The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-10-05

'Why, indeed - he echoed. ''Look
here, mate, I'm very sorry for this lit
tie mistake--I am, indeed. And
frightening the young lady and all.
What shall l do now to make things
square again p
'<Do! What can you do but go right
away?"
ae began to disappear. seemed to
breathe more freely. Then the shape,
which had almost disappeared, started
into sight again with a suddenness
which brought back the horror which
first siezed me. '''
some word sir,'' he said. ssI'm
afraid haven't come we'll out of this
affair. Now s'pose-I only say s'pose
II can put you on a good thing. It
may be a wreck lying in four or five
fathom Turks Island way it may be
buried treasure it may be only a
pot of money it may be coins, or it
may be statues but if I should hear
of it, and was to come and tell you, it
might go some way to getting into
your good opinion again.
"No," Ireplied. want nothing but
the assurance that I shall never see
you again."
He sighed.
"Well, sir, 1 feel that 1 can't go
against your wishes. l promise. No
malice, eh When we meet again,
which meet we may, there will be no
malice, I hope.''
Then he disappeared finally, and I
have seen no more of him.
have often wondered who Mr.. Jo-
seph Kirby is, where he lives, what he
has done, and how he managed to Of
fend my ghost. Perhaps if he reads
this he will throw some light on the
Yokohama business. And I should
like to get at the bottom of the affair
with Polly, and the Liverpool docks.
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Training Colts.
A writer, who appears to know his
business, offers the following on train
ing colts: A cool head, and calm and
steady nerve, with quick eye, will
go far toward success in conflicts with
even the most irritating animals.
Moreover, never forget that the law of
kindness is stronger in it's influence on
the animal creature than the law of
force. Remember this also: Do not
make much noise when having con-
flict with colt. Say little to him
and nothing to any one else. Do not
be shouting, ssGet up y ''Whoa !"
''Look out, there - and the like. 81.
lence is great virtue in a horse-train
er. A low.voiced groom is worth his
weight in gold about the stables.
A horse cannot understand sounds
like human being, and the less said
to him, for the most part, the better.
A few sounds, of course, are neces-
sary the word ''whoa'' being one of
these. This word should mean stop ;
it should never mean anything else in
the colts ears. Itshould be pronounce
ed in quick, sharp, imperative tone.
1t should never be drawled out or pro.
longed, as ii there were dozen as,
instead of one, after the 0, as is often
the case. Whoa means stop, and when
a colt hears it, he should stop, and
stop in his tracks, too.
The method is simple. Put your
bride onto your colt, buckle in pair
OF long lines, and, taking position in
the rear, start him again. After he
has taken few steps, say ':Whoa -
at the same time giving him slight
twitch OH the bit sufficient to cause
him to stop. Do not be rude or harsh,
but gentle and firm. Start him now
again, and repeat the sound and the
movement of the hand. The colt will
soon catch the idea, and learn what
the sound means. Then you can go
on, and teach him that it not only means
stop, but that it means stop instantly.
A few days OF this simple treatmentwill
suffice to teach him Thoroughly the les
son, which, when well learned, he
never forgets, and the real value of
which can scarcely be overestimated.
If the colt is worth $500 when broken
in the ordinary way, he is certainly
worth 5000 when instructed full in the
manner set forth. Any sensible man.,
in purchasing horse for family ser.
vice OF for fast driving on the road,
Will gladly pay $l00 extraif the breed
er can show to him that the colt will
stop short in his tracks at the word !;
for he sees that amid even the average
risks and hazards of driving, such a
power over the animal may prove Of
supreme Importance.
Non.Heading Cabbage.
| Last autumn [ was mourning over
an unusual numbar Of half-developed
cabbages, which were only fit to be fed
to the COWS, and mentioned the fact to a
Duchess county farmer, who is in
business in New York, and has lately
bought a farm near us, asking if his
crop had turned out badly. His ans
wer was that he had no more soft heads
than he. wanted, or to the effect
that he would feel disappointed if he
had not considerable number. Now
we, neither Of us, raise cabbages for
market, but for our own consumption
mainly, and I was utterly at a loss to
know what he could do with q quarter
Of his crop which failed to make heads.
He told me that he dug wide trench,
so deep that after some top soil was
thrown in he could set the cabbages
out in the trench as close as they
Eould stand, and their heads would not
come up lever with the top of the
ground. When planted, he covers
the trench with boards and brush,
corn-stalk, salt hay, and earth
on the top, keeping it open at the ends
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