The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-01
LOCAL CoRREsPoNnENcE.
CHEsr srRINes. March 1851


EDITOR Fireman. think it is little short of a
natural axiom that when a humorous epfsode oc-
ours in the everyday routine OF practical life II
Else why is there humorous vein in mans ma
ture, and why DO humorous things occur2 Il I 10
wrong | Will stand corrected when convinced 10
the contrary. However. let that be as il NAV to
the main point OF our story.
1t devolved upon me the other afternoon to 90 to
Carrolltown on medical mission or. more correct.
~, TO 3 medical gentleman on mission for the
SICK. A thorough thaw was in progress at the
time and the roads were slushy and mellow feed
Your scribbliug pedestrian had proceeded on his
Watery way as far a the Hill on this side of Nagle's
mill. IN the road % Carrolltcwu: end Thus FAR an
inc siding vehicles we're slipping in tho wrong III
Ieeuon- Presently, however, q pleasant jingle
arose In the rear, and sleigh hove in sight bound
ln the direction Of my destination. which occu-
an unsaddled horse by rope bride.
was acquainted with one Of the gentlemen. who
pIoHeIed ne the use OF MS rope-bebridie steed for
a RIDE TO Carolltown- Your corresp spondcut not
belnS mustang breaker, Granything Of that kind
1Atlllled lhe animal SiiGhtly 10 oe sure that IL
was not an uuruly colt. n vicious uneoutrul!ablc
Deast Of burden which no man might bestride. In
SJead OIL all that. in truth 1t was an old crowhait
bllnd on the weather side and with O. backbone
like hay-rack. The reputation Of your CORES
and the horse must be mounted. I got around on
the weathcrguage Of the cnc-sided animal and
boarded MIN ON the larhoard quGrtcr Mr. W
giving me o helping hand 20 fix me on the bony
felt somewhat like q fierce and wandering Arab
on his hulnuy steed and about 70 cross the sahara
as Oh / started bareback for CHrruiltovFu- The
qu'.aiion occurred To me that uneasy rests the
head that wears a crown which I transformed
under the circumstance into uneasy rides the
man on skin and bone Dear-sighted man a
bilnd horse was rather too much ar the science Of
optics, and we should have lad HerscheII-s tcIe-
scope 10 balance the thing.
On our melancholy way we were greeted at
three several points by "a cswiug harbingcr Of
stced but whether it was one individual crow or
the three yeritable, fabulous BLACK croyvsr OF
tance.
At length a watering trough appeared I'm the
distance, and my withered Bucephaius headed for
the same waving all ceremony. As / had only
one-sided argument T. e.. the clothcs-line halter
was unable 20 keep the stubborn animal il tic
road. and he launched into the trough drinkiusy
TIL thought DE would burst. The stubborn brute
then took stand sud wouldn't 20 for arv rersI
sion, a little creek crossing the road seeming 90
lim- presume. an lusuunouurable barrier: 50 ]
had 90 dismCunt and lead him Till he forgot an
about il. After that we doubled a cane in the road
IN hnc style. going at about I've knots hour
The water did it, suppose.
When We arrived at CarrolItowu hitchod my
Steed at the trst house outside the borough FOR
thought the presence OF the two Of us might be
more than the town could bear AZ once and besides
didn like the harness Of the east nor his general
contour take this opportunity to beg a gentle
mans pardon for saying that crow followed us
which may have been true as l heard the cayvinc
at two OF three different points on the yyay: but
don wish TO make "a dubious assertion. either
To continue. AFTER my business was transacted.
1 found my horse where / had left him. ana a old
German lady came out TO see us OF.
l mounted him. but be didn't think he would
leave the town Just then; aud the old German
lady remarked, and very sensibly too that -be
thought he was afraid To 20 But that wasn't il.
There a slumbcring volcano ueut uu I'm tha- old
withered hide, the vent Of which had not vet dis
covered Anyhow, got OF once more to lead my
iourfoOted vehicle. and didn't feel quite like Al
exander on a triUmihsl march-the old lady mean
time keeping in yiew-out Just then my troubles
came summarily to an end. for soon met the
owner OF the horse. TO whom l reliuqufshed my
charge with good grace, assure you. mo the trio,
tbs man aud the two horses, pursued their way
into CarTolltown- A. u. II,
p. S.-The animals seemed 20 have entered into
4 conspiracy bcfure they parted company. for the
one in the sleigh had Eicked the dashboard into
splinters, and Afterwards learned had ridden a
most vicious animal. which could kick at mark
and hit it every time I pursued the rest OF my
way home through the slushy Snow on foot. W here
at length arrived. pretty weary ca n tell YOU.