Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-07

nv tram all day. day after day. hauling
rood The-e would 10 n man IN The woods
4, load ara ano.her q, the house to unlo,d,
/ In, ulysses oall drive the team.
AZ about ten years Of age be used to
drive pair Of horses alone, from George
/ town, where We lived, forty mites, TO Chr
einnsii, aud bring back load Il p4ss-n-
gers.
When Ulysses war /. Soy, II circus Or
aoy show came al NJ, in which lAerc Was
+ call fer sotnebody 70 come fprr SO aha ~,
pony, ne was always the nao 70 p's ssls
himself. and $ hattv eF Ia apdet'90A :.
he-ede Tai. rrs,tice be kept Up, Iu.i
IA, - n. "a I.-,e thst nc was aahnuieo 70
90 .-sen he was Y, a sho" came
4, rLich there was hiscnleYols
a'ons lined 70 70 round the ring ike
hon!, - and he was expected to throw
nov that attempted to ride him.
az" ,,w,iI any boy come forward and ride
this pony :" shouted the ring master.
Ulysses stepped forward, and mounted
the pony. The performance began. Round
and round the ring went the pony, faster
and fayicr, making tho greatest effort to dts
moun, the rider. But Ulysses eat IS steady
as II ho had grown to the pony's back.
Presently out came large monkey and
-prang up behind Ulysses. The people set
up great shout Of laughter. and on the
pony ran but it all produced no effect on
the rider. Then the ring mater made the
monkey Jump up on to Ulysses shoulders,
and with his hands holding on to his hair.
At this there was another and still louder
shout, but no. muscle of Ulysses face
moved There was not tremor oil his
nerves A few more rounds and the ring
msster gave il up; he had come across
boy Tia, the pony and the mondey both
could not dismount
Ulysses bad the habi. Of riding our horses
10 water. standing up on their backs. lie
began this practice when about i've years
old. At eight or nine he would ride them
at the top of their speed, he standing upon
one foot and balancing himself by the bride
rens The ground over which he used to
make these performances WAS little de-
scending towards tho river; . near neigh
! bor's boy who undertook to rival him in
speed, although without standing up, was
unfortunately thrown from his horse and
killed.
lie always broke his own horses. new
Or knew . horse to balk with him. He used
to get one colt perfectly broken, and then
put another in by the side OF him. lie had
a most wonderful faculty for breaking hors-
es to pace it be came known in the neigh
borhood. and people used to apply to him
to break their horses to pace; but he had
an idea that it was degrading and would
never undertake it.
One day a neighbor came to me and
said ULYSSES has . remarkable faculty &c
teach = horse to pace; have fine yonnl
horse now how can &c. Ulysses to teach
hin to pace =
Said /: you musn't say . word TO hiu
about il but send him on . mission u
some place. and get him, while he IS gone
10 teach the horse to pace"
Said he: IL will do it' So be cam
over again and said to Ulysaes: 81 want t.
send letter, in . hurry. thirteen miles, 4
Decatur, and will give you two dollars I
get on my horse and carry it,
, Ulysses was then nine or ten years old
, Ito was fond Of making money, and fond {
that kind Of business, and he answered =
! gill 60"
just as he was starting of, the owner {
the horse cried ont after him: II want y o
u teach that horse t. pace
y The horse had never paced step befor,
ii Bat Ulysses accomplished the task. He r.
=, TUNED the horse a. night perfect pace
The letter WAS al a sham; Ulysses four
= out the trick and nobody after tia. coul
Of ever get him to break q horse 10 pace
a When Ulysses was in his twelfth wear i
was very small for his age. At that time
had taken the contract 10 build the lail j
Brown county. The prison part was to b
Il OF logs hewn foot square and fourteen fee
long these hal 10 be hauled about tw
) miles from the woods where they were Gu
to the site OF the Jail. generally worke
smal, or medium sized horses; but hap
Is pened 10 have one very large one.
. mig abor had another about the same siz.
aud Ulysses was so anxious that shout
buy him, that he said 10 me one day "Fa
I ther, II you will buy that horse | will driv
team until all the logs are hauled"
agreed TO do it, but without any idea tina
lie could possibly hold out to work the tear
over . week-he WAS such little bit of
fellow. | even hired auother man 10 wor
the team and told him TO 20 along wit
Ulysses; but not let him know until the DO
WAS tired out, what he WAS hired for III
man accompanied him Tor number Of day,
when lac cams to rue and SAID There
no use in my going with that boy any Ions
err; he understands the team aud can mai
age i IS well rs can. and better t.,
u There's no use in my following HIM round
i Ono day, after hauling load, Ulvsss
took the team out, and said TO me.
9 The men are not In the woods. hewnl
o to-day. and there is 10 need of my goin
T back this afternoon, as | can keep up wit
0 hewng TO morrow; and there IS nobod
:, there TO help load
Nobody there % he P load :" said !
, "Why. how did you losi this morning.
oh. Dave and loaded" he answered
Dave was the name Of the biz horse Ia.
brought.
"l Oh and Dave loaded What DO yo,
'rcanF' said l. for | considered it absolute
Is impossible that q chi d Of his size shoule
have got such Immense logs into the wagon
without help
"les," said he, Dave and l loaded.
took y chain and hitched it on to the enc
OF the logs, and wc managed to got then
in
lie then explained how it was done. A
large sugar tee had been felled SO that il
ay aslsnt, one end resting on the ground
AMI the other elevated. He had hitched
the horse, Dave, to the end Of q hewn log
ani hauled it up on to this sugar tree, the
end projecting over far enough to back the
wagon under it. Three made . load and
when he had got three hauled up in this
way, he backed the hind end of the wagon
up under them. and hitched the powerful
horse IN front by means of . long chain
which extended over the whole length ofthe
wagon body, he pulled them one At time,
into the wagon. This was much talked Of
in the neishborhood, Is it was considered .
great achievement for b,v Of his size. lie
worked the whole sevea months until the
Job was finished. hauling these logs, and
other material for the building, with the e.
ception of a single week. That week I sent
him to Louisville. Ii was necessary for me
to have a deposition taken there, to DO used
in Law suit 10 which Was engaged IN the
State of Connecticut. had written more
than once about il to my lawyers. but could
not get the business done. II can do IT,"
said Ulysses. SO send him on the GRAND
alone. Before he started gave him an
open letter that he might show the captain
OF the boat, or any one else, il ne should
nave occasion. stating he was my.s son and
vas going to Louisville on my business.