The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-03-25

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monty, the 'Great W eStern, man VINO Is
half horse and whole Yankee. He is the
keenest chap in trading nags that was ever
raised in New England, and 'canny York
shire could not produce his match ct TIA
king in the flats The fame of this excel
lent man at length reached the ears Of
another adept in the same profession, liv-
ing somewhere upon the Vermont line,
equally skilled in horsefeSh and the tricks
of trade, but not Courses on partial for
tune , equally renowned.
When the northern Nimrod- for he
was quite sporting character, heard Of
his rivals reputation, and particularly of
his boast that he could pick up any white
man living his pride was seriously hurt,
and hearing that the Great Western was
to be at particular spot, On particular
day, for the purpose Of trading horses, he
determined to be there with nag of his
to measure strength with the ycd0ubtable
jockey.
Accordingly, in anticipation of the
m eet' he began training and feeding a
worthless horse of his that rcjniccd in the
'heaycs' 'Some-if not more and by dint
of careful grooming aud a generous stable
diet, succeeded in making the animal look
as fine as lily bird on plum tree, as
the 'Corinthian' would say So he deter
mined to take the 'crtter' down by easy
stages, to the place of rendezvous. When
went into the bushes, and there occupied
some time in changing his toilet. He
went into the cover looking like a slap
up sporting gent; he came out OF it the
most verdant looking juvenile that ever
ate ginger bread at country muster. His
hair was combed smooth behind his ears;
he had donncd a genuine white wool bell
top; the great pewter dollar buttons on his
coat waist were near up to his shoulder
blades, and his homespun blue trousers
were tucked in the tubes Of pair Of as.
tonishing COW hide boots.
Reaching the village tavern he dismoun-
| ted and Litched his horse in the shed near
huge woodpilc laid in for winters con-
sumption.
In the bar room hc found the Great
Western and mixed company indulging
in horse talk and rum and molasscs. Our
hero gaped and listened and put in word
or two occasionally, which attracted the
attention of the Great Western to him
as fitting subject whereupon to exercise
his transcendant commercial talents. lie
accordingly offered to treat Green I'm
to the beverage the company was imbi.
bing.
At first the Green I'm Nidn't drink
nothing but cidcr-'scpt Fourth of July
and MUSTER but he was prevailed on tt
try little New England and commenc
cd course Of sprouts very fairly.
BY the operation of the third horn, ht
let on that he'd come down on business
for the old man. and he'd rode the ole
mans horse dreadful nice critter.'
The Great Western wanted to sec him
and the pair adjourned to the woodshed
The Great Western was much struck
with the appearance of the horse, and af-
ter satisfactory examination asked Green
I'm what he'd take for him.
lie amt for sale, mister answered
Greeny. The old man sets all creation
by him raised him himself. The critter
was loaled eight years next grass
But supposing | was to give you q
dreadful nice horse Of mine and thirty
dollars boot
Il dasn't to look at it, cap'n. If | was
10 sell that critter shouldn't never das'
to go hum again. Let's go into the house,
capn; its cold as Jerusalem out here. -
How much did you say?'
That black horse therc-and forty dol.
lars =
That black of yourn is pooty good old
boss that's fact-I was lookin' at him
fore | come in. 'Taint no use talkin'
bout it; can't 90 it-no how
Does he draw well ~
Seen him trot up bill before load OF
wood Just aSeasy!
We'll, said the Great Western, what
do you say to my horse and sixty dollars
boot?'
Lead US not into temptation as the
Deacon says. Gce-whittakin !--darn if
hant most 4 mind TO run the risk. Darn
if haintn he added, firmly.
But look here, my friend said the
Great Western, you must first satisfy me
cf his Soundness. Hitch your crittcr to
that big log, pointing to the largest of the
pile, and if he can draw it round the
wood pile III stand my eaer.
The Green Un accepted the challenge,
and the horse was put before the log aud
started. Now he knew very well that if
the 'crtter' was driven round the pile with
steady pull, the 'hcaves' would soon
show themselves, and nothing but cXGui
site tact could enable him to pick up his
rival. Accordingly, after pulling few
feet, he stopped the horse and began pat
ting him.
lie is a dreadful nice hoss, and he
knows it Poor fellow !-if the old man
was to see this here, Jerusalem! would mt
| catch it'
'All right, 60 ahead' said the Great
/ Western.
Another pull-another halt-and an
other speech from the Green Tn.
Just look at him! lie can haul logs
jest as easy. Can haul lumber all day
and carry a fellow a courtin' fourteen
miles at the tail O that, and never start a
hair. Pooty good old hoss-I rcckun.'-
And thus by easy stages he got round the
pile.
The Great Western handed out his
pocket book, counted off six KS and un-
hitched his black. The saddles and brl-
dies were changed before the Green Tn
seemed to come to his senses.
Hello, mistcr!' he exclaimed.
Whats the matter-anything broke ?
Take your tarnel money back. feel
like I'd been kicking my grand mother
The old man won't stand it, and can't
stand it no how. You can't have the
critter'
You're too late, my boy said the Great
Western, throwing his right leg over the
pig-skn. Hes mine-and d-d cheap,
! too 7
Don't you holler till you get out Of the
wood, returned the other. in his natural