St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-15

allowed tp letter about and look on.
There We're two men above me, in
dul@ng in a dry ride" one ridden int
prnItGnrr, and the other still holding ou
, in his ob>iinacv. For the benefit o
, those OF my readers who are not tamilia
: with this mode of equitarion, | woul'
say That the mount in question is
| ral horizontally poised on four legs, va
l rying in height from six TO twelve feet
with another rail above it 10 which tn,
> hands at TIA" horse are tied to pre-
vent their dI-mouuling till the dry rid,
has induced "A change of heart, which, NJ
. saddle bci"g allowed, and tie animal,
: back beng sharp, is generally effected in
from ten minutes to a couple ot hours.
But the man who can ride an hour with
uut sincere conlrilion must have an equal
" Gallons heart and seat. Between these
= two mod = of punishment (the ride and
the tyirg-up) there is little choice, unles.
tine victim I,- some physical peculiarly
or complaint which renders one of them
-prriai'y paiutnl in his case. Either i.
generally 'iitcti>c,
Nor did the remedy fail in my case
Nv uarh> snh-lrd as my muscles began
10 @row wrary. and devoted more o
my attention to keeping in the least I'M
4. mtprtIhlc position, alternating my
w"j@hl in spells between my hands and
my toes. Gradually each member be.
came rlr,d after short period. | could
not Use my wrist, for more than a
minute without the blood becoming So
>raguamt ~ to cause in>upportabIe swell
IN" and rmg!m4 nor on tip-toc for a
Inu2cr period without my feet giving way
from sheer exhaustion.
These p riol- speedily grew less, till
even a lew seconds :, cmcd iutcrmnable :
my head swan. ANA | became faint and
icvcri-h. = il my resolution not 10 give
in held out firmly, nor did it succumh
;ll | WIS completely Frustrated. But
One hrlt-hour, more or less. after the
''riurarr hur-cman above me had Joined
hi- rom0ai. IN thr crr of peccuT and had
been released from his unwilling cques-
trian'-ru. 'tIu-i my >piril was willing,
IN, Il .-h vs. weak aud when the SER
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/ ,d>i-rr, though had rarely done hi,
. .pri cplu,it credit. came to me and said.
/ 'Nf nam. NY boy, best hc taken down
. 2uI ~ 20 " In: III better for yuu. my
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.,,r r,.,I. .. ''''N' ''' 1t"
b,,,.., ,r,, tear. ,uJ .,iJ ,.,,11 !,
a..,,i,,o. rather ,l,,,n cn.lmrs ru,l, PAIN
/ Tnr ,....,lrt r..nort.d ,h, .tat. Of the
cast, IT, I.i.ur,.u.tur Dlyi- whn nrderod
/ ul,. Al nYc.. t.,k,n down and son, nut tn
. tn. tltl.u, u.r,v. This WA, dome. and |
/ took ro my ur.k. ashamed of nv num-
/ .>hm"ur. t.u, >iill h!r,i-hcart.I enon"h To
o..yr. IN ir. ashamed for having oivsp in
Tu- ti,m. | wa, 4 uruu,hIv suhdurd
had -urcumnri 10 a stronger will than
my uwn. irI ,uti...rI a d.ur,I,no nun-
,~hm.lt t,r my contempt of aut.oritv,
nj hal no thought ot resistance left. |
WIS too rrr-;tilrn ever again to aftcmpt
.u. S.l.rrr-i .,ula..,n ,ni>m 10 dutv or the
orders OF my -uprri,r>. but became
lr:.r.ur. mruI,. aud very unhlppv. |
,v,I led al intercourse with mv.cumpan-
i'u>-,hoagh now that had @iycn up
my c>II c,u,-r-. thrv were once more
no,t grurr.u- IN friendly Offices and
WANDERED about alnnc in a deplorable
state Of mcura detection. No advice. no
oilers "t assistance, no cordial treatment
cnu,d w,au me from my dismal gloom.
Ni~ completely Illuminated III my own
ry,>, and tcIl lhal every one ought to
ehun me.
Bn was not rrcomciled to Lieuten-
ant DAVIS, and felt that until had re-
''I\rd his r'rd"" Tor my many contcmpts
could never a2aIn h"d up my head as
u man a"u u Gp"d >o.iIcr. Aud vet |
'."i n"t the Courage Ia 90 tell him | had
b. ca "a SHY member ot the company,
lat that would Try 10 mend; though |
Nncw hr w"n.d receive me frankly and
with good viii.
Aud =, matters went ON for weary
months, durIr@ which time | longcd with
an ra@'Inv>> cannot de-crib', tor recon-
''lIE' ION {" !.Iruirnant DAVIS and my own
-. "pIm II. We had been ordered To
in thr Army of the Potomac on the
Peninsula, Il hoped that more active
du.ieo w"uil bring about release from
my hyPn,hondria. Bat neither heavy
work ON Idrrnchmrnls nor the slcepIess
n4h:~ OF PICKET duty induced the desired
clan4c.
Bu N last came the terrible battle of
Fair Oaks. No sooner did the booming
"t artillery artillery and the rattle of
small arm, in our front tell us that
Srner.d engagement WAS imminent, than