St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-04-16

st company the first hour out with all sa,
II one an lron-gray stallion of Messeno
III blood Jack Mulaock rode him, WI
'r learned his horsemanship from buffa
y and Indian hunting on the Plains
't a bad school to graduate from. Te
! miles out of Knoxville the gray. h
h tianks dripping with blood, plunged IL
:, abreast of the mares shoulders and fe
dead and Gulnare and passed .hroug
4 the lines alone. had ridden ue te,7fJ
race 'cthOW whlp or SpW. With wha
: scenes of blood and flight she would eve
| be associated , And then | thought {
home, unvisited for four long years, =
that home | left STRIPPING, but to whic
was returning a bronzed and Draw
man. l thought of mother and Bob
how they would admire her of oil
len, the family groom, and of that on
who shall be nameless, whose picture
, have so often shown to Gulnarc "a th
likeness of her future mistress ;-ha,
they not all heard of her, my beautifu
mare, she who came to me from Tin
smoke and whirlwind, my batte-gift
How they would pat her soft, smooth,
sides, and tie her name with ribbons
and feed her with all sweet things from
open and caressing palm, And then
thought of the one who might come after
her to bear her name and repeat at leaSt
some portion of her beautv,-a horse
honored and renowned the country thro'.
/ because OF the transmission of the moth
er's fame
About three o'clock in the afternoon
Change came over Gulnare. | had
fallen asleep upon the straw, and she
had come and awakened me with touch
OF her nose. The moment | started up
saw that some thing was the matter
Her eyes were dull and heavy Never
before had | seen the LIGHT 90 out of
them. The rocking of the car as it went
Jumping and vibrating along seemed to
Irrtatc her She began to rub her head
against the side OF the car. Touching it
| found that the skin over the brain was
hot rs tir.. Her breathing grew rapidly
louder and louder. Each breath was
drawn with Il kind of gasping effort
The lids with their siIkcn fringe droopcI
YEARLY over the lu>treless ewes. The
head sank lower and lower, until the
nose almost touched the floor. The ears
naturally 50 livid and erect. hung limp
and widely apart. The body was cold
and sen>rirs>. y pinch elected no mo-
ton. Even my voice was at last un-
needed. To word and touch there came.
tor the first time IN all our intercourse.
no response. knew as the symptoms
spread what was the matter. The Sims
bore all one way. She was in the first
stages of phreniti-, Or inlamation of the
BRAN, In other words. u.J beuutiJal mare
ic'eS yoU,y mat.
Il was well vers"d IN the anatomy oi
the horse. Loving horses from my very
childhood. there was little in veterinary
practice with which was not familiar.
ln>unctvcly. as soon as the symptoms
lad developed themselves. and saw un-
der what trightiul disorder Gulnare was
laborlnE. put my hand into my pocket
tor my knife, in order to open Vein
There ws!> ,.o k1ut; there Friends. have
met with many surprises. More than
once IN battle and scout have been near
death but never did my blood desert
my VEINS and settle So around the heart.
never did such Il sickenng sensation DOS
>r>S me, as when, standing in that car
with my beautiful mare before me mark
eel with those horrible symptoms. made
that discovery. NV knife. my sword.
my pistols even, We're with NV suit in
the care ot my friend, two hundred miles
away. Hastily, and with trembling fin
-cFs. searched my clothes, the lunch
basket, my linen not even a pin could
find. | showed open the sliding door,
and swung NV hat and shouted, hoping
10 attract some breakeman's attention. .
lie tram was laundering along at tuIl
speed, and none saw or heard me. |.
knew her stupor would not last long. \
slight qulverlng OF the lip. an occasional
-pa>m running through the frame, told
me too plainly that the stage OF frenzy
would soon begin. My Cod cxclaim- .
nd III despair, As | shut the door and
turned toward her. must see YOU die.
""lnarc, when the opening of vein
would save you Have you born me.
my pet, through all these wears of peril,
the icy chill of winter. the heat and tor
nent OF summer, and all the thrunginr
hangers OF hundred bloody battles, only
% die torn by fierce agonies, when SO
near Il peaceful home ,
= But little time was given me to
NJ. |, =, 1.
ana ! must summon up the utmost pow
n OF eye and limb to escape the violence
't my trenzied mare. Did you ever see
| mad horse when his madness is on
I'm Take your stand with NE in that
ar, and you shall see what suffering a
iumb creature can endure before it dies
In no malady does horse suffer more
han in phrenitis, or inflammation of the
Iraln. Possibly in severe cases of cole.
probably in rabies in its fiercest form, the
,an is equally intense. These three are
he most agonizing of all the diseases to
which the noblest of animals is exposed
lad my pistols been with me, | should
hen and there, with whatever strength
lcaven granted, have taken my compan-
on's life, that she might be spared the
which was 50 soon to rack and
wiring her sensitive frame. \ horse
aboring under an attack of phrenitis is
Is violent as a horse can be. lie is not
erocious us is one in fit of rabies. He
nay kill his master, but he does it with
,ut design There is in him no desire of
mischief for its own sake, no cruel cum
ling, no stratagem and malice. \ rabid
horse is conscious i'll every act and mo-
ion. He recognizes the man he des-