Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-05-11
rha Arab Steea.


Detroit Free TFeSs-
Yesterday morning man named Mr..
Fink, living in Maeomb county, brought
a horse into Detroit to sell him. He stated
to the crowd who surrounded the auction
block that he brought the horse distance
of II miles, but no one believed it. No
one believed the horse capable of walking
IL rods without falling down. He was a
horse OF many bones, and the old hide /
covering the bones looked like the army
blankets left along the Rapidan river. The |
animal was blind, lame in two legs, and |
he didn't look able to draw a stick of can !
dy of the sidewalk. And yet his enthusi- |
astic owner mounted q store box and be
gan:
Gentlemen, for the first time in the
history of Detroit, l offer you pure
bloOded Arabian horse. Poverty is an
awful hard thing on man, gentlemen,
aud poverty drives me to offer this Arabi-
an steed to the highest bidder"
The old horse drew groan and tried to
find something to lean against.
Mr.. Fink. ''When you laugh at this
horse you laugh at my poverty. He's
poor in flesh, I'll admit, but who ever saw
| fat Arabian steed? If he wasn't as he
is he couldn't run away from tornadoes,
as l have known him to do
|. 'EFifty cents - called out one of the
crowd.
''What wretch was that!'' gasped Mr..
| Fink. ''Who is base enough to bid that
paltry sum for horse which has made
his mile in two minutes and under? Think
of the first Arab horse ever seen in Detroit
sold for fifty centsi However, poverty is
an awful thing, gentlemen, and say fifty
fifty -fifty-eents -
He said so for a long time, and then
some one went a cent higher.
EsFifty-one!'' ''Now may l never see
another sun rise! Think of penny bid
on an Arabrian horse-an animal whose
hoofs has pressed the plains of Tartary-
whose speed is only equaled by locomo-
tive! So l am only offered ffty-one-
| ifty-One-one-one! -
The horse began to tremble and shake,
as if having the ague, and the auction
eer looked down into the face of colored
man and inquired:
FFWiu you stand by and see noble
horse sell for fifty-one cents? Why, man,
if 1 was able to keep that horse this sum-
mer I could win $4,000 on the race
course ~
The colored man jumped the bid to six
ty cents, and the horse was knocked down
to him without an instant's delay.
81 may come round and see you tO-mor-
row." whispered the auctioneer as he re-
ceived his scrip. eff I get some money
, Pm after 1 may want to buy the horse
back for fifty dollars
The cOlOred man procured rope and
leu his morse away. 1lt6 HOES0 Lll p0O
and stumbled along for half block, and
+ then uttered an awful groan and keeled
f over. The purchaser ran back to the sa-
loon where Mr.. Fink was drinking beer
and called out:
'tHere, boss dat horse has keeled over
: "Ah! we must all die!" sighed Mr.
( Fink as, he slipped his beer. 81 suppose
I it's the blamed weather. ~
S 'EBut whar's my money ?'' inquired tht
l purchaser.
3 ''Here in my vest. If you had paid nj
81 900 for that horse you might still fee
, proud of having bought the only Arabian
4 steed ever offered for sale in Detroit
The. colored man attempted to choke hi
e sixty cents out of Mr.. Fink, but he wa
!. bent over a table, pounded on the nose
: and dragged around over chairs, ana
: Mr.. Fink remarked:
''The man who gets an Arabian hors
and good pounding for sixty cents ough
a to be happy"