The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1868-07-30


About half way up the main street he
came to dead halt l clicked my tongue
fer him to GO on. He never budged. l
touched him with the whip. He began
backing, and backed the buggy right up
on the pavement, and through a plate
glass window worth two hundred dollars.
Then he started down the street like
lightning, and ran over two boys, breaking
their legs ana crippling them for life. [
won't mention the expense | was put tn,
as YOU wouldn't believe me if | was to
give YOU the figures.
I was so busy attending cour. for two
weeks that [ hadn't chance to use him /;
at the end OF that time his lower jaw had
swelled up until you couldn't tell whether
he had got his head upside down or not.
So | drove him over to Johnson to see
what was the matter with him.
johnson seemed to feel hurt that the
animal should behave so. Bat he said it
was only little touch of the glander3.
So was more hopeful, and drove him
home again without any serious accident,
except that the horse SHE'D at chicken
in the road, and took the wheel off by
running the buggy into the fence
fence Still / didn't blame him much,
fer Mr. johnson told me that cit was good
for a horse 10 he timid-i;'s sign Of pu.e
blood ;"
The g'anders ddn't affect his appetite
any lie ate more oats and hay than
would have run al ordinary livery stable.
and not satisfied with that he chewed the
feed box all Up. and tried TO krock down
ayellow pine partition.
Johnson said it was good thing for a
hoss to be a hearty eater.
I l never owned a horse before, and / was
little SET up about it. SO [ thought [
would drive my wife and family in town
to church the following Sunday. He
went along Grstrate uutil lie came il front
of Fergusou's house Mr. Ferguson is
jealous of my having a horse, and our
girls don't -yeak 1, the Ferguson girls,
because they sad We were stuck up
about our horse.
Il hcn this animal arrived there he sud
/ denly began to s.agger from side 70 side
md bolt around ike u drunken man, but
ting his head into tree boxes aud Que
shine or other Ike some ol1 ram AZ last
he T.. over tie bank at the siac Of The
road, turned three or four summcrsaul,s,
dragged the carriage after him, and then
ae lay stretched out there apparently as
dead as any dummy.
The women had on their best clothes.
aud they were completely spoiled, while
Augusta sprainel her wrist 50 that she
! cou.an't DO stitch OF work for mouth
/ Aud tie whole Ferguson family stood at
| the window and smiled.
walk ed two miles to get johnson to
come and look at the horse. He came
aud appeared rs i. he vas provoked at the
horse for his conduct. Then he stopped
down aud stack knife into his neck and
| let out a barrel or two of blood, and the
horse gradually got better.
It's nothing but slight attack OF
blind s;aggers," said Mr.. johnson. "Ey-
cry hoss has got to have it. It's just like
the measles in children. Iti pass cf,
and he'll be better for it."
We got him home by easy stages to the
stable, and there he staid for three weeks,
until he seemed better. except that lie still
had touch Of the heaves and the Gistem-
per.
Shortly afterwards l had to drive over
10 Delaware city to see man, and gave
Jchuson fivc dollars to 20 with me, in case
the horse came to pieces on the road or
any thing Of a serious nature happened.
We started at daybreak, and had pro-
crossed about a mile ane half by dinner
time, whca the horse suddenly stopped
short and would not bulge an inch
| suggested that the barbed steed had
forgotten something aud wanted to 20
back for it. Johnson said
"No; it is only one Of his little tricks.
Most every hoss has some eccentricity or
other. Just let him alone for a minute
and he'll get over it."
We waited full three quarters of AN
hour. Then Johnson got ou. and under
took to pat him on the neck, and the
horse got frightened and kicked until he
got one leg through the dasher and coult-
n't get it out again.
[ asked Mr. johnson what he thought
we had better DO now. lie said:
! -, all right now. All really good
horses kick. wouldn't give q cent 10:
an animal that hadn't pluck enough TO
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