The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09

Points tn Firm Iior.c- WHY NV Brofher-iu-
Law Didn't Catch ,hc Train.


My father down in the Delaware valley
reared her from the cradle mp. She ia a yellow
mare. about fourteen years old In person, and
twenty -ci-ht years old ia pure ku--ednc-@. Dur
ing her early career she wa fond of walking ur
to gates and fences and pushing tEcn down
| With her breast and wai,ing over This amuse-
mcnt on her part has led to many excursions
after her, through and around corn fields
where for a short time, the air would be oiled
! with yells aud clubs At one time she whi
breaking u gate down for the seventy-nlnth
| time, when she astOnished with charge of
| beans out Of shotgun. II was about year
after that before we could coax Rocksy through
| that gate. And for ten years afterwaId she
| would always get up and dust at the sound Of a
| gun, whether In funeral procession or on a
| moonlight drive. II the horse next To her When
| hauling In grain before An approaching thunder
storm CHANGED to start little slow, Rocky
would jump up with her fore feet on her mate 4
neck and look back at the driver II the driver
| looked mad she would get down for Ave min
utes and then up again, and SO on, until she was
! turned out TO pasture.
had been out West for some years and had
returned to the valley on a visit, where found
my brothcr-n-law also on visit He being
ready to return the next day to his place Of
business, was talking Of the same to his father
in-law The old man said
ain the morning will hitch up Rocksy and
the bay before the Democrat wagon and take
you az to the Port port Jer,isl dying. The bay
Is "A good traveller, and Rooksy cant I've beat"
The old man wouldn't have II said that Roe ksy
wasn't good horse, FOR he sometimes traded.
The morning came, and with It Rocksy and the
bay were before the Democrat at the door. My
brother-in-lnw and his wife and children bid The
fnlks vood-hv and climbed into the democrat.
My younger brother gave the whip IA crack, and
said Get up, lochsyi get upl'
Rocksy stood etatuesuue.
"Get up. Rocky" and the lash came down
between her ears but Hockey wouldn't budsc.
Then swearing and whipping followed, hut It
was no 60 Rock.y would occasionally rear up
on her hind feet, look back at the driver, and
grin.
Then the old man stepped up and said "Gye
me them lines. young man; ken drive her Ike
dot Boys kant drive, anyhow horses ne cd
kind treatment; Jest wait little until she
knows who has the ribbons, and sec her scoot."
Al the end Of I've minutes the marc settled
down to business. pointed both ears forward eX-
presslNe Of good humOr, and the new dri, er
! said:
Get up, Rocksy!" at the same time giving
her slight tap Will the lines but the mare
seemed frozo to the ground. Fundling and pat
ting followed still 1t was 10 60. Then getting
| mad Jerking on the lines aud swearing followed
Finally. the horses began to back the more the
whip was applied. the more they backed, until
the load was backed over a wood pile. and tho
occupants Of the wagon were dumped on ~,
ground. The air was rent with few female
| shne,s. "a few male cur.cs. and the trip wac ad.
! iourued until next day, on account Of being too
| late for the train.