The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-07-18
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Selling o Horse Jockey.

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I'm a certain small town on the, NIississip-
i. pi lived a man who made horso-trade-
iugla business He bought up horses for
q city market, and was considered pretty
good on trade C@ yeI.C,
One day, long lean, queer, green
looking specimen of the Western coun-
try arrived at the dock with boat.load
of horses. He inquired for the horse
=" Daddy sent me down with some
horses he said, in ahalf idiotc tone.
/" Who's he %
b "Daddy' ~ -FyyF
%. What do you want for your horses p
" Daddy said you could set yure price" !"
was the response. o" ''.' i.1' a'{ ''.irfii
'i" Let me 60 down and look at your
horses" said Brown and accordingly
they were soon at the boat. .91w5ip
Brown examined the horses and named
the price he would give for this one and
the country bumbkin made no objection,
although some'of the offers were not any
more than one half the real price of the
animal. One of the bystanders gently
suggested to the green 1countryman that
he was being cheated, but he returned /: I'D
g Daddy said Brown would set the
price HIMSELF" and so Brown had it all
his, own way.-,,.,... ..,'.. .s...............
At last, they came to another animal,
which did not look much superior to the
rest '''.'.' '' ~ s'I'
/" I must have more for that ,anermel,
said the fellow. ." Daddy says he can run
some" '."'''
Run!' says Brown, that nag can t
run worth cent" 5"" o D'hi "'-
Daddy says so, and daddy knows" IS
d" Why, I've got up to the stable
that would beat it all hollow" ".d 1..hhHal,
tGuess mot" said the fellow "a" Let's
try 'em III bet the whole fboat-Ioad Of
hosses on i'm" wod 'aaa ..r.iV .a.
Brown smiled. l#uo. d rr 3,rl. %
"Pll stake five thousand dollars against
your boat-load' said Brown winking to
the crowd, "and these men, sclectingtwo
"shall hold the stakes" % ...., .ua nI.,
Browns five thousand was entrusted
to one, and. the other went on board the
horse boat. sor,, ......., ...... .... ....,
One of the crowd started to remon-
strate with the poor idiotic fellow, but he
only responded :. -.... ,....,
Golly! dad told me that he could
run some, and daddy ought to lose 'em if
he wus such tarnal fool as to tell me
that, when he couldn't" '..'
Browns sleek racer was brought down
and Brown mounted him The country
man led out his animal and climbed On
his back, looking as uncouth and awk-
ward as the horse he proposed to ride.
The word was given, and they started
amidst the laughter Of the crowd. iu At
first Brown was ahead and it looked as
though the poor fellow was to be badly
beaten, when suddenly his horse plunged
forward and the horse jockey was left far
behind. Such going had not been seen
in those parts for along time, and poor
Brown was crestfallen, as the cheers of
the bystanders fell on his ears. r.. rr,
d." III take the spondulix," said the
countryman riding up, y" Dad was right.
The anermel can get round a, little" ".l.
Brown tried to say it was all a joke,
but the fellow would have his money,
=" guess | won't trade to-day" he
said, as he put it in his old rough, leath-
pocket-book. "Pll go back to daddy.
In vain Brown tried to induce him to
trade but he pushed off his boat, resolute-
ly saying, " I'd rather 90 back, and tell
daddy?" '''' l''' h,f4 -'''
Brown was completely sold" for he
knew at once that the green countryman'
was leetle shrewder than people imagin-
cd him, and had just came there purposly
to win his money from him. 2Iill O. h'.i
Next time he did not ridicule a horse
that " duddyN said {" could run some"a'
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