Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-10-21
Aumuruns 9epartment.
DADDY,S ROY.

In a certain small town on the Mississippi,
lived man who made horse.trading busi-
ness. He bought up horses for city market,
and was considered pretty good on trade
One day long, lean, queer, green-looklng
specimen of the western country arrived at the
dock with boat.load of horses. He inquired
for the horse;jockey.
Daddy sent me down here with some
horses" he said in half idiotic tone.
"Who's he?"
"Daddy."
"What do you want for your horsesf"
Daddy said you could set your price" was
the response. -.
Lets 90 down and look at your horses"
said Brown, and accordingly they were soon
at the boat
Brown examined the horses, and named
the price he would give for this one and that,
and the country pumpkin made no objection,
although some of the offers we're not more
than one-half the real price of the animal.
One of the bystanders gently suggested to the
countryman that he was being cheated, but
the pumpkin replied:
daddy said Brown would set the price
himself" and 80 Brown had it all his own
way.
At last they came to another animal, which
did not look much superior to the rest.
Il must have more fur that snermal," said
the fellow. Daddy says he can run some" :"
"Run!" said Brown "that nag can't run
worth cent"
daddy said so, and daddy knows
"Why, I've got one up at the stables that
would beat it all hollow"
"Guess not" said the fellow. Lets try
'em. I'll bet the whole boat-load Of horses
on i'm
Brown smiled.
"pll stake FIVE thousand dollars against
your boat.load," said Brown, winking to the
crowd, "and these men" selecting two, "shall
hold the stakes"
Browns FIVE thousand dollars we're entrust-
ed to one, and the other went on board the
horse boat.
One of the crowd started to demonstrate
with the poor idiotic fellow, but he only re-
sponded:
"Golly daddy told me he could run some,
and daddy ought to lose 'em if he was sich
tarnal fool as to tell me that when he could
not"
Browns sleek racer was brought down, and
Brown mounted him. The countryman led
out his animal and climbed on his back, look
ing as uncouth and awkward as the horse he
proposed to ride.
The word was given and they started
amidst the laughter of the crowd. At first
Brown was ahead, and it looked as though
the poor fellow was to be badly beaten when
suddenly he plunged forward and the horse:
Jockey was left far behind. Such going had
not been seen in those parts for long time,
and poor Brown was crestfallen as the cheers
the bystanders fell on his ears.
"I'll take the spondulix," said the country
man, riding up. Daddy was right. The
anermal can git round Rttle"
Brown tried to say it was a joke, but the
fellow would have his money.
II guess won't trade to-day" he said, as
he put it in his old, rough, leather pocket
book. "I'll go back to daddy"
In vain Brown tried to induce him to trade,
but he pushed off his boat, resolutely saying,
"I'd better go back, and tell daddy"
Brown was completely sold, for he knew at
once that the green countryman was little
shrewder than people imagined him, and had
just come there purposely to win his money
from him.
Next time he did not ridicule horse that
daddy said could run.