The Republican journal., 1876-09-14
Horse Talk

.u getting Il ncw horse. most people
5We a passion for horses quite fresh. Now
th- perfectly fresh look goes off in a horse
much sooner than most persons suppose :;
lNI though, provided he has been only
moderately worked for six months he is
utrusically a far better animal for use,
Hd sometimes improved to the eye OF a
432e from having lost some of his super
Iauv fat, this will not alter the case; he
toes not look 30 new This newncss does
tHi we suppose viii continue to put a
-alnp Of value on whatever is sought to
"e purchased by the generality OF man
eud. lo have the first Of a thing seems
4e rreat desidcIatum, whether in IA horse
,m thing else The dealer is aware OF
4~ nlatIation on the part ol lis custo-
Iuer; be knows the horse is Il better and
more useful animal than when he sold
bum, but he knows his customers would
nat Hike him rs well; Ac finds them horses ;
iu is NOT bound to find Them sense; and
I he or something else does, the new
horse will he preferred
This predlectoM for very Young horses
would almost lead To the belief that peo-
pie imagine that in every tour-vear- old
unused horse they have a right t. expect
given quauluIn OF work, as in every bot
lie II wine they have a given number OF
g.ue>es full Now il there WAS any ana
j -ic between the certain 0uantum oi work
G jhe horse and the Gurmtum of wine III
4 bottle. there can be no doubt but the
rcdiiection would be Judicous. The bot
lid from which two glasses have been
Lakcu is not worth as much by one sixth
H. Jttt u, iitat ,4tnt4ips fu.nl "A. .
-u If we could be certain that in every
tFe-year old horse there were twelve years
l work the horse that had been used
two wears, would, like the bottle, be just
one sixth diminished in value. But this is
not the case, the same calculation III no
way holds good between the two objects :;
INIT between Il horse and II watch some
hing like simlle may be brought To-
bear, as we naturally expect both to go,
amt 50 they both do more or less some 90
FelY well. some moderately so, some very
htdly, while some, tignratively speaking,
oanu0l 90 ut all. The action of both de-
pends beyond doubt in general way on
the scientific manner in which the work
M parts of each have been put together
ana the duration OF time that each will
continue to 90 depends on the goodness of
the material of which each have been
made. 1t we 90 to a good matchmaker
and pay him Il good price, he can be al
most certain in selling a watch that will
20 well, and continue to do so, from know
M the goodness Of its materials, and the
,klIl employed in putting them together
he manufacturer OF any other article can
be equally certain of its relative good
ness.
But we know Of no manufacturer OF
horses and until one is found, though oul
eye can tell us the horse that goes well
we must trust to chance as to how long he
will continue to 60 The soundness OF his
material can only be found out by trial
and yet such is the perversity or folly OF
men in general, that though some one has
rsked this trial. the horse none the worse
lor it Cndeed the better, } and proved to be
likely to continue a good and useful ser
Vant it is this very trial that will in nine
cases out of ten depreciate him in the es
timatlon Of purchaser [Prairie Farmer
Wisconsin produces 1905 bushels OF
cranberries annually.
Saving does not always mean boarding
The farmer saves his earrings who properly
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