Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-11
Mark twain a. An Eoue,triau.

In recent lecture on Nevada, delivered in
Chicago, Mark Twain told Of "horse trade"
time at CarsOn City.
Everybody rode horseback in that town. I
never saw such magnificent horsemanship as
that displayed in Carson streets every day, aud
i did envy tn m, though i was not much of a
L"rsenan. But hal soon learned to tell a
horse from a Cow, and WAS burning with impa-
thence to learn more. was determined to have
horse and ride myself. Whilst this thought
was ranking in my mind. the auctioneer came
that was bumped and - like a dromedary
and fearfuliy hOmelv. Hewas going at "twenty,
t"enty-two-two dollars, for horse, saddle and
bride"
man standing near me-whom didn't
lHow, but WHO turned ont to De the auctioneer's
lTOther-notlced the wIstfui look in my eye, and
going at such price, let alone the saddle and
Bride. i said I had half notion TO bid.
a. Now" he says, 81 know that horse. know
him well. You are stranger, L take il. You
might think H. is an American horse, but he is
not anything OF the kind. He is a Mexican
I,ug-that's what he ia genuine Mexican
pug but there was something else about that
mans way OF saying it, that made me- just
determine that would own a genuine Mexican
liug-n it took eve ~ cent had. And said,
- Has he any other advantages ?' He hooked
lis finger in the pocket of his army shirt and
l. d me to one side and uttered, as hi don't say
word! He can outbuck any horse in America;
he can oatbuck any horse in the world" just
then the auctioneer came along. Twenty
four, twenty. four dollars for the horse, saddle
and Bride" I said, sTwenty-seyen!- aSoldv,
took the genuine MEXICAN plug, paid for him,
Put him in livery stable, let him get something
to eat and get res'ed, and then in the afternoon
j brought him out in the plaza, and some of
TIE citizens held him by the head, and others
held him down To the earth by the tail, and
got on him. And as >oon as those people let 60
he put all his feet in a bunch together, let his
back sag down, and then he arched it up sud-
Genly, and sot me one hundred and eighty yards;
and came down again, straight down, and
lighted in the saddle. and went up again And
when came down the next time i lit on his
neck, and seized him, and slid back into the sad
Gle, and held on. Then he raised himself
straight up in the air on his hind feet and lust
stepped round like member of Congress,
and then he came down and went up
the other way and just walked around
on his hant Just as schOO-bOy would.
hen he came down all fours again with the
ame OLD process Of shooting me up i'm the air,
and the third time went up heard man say,
sOh, don't he buck!' So that was ..buckiHg."
! was very glad TO know it. Not that 1 was en-
Joying II, but then had been taking a general
cert Of interest In il and had naturally desired
to know what the name OF il was. And whilst
was up somebody hit the horse a whack with a
strap. and when got down again the genuine
At this point of the interesting scene. kind
D. arted stranger came to the rider, told him
rious terms, and gave him the comforting infor-
nation that anybody in town could have told
hi m all about the horse if he had inquired.
~There are 80 600 vacant dwellings in Paris
now.
@Good advice to ladies' is "never cross your
letters It's excepted"
~Eutaula Ala.) ladies are fond of fox-hunt-
ing.
~Men Of might are said to be those who can,
bat won't help YOU.
ga bill has been introduced in the Ohio
legislature to encourage the cultivation OF
forests.
~Mr. Cooley and Miss Kennev began the
new year Alright by getting married, at Lyman,
N ID: at quarter past twelve last Monday
morning.
SAn old maid, on being asked why she
didn't get married s'oner, replied, IL should if
Id been as old ss lam now"
@Young men and maidens, says some one,
make such slow On nothing nowadays that
il il almost impossible to be sure who has some
thing or anything.
@A young lady being asked by rich old
bachelor, ali no; yourself, who would You rather
be-" biushed, as she swsetly replied, Yours,
truly"
s%At the recent strike OF the telegraph clerks
in England, ten ladies employed in an Office
al-S struck, and what Is more, they refused to go
IL again unless their male companions were
q % reipstafeu