Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-10-13

THE MISUNDERSTANDING that the
horse is-next to the cattle, noblest
of animals, it is surprising how little
is known of its origin and early his
tory. To supply that manifest de-
iciency in general knowledge, is the
sole object of this letter.
The horse was first invented by
some greasy mechanics, who had
mandatory near by the city OF Troy.
This occurred several hundred years
before the Christian era. At that time
the patent Office at Washington wa
closed for few days, consequently no
letters of patent were taken out for
the invention.
, A man by tne name of Agamemnon
was foreman of the shop, and bossed
the job. For some reason they never
made but one, and that was made OF
wood-probably horse chestnut,
Full accounts were furnished the
daily papers of the progress and COM
pletlon of the work, by special cor
respondent who signed himself "Ho-
mer." Any one who feels interested
in the subject will find complete file
of these papers at the office OF publ
cation.
As hay was at that time very scarce
and worth twenty dollars per ton,
they fed this animal few score of
men who were strangers to the cltl-
zens of Troy. After feeding him once,
however, the mandatory failed for
the want of funds to carry on the
business, and to escape "due process
of law" made a consignment and sud-
denly decamped. The Trogans feel
ing compassion for the strangers
on whom the horse had been fed, went
out in the night and brought them in
to the city-horse and all. For be it
known, the good people of Troy ming
led with their feelings of compassion
a laudabie desire to see this wonder
full animal. They saw it, but it was
not a saw horse.
At that season of the year, horse
was pronounced "hoss.' From which
fact and the above cited action of the
Troians, we get the word "hospitality"
which originally signifed 1.-The taking
in Of strangers. The word "hospi-
tai" also originated at that time, be-
cause-owing to the hostility of few
Greeks-some of the strangers were
Injured.
The next mention in history of the
horse is made in connection with a
man named Alexander, who was also
called Alexander the Great. This
horse was afraid Of his own shadow.
achieved his honorable IT,
tie by turning the head Of the beast
toward the light. After that he wept.
Some modern hOrseiSts have improv-
ed on Alexander'S method by keeping
their horses to poor to cast a 0had-
ow; and they do it without shedding
a tear.
So much for the early history of the
horse. Saw horses and rocking hor-
Ses will not be considered in this ar
ticle | was led into making these re-
searches in ancient history by becom,
ing The owner Of a very valuable
steed
| bought the works of number OF
who pretended to be some
On the horse, and | was advised by
some friends to get "Dan on the horse.
But all attempts to get the Old Cen
tleman to mount proved trultlesS.-
Not having any chronOmeter, L have
been unable to time him very accurate
ly, but think he can go his mile III
less than forty minutes, or as sporting
men would say, ne can do 1t inside
of forty" have only tried his speed
so far by tying one end of ball of
Irvine to his tail holding on to the ball,
| started him in a right line, due
north. After3 it was all unwOund, /
measured the distance accurately
with foot rule and found it to -be
exactly three hundred yards. The
next night, without any previous train
ing he went through barrel OF oats.
In both cases the track was in very
bad condition.
As my horse is quite young-only
twenty-four years old feel conf
dent that he can do better yet. All
he wants is training. | have written
to Mr.. Bonner, who lives in New York
city, to see if he won't come up and
train him for me. Understanding that
he charges pretty high for such jobs,
| thought | would show that could
afford to be liberal, so have offered to
pay his fare one way and five dollars
week for two weeks. Expect him
up in few days.
If finally disappointed in his speed
| shall be ready to receive sealed pro-
posals for his purchase from all first
class boarding houses. | think he
would make about fifty barrels of soup
lie Roy Gazette.
HEN LICE.-"Wheatland" says his
hen roost is infested with hen lice
that the chickens refuse to occupy it
and wants to know how to dislodgt
the vermin. A correspondent, las
winter, said he destroyed the lice on
his premises and fowls 10 this way -
Mixed one-fourth of a pound of sui
phur in Indian meal, and fed it to thu
fowls three days in succession. Thel
mixed one pound i'll grease and daub
ed the hen roost. The lice left.
REMEDY FOR GARGET.-Mr. Georg
| Gould of Ware tried the fOlloWias