The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-23

He DON'T RUN WITH ME-Last Sater-
day morning. Tommy harpessed up the
buckskin on the beautiful pair of traverse
sleighs, made expressly to deliver the
numerous packages sold in tho store, and
set out to deliver. The tbils being short
and Buckskin feeling remarkably rantank-
erous, started two, three, several times to
run away, and Tommy thought perhaps
he had better give up sleighing for awhile,
and complained to Thad that Buckskin
had notion of running away but Thad
knew better, "Buckskin Wouldn't run with
him." So in twinkle Thad was in the
sleigh and holding the ribbons, and start.
cd for a ride about the village. After
taking few turns, the bank was reached,
where after transacting little business
with the gentlemanly teller, he started
back for the store, remarking before he
started that Tommy complained of Buck
skins trying TO run with him, but "he
don't run with me" The gait at start.
ing wasn't quite 2;40, but by the timc
the post office was reached, that slow
time was knocked into smithereens and
probably to get better view of the road
ahead, Thad took leap into the air about
ten feet, as the sleigh went through a
thank-ie-ma'am,b but after taking an obser-
walton came down into his scat again all
right; it being good dag for slcghing
and the sleighipg excellent, Thad thought
no would extend his ride across the
bridge. Whether it was that he had
some attachments to serve down to Or
well and was in hurry to get there, is
not precisely known, but he certainly did
drive much faster than seemed ncccs.
sary. Some people who probably didn't
know that that horse wouldn't run with
Thad, thought it was running away sure,
OF course this was mistake, for had not
Thad remarked only second and frac.
tion before, up at the bank, that he
wouldn't run with him be this as it may
the gait FOR horse that was not running
away was something remarkable. Some
thought it was flying. Anyway. Ethan
Allen or Goldsmith's Maid would have
been shut out by the distance flag in less
than fourth mile heat. 1t was perfect
ly careless and scandalous for q police of.
ficer to DO driving at such gait and
something Of the kind must have been in
Thad's mind as he came near the sign
hung across the west end of the bridge, as
warning against fast driving, for at this
point he went into the air to take another
observation Whether he went too b;ob
or got mixed up with the wire on which
the sign is hung, or not, We cannot tell ;
but anyway, it is the general opinion OF
those that were looking on that he went
up too high, and YVES too long coming
down, for his sleigh wasn't there when he
got down. Tho box and hind traverse
were distributed around pretty badly de-
moralized, and Buckskin, not knowing
that Thad was stopping, kept right on
with the forward sleigh, even almost for.
got that he wouldn't run with Thad, but
made up the hill, and turned into the
yard at the Phelps place. OF course
Buckskin wouldn't run with Thad, but
those that were looking on are ready to
back him against any horse that does
want to run away with anybody, and that
the time from the Bank TO the Phelps
yard can't be beat by Harry Basset
Longiellow, Thad Stevens, Joe Daniels,
or any other running horse. This run.
ming marc is now offered for sale, as any.
one can see by consulting tho column Of
| business notices.