The Portland daily press., 1867-10-18
Miscellany.


Just at this time, when the Agricultural
Fairs, "half horse and half ruta baea," are in
their full glory, the following ANSWERS to
Correspondents" by the Fat contributor to
the Cincinnati Times, win be found at once
amusing and instructive:
Fl. III. Tor skany, N. Y.)--The celebrated
trotter Ethan Allen is not the Etnan Amen
who captured TicoDderoga. That WASH ms
forte.
,,AwHoRsE. Providence. r. L)-Dexter
never went to school a day In his life; he pre-
ferred to go to horse faces. he mas been
around considerable, and shown great deal
of dexterity.
GILES (Westmoreland, N. Y. Your
idea of chestnut horses growing from horse
chesnuts Is prepos,er0us. Horse pistols come
up from Colts revolvers, don't they? You
had better read some standard work on the
horse. fyou havnt any horse to READ 1t on
then read it on foot.
KEAN buffalo. THE "pale horse" never
trotted to harness that we ever heard OF, As
for trotting against Time, he is death on
it.
ANAL, (Portland,) Me.)-Horse shoes are
not obtained at the horseshoe fall, Niagara
they are grown on horse shoe geraneums. iH
FREE PRESS Boy detroit. Flora Tenn
pie wasn't out of the Mormon Temple, Salt
Lake City. 1t is another family. 81
j. W. +. cleveland, o. Will you please in
form me how to make a "horse tanner ?" Ans
wer,-Give the horse a dose OF laudanum
that will make a horse tanner than any thing
else, except shooting him. - B ~
WALT. STOCKING, (Albany, N. " Troy
hasn't produced any good horses in several
ly tor the Hellenic purse by the "Greek Horse, .
from Dublin, they became discouraged, and
haven't done anything in the horseline since.
The Greek horse was sired by Agamemmon
and dam'd by all Troy. s
FETLocKl( Sheboygan) Who has made the
fastest time over stone road? Ans-Old
Put, when he beat the British of the srock.'
He came out neck ahead, although it was
thought he wouldn't at one time. Shortly
after that event British racer, Major Andre
ran for big prize and came out neck be-
hind. =
TUCKER Rome, N Y.)-What causes
heaves in horses p Answer-Sickness al the
stomach. Horses are good deal like human
beings If they amt sick at the stomach
they won't heaue.
OAT BIN, tSt. Louis. My wife is teasing
me to get little sulky; where is the best
place to get one? Answer.-Right there, in
st. Louis. Let your wife receive attentions
FROM some other man, and ii you don't get a
little sutky you are different from most men
BRICK LA Crosse, Wis.)-Yonr plan fol
warming stable in the winter by setting fire
to it, might work If the stable was sufficient
ly insured. A neighbOr. OF ours built himself
splendid stable last winter, furnished with
all tue modern improvements, gas, hot and
cold water, DC. One of bis creditors got out
an execution on it and he-warmed it.
SCUTANAwEQUoN, Madison, Wis. GTher.
are all sorts OF gaits among horses. Some have
only one gait while others will take every GATE
they come to. No two horses run alike
" bic one horse runs to grass another runs
away to skin and bones.
ELwooD, Cleveland, Ohio,) writes: have
a black and tan mare, with chestnut teeth
ami sorrel eye, that is blind in the LETT fore
foot and iimps little in her light ar. other
wise ner intellect is unimpaired. Would a
course OF instruction IN Commercial College
be beneficial to her? Answer-Reckon it
wouid-couldn't say-told you all about it be-
fore-dont know how old he did when he
was-read our book on the subject-neyer did
and do now-hath it, don't it notP So
ANDY Cincinnati. You are wrong It
isu't necessary to build row OF bonfires
around a track in order for a horse to run
heot. Pools at the races are not exactly
horse ponds although men are nearly snffo-
Gated in them sometimes. 10
Nc.
The horse existed before the flood. He ac-
conipanied Noahs menagerie, as may be seen
by the representation of the embarkation of
that rare collection oil animals in the chill
dIen's primers. He has always been a iavor-
lite among the barbarous tribes of the east
their style being hostile. The Spaniard Cor
tez first introduced the horse upon this con-
tlnent during his fillibsuteriI expedition in
Mexico to ayenge the death of Macmillan.
The wondering natives supposed horse and
rider to be one-not won in a rattle, exactly.
but one and inseparable, now and forever.
I'm for the Declaration, &c. .-
The horse is very symBathetic creature
exhibiting most touching devotion to man.
If you are disguised with the world, and feel
as if you wanted to run away from everything
he will run away with you, like as not. The
strength of the horse is wonderful. We have
known Flora Temple to draw fifty thousand
at once. a
dramatically speaking, the horse is a
noun common noun unless he is an uncom-
mon horse; any gender you prefer; objective
case when balky; first and last person spoken
OF by horseman; singular number to sulky,
agreeing with oats understood.