Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-09

Father said: '.Thats a handsome
horse you're driving. / should like to
own such horse myself"
"What will you give for him Z" said
the man.
DO you want to sell % said father.
: Yes, l do, and I'll sell cheap, too, y
says he.
y, well, says father, " It's no use
talking. for l haven't the moneyto buy,
with.
MAKE me an Offer" said he.
!" Well, just to put an end to the
tala, father says, g I'll give you seven.
live dollars for the horse. .
/ !" You may have him." says the man,
as quick as flash, "but you'll repent
OF your bargain in week.
. why, what ails the horse" says
father
"Ails him He's got the odd Nick
IN him; that's what ails him." says he.
elf he has will to go, he'll go; but il
he takes notion to stop, all creation
can't start him. I've stood and beat
that horse till the sweat ran off me in
streams; I've fired q gun close to his
ears; I've burnt shavings under him.
l might have beat him to death or roast
ed him alive, before he'd have budged
an inch"
"I'll take the horse" says father.
+" What is his name %
"George," says the man.
81 shall call him Georgia." said
ather.
Well, father brought him home, and
we boys we're pleased, and we fixed a
place for him IN the barn, and carried
him down and fed him well, and father
said, "talk to him boys, and let him
know you feel friendly"
So we coaxed and petted him, and
the next morning father harnessed him,
and got into the wagon to 20. But
George wouldn't stir a step. Father
got out and patted him, and we boys
brought him apples and clover-tops and
once in awhile father would say, Sc Get
up, George" but he didn't strike MIN
blow. By and by he says: "Ihis is
going to take time Well, George,
we'll see who has got the most patience.
you or [. So he sat in the wagon and
took out his skeletons
"Skeletons.?' said Poppet inquir-
ingly.
OF sermons, you know, Ministers
always carry around q little book to put
things into that they think of when they
are out walking, or driving or hoeing in
the garden.
Well, father sat there two full hours
before the horse was ready to start; but
when ne did there was no more trouble
for that day. The next morning twas
the same thing over again, only George
gave in little sooner. ALI the while
it seemed as if father could not do
enough for the horse. He was round
the stable, feeding and fussing over
him, and talking to him in his pleasant,
gentle way; and the third morning,
when he had fed and curried and har-
messed him with his own hands, some
how there was very different look in
his eyes. But when father was ready
to go, George put his feet together,
laid his ears back, and wouldn't stir.
Well, Dove was playing about the
yard, and she brought her stool and
climbed up by the horses head.
"Dove, tell what you said to George
that morning."
tsI gave him an awful talking to-"
perfectly ridiculous for him to act so,
that he'd come to real good place to
live, where everybody helped every
body; that he was minister's horse
and ought to set a good sample to all
the other horses, and God would not
love him if he wasn't good horse.
That's what I told him. Then I kissed
him on the nose"
ssAnd what did George do 90
"Why, he heard every word I said,
and when [ got through he felt SO
'shamed of himself, he couldn't hold up
his head; SO she just dropped it till it
most touched the GROUND, and he
looked SO sheepish as if he'd been steal
ing hundred Sleeps"
Yes, said Reuben, and when father
told him to go, he was off like a shot.
He has never made any trouble since.
That's the way father cured a balky
horse. And that night when he was
Embarrassing, he rubbed his nose
against fathers shoulder, and told him
as plain as horse could speak, that he
was sorry. He's tried to make it up
with father ever since for the trouble
he made him. When he's loose in the
pasture, father has only to stand at the
bars and call his name, and he walks up
as quiet as an old sheep. Why, I've
seen him back himself between the
shafts of the wagon many time to
save father trouble Father wouldn't
take 5000 for the horse to-day. He eats
anything you give him. Sis often
brings out some Of her dinner to him.
s'He likes to eat out of plate" said
Dove, ssit makes him think he's folks.
Story of the Big Squash.
The big squash Of Amherst Agricul
tural College farm, which grew so stout