Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-22
Horse Jockies, or. How the French
man wasSo i'd.

If any of our unsophisticated readers
have ever had anything to do with a ger
uiDe unmitigated. bona fide horse jockey
they will possibly be able to sympathize
with certain Frenchman; a passage ol
whose history has recently Came 10 our
knowledge.
The Frenchman in question having
adopted this country as his residence, he
wanted to procure for himself an animal.
the use of whose legs should serve instead
of his own. in The various peregeinations
he designed in the prosecution of his
search after knowledge. Being little &C
quainted either with hnrse jockeis or horse
flesh, he was previously taken in by "a
cheat in the purchase of n steed- He gave
a hundred dollars for mi SCRABBLE jade of
an old mare, that had beef fatiened up TO
sell. and it turned out 10 he ring
spawned blind and wird-broken. The
Frenchman, on discovering that he had
been cheated, went to request The horse
jockey to take back the animal, and re-
fund the money.
:.'Sare." said he, ''I'ave fetch back de
mare horse vat you sell me. and Want de
money in rny pocket back
"Your packet back. returned the jock
ey, feigning surprise, Il don't understan
you"
you not stand under meT exclaimed the
irritsted Frenchman, beginning to gesticu
late furiousiy. You not stand under. me.
Sare, by gar you be one grand rascalie-
you lie like sam--like sam--vai you Call
the little mountain? eh.'
Sam Hill, suppose you mean
sOui. Mohsier-Sam de Hill. yes, are
you lie like two Sam Hill You sell me
one mare horse for one hundred dollar
he no wort one hundred cent, bar gar
What's tie matter with the heast?'
.lIatiairl Sacre, Ma,ialr do you say? Wy
he is all maitair--he no GO at all-he got
no lcg-no feet. no yind--he blind like
ore stone vid dat eye--he go veheeze o,
veheeze O, like one forge hammer bellows
he no go over at all de cround--he no
irave,le two mile in tree day.--0ui, sare
lie is one grand scLeat. You must take
him. and fund the money hack
Refund the money. Oh, conld'n
think Of such thing.
Vat? you no fund me back de money?
You scheat me vid one hundred dollar
horse, dat can no 60 al az"
Inever promised yeu- that he woIld 60.
BY gar, vat is one horse good for ven
he no go? He is better as one dead shack
ass. by gar. Vill vou, sare, take the maIt
horse back and give me my money vat
paw for him?'
M sir, cannot--twas fair bargain :
your ewes were your OWN market, as we
gentlemen of turf say -
Gentleman de turf! You be no gentle
man at all--you be no turf--mon dieu
you be one grand Turque--one Shew- -ons
sacre dam deceptione. You scheat you.
own born mother you play one rascallt
trick on your own gotten father-You ave
no pri,ciplc--.'
The Interest is what look at
Yes sare, your interest is no principalle
You be one g.and rascallc scheaf. Nor
Dieu, very YOU die when you 60 TO? heb
De Diable black he fetch you no. tins
quick. by gar
Failing 10 obtain redress of the jockey
the poor Frenchman sent his 'mare-horse
| tn an auctioneer to he sold. But the auc
tioneef proved as great q rogue as th'
jockey, for he took care that the fees fol
selling should eat up the price he got To-
| the animal.
by gar.' sad the Frenchman, in reIatins
the story i be scheated all round. d.
shockey he sheat me in trade: and the auc
tioneer he sheat me in dispose of the ami
male. He sell me the mare horse for ont
ten dollar, and by gar he charged me lever
| for sell him. Mon Dieu. so be taken al
round in. lose 'lcven and one hundred
dollar vi in ny pocket clear, for one sacr'
dam limp lump. yeheeze>yind, no see q
AL, good for nothing shape of mare
horse, worse Is nineteen dead shackasses
by gar..
TIE TATTLERs Is not beip
that moves on The habitable globe. NOR,
liegra6ed or more contemplate than a tai
tier. Viscious principles, want OF homes
~, eerviIe meanness, despicable insid
uousness, from his character. Has b
wit? In attempting to display it he make
himself fool. Has he friends? BY IN
hesitatiDgly disclosing their secrets, ne wi
make them his most bitter enemies 3
telling all be knows, he will soon disco,
er to in< world that he knows but littl,
Does lie envy an individual7 His tongu'
fruitful with falsehood, defames his cha
alter. Does he covet the favor ofany one
He attempts to gain by slandring other
His approach feared-his perso
lnotad-d;e comnauy unsOu0l,f-and h