The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-12-15
DA DY'> BOY.

In q cert in small town on the Mis-
~is~ippi lived a m4a who made h,.rss-
trading n business. H bought up
HORSES for a city market, and was con-
~idETed pretty g'Od ora n trade.
y ,e day. long, lean, queer. green
in0ki"g speGimen If ne West. RI
country arrived At the dnsk with p
hnat load of horses. He l. quired for
he horse jockey.
'Dl dy sent me down with some
horses" he said, ia a half idioIic
tone
who's hep
Daddy
Wet q do you want for your
LorSe~ 2
Daddy said you could set your price, :
WAS the response.
Let me go down anS lon< st vour
horses, and accordingly they were
-Onn at the boat.
Brown examined the horses. and
uamed the price ne would give fur thi~
one and for that, and tho country
pumpkin made NO bj-c5iOl, although
some OF the offers We're ,tog more than
one half the worth of the aninI4I.
One Of the hystanderS said tu the cnuu-
tryman that he was b si0g cheated
but he returned:
Daddy said Brown would act the
price and 80 Brown had iC all his
own way.
At last they came to another animal
which did not look SD much superior
20 the rest.
I must have more for that animal, ,
-aid the fellow. d td,iy says be can
run some"
'Ruu!' said B-o~n, the nag can't
run worth a cent
Daddy said 49, and daddy knows ,
why I've got one up to the stable
that would beat it all hollow
Guess not, said the fellow 'Iet'S
try 'em. III bet the whole boat load
Of horses on 'em'
Brown smiled.
'I'll stake FIVE thousand dollars
against your bpat load saii Bfnvu.
winking at the crowd 'aIId thp-s. two
men, selecting two, snail bold the
stakes
Browns five thousand was Intrus,ed
tn one, and the other went un b lar /
the horse OOat-
One of ;he crow srarfad to ren1n b.
state with the idirtic fellow, but he
only respnnd,.1:
q lily! dad told me he cnu'd run
some, and daddy ought t. lose, II he
was such tarnaI 6suI As 60 tell me
that when ne ciuldn't
BrIwn's sleek racer was brought
down aud Brown mpu' tel hin, The
countryman lei Oiit his a i'm 4 and
eIanh Ell nn his hack, Ippxing a. tIu
cputh AMI awk ward as the morse he
pr"p '--d To ride.
The word wa- given and they start
'-i mtd~t the laughter uf the ,.ruyyi.
at drst BrBVn " ~ 1T uh.' h..4 I. Ind
Il lonked as If the pror f-IlpV w4S tn
he badly bssten, when suddenly hi-
-horse pluug-d E'rvtrd and ihs. key
left far hehiud. Such gOi IA unf
been Eeen in thn~e parts for a Inug
time, and pbOr b r1wn Wa craSffaIlpn.
~ the cheers of the bystanders fell on
his ears.
I'm take the 'spnnduIix." said the
country man, riding up. 'Dui w4-
right. The anermsI Gus git al ,und Z
little
Brown tried to say It was all q
joke, but the FELLOW would nave hi
money.
4 guess I won't trade to day,' he
said. sS he put in his old rough lpathei
pocket. book. "pll go back to
daddy
In vain Brown tried to induce him
TO trade, but he pushed IF MS bpst,
resolut~ly saving, I'D better 60 home
and tell daddy
B-Own was completely 'sold, for he
knew st once thst the green iunfTy-
man was lPetie Ehrewder than the
people imagined him, and had j'isi
come here purposely TO win his money
! fr bm him.
Next time he did not Tidicule q
hnrze that daddy said could 'ruu
some.'