Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-07-21
Butterwick's Horse.

In the early part of last summer Mr.
Butterwick bought himself carriage
horse, Before he fairly had II chance TO
enjoy it, SOME business matter or other
called him out to st. Louis, where he was
detained for about six weeks. During his
absence Mrs Butterwitk assumed the re
sponsibility for the management of the
horse, and as she knew as much about
taking care of horses as she did about con-
Quoting the processes of the sidcrcal sys-
TEN, the result was that Mr.. Butterwick' S
horse was the unconscious parent of in
finite disaster. When BdtttrwiCk returned,
and had kissed his wife and had talked
over his journey the following conversa-
tion enshed. Mrs. Butterwick said;
"You know our horse, dearestY'
Yes, sweet how is he getting along ~
Not so Uery well; he has cost great
deal of money since you've been away"
"Indeed 2"
eyes, besides his regular feed and
Patrick's wages as hostler, have on hand
unpaid bills to the amount of So 900 on
his account"
1.-TWO thousand Why, Emma, you
amaze mel What on earth does it mean 90
"I'll tell you the whole story, love.
Just after you left he took severe cold
and he coughed incessantly. You could
hear him cough for miles. All the neigh
bors complained of it; and Mr. Potts next
door was so mad that he shot at the horse
four times. Patrick said it was whooping-
cough"
Whooping- cough, darling? Impossi-
BILE horse Rerer has whooplng cough
"Well, Patrick said so. And as | al
ways give paregOric to the children when
they cough, | concluded that it would be
good for the horse, 50 bought bucket
full and gave 1t to him with sugar"
GA bucketful of paregoric, my love! 1t
was enough to kill him''
Patrick said that was "A regular dose
for horse of sedentary habits; and il
didn't kill him. 1t put him to sleep. You
will be surprised, Henry, dear, to learn
that the horse slept straight ahead for fom
weeks. Never woke up once. | was
frightened about it, but Patrick told me
that il was "a sign of a good horse. He
said that Dexter often slept six months on
a stretch, and that once they took Gold,
smith Maid to race while she was sound
asleep and she trotted mile in :15,
think he sand, without getting awake"
Patrick said that, did heY''
Il" 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 pare.
goric that kepthim asleep SO long; and he
came to me and asked me not to mention
it, but he hadsuspiciOns that Mr. Potts had
mesmerized him.
"I never heard of a horse being mes
merized, dearest' tr"r 20 tffi.ff
Neither did /, but Patrick said it was
common thing with the better class OF
horses. And when he kept on sleaping
dear, got frightened, and Patrick con.
suited the horse.doctor, who came over
with a galvanic battery, which he said
would wake the horse. They fixed the
wire to his leg and turned on the current
1t did rouse him. He got up and kicked
fourteen boards out of the side of tho
stable and then jumped the fence into Mr.
Potts yard where he trod on litter OF
young pigs, kicked two cows to death and
bit the tops off of eight apple trees. Pat
rick said he tried to swallow Mrs. Potts
baby; but | didn't see him do that"
"That man that sold him to me didn'
IN ention that he was fond of babies"
!" But he got over the attack. The only
effect was that the paregoric or the cleo
tricity or something turned his hair al
the wrong way, and he looks the queeres
you ever saw. Oh, yes it did seem t
Faifect his appetite, too. He appeared I,
be most always hungry He ate up th'
hay rack and two sets of harness and tn,
dasher on the best carriage And on,
night he broke out and nibbled Off all tn,
door-knobs on the back of the house, anC
ate three sheets and pair of drawer
from the clothes line, besides four GRO
quet balls and one of my old hoop-skirtsl'
n Door knobs, Emmay Has he show
d fondness for door-knobs ?"
Yes and ate Louise's hymn book
too. She left il lying on the table on tn
porch Patrick said he knew man il
Ireland whose horse would starve TO deatl
unless they fed him on Bibles. If h
couldn'tget Bibles he'd take Testamcnts
but unless he got Scriptures of some kin,
he was utterly intractable.' ~
A" would like tohave had look at tina
horse, sweet
" So we got the horse doctor again, an,
/. .hesaid that what the poor animal wante
was u hypodermic injection of morphia 4
calm his nerves. He told Patrick TO &c