The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-07-22

i grandpa. to-. learn IT'S cause, ant
there, was the y7,dappled hors
tryingaio hold up the lid OF tn
oat bin with his nose, and, to ca
4 from it, at the. same tipe. A
! often as he lowered his, bead t.
| snatch a, monthful, thnmpr woul(
fall the cover, and Tiger ,wond pa
4 tiently push it up anu Try again. D,
He had, pulled the staple from
1 the CHAIN that had kept him in hi
stall, and had walked about anC
! opened all the bins until he foune
that containing oats, and YoulC
have Toasted well if the lid of tina
bin had not, been the only one tina
shut with a spring, and would mo-
stay up of itself. .a ,aI .au .r
| After that grandpa put q, pad.
lock on Tigers stall, and used TO
call him ,'''Slyboots." ..,. a.sD .s
HE. is such safe horse for the
children to. drive, he is worth his
weight in gold to me. For | never
worry when they are gone with
him. - said grandpa. d. II sg...s.. b..
He. was very, good to the little
folks, truly He would stand still
as a post while they all scrambled
into the .carryall. got out again,
and settled themselves "a dozen
times over, and, only when all were
seated and still, would Tiger start
and Jog eff soberly at a space that
no eoaxing would make him quick
l,1. And when, be thought the drive
had been long lenough1 or the roads
grew. rough, he would turn, about
in spite O. all Joe'sl tugging at the
reins, and jog home again, ,5e,yi Ia.
| One day the children all went
driving, even Tot and the baby.
They carried the, dolls too. and
Tot kept dropping hers and, having
somebody get out to pick, itlup, mn
til what do you suppose, thai funny
Tiger did2 . He turned round and
trotted home, . and stopping in
front Of the piazza stood stock
= Joe coaxed and petted, and even
used the whip, but Tiger, would
not bulge until qpiek-witted Bess
cried: - ~. -. ... 49,.
He don't mean to carry the doll
any more, l do believe" .l 81.
And actually, when all the dolls
had been taken out of the carriage
and carried up the steps into the
house, old Tiger started of again
as lpleassntlyGas if nothing had hap
pened.l aa NV 1888 fa as.51ua,fa- an
Another time grandpa sent Joe to
the next village to bring back a
bundle, sent him by express. The
cars were late, and it grew pretty
dark before Joe got half way home.
Presently Tiger stopped suddenly,
and would not stir another step.
.ai 'sYoaiare an old stu bborn beast"
said Joe, who was tired, cold and
hungry, poor boy, and couldn't
keep his patience very long. Il
wish grandpa would sell you. Go
jalongf5bJ n5dA DSIHr7a lisl a" 20
wouldn't move. AZ b5i3 II.
= 'ThenlJ oe got angry and whipped
the cid horse as hard as his small
arms could doiit, and still he'would
not go .onga sdl 30 5aoH3itaq7h
SO finally Joeodsd what he ought
to have done at first; he got out to
see if there was anything in the
road. ol .1ao'.H' fsiI 10 r 100
There, few steps in front of Ii
ger, lay bundle wrapped in a
shawl, and when Joe picked it up
the bundle cried, and, behoiUs,; it
was a poor little baby. a-a.i ie4 FL
i.1 When oe elm bed back into the
wagon with the child aur der his
arm, Tiger started up, and trotted
home faster than he had ever been
known to do before. al 4a.afs
81 j oe told his story, and grandma
fed the little lost child with bread
and emilk. while Grandpa unhar-
messed Tiger, and said, as. he gave
him asdouble portion Of oats:a al
"Welb once "a horse was wiser
and better tempered than a boy,
WASH hep zaits5m IN 20
yi;Yes, sir said Joe,r patting III
gel Ipose,uo5fBi.ssI 4diHoiIuI
We thought the baby must. have /
belonged to a. strohing family of
hand organ people sthat b passed |
through theIyiliage) theiday before,
but nobody came back to see for il
80 alkIndRfsrmer sandihis wife took
It to care foPoRsg Iusil5.Z5 aB
R0pri chidten always called it
Tigers baby, until it grew so large
the farmer's vile gave it the name
eSsH Hannah Amelia, and wanted \
eyerybodyat call it so.vl8s sdJ sfst
+, AS fQraTjger, he lived to nbe al
very old horse,7andilf these stories
about him were not uue,sIsahould
aot tel, them teiyeudo ydJ1oB n2i
When at last nhe died, Joe was |
grown to. be q man, but he was not
ashamed to have us zee the tears in
ais eyes when he spoke of tue fur !
~ faithful horse.--l Youths Com
oanion. ia ri II
The Education Of Wild Beasts. ~
The veteran animal tanner, Ala
reds Stills, says that too . much
chipping makes q wild animal I
Iulkyl and vicious, but certain {.
amount OF ,whipelpg Is necessary 1
To train q wild beast, he said reLl
;entlF, yoa mustsfirstmake its ac- =
luainsance from the outside, of thea
Iage, ard get the RniIhal acauaihtelF
'd'wfth your face; but, above aE,4
With your voice. They become ac-