The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-14
Neighbor Ups.
ON LEARNING SOMETHING NEW CONCERNING
PUMPKINS, AUCTIONS AND GEOGRAPHY.

A farmer came to town the other day
with a pumpkin weighing It's pounds
which he sold for s175. On being asked
how he raised it, ho said he paid five
cents each for the seed. The grocer who
had purchased the pumpkin offered tc
sell him back the seed for one quarter oi
that price, and the bargain being con
cluded, tho pumpkin was opened, and
over six hundred seeds found. 1.-THE
farmer" said Neighbor Ups, "was ou'
eight dollars and his pumpkin, except the
seeds, but he learned one thing and that
was, how many seeds there arc in q
pumpkin. Now, learned one thing last
summer. but it cost mo more than six
dollars to learn it," "What was that y
said l. "Well," said Ne -hbor Ups, 81
wanted two horses-one for fast driving
and one for my peach farm down in Del.
aware knew that horses were cheap
but in corresponding with several breed
crs, the prices did not seem to suit the
times, SO concluded to tiy u New York
auction. | looked in the city papers,
ahd came aero the flaming advertise.
ment of sale Of trotting stock be onging
to gentleman who was about to sail for
Europe 'on account of i'll health which
offered these horses 'nt your own price T
Pedigree faultless y Warranted sound
and kind for lady y Flowing names =
Tails sweeping the ground p Can trot
from 245 low down in the 20s' &c.
l went and examined the stock. The
tails were all there, and so were tho ped.
lgrees. All the sorrel horses were adver.
tlsed as sired by Golddust. all the blacks
by some Black Hawk, oil the bays by
Hambletonan. How natural, thought l.
l could not resist the temptation. l was
at the SALE The horses were sold and
so was l. For the fast horse l bought
an eight.year.old, 'low down in the COS.
For pole horse to my peach wagon |
bought one with little more vim. The
WIN didn't trouble me, for he was war.
ranted kind in all harness. and as 1 wish.
ed to send him down to Delaware, | was
given weeks guarantee. What could
be more lair u? / sent the ono to Della.
ware, the other | took with me to Con-
necticut to a trainer. How old do you
call hc'F asked the trainer, Eight,
answered l but he looked in ner mouth
and insisted she was only five. I smiled
b ''ndly at his ignorance, for had l not
her pedigree in my pocket2 is she
ugly :? said he. Kind as kitten said
l. Are you sure p said he; because
this is the frs. horse you have ever sent
me, and generally when a man has a
brute he can't manage himself he sends
it to trainer | guaranteed her kind
ness, ana wanted to sec a trial of speed
before l left, so that | could zee a
the end of month what i'm
provement she made. He warmed hel
up first, and gave her half mile at wha
| would call first class funeral gait
The time was over two minutes for tn,
L~lr mile. | was thunderstruck, and in
sisted on his trying again, and using th
whip moro freely.
"The second half mile was not beins
driven perceptiblY faster, but at the turl
coming into the home stretch the mar
seemed to hold her head up wildly, un
controlled by the reins, and dashed 70
the fence. She had the staggers or some
thing worse. In one moment more sh
would have been over the fence, whe
the trainer succeeded in throwing her
plunging few rods ahead on his ow
account, A magnificent $3.50 sulky wa
completely wrecked. FASTENED to tn
rescue. The trainer was just pickin
himself up l seizedrhis hand, as di
Bernardo del Carpio that of his dea
father. ! gazed into his pale face, q
did he and l might add as did Mrs. He
mans:
"' Up from the ground he sprang and gaacd BIT
who could paint that gaze
"'You're sorry are your said th
Sorry that I've just escaped death. g
sorry that my sulky is wreck and
mildly tried to hint about compensation
Compensation wouldn't touch one {
your greenbacks with ten.foot pole;
should expect them to be counterfeit
Compensation I'll compensation you
you don't get off these grounds in jus
two minutes | left as fast as | coult
the victim of misplaced confidence.
determined to see my Delaware horse 0
once. | found the horse had arrived
and that possibly he might be kind in a
harness. but they had not been able
get harness on him. We succeeded
tying up ono Of his fore legs, and the
harnessed him, but he was just as bad |
unharness. Going out early the ne,
f morning, found he bad kicked tw,
inch plank stable all in pieces, and WI
, hanging in the wreck with one of h
| hind legs. 1t was a great temptation
| knock him in the head with an axe, b.
: he is living to-day monument of spare
mercy. The gentleman whose hors
? we're sold 'is going to Europe : but if
; am not mistaken, the auctoneer is goir
to warmer cline. The next time
| get hold of q confirmed kicker, or OF
/ with the blind staggera, | am going
; take short trip for my health, at lea
. on paper, and send the horses to son
$ auctioneer who can furnish pedigree
4. suit, and who cannot help saying, 'kir
S as kitten, sound and kind in all ha
D ness, gontlc for lady &c. Somobc(
q must suffer as did |, or there would
e no truth in those lines
/, 90 lie has seen whatever thou hast seen,
h Encountered all that troubles thee.
Q Neighbor Ups and have just return
n from the colt stakes at Hartford.
!. the programme were two entries by p.
e mer & Morgan, from Stoniugton, Conn
t "Stonington, Conn; StoniDgton Conn
u said Neighbor Ups; " Stonington, Com
h where is that ?" When the race W
c trotted, Happy Medium three. year q
t from Stonington, Conn. won in 2:30
l. 81 krow where Stoningtou, Conn, lis now
il q1iotly remarked Neighbor Ups as t
" race was finished