Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-01-14
''Put up the Coin"
a TRANSACTION WITH MUSTANGS II SANTA


TRANSACTION WITH MUSTANGS II SANTA
ROSA.
A large crowd gathered Yesterday on
Fourth street, in front OF the Courthouse.
attracted BY the moving through the streets
of one of the old buildings from John Tay-
lor' : lot. The building was about fifty feet
long, had been mounted on four wooden
truck wheels with pair of wagon wheels
in front. to which a team of six stout m ules
were hitched Alter many tugs the old
house started. the driver yelling, and the
mud flying ali over the sidewalk, scattering
the crowd and bespattering the Goddess OF
Liberty on the dome of the Court house.
After an hours time they succeeded in
dragging the building about one hundred
and fifty feet Within few feet of the
crossing from the Recorder : Office to Evans
store they stuck fast, owing to slight rise
in the street made by the crossing. The
driver shouted himself hoarse. the six big
mules houndered about in the mud, but not
an inch would they bulge the old building.
! The crowd increased, and bets were made
| that they would never start it again. A
teamster from the rOdweeds. with four
mustangs, had stopped to watch the per
o rmance-a smooth-iacej. athletic young
fellow lie said nothing until. reused per
| haps by a splash of mud, he walked to the
| front Wping his face on his sleeve, and said:
" amt got but three dollars, but I'll bet
/ every cent of 1t that my four mustangs will
1 start that rookery out of there. There
was d derisye laugh from the crowd, and
/ half a dozen akers " Pat up the money, 8"
said the teamster II hsd more or knew
/ where to borrow any. Ia see the last one Of
you The bet was taken. Jerry Farmer
held stakes, the six mules were taken oil
and the four mustangs hltched on Mean
while the interest OF the crowd increased
and bets were freely made with big odds
against the teamster. When ready to start
the excitement was at a high pitch. The
little mustangs bent TO their work, but the
house did not move. lie started them again;
no 90. Nothing daunted, the teamster. in
answer to the crowd. who were chatting him
from all quarters, said If Jim Shaw
was here d get the money and bet $50 that
could start II. / amt got EN- warmed up
vet I'll bet you $50 against one Of
your horses, said a well-bnOwn livery man,
&c that you can't pull it i've feet" " rs
| q whack, said the teamster - put up the
coin The money was handed to Jerry
Farmer. the stakeholder Another tug :,
the little mustangs seemed to hump them
selves, but 1t was no 90. - II bet you an
other fifty agin that mares mate yOl can I
DO it. said the livery man. eagerly.
Done. said the teamsteT " II bet the
last hooi OF EN- Oh II. and YOU may swing
me TO one Of them oaks in the plaza il they
can do it, BY this time the excitement
was running high among the lookers-on,
and the bets were numerous one offered 10
bet 500 be could not do it, and the team
-ter got friend to take the bet for him.
Those who had watched the teamster closely
oh ifth hi
riOus smile on his countenance. He walk
ed up 70 each horse successfully. tapped
him on the rump with the butt end OF his
blscksnake, and said to each . Stand up
there now. in your harness For the first
time be mounted the near wheel. seized a
single rein, turned his team of " haw,
swung them back gee. cracked his whip,
gave yell, and a. they Strengthened, the
unWleldly load rose over the obstruction
like an old hulk ove- a swell at sea. greeted
by burst OF applause from the hy-stand-
er- The mustangs pulled for about twenty
five feet, and he stopped them. " Iou see,
boys, said the teamster, A. he got down,
&c ! m with them all the time and know Just
what they can DO, and with a child like
smile lust when TO make EN- do it \.
he dropped the stakes in his overalls pocket
be said " I'D give $50 out of that al
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