The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-26
Horse Tradins-S -SharPers Shaved.

We have often heard good church mem
h"rs say that, in 4 horse trade, they would
not tr;lst their grandfather, even though he
were Il preacher: and il does seem to be the
case that great limit is allowed in the mat
ter of a trade or sale of horse flesh. a trans
action, which in any other connection would
be considered at least questionable as to its
honesty, is allowable in deal in horses.
Many men, known as good in everything
else cannot resist the temptation to over
reach their neighbor in a horse trade. This
is true of the present, and was also the case
in the past.
1t is told of one Of the old Methodist pill
lars Of Cecilia man whose house was the
preacher home, and who did good deal
in the preaching line himself, and who
with"l WAS called a very good old brother
that lie was thoroughly square and hon
est in everything save a trade of nag>. His
home, As stated was great stopping place
for preachers, who in those days Travelled
their circuits on horseback HewaS always
ready for Il barter by having in his stable an
old broken down. worthless horse When a
brother would come that way well mount
ed, he would entertain him Hospitality, and
As he Wa, about to leave would examine
his horse, and if it was a fine one he would
say: Brother. this horse IS not a lit one
tor you '-pretendiug at the same time to
find some faults in him" and don't like
to You start away on him. | have in
my stable Just the horse You want" He
wonld then bring ont the old nag made
lively by several weeks good feeding, per
hapS, and after little parley foist him on
his brother, taking in exchange his valu-
able animal and oftentimes getting a snug
sum to boot. This was kept up by the good
old man for many years and the number of
his victims were legion. Finally, Il brother,
who had heard of him, determined to be
even with him, and for this purpose pro-
vided himself with a fine locking, spirited
animal but Il desperate kicker. The eyes
of Father sparktd when he saw the
horse and he determined to have him. 1t
WASH long before he opened the way for u
trade by ,lisparaging his visitors horse and
praiSing the one lie desired to trade. and
finally the swap was made. Father -
could hardly wait until his visitor left, he
was SO impatient to test his new nag. As
soon as he was Oft, he had the horse llar-
messed and brought to the door. Every
thing went well until the old man got in
and took up the lines: but just As soon as
he drew them on tl:e animal a tremendous
conclusion took place, and the good brother
and the buggy in fragments were flying in
the air. The story soon got out, and Father
never heard the last of the kicking
horse until the day Of his death
=, case occurred recently in Wilmington
iii which the hiters We're even more severely
bitten than was the one mentioned An
old man, living near town, owned a fine
trotter. which Il couple of sports i'll the city
were anxious to buy. They offered him
seven hundred dollars for the horse. but
the old mans price was one thousand, and
aud declared lie wouit take no less. ('rhc
horse could trot Il mile in less than three
minutes and was untraincd,l Matters
stood thus until one day the sports met the
cid gentleman in Il bar room, ani they all
began to ;mhij,s They determined To make
the old man drum. and then t.riraud him
ont Of Li> horse He drank freely and soon,
To all appearance, became quite ho"zy.
Now was their orportunty, and they hast
cn"A Ia use It, After good deal oi chatter
ing. The Intoxicated Oh man offered to sell
1l. horse. for three hundred dollars. This
offer was eagerly accepted, the money paid,
and the horse turned over to his purchaS-
erS. The old man went home and the young
b!uetlS turned their faces toward the race
COURSE to try their purchase. When pnt
uuGn the track he acted strangely for
ernt,r", and by hard labor managed 10 get
over the course in seven minutes Now Il
discovery was made: the old fellow had put
on on them = horse very much like the
trnttcr in appearance, In; Il Slow old road
Stcr. worth about fifty dollars. Here was Il
Jolly 9u-caught in their own trap. They
are now eudeavuring tn induce the old gent
;uirEa back his horse and refund the money,
but he says 4 sale is a sale, and rs he didn t
recommend the animal. he has nothing to
4.