The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-08-26

How arson Blake Subdued his
Horse .+gT.3Cs.

horse, because the folks in Greene
live scattered and he has so far tc 9
go to attend funerals and Wedding 8
and visit schools, you know bns
he never felt % il hs paould afford
TO buy-pne. But one nay he was ]
com ing afoot from niitreth and a.
stranger asked him to ride. Father
said, that's ! handsome horse you
aie=drivisg. Il should ike to own
such horse my self" ,Thl 9:t
.What will you give me for him7' 4
said the man. eiqg .rTEi
) DO you want to sell ? says ia.
ther. -o,+
gT.fes, do, and I'll sell cheap,
too, says be iaas7 Z.
:. :Oh~aell' says father, it's no use
taikiss, q /. 6sven's Ne money to-
bqy with 10 st-- 4
! Make pesa IN. Offer says he. q
well, just put an end to the (
talk says father, Il Hiil give you
seventy, five dollars for the horse.' d
sF-.You may have him. says the
man, quick as flssh. but you'll q
repentsof your barg ain in a week -
& why, what ails the horse P says
father. ayJ.pAs
sAils him? He's got the old
Nick in him, that's what ails him.,
says be-. If he ehasf4 will to go
he'll GO; butif he takes a notion
to stop. III sreation. couldn't t start
him. I've stood and beat that
horse till the sweat run off of me
in streams. I've fred u gun close
to his ears, I've burnt shavings
under him. might have beat him
to'tleath aud roasted him alive be-.
lore he'd have moved an inch.' ~
I eI1l take the horse says father
I'What's his nalne2 Ia-
| .George, say $ the man.
Il shah cali him George, says
father. @
We'll, father brought him home
and we boys were mi ghtily pleased,
and we fixed place for him in tht
barn, and carried -him down and
fed him well, and = father said,
Talk to him, boys, and let him
know you feel friendly So we
coaxed and petted him, and the
next morning father harnessed him
aud got into the wagon to go. But
George wouldn't stir a step. Fa,
ther bI ought him apples and Glow
er. tops, and once in o while father
would say. Get up George but he
didn't strike the horse a blow, by
and BY he says:J
'Th;s is going to take him. Well
George, we will see who has the
most patience, you or L. So he
sat in the wagon and took out his
skeletons
skeletons P said Poppot, inquir
ingly.
'Oi sermous, you know. Minis
'ters always carry ro1nd little
book to put down things they
think of when they are walking or
riding. Father. ssys he's planned
out many q serm on when be was
hoeing in the garden a5
- w ell, don't keep interruptiag
me, or I shall never get through.
Father sat full two hours before
the horse was ready to start bat
when he did, there was no more
trouble for that day. The nex.
Z morning il was the same thing over
again, only George gave in little
sooner.
'All the while it seemed as II
father .couialn't do enough for the
horse. He was around the stable,
: feeding him and fussing over him,
and talking to him in his pleasant,
gentle way (folks4say father can
quiet old David Downing. across
the street any time, by just speak
ing to him). and the third morn
ing. when he had fed and currie.,
md harnessed him With his own
hands. somehow there was differ
ent look in the horses eyes But
when father was ready to 60, Geor
gle put his feet together and laid
his cars back, and wouldn't stir.
Well, Dove was playing about the
yard. and she brought her stoo'
and climbed up to the horses head
Dove, tell Pop what you said te
I Georgie that morning
Il gave him an awful talking to,
said the little girl. 4 told him
was perfectly 'edicGlous for him t
;. act so; and he'd come to a rea
good place to live, where every
u body helped everybody; and tina
he was o ministers horse. and hal
:. ought to set good sample to ul
other horse, and God wouldn't low
him If he wasn't . good horse
That what ] told him. Then
, kissed him on the nose.
And what did Georgic DO ?
!. why. he heard every I'd
u said. and when l got through h.
$ telt so 'shamed Of himself h,
= couldn't hold up his head. SD h,
e just dropped it all it most touche,
q the ground, and he looked as sleep
It ish as if he had been stealing t
Q hundred Sleeps 5rg-
9 Yes, said Reuben, 'and whel
: father told him To go, he was OF
q like shot. He has never mad
Il any trouble since. That's the wa,
: fatfer cured a balky horse. AM
d that night when he was unharness
n ed, he rubbed his head against Ia
d theirs shoulder, and told him .
# plain as q horse could speak, ths
n he was sorry. He's :ried to MAKE
E it up to father ever since, for til,