Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-11
Jerry Bricks Horse Story.

Some twenty years ago was the
owner OF one of The prettiest Vermont
horses ycu ever saw. III" was n genuine
Morgan gelding, and you may be sure
was considerable proud of him Tor AT
all the meetings in old Berkshire he
took the rag off the bush in great style.
Unfortunately, one day, our hired man
stuffed him out with fresh clover without
my knowing il, and l broke his wind at
two fifty pace. He was irretIievably
ruined, for you can't cure the heaves. 1t
is rupture of an air vessel, and you
cant get at it to sew it up but you
can fix il by diet, and care, and proper
usage, so that you can deceive even an
old hand, providing you don't let him
ride or drive the beast too tast.
Wal, | doctnred, and nuSs'd, and
worked with that ere horse, until nobody
would notice that anything was the mat
ter with him except perhaps a slight
cold nothing to mind, much less to
trighten anyone and when got him
up to the notch, took him to Albany
aud advertised him for sale as belonging
to person down east, who Only parted
with him because he Thought hih too
hpavey for man who never travelled
less than mile in Two minutes and
twenty seconds. Wal he was sold at
auction, and knocked down to Rip Van
Dam, smart Albany lawyer, for five
hundred dollars.
AS IT, sale was all fair and ahUtes
board, did not hesitate 10 show myself
around town as any honest man might
do The next day | thought I'd go
down to New York just as reached
the wharf, ! saw Van Dam nosiug
about, and thought he was looking for
it, but walked ahead. Presently he
seized me by the shoulder, quite out ot
breath, putting and blowing like a por-
poise.
'Mr. Brick " said he.
Yes says that's ME, what's left
of me but good gracious you've got
the heavss, hain't ye ?--I rally hope
taint catching =
mo, haven't said he; but that
cussed horse has, and nearly broke my
neck. You knew he had the heaves,
and wasn't worth curse, when you sold
him to me; and yet like the whole OF
your tribe of long-legged, narrow-chest,
ed, slab-sided, lanternjawed, small:soul
ed, cheating, psalh:singing, lying Yam
KEGS, you said the horse WAS sold for nc
> fault. Now, unless you choose to return
I the purchase money, and take the inisera
BILE beast back again, I'll have you Or
rested for swindlihg.'
Look here, nay friend, said I, coolly
1T amt good to call hard names, nUl
make vain threats, nor use such swaC
|; of crooked words; as you've been hurtin
; your lungs with it's no wonder Joh'v'
got the heates but I'll cure you with
! otit &rapgln' if you mean fair, and i
you don't I'll just heave you over th'
wharf, boots and all will, by gravy.
Didn't you represent, when you SOLD
the horse; that the only feison you part
: cd with him was, that he was too heaUe,
tor man who never travelled mile il
less than two minutes aud twenty sec
onds r asked the lawyer.
i guess not said there was HI
guarantee of any kind made at the sale
-the bidders were merely referred 20 th'
I printed advertisement
'Very well, the advertisement SAYS so.
. Il deny that never put any sicl
] word In it, and I'll bet you fifty dollar
that it don't read So
Done = said the lawyer, Pulling out I
copy of the advertisement, 'Pll take
I that bet, put up your money, here
/ Vanderbilt-let him hold the stakes, anC
decide the wager at the same time
d The since famous Captain Vanderbilt
was then master OF the steamer OF
which ] was about to take passage fo