The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-11-20

distance of many miles. Here saw some very
wagons laden with corn and wheat, which they
left at stores and mills, above which was in
for eyerytSing: here were the owners in their
buggies or ough-and-readies, or riding beau
tiful beasts OF a stamp rather too light for my
giles and even the saddle horses used to be all
alike fastened to a Ealing or gate in some re-
that any one could loose them and drive or
ride of with them miles away into the woods
before they should be missed; Their owners
assured that the Americans scorned stealing
and pilferIng. They would overreach, that
gs 10 s th bey wnd Det emean
to steal.
AT length I was told of a jobber who had a
stable full of horses which he would either sell
or let TO convey me 70 my destination, and my
wife and continued our walk In the direction
Of his premises We were turning into them
bar room, where tea, sherbet and Stops were
sold, and requested my wife 10 walt there till
lady to 60 to a Stable yard ard People would t
be shocked. 1t was not the custom. 1t
was quiet, clean stable yard, but no ladies
fused to take a lesson in the prophecies Of her
sex from a horse jocky In the back settle
more decorous that she should accompany her
husband to a stable than remain alone in a
near deserving us as companions discreditaoie
to himself But the hope OF profit overcame
his sense of propriety, and, at length, he went
ours, and that, after all, people could only say
that we were Britishers who did not under
stand the decencies of life.
The owner of the stable seemed TO be doing
business on large scale, He had twenty or
thirty horses in his sheds, which were excel
lently well kept; but my wife's peryerse in
delicacy in accompanying her husband to look
at the carriage horses he wished to buy proved
to the sIablekeeper that we must be quite
Johnny Raws and new corners into the civil
fzpd world and he asked what / knew IN no
three times the value of his beasts.
We walked away, doubling what was next
man driving a yellow, cream colored horse
that was drawing cart load of stones.
"Wtn you sell that horse, Mr.. James?
81 guess Will, II you make IL worth my
WHILE"
"Where about is the figure?"
cause must nave one to do my work, and
shall have TO buy another; but there's no de-
nying that this one is a deal too well bred to
HIM under a hundred and nifty do lars.''
Meanwhile j was examining the beast in
not uncommon i'm that country. with black
legs, a magnificent black name and a tail that
swept the ground; about sixteen hands high,
short natural tufts of hair on the fetlocks good
barrel, a small head with fiery eyes and fam
ing red nostrils. II was beautiful horse; fit
for a charger or a light brougham. MY Jockey
whispered to me that he knew the horse, and
that 1t was all right. L had him taken out of
seemed excellent. He was only five years old.
81: he is all right" 1 said, II Will give one
hundred dollars for hin, }" and walked away.
In the course of two hours was told that
the horse was in the hotel stable, and that the
gentleman was waiting for the money.
In much the same manner, on tn following
day, picked up a noble dark bay horse with
black legs. He was six years old, about one
inch higher than the buff, with q somewhat
larger and shorter body, with high action, full
of fire and speed. For this / gave ninety
dollars.
had much difficulty in getting a wagon to
my taste. had, of course, understood that i
was TO have spring wagon, but was now as
sured that no springs could stand the rough
ness of the roads should have to pass, and in
the stage coaches. Sure enough, no iron en-
tered into their composition, but the body of
the carriage swung from side to side on the
thickest possible doubled and quintupled lea
thern thongs. To a wagon without springs
we had therefore to resign ourselves. 1 was
taken to see several but they all came from
Illinois state, and were too narrow in the body
to suit my agricultural tastes, for we had
planned that the horses would serve our turn
during the following winter at st, Louis in
whatever carriage the fashion of the city might
offer, while the wagon could be laid by until
required on my sons location" At length l
found an emigrant German wheelwright who
had just finished a wagon that was much
after my own European imaginings. sug
gested some additions, and paid for the whole
grating these details may be useful:
INDIANAPoLIs June %, 1851.
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