The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-09-26


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ll*trh ~. UT impossible not ~ laugh NJ.
Onc VI tleis dramatic performances wAs
tFHvr.tying 4 Methodist anxious meet.
ing;" and cAfsicsl nut In the muet rrck lc~s
and even impions manner, with prayers
and hymns. one ecMld hut know that
their opportunities hal been complete
~ have educated themselves to every.
thing that wAs better. Interrupted In
their sport by the announcement oil
supper, one ~ them, 4 great aix .footcs
on hi~ return 10 tho car uttered 4 most
characteristic declaration. lBoyH. that
WAS splendid supper, waa eating foi
'ifty cents, Int they only charged me !
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llesi,lss The considerable amount O.
hogs that tho mountain districts a
Kentucky furnished III thr lowlnnd ron
snnacrs, great numbers III beef cattle
found \ market thence, on foot: Will,
Central Kentucky and Upper. Middl,
Tennessee furnished In the same man
ncr great drovcs 81 mules for the cot
ton fields oi the Cult States, aud I'm,
horses for NIL sections. Speaking o
horses something that, more than hem
or tobacco, perlaps, might be called th
great staple Of Kentucky mora
code IN regard ~ tra.ling II rcprcscntc,
~ remarkably loose. every horse. huge,
or trader. being accredited and compli
mcntcd with smartncss enough ~ TAN
care 81 himself. "All fair IN hors
swap, appeared 10 bc the beginning an,
end of any rule governing the matter
No that whoever presumed 10 hope n
mncb. II any. speculation out III thcs
sharp traders WAS m likely ~ any VA,
IL find his hoped.for balance ON iii,
wrong side of the ledger. The "xharr
est practice that ] remember 81 bccom
ing acquainted with In this line wa
bcasted of by tho fellow who wan IN
!, principal actor In II, and happened 4
this wise:
Being the owner of q very line h0rs
whoAr only and marked deficiency wA
that he had regular rat TAIL" he liz.
failed In oil attempts 10 dispose ri hin
on that account, until accident suggcstc,
and threw In his way the mean. III SUP
plying The want. 4 ncighbor having
lost fine horse who happened to hav,
large flowing tail, II occurred 10 III
roguixh horse-trHdcr thst, VI lie coul.
somehow appropriate for his own stcc,
that desirable member, II might be- mad
the means 81 accomplishing 70 advantag
tho long-defcrred sale. Acting np0l
this idea, he carefully separated II. lcay
ing nothing hut the hide. 10 which o
course the hair chung fast, and this Ii
strained over his own horses stump
sewed Il tightly, and then hurried Of |.
find y purchaser. This he accomplished
without delay; and tho buyer, mucl
pleased with his bargain, took him hom
aud put him In stall The next morn
ing early hc was summoned To Oh,
stable ~ the Noise made By the horse
who Was kicking thc sides oi the stall Ii
tho intervals Of looking backward ~
In distress; and after ! good deal o
investigation into the canse = 10
the trick WAS performed 10 neatl.
thAt II quite hAfliel him I
tirst--he found the rAwhidc 81 tho falls,
tail had shrMnk, and. sewcd strongly
WAN pinching the poor horse ~ unmeI
cifmlly that hc couldn't stand still. II
licved 81 u, there stood his neighbor'
rat.tailed horse; and when dlrccel
afterward tho scamp Wa charged Wit
II, Of course he did II, he aaid, VI
! blnshingly, indeed with hearty psals I
I laughter, - II II Wan the climax u goo
: jokes, winding mp his confession VT
. the received axiom, AL fair III h0rs
swap" and that ho expected hin ncigl
9 Dor 10 "tradc on hix Osrn judgment
!, ~ hc himself had done. Oi course III
. cheat didn't get into the courts: II VI
Z too novel and TOO Acnte, TOO good Il
I that; Int the victimixed pocketod Ii
. loss. relying upon getting sven vi
= the successful tsickster a0ine Day in u
! future, or, VI least, making himse
! square on 81 somebody else.
II GNirAnn III.
i, Peckisg . Trank.
!. The man Who takua Oycr Tan mi