The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-30

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Ct e , 4. shall ~ oa to carry.
= HID hs said this almost any other Day I
should have gladly accepted sths invita-,
tation, though I think. I should have pre-
fsrred riding on the reaper, rather thsn
any other work, for like most boys III.
ways did have = dislike forsWslking:
Somehow, itsseemed 8 though ] did not
hire out for the day, but Ionly said: sz<;t
What time would you like to have
me begin to carry bundlesl,'s 80 ttszss,4
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In = few moments the teams and mon
had gone to work in the field. But that
colt. l could think Of nothing else, and
the more thought shout it, the easier it
seemed Just to.go into the barn and get
: halter. knew 1could put the halter
on tho colts head, for had been allowed
to do that several times and lead him into
the stable. I had always found that it
WAS tho nearest way out Of tho stall to
climb up through the manger; not that !
WAS afraid Of tho colts heels. Oh. no!
but xhat,was the uso Of taking any need
less steps. .s:
Well, ina few minutes found myself
in the barn looking at the halters. Then
I took down the one that Dick wore.
Thought / would try it on the colt; then
brought around tho strap and fastened
it on the other side Of tho head,piece.
There now, thought !, why can take =
short ride. Uncle said that wasn't
heavy enough to hurt Dick. I haven't
had horseback ride since came here.
''Come Dick, come Dick" said I, pat
ting him and coaxing him up beside the
fence. In moment made spring and
landed on Dicks back. It would Be of
no use to ask you to imagine my feelings
at the next moment, for l haven't been
able to find words in Webster's una
bridged dictionary to express them my
self. The colt whirled around several
times, very much as the circus horse
does, but about ten times a. fast; then
the speed with which he carried me out
through the lane to the pasture WAS far
ahead Of anything have ever seen at
Dexter Park. I should Judge that it was
at about the rate Of lao. It was about
that time l thought Of '.Darius Green,
with his flying machine" I didn't mind
the flying, but wondered where and
how should light. ] wasn't kept in
this state Of suspense many seconds, for
the colt struck bee line for the spring.
Now this spring was clear, cold water,
and it had been dug out something like a
we'll, and curb built around It. Oh
dear, now he will throw me into that
spring, and I shall 90 to tho bottom of it,
and shall certainly be drowned; and
the yell which made then was never
surpassed by any boy Of my age.
don't know what the colt thought I
meant by it, but if it was possible, he ran
faster than ever but when within about
twenty rods of the spring, just where the
cattle had been to drink until they had
trodden the ground all up into = good.
sized mud hole, the colt stopped with As
much speed as he had been running. But
somehow kept going rs beforf, until
had plowed . furrow nearly across the
soft place in the pasture. Then I crawled
out just in time to see the colt wheel
about and make peculiar motion with
his heels which reminded me of those
springs Of which my uncle had warned
me-then ran away; and came to the
conclusion that the friendship which had
existed between that colt and myself was
''dissolved by mutual consent"
For the the first time in my life found
myself in the undisputed possession Of a
large amount Of real estate" to some OF
which was abort to give ''quit claim
deed by scraping the mud off my clothes,
when uncle and the men from the field,
who had been attracted by some noise or
other, probably made buzzing noise
while going through the airy came up in
great haste and out Of breath. All in.
quired 1t once, "Where are you hurt?'
''Hurt! Can't'a fellow take short
ride in the country, without attracting so
much attentione' indignantly answer.
ed. They locked at me for mo.
ment, as though they thought I had lost
my senses; but IS / continued to remove
that portion Of uncle's pasture which
had taken possession of, or which had TAX.
en- possession Of me, flor it was difficult ia
tell which way it was) and as that small
portion Of my face which was visible
wasn't much paler than blood bat, they
left me and went back to their work. !
thought heard them smile as they lef,
the pasture.
Perhaps you would like to know how
passed the remainder of that day, but,
like many other things in this world 'sthe
less said about that the better.''
There are many ways in which spring
can be used, such rs in making spring:
latches, spring-locks and spring-traps. !
think the best mouse-trap that has ever
been made was composed principally Of
= cat:spring. It has proved to be both
serviceably and durable. After it has
caught one mouse it will set itself to
catch another, and with good care will
last several years. Sometimes steel
traps are provided with a spring. But
my father has often told me ''not to tell
oil I know at one time," and / am in
clined to follow his advice, for if I should
tell all know about spring-traps, I
should be obliged to confess what caused
that scar on the forefnger of my right
hand.
am aware that time in the spring Of
the year is very valuable, SO / will draw
these lines to close, hoping that each
Of US will continue to draw information,
knowledge and wisdom from various
sources, whether presented to US in books,
the incidents and accidents of everyday
life, or in the inexhaustible field Of ma.
ture, which in years to come NAV Drove