The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-08-26
Observations of Men and Things.
BY OUR GEORGE.

to keep his boots we'll BACKED. and his second
is to take care of his health if he has any. and
if not, in spending all his money and getting
trusted for the balance in efforts to regain it
" hen you see man fighting first class case
| OF dyspepsia, YOU see one who cares nothing
about Grants third term. or the new Becchel
trial. All he wants is to invent some way sc
his stomach will hold a meal without its tear.
ing nm all to pieces, as if Il can of ntro-@y
cerine had exploded inside of him. He does not
relish eating dinner and then wishing he could
find man who would dig it out Of him for tif
! teen dollars. There are two sure cures foI
this terrible disease. Sawil wood and riding
horseback, and our friend Carter who had
starved himself nearly into an angel from the
effects Of dyspepsia, decided to ride horseback
and be cured. He had never straddled a horse
in his life The nearest he ever came 10 it was
when he fell over the clothes horse i'll the dark.
He owned a fine horse, and was confident that
lie would ride easily under the saddle. That j.
one popularity about a horse. They are al
WAYS easy on the back. when we look at them.
and as a general thing they are easier to look nj
| them, than when we Try TO make 4 clothes pin
~ OulSEll dllt mona tIlt Statute on. dIttl Dor
roWcd saddle He GOT an army saddle, one
! that had seen service. 1t had huge pommel
IN front, and Il high stoop behind, and as Gar
ter gll.j at it. he wondered why chairs We're
not made after that pattern. they would DC 50
easy. lie cot a bride with a curb rein on it,
! and lastly a pair OF spurs. considering them
handler Than whip Early one morning lie
arose, ,addlpd and bridlcJ his horse, led him
out and prepared TO mount. NOW, mounting Il
horse for the first time and eating An ice cream
are two different things. He led the horse up
| beside the walk, and putting one foot IN The
| >lirrup. he -ra~pcd his name with his left hand.
lust then the horse began to cd-t "a, and Car
Ter found himself opening like pair Of tong>.
He could not rel hi, foot ont of The sllrup, and
| he did not dare to step oil iho Wilk for fear he
would tear himself apart, and he all cg~ clear
TO his neck. While he wa mentally making
| hi- will, the horse turned little, which let his
foot ont OF The stirrup and saved his Ile, rs he
confidently thought. BY this time, Carrier conn
mcnccd 10 boil with rag. and he kicked the
. horse several times. smpl> tp remind lilm that
| he was u horse, and then led him up to the
fence. tnd climbing TO the top of il, grasped the
m:mc again and prepared TO Jump on, when the
| horse commenced to claw OH, and Garter found
himself hanging in the air as straight 4, a
clothes line. hi- feet on the fence ana his hands
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Carter drew up ON the rein and leaned back iii
the saddle The rear Of it dug into Ms back as
he danced up and down like a pea on 4 drum
head. Then he leaned forward, and as he went
| into the air ana came down on thrt pommcl he
| thought some one mad struck hn with a calkimg
mallet Affairs We're becoming desperate. Ills
horse was at full gallon, and his hat had blown
Oh and cac!: hair was ~tandm. UP and looking
! round at the surrounding country, At every
| leap Of the horse Carter seemed to pm apart
| like an Accoricon and when h. Struck the sad