The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-09-23
TRAINING A HORSE TO BE SAFE.

1t is easy to teach horse not to be danger
Gus. 1t is easy, but it requires patience and
good sense in the trainer, and good sense in
the colt too. Some colts are natural fools and
can never have sense trained into them. 1t
is not at all difficult to train young horse to
be quiet and gentle under almost any cir
cumstanccs and if something unusual should
terrfy him, he would run to his master soon
er than run away from him. A horse prop
erly trained will always look to the rider or
driver, in time of fright, for protection and
pieces, when scared, he will, when he sees
you standing near him. and feels your hand
on his head or on the rein, put his trust in you,
and regard you as his only hope in time OF
danger.
This was often ILLUSTRATED during the war.
All who served in the cavalry or artillery
force have seen how terribly frightened a
horse appeared the moment the rider tumbled
from the saddle, 1t mattered not how loud
the thunder Of the guns roared in battle, nor
how great the confusion in the hour of deadly
strife-the horse seemed unconscious of dan
ger until left alone, without a rider or atten-
dant. The moment the riders hold was re-
leased and the stccd found himself separated
from the one he was trained to regard as his
protector, that moment he became turiously
wild, and would begin to neigh and run in
every direction, oftentimcs pressing into the
group in the front rank, seeming to find com
fort by rubbing his sides against the legs OF
the riders of other horses.
Every farmer who raises colts could, with
a little care, make them familiar with the sad
die and harness on their back or under their
belly, and also teach them to hold back q car
riage on down hill grade, by bracing their
hips against it. A horse taught in that way.
would not be scared if the rotten breast-strap
should give way or the pole break and let
the carriage against him.
Educated horses will always be salable
and bring paying price, A really service
able and valuable horse Is seldom seen on the
market, in any Of the large cities. Those
that are free from blemish are generally I'M
educated, and as dangerous at times as if
they had never been hitched to a crrriage
Farmers canrraise colts that will pay well, by
giving some attention to educating them for
the various purposes horses are used for.
TRural World.
TIE MAckEREL FISHERY. The Bay Fleet
have not come along very freely the present
week, but nine vessels having arrived last,
making twenty-five in all that have arrived
thus far this season. The fares average
about 25O barrels, and the mackerel are of
lllf qualify, DuI HOJ SO lstu us tlOSc caught on
this shore, and do not bring such good prices.
Bay ones have been sold the present week
for eighteen dollars per. barrel, four dollars
less than the first trips that were brought in.
Some of the fleet have shipped the mackcrel
home by steamer and reftted in the bay for
another trip, in order to save time, and the
prospect for the fall catch is considered very
good. A large portion Of the fleet went into
the Bay late in July and will make but one
trip. The shore fleet are doing fairly oflate,
and the mackereling season bids fair to be a
successful one. lGloucester Advertiser.
FIFTY SEVEN YEARS AGO, when Thurlow
Weed was printer in the Office of the Herk-
inner American, little German boy used to
come every day to the Office to borrow paper
for his evening reading. The boy carried
notes from and to a young lady who soon af-
ter became Weeds wife. The little boys
name was Francis Spinner, and he is now
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