The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-03
MR. BUTTERWICK's HORSE.
His Surprising Vagaries and their
Consequences.
By MAX ADELER.
By MAX ADELER.

In the early part of last summer, Mr..
Butterwick bought himself a carriage
horse. Before he fairly had a chance to
enjoy it, some business matter or other
called him out to St. Louis, where he
was detained for about six weeks. Du-
riag his absence Mrs. Butterwick assum-
ed the responsibility for the management
Ufthe horse, rs she knew as much about
taking care of horses as she did about
conducting the processes of the sidere2l
system, the result was the unconscious
Carent of infinite disaster When But
wife and talked over his journey, the
following conversation ensued, Mrs. But
terwick said:
You know our horse, dearest?"
"Yes, sweet; how is he getting along?'
Not so Uery well; he has cost a great
deal of money since you've been away
'Indeed2"
Yes, besides his regular feed, and
Patrick's wages as hosticr, l have on
hand unpaid bills to the amount Of 81, 900
on his account?
Two thousand Why, Emma, you
amaze me What on earth does it
meant
"TH tell you the whole story, love.
Just after you left he took a severe cold
and he coughed necessarily. You could
hear him cough for miles. All the
neighbors complained of it; and Mr..
Potts next door as so mad that he shot
at the horse four times. Patrick said
it was whooping cough.
"Whooping cough, darling2 impossi-
Bile! a horse ncUer has whOOping cough"
'Wel, Patrick said so. And as l
always give paragoric to the children
when they cough, | concluded that it
would be good for the horse, so bought
bucketful and gave it to him with su-
gar
A buck6tful of paragoric, my love! it
was enough to kill him"
Patrick said that was a regular dose
for a horse of sedentary habits; and ii
didn't kill him. 1t put him to sleep,
You will be supprised Henry, dear, to
learn that the horse slept four weeks.
Never woke up once. i was frightened
about it, but Patrick told me that it was
a sign of good horse. He said that
Dexter often slept six months on g
stretch, and that once they took Gold
smith Maid to a race while she wa:
sound to sleep and she trOted a mile IL
2,l5, l think be said, without getting
awake"
Patrick said that, did he?'
''Yes; that was at the end of the sec
ond week. But as the horse didn't
rouse up, Patrick said it couldn't be the
paragoric that kept him asleep so long
and he came to nae and asked me not t
mention it, but he had susp icions tha
| Mr.. Potts has mesmerized him"
81 never heard of a horse being 10 es
merized, dearest,
Neither did l, but Patrick said it was
a common thing with the better elias:
! ofhorses. And when he kept on sleep
| ing, dear, l got frightened, end Patrick
| con suited the hOrse-dOctor, who came
over with galvanic battery, which h'
said would wake the horse. They hxe(
| the wire to his leg and turnedO on the
current 1t did rous him. lie got uI
| and kicked fourteen boards out of th
side of the stable and then jumped th
fence into Mr. Potts yard, where ne tro'
| on litter Of young pigs, kicked tWI
/ COWS to death and bit the tops OF o
/ eight apple trees. Patrick said he tTlet
to swoIiow Mrs. Potts baby; but l didn'
see him do that
That man that sold him to m
didn't mention that he was fond 0
babies"
"But he got over the attack. The onl.
effect was that the paragoric or the eleC
trioity or something turned his halr al
the wrong way, aad he looks the queeres
you ever saw. Oh, yes; it did seem I
effect his appetite too. He ate up tn
hav rack and two sets of harness and tn
dasher on the beat carriag And on
night he broke out and nibbled off all tht
: door knobs on the hack of the house
and ate three sheets and pair of draw
ers from the clOthes-Iine, besides tou