St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-08-27
An Editor on the Race Course.

The following is Mr.. EaIIr'S account
III his own paper of how Ii" did not
make success in running Il horse lace
II i given in his dlolIc>t and funniest
way :
"Thou"h y"u bray fool in Il mortar.
Vet he will not learn WISDOM" This
from the Gospel is Il direct slap at us
And this other passage. net in the Bible.
also refers to us "ENpclirnrc i Il dear
school. hut fools will learn in no ct her =
Not satisfied with our venture in the
It. ,Iuhn>hurN Times mlttcr and the
subsequent sad experience which wIcw
out of it. We .nII>t last week poke off to
the W""d> "i Wail>ii,ld t" >rprrimtrnd
Il ''ho~S truI ior the cdilicatiolI "t the
people in Mad River Valley. (nur val
ley OF humiliition'l and thc icpl,ni>l-
iny of ON collapsed wallet. said tow II
being forty nine and Il iIli miles from
ANY railroad. For genuine idincN and
pI" hc:ldc,luts> this transaction beat
ANY of ON former schemes out of >i"ht
l'ut then il proves the truth of The
h"nrll pr"Ncrh: 'Ihc older the fool
the bigger the fool" and We GUESS il We
pIogI,.~> in the fool business a. fast IN
he next fifty Years a> We have in the
past ten. We shall Ice entitled hl that
time 1" an idi"tic asy lum all I" our
selves. We'll. We hav" had Al Gloss
trot." 1t Was all oUrS. too. 1t WAS AL
Ncrtiscd Iii" and il was hi% (;I> Il %ciI.)
The hor>omrn were sold. (>onc of tlIcm)
the people were sold. Cali of thrm) and
if we hadm't left t"I the woods ~ We
did and when We did tive were att"i
pHn,) our 'claN cold cnI>c would have
hccu sold to he doctors toI dissection
To help dcfrlN the expenses of the TIVE
DAYS entertainment. Except III the
matter of rum and rows it Wa> totaI
failure. la these ii was Il magnificent
- success. The row We did not see. t"l
Ia lll appearances II seemed that the
..daN of Judgment" WAS too iucouVcn
irnIly neal at hand ior ON comfort
Therefore drcmin~ ''discrrtinn the hct
ten of Nalnr." and feeling that lit Wa'
:. not good fur II> to hr th'lr. "" !'r"k'
for the deep rccr>>e> of ''thc Wild. WIl'
woods" We did! We th"ugnt ii WA:
better To- hc II live coward III MmrI>NIIl'
than Il dead corpse III NaitSil"ld, W'ti
our classic cnuIit,n;iucc all pounded III
!. hN the tip>N dc>ccu'Icnt> of those Wh'
81 uohlE ..ud1cird each other at 'l)"n
nNbruok Fair." just then the tit >tlncl
:, u- Ia 90 .'hcrrNin to save hmN In@
And We went. Dur gait WAS moi slow
. and solemn. like the mca>mcd. mourn
ful tread of Il funeral procession. hu
like the speed of Il locomotive OF tn
7. SrIiptural War-hnl>c. that ">nIIll'ih tiI
battle from atIr. We jumped might
fences We lcapcd pIccipicrS. an
yaWming cha>m>. We dashed 10y l"al
inc c.l1aIictS. We showed bottom TIA:
I"at "FammN'S' most enduring w"I
and IL speed that has never been cN
ccllrd. thus proving that muscle
sometimes Nukrd with mind. We WEI
nd afraid Yea. we helicNc we wei
scared! We are the poet VIII" sighed
For i Inls, in some vast wilderness.
Sum, h"und,s- cnutiGuitN al shade
We found it. August l2th. at 3 T..
To sum il all up briefly, there were M
Iy. more than half enough receipts I" pa
cNucu>rS. This being the ca>r. "
could not pay the purses. The horS
men would not work their horses witt
crt ont pay. This il WAS that excited II
cr people. They said il WAS Il >Wim,l
and demanded their money back. "r ii
trot t" proceed a> advertised. This v
could not do. The result WAS il h
and Il demand for money at the tick
office This last they did not get. I'll
r, WAS the moment that "IIr pluck tr
ni>hrd 10y Mrs. Ohcr) gave "ui. III
sent rS hunting timber for our ne
Err house. We Thought of the c"upl,
y, too
VI He who fights and runs away.
Shall live tn fight another day.
~ only We didn't fJht. Our enemy con
not find us. We own up. We sure
der. We come. down. We ask par,lu
We humble ourselves. We are son
We ache. We stand treat. We >ul
cumh. We are willing tn have nothi
more said ubom il! We are content,
We shall get up no more ''hnS> tr"t'
but leave them for harkh.gS. who
REGULAR business il Is to swiudlc Il we
VT. meaning public. We have lost mon
and reputation in our venture in Il
llo regard. as it is right and proper
of .hould lose. We stepped ont of &
legitimate occupation L" make mon
" fast .touchcd pitch. and have he
deiiIed." We don't want any pity a
well kick the first one that offers Il
Y (whrn we get sufficient ''plnrk t"
itl No one who has served less I'll
three terms in state prison or one I
term in Congress. has amy business "
..ho,S trotS." KnaVrs. and knhNcS on
will succeed in them. Honest men
fail. As Il ho>s trottiSt we are MOI
success. Horse trotling Is not ON i"I
wesr But a> Il ,unnisf We have a Irc"fu
stands beyond dispute. We shall
and furnish this paper at 800 year
Il. advance.