The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-06

was handsome inan fuii 0eau, sdndy
hair, and very broad mouth-broad enough
to chant the praises Of all the horses.
"Sir," said he, jumping up in the cart,
she was ridden by his owner several years
in the late war, and performed deeds Of
daring unknown to horsekind! !" That was
too much. Out came the pocket-book-it
was short-horse crying at twenty dollars.
"My kingdom for this horse" cried /. The
man would not take it. He cruelty cried
him, with pulpit twang and intonation, and
worked him up to twenty seven dollars and
a half; there hitching, he finally knocked
him down. This great animal-this hero
and sufferer-found new master. He
deserved q new one. We asked If the
new owner had any corn-any fodder !
g Feed the gallant bay" said we, he's
served his country, he's ploughed forty
acres, and he's starved" We were assured
that provcnder he should have until ne was
rcconstructed-until he "felt his keep
ing;" and that is the ultima thule Of
the earthly felicity of horsekind.
A mule-a mule-"ho, gentlemen
here's the animal you wantm An aged
darkey led up mule-poor, attenuated,
and feeble. His tail was shaved without
the shears. Hair wouldn't grow on it.
His sides were covered with the bleached
and dead winters coat, which his system
hadn't the energy to shed. We never saw
mule die until this war, and here was
one that should have been dead so long
since that we believe they are recovering
their life everlasting. But these auction
GERS are the best men in the world. No
sooner did our wide-mOuthed friend see
the mule than his heart came up into his
mouth, and he began to apologize for him /:
Gentlemen" said he, this is good
work mule and by the by, he is not so
bad looking. He only wants little flesh
turn him into meadow and he win eat
and get fat himself" The poor mule
gently nodded his thanks, and the crier
cried himself almost to death to get him q
new master. The negro fearing that if it
went on much longer, he would have
to pay somebody to take him, begged
to be permitted to depart with his ass, to
which the soft-hearted aucti0ncer assented.
He must be good fellow. We endeavored
to make his acquaintance, but he had to
cry so much he hadn't time to take a
drink.
By this time the auction was booming
The shouts of the criers were deafening
| A forest full of locusts, a herd Of Bashan
bulls, could not have produced greater
din and confusion. 1t was relieved by
an occasional mellihuous lowing Of ma.
tronly cow with calf at her side, and by
the braying Of musical ass, who con.
ferred the greatest favor thereby upon
an appreciative audience.
One of our dear friends, the auctioneer
hit upon sharp tenor voice as best, amidst
the roar, to attract attention. He welded
a blue umbrella as an additional means oi
impressing the multitude. He stood in a
spring buggy with restless horse attach
ed. The rocking motion Of the buggy and
the occasional start Of the horse kept him
bowing like sand-snipe on the river bank,
and diving down to the seat to hold on oc-
casionally. How emphatic was he ! How
his voice rose with the subject, and how
he elongated his sentences! The horse
he cried was pony. Somebody said he
was little. ooh yes, little horse little
money" He was cried out for twenty
two dollars and fifty cents. The blue
umbrella did all. By sweep it ext0rted
the last fifty cents ont of bidder after
everybody thought the horse run up to
more than his valucl f'.l
The gentle cows had their little corner
to which the usurping horses drove them.
The most Of them had calves by their side,
and none gave less than four gallons OF
milk per day, and would keep fat on sha-
wings, with q scrimption Of bran sprinkled
over them! A crier who chiefly cried for
the cows seem to- have bad luck. They
were all held too high. He pronounced
the offspring Of one "a first class calf" to
no purpose. We formed at once a high
opinion of the COWS. They seemed to be
better appreciated at home where they
were known than anywhere else So DIFF
ferent from mankind ia 3 s4eaasg. !.
Far away to ono side Of the interesting
assembly, which We reached through many
dangers o: heels and horns and wheels,
was lot OF very fine horses. And here
INV muse her wing maun cover" }" she Is in
no wise equal to the task Of description.
| One by one the horses were culogised with
an eloauence unriyalled. II ID needless to
saw say who was there. He wsa truthful nan.
| His yeracity has never been doubted. The
first gay animal that came out, he declared
to be the prettiest horse. he ever saw. and
you may Judge what the otherswere But
most Of all, black horse took the eye d
the auctioneer and the crowd. Listening
to the eulogies bestowed On that parsgou
of . horse, that most excelliAg pattern q
ell horse kind, NE could but resaeNbs,
the description Of the celebssted Aarsl
Romplns, the propsrty of ap sstl9Mbll
lady, Mrh Amy Ulsden, Of fbleAsd spS
reyolptiopaSy memQgE Rpmnlps Wal
pressed by thN Ap,ASican eysn1 i1&o "a.
seryiee. He wa nel1e audnal, ~ Nh
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hsr sys, pefltionsd 6o1g gysaA " psr ~ II y
him, Hsr Psslloa = l6sth VII all