Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-02-22

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yinced, that m n great manv cases he
bs. an imnress;on of the meaning. I
have a. present I horse who served his
country during the lwar. and came to
me onlv after, it's close. His exper,-
ence while ON scouting sery,ce made
him very suspic,ou, of any erav object
as soon discovered. he would s6v At
a f.lie, loo IN . th;cLet , o,;mn,,e &c
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f.ncc.cnrner. Rv .tonn;nc him when
ever This hannened and telling h,m in
an .ssnr;n. tons th., there w.s no,b.
inc 10 fear he was verv soon conplr,e.
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in. sbonIdss ~ he vp,,n.er cnllasers.
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hei,sr how - s,ve h;mseT IN snare ec.
to,, a,d nro,on@ HE nowers. No pne w.s
srs, s as :" Iunn;ns po ~ to- in his ba,,sr oncn
tho f..d.hnx .na s,nnlv tho nbns.
nh.,es ,hs necess;,v NJ which ~ him
he Losw a. we'll .nv "sc;en,;s, I
hav. s.s, him tbrousb a cr,cL in a
hoard shan,v nsed While the stable was
hn;Id;nn M, and Law aside with h;s
teeth sir boxes which were piled atop
of one ,,o,her nnt;I he found the OATS
AZ the bottom Then when nv head
anneared At the window he Instantly
rare mn hi. le;sureIv luxur;ou, mnneb-
ing OF the grain. opened his Jaws to their
fullesrextent, thrust his muzxle deep
into the hox. and eravely walked back
70 his stall with at least a quart of OATS
in his mouth.
This horse had playful habit Of snap
pino Al INV arm when he was baruessed
for a drive, U always talk to a horse
before starting, as a matter OF common
politeness., OF course I never fiinched.
and his teeth often grazed my sleeve As
he struck them together. One day.
more than dozen years ago, he was in
rather reckless spirits and snapped a
little too vigorously. catching my arm
actually in his Jaws. l scarcely felt
the bite, but / was very much surprised.
The horse, however, showed such un-
mistakable signs of regret and distress.
that simply said, "Never do that gain!"
And he never did From that moment,
he gave up the habit of years; he lald
back his ears, or ieigned anger in other
ways, but he never again made believe
to bite. This, certainly, goes far be-
yond the temporary sorrow for an un-
intentional injury which NAV be refer.
red to an animals affection. What
else is conscience than knowledge Of
wrong made permanent by memory
which forbids the repetition of the
wrongi
In the. company Of a friend, l was
driving the same horse along a country
road in light. open buggy. Ipaitl no
attention to the horse. for he could
tnrn b,ct or execute any other ma.
npuvre in harness as we'll without =.
With . driver H,,,;ne A. a house whore
INV friend wished 70 rell waited II,
~, outside pr...n,,y n. ho-ss Ioo,.J \
h,ck =, m. twisting his bodv betveen
the hills in a s;ngnlar fashion. Iner.