, are notices to him of his lougitude
upon the width of the road and more TO
him than any other sound is the uuceasing
click of his own -four shoes upon the gravel
ly ,oad This music of the shoes, The charm
of which is well understood by horsemen
who are often homcsard bound at night,
has more meaning in II than may be mag
ined 10y those whose experiences are not Of
that order Ii tie sides of the road be
soft, if there be heather. or green banks,
the click Ct the shoe on he hard road is, as
one might say, an audible c}art OF the way
most Selvceablc for if once you divelge
upon the spuugy swa:d, even a stones
throw. it may be long before you get again
upon the beaten way home. This is not
all there is another kind Of guidance
y hich is wclcome, and it comes often for
; The. comfort of lho.e who Indeed are going
tight. This is what huppeus whenever the
! horseshoe the hind shoe most often, brings
a gush of sparks from the f,nt for
then L know that all is right 50 IA, althongh
thee may be dnts rerchance on the turf by
The roadside yet as these are not .beddcd
soil they put forth no sparks. Il is true
the lightuiny fish, once and again, which
sheds u A rc for ni5mcnt upon the naked
c boughS aud trunks of the trees, may show
I a traveller bis Place; but rot in the usual
way that is done by the flint ard steel Of
) the horse, tread, which gives goot illum.
Z inaion over the entire width of The road
In q journey by midnight The momentary
glare OF a fash OF ligh'ning, with its roll Of
S thunder, might be ikeued to the sudden
$ waking up Of deodened conscience, showing
o q man-to his diSmly, the reality of things
, in the midst of which he stIniis but no y
= these sparks struck out of the road itself,
e are comparable TO the whispered notices OF
7 good conscience which if man isa move
ing amid perpexities OF as in the dark,
seem to say to him ''rhis is the way-go
on ein'- Good Words, IS q ~