The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-14

natured dealers in the street. 9TH Use yor
as different as men. In buying a hof br sigu
must look first to his head aud eyes f homes
of intelligence, temper, courage and can
ty. Unless horse has brains ,yof lou car
teach him anything any more than ll, bay
teach n half:wittcd child. See that II fifteen
there, fine looking animal about horse
hands high! You can't teach thd kssau O
anything Why? Well, III sh0( ry. }is
difference in heads, but have -.dat
heels. Look at the beasts that
rounding nose, that tapering forehead u can I
broad, full place below the eyes. Yo so.-
trust him. Kick Well, | guess has
Put him in ten acre lot, where N off
plenty of wing, and he'll kick the
the moon. h 5east
The worlds treatment of man and<V V1sify
has the tendency 70 enlarge and inte This
bad qualities, if they predominant. Frain
good .natured phrenologist could not refhosc
from slappipg in the face the horse |ted,
character had been SO cruelty delinelt for
while he had but the gentest treatmeAears
a slick imbed sorrel that pricked het1Ih to
forward and looked intelligent enqad
understand all that was being saidV tded
"That's an awful good mare" hi 60 see
Shes as true as the sun. You Gnpn1
breadth and fulness between the,A4l lllG1lI1
eyes. You can't hire that pare to act
mean or hurt anybody. Thc( (eyc shou Id be
full, and hazel is good color. 1 like
small, thin ear, aud want u hprse to throw
his ears well forward. Look oyt for the brute
that wants to listen to all the conversation
that is going on behind him. The horse
that turns back his cars till they almost
meet at the points, .ake my word for it, is
sure TO do something wrong. See that
straight, elegant face ? A horse with
dishing face is cowardly, and cowardly
brute is always vicious. Then | like
square muzzlc, with large nostrils to let
plenty of air to the lungs. For the under
side Of the head good horse should
bc well cut under the jowl, with jaw
bones broad and wide apart under the
throttle.
$50 much for the head" he continued
The next thing to con 'ider is the build of
the animal. Never buy long logged,
stilty horse. Let him have Short straight
back and straight rump, aud you've got
geutleman's horse. The withcrs should
be high, and the shoulders we'll set back
and broad, but don't get them too deep
in the chest. The fore legs should be
short. Give me pretty straight hind
leg, wi h the hook low down, short pas
tern joints, and round mulsh foot
There are all kinds of horses, but the
animal that has these points is almost
sure to be slightly graceful, good -natured
and scrviccablc. AS to color, tastes differ
Oh ,tbo
foans arc very fashionable at present. a
great many grays and sorrcls are brought
here for shipment to Mexico aud Cuba
They do well i'll hot climate, under trop-
icai sun, for the same reason that you find
light. colorcd clothing most serviceablc in
summer. That circus horse behind you is
what many people call calico horse now,
[ cali him Il genuine picbafd. 1.'r-o, f.."L
of nature, and may happen anywhere
ScriJncr's Monthly.
INpIANA's GREAT PIGEoN-R RoosT. The
| most notable pigeon roost in the West is 10.
Gated in the southwestern part of Scott
| County, Indiana, and covers many hundreds
of acres of the forest. To this roost come
nightly, in the fall season, when pigeons are
abundant millions Of these birds. They
commence arriving as early as 5 o'clock
| in the evening, End often until mldni ght the
| nocks pour in The birds leave at daylight,
and by or Q o'clock all have departed for
the fccding-grounds, often hundreds Of miles
away. During roosting season this pigeon
rcost is an exciting place. Hunters from
all parts Of Indiana, from Ohio aud Ken
tucky come armed with shotguns and long
poles, and supplied with torches and sacks,
the latter to oc used in carrying off the
captured birds The hunters usually begin
their work about o'clock in the evening
and thence on through the night the sccuc
is an exciting one. The roar Of shotguns is
heard on all sides Added to this is the
cracking and falling Of the limbs Of the
trees from the accumulated weight Of the
pigeons upon them. Torches flash on al
sides through the forest, the crash Of the
long poles through the lower limbs of the
trees as they sweep down the birds, the
shouts of the hunters and the whirr of the
wings Of the rising and settling fiocks Gre
ate confusion worst confoundcd Thous-
ands Of birds are killed nightly, and during
the day drovcs of hogs roam through the for
est to fattcn on the killed and wounded bird>
left on the ground during the nights foray
At intervals Of many years the pigeons
change their roosting place, but never locate
far away. The Scott County piseon-roost
has been famous resort for more than
eighty years.
4 TnoUGIIr FOR TIE MIDDLE AGED
1t is the solemn thought connected with the
middle life that lifas last business is begun
in carncstncss !; and it is then, midway be-
tween the cradle and the grave, that man
begins to marvel that he let the day OF
youth go by 50 half enjoyed. 1t is the pen
sivc autumn feeling it is the sensation OF
half sadness that we experience when the
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