Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-22

| rods, fei1 ooWn ana broke Doth thllls. He
then sent his wife home, and also sent to
Brunswick for another horse and carriage to
take him and the broken chaise home.
When the driver came, they dashed the two
vehicles together and started. All went we'll
till they came to the first long, steep hill be-
tween Lewiston and Brunswick on its sum-
NIT they held consultation. The professor
had an exaggerated idea of his strength, and
said, Mr.. Chandler, it il too mnch for the
horse to hold these two carriages on this steep
descent; take the horse out; will get into
the shafts.
Professor, replied Chandler, the breech-
ing is strong, and so is the arm-girth.
But the horse, Mr.. Chandler; it is too
much for the horse. Besides being stronger,
know how to take advantage of the descent,
and manage it better than the horse.
If the horse can't hold it you can't
DO you, sir, intend to place me, in point
of intelligence, and knowledge of mechanical
forces, below a horse? l have made mathe-
mates the study of lifetime
Il have no intention to be dsrespectful, sir ::
but know that horse understands his own
busness-whch is handling load on hill
better than all the professors in the United
States. was sent up here by my employer
who confides in me, to take care Of his prop
erty if you will take the business out of my
hands, and be horse yourself, you must be
answerable for the consequences.
This professor had habit, when a little ex-
cited, of giving a nervous witch at the lapel
of his coat with his right hand.
81 he replied, with most emphatic witch,
assume all responsibility.
The driver, in reality nothing loath TO wit
ness the operation, took out the horse, and
held him by the bride; and the professor,
getting into the shafts. took hold of them at
the ends. The forward carriage was just de-
scending the hill, and the hinder one little
over the summit, when the professor trod upon
a rolling stone, which caused him to plunge
forward, and increased the velocity Of his load
so much, that he was forced to walk faster
than he desired, and exchange the slanting
postion-with his shoulders well thrown back,
and his feet braced. which he had at first
adopted-for perpendicular one. At length
he was pushed into n run; the carriages were
going at fearful rate. At the bottom of the
hill was brook; on each side precipitous
banks. The professor was between Scylla
and Charybdis, going nine feet at leap. In
order to cramp the forward wheel, he turned
suddenly to the right. The shafts of the for
ward carriage went two feet into the bank,
breaking both of them short off; the lashings
OF the hinder one slipped; it ran into the for
ward one, breaking the fender; and both
vehicles turned over down hill, with tre-
mepdous crash, the learned gentleman de-
scribing parabola-one of his favorite
igures-and landing some rods away. He
rose from the earth a dirtier and wiser man );
knees skinned, pants torn, piece of skin
knocked off his forehead. and his best hat fiat
as pancake underneath the hind carriage;
and, looking round, he exclaimed, is it pos
sibe could have been so much deceived as
to the momentum 1t was prodigious
i don't know anything about momentum,
replied Chandler; but | know something
about horses. ! know it makes a mighty diff
ference about holding bac k a load on a steep
hill, whether the horse has two legs or four,
and whether he weighs hundred and seven
ty-fve or twelve hundred pounds
1t cost the professor thirty-seyen dollars
and fifty cents to ascertain how much horse
power he represented
John l.. Halls Comedy and Burlesque
Company, playing for the last week in Port
land to crow ded houses, are to appear at
Granite Hall Thursday and Friday evenings
of this week, on their way to Bangor. This
is the company whose beautiful theatre in
Boston was destroyed by fire recently. 1t is
of the larger cities speak of them in the high
est praise. 1t will be something entirely
different from anything we have ever had.
Mr.. John l.. Hall and Mr.. Morris were the
original comedians of the famous Lydia
Thompson Troupe We advise careful
reading of their programme.