The Republican journal., 1875-03-11
How to Carry an OK to Market.

When the Grand Trunk Railway of Can
| ada was completed IN 1860, many of the
farmers had never heard of, much less
seen, railway, but it soon got reported
around that passengers could travel by 1t,
and even cattle. A backwoodsman who
was indebted to country merchant was
pushed by the latter for payment OF the
amount due, and the only means of liq-
udating the debt was by taking a
fat OK to the Quebec market. For this
purpose he tied his OK on the back Of his
cart, and drove to the railway station,
distance OF nine miles. On surveying the
train, and seeing an iron railing around
the platform of the hind car, he conclud-
ed that that was the place to tie his OK,
which he accordingly did. taking place
in second class car himself forward.
Presently the train began to move OFT
slowly. The speed increased; quicker
and quicker it went The poor man got
very fidgety, the speed still increasing,
until large drops OF sweat became visible
on his brow By this time the conductor
had reached his car to collect the tickets
Nearly out of breath. the man ran to him
eXclaiming-
MY dear conductor, my OK will never
be able to keep up to this pace; it is not
possible"
"Your OK Keep up to this pace
What do you mean? don't understand
you. Have you oxen on board ?"
Not on board, of course tied him
to the railing Of the hind car
"You tied your OK to the railing of the
hind car? Who told you to do SO %
mo one; but that is the way we always
do in the country"
OF course the conductor could not STOP
his train before reaching the next station,
when, needless to say, on looking toy the
OK, they found attached to the rope pain
OF horns, with a small portion of the neck
Mr. Bergh could scarcely call this cruel
ty to animals, as 1t was not intended.
The humane conductor made collec-
ton among the passengers on the spot
| realizing Il larger amount than the o,
would have brought at market, which he
presented to the crest fallen farmer, who
Immediately returned home, vowing he
would never have oxen taken to marke
by railway again He has kept his word.
and to this day he leads his OK to marke
behind his own cart. Harpers Magazine
for March
COPS OMNIsCIENCE. God never forget
anything All his works, from the creation
OF world to the tinting of a leaf, are fin
ished-perfect Did you ever stand unde
a full boughed, heavy toliaged tree il
summer time, and pluck one OF its myria'
leaves and examine its delicate tracery
its colonng, the very perfection OF its lin
ished beauty, and then think of the count
less number Of such leaves. of the grea
forests whose luxurious growth covers ST
much Of the world, and reflect that anon:
them all there is not leaf unfinished
each perfect in its form and color
And did you ever pick q flower-eithe1
from cultivated garden or by wayside wall
enjoy its odors and bless its beauty, AM
stop to think how all the wide earth bios
SONS with such fragant beauty, and n
flower of them all folgotton-the SAM
careful hand filling each glowing hear
with perfume and coloring each leaf wit
care? When we think Of this omniscence
Of this never failing care, we feel some
thing OF the attributes of that Powerful
seen, yet ever present; untouched, ye
ever telt-who gives to the violet il
color, to the rose its fragrance, who tint
+ with beauty the tiniest leaf, and yet who's
o hand controls the planets in their courses
! whose fiat rules the countless world