The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-07-04


Ned'S proposition was agreed to, anC
he went one session to boarding school
and thus finished his education. He
came home again, not to work, but tx
act the gentleman.
Mr.. Armstrong being a wealthy
farmer kept, besides horses and oxen
to do the work of the farm, three blood
horses for the saddle; one of these was
I for Miss Mary's use whenever she
! chose to use it. John was fond of fox
/ hunting and kept pack Of hounds.
! Ned, or Mr. Gainer, as he was now
! being called, would sometimes accom-
( pany John in his fox hunts, using one
OF the saddle horses. Mr.. Green, the
brother-in-law of John, was also a fox
hunter and kept two blooded horses
sometimes Mr.. Gamer rode one Of
these and was made their equal among
their associates.
Mr.. Gamer now lived well, dressed
well, and spent his time very pleasant
ly. Sometimes he would ride with
Miss Mary to church, at other times
ride with Mr.. Armstrong, Jr., or Mr.
Green, or both. At this period, every
bONty WIZ IONtC hG an, IOSlC Oil IOISc
bacll-it was the fashion. The riding
vehicles of that day were heavy, lum-
herring two horse carriages after the
English fashion, the only exception
was the quaker one horse chair, with
wooden elbow springs. | would not
intimate from the fact of Mr.. Gamer
riding to church, occasionally, with
Miss Mary, that there was, OF ever had
been anything like courtship between
them-there is no evidence to sustain
such q suppositiOn. They were both
going to the same place, from the same
house.
One of Mr.. Green's blooded horses
was a splendid animal, bright bay,
black feet, name and tail e; the latter
slim, and reaching to his heels This
horse Mr. Gamer frequently rode,
while Mr. Green would ride the other
saddle horse, which was also a very
fine one. One day while riding to-
gether, Ned said: Sam, sell me this
horse | have got so accustomed to
his pace that [ can't enjoy the riding
of any other horse" Ned" said
Sam, don't ask me to sell that horse;
there is not his equal i'll the county"
Sam, / will pay you four hundred
dollars in gold for this horse in one
year-giye my note for it to-day"
Ned, say no more about the horse !;
| can't spare him, and Mrs. Green
would not part with him, as he is the
only one she will ride"
In few weeks after this converse
y 4H,~,,1r,t If "
and agreed to take the note, as 1T was
great price Two hundred dollars
would have bought any other horse i'll
the neighborhoCd at that day. In fact,
it took very good horse to sell for
one hundred dollars
Mr. Gamer now began to look around
the neighborhOodto to see where he could
buy farm to please him, as he would
be able topay for it inless than year :;
the limitation giveni in hisdreams would
permit others to handle his gold after
that date This caused him to make
frequent visits to the county town to
have titles examined. At last he had
selected a farm, agreed upon the price,
to be paid down in gold, but there was
some doubt about the title; such was
whispered by the neighbOrs. So, the
next morning after breakfast, off he
starts, ON his sIsIondiI horse TO tho
county town to have the title of that
particular farm thoroughly traced, as
he had set his heart on that as his fU-
ture home
That night he did not return. The
next and the next night came and no
return of Ned or the horse. A flood
of light broke in upon the two families
he had feeced. His trunk was broken
open, and behold about half a peck
of bright new pennies presented them
selves to the astonished gaze of the be
holders
There were 30 railroads in those
days; no telegraph wires over which
the news could fly. The fastest loco
motive power was a horse. Ned was
we'll mounted, two or three days ahead,
and some borrowed money in his
pocket.
How the neighbors talked, how they
shook their sides with laughter, must
be left to the eimaginatiOn of the reader
Some said the joke was too good /;
others said it was too bad, but about
its quality of good or bad they were
not disposed to quarrel. The fact had
been demonstrated for the ten thous-
andth time that cit is not all gold that
glitters."
THE Poughkeepsie Press, in reply to
q suopestion that the exhibiting bear
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