The Cecil Whig., 1881-05-14

7 From the Bniti,dorc N0fniaq Ht,Hh.
We are about To treat our readers to Il
horse story that we hope and believe will /
he found of great value among oar pa
irons i'll town and country. The noble !
animal, so useful to the human family, .
is like mankind in general, sometimes
given to constitutional vices, which rem /.
der him very uncertain in emergencies, /.
and very trying to the patience and skill
! of his owner in the often vain and futile
. effort to reclaim and educate him into !
docility and obedience.
One of the worst of these is the con !
firmed habit of haikiness, which is often !
found in animals possessing otherwise /
the most meritoriouS and excellent points. !
With this class the lash may be worn
to lint with but little effect. and is simply
responded to by 4 iiemolshing battery OF
heels upon the dashboard, whilst added
to this danger is the risk of 4 prosecution
by Montague. or some other of the genus
for the inHicticn of cruelty upon animals.
We are about to offer n suggestion that ,
any one vino has the misfortune to be
troubled with L balky horse may avail
himself Of gratis, and which if it does
not result i'll a speedy cure brings us. we
confess, to the end of our equine phar-
macopia.
1t is no easy work i'll itself to go through
the exercise of trying to whip 4 horse
Il stubborn and baiky one, into any sort
Of amiability. and besides there is q GER
tain sense of pain in the mind of 4 iner-
ciful man, although he may he as mad as
snakes. in the torture which he knows he
is intiicting upon a dumb brute: and the
easier ani more successful plan which we
propose is that recommended by 4 friend
who is in every way entitled to our ere
dcnce and confidence.
He says eve quote his own words as
well as we canremember themo ''Some-
time in the Summer of 1866, while spend
ing my vacation about the head waters of
the Lackawanna, made under singular
circumstances. the acquaintance of an
old Prussian doctor, who gave me prac-
teal induction into the mystery of curing
balky horses, he himself trying it for the
first time.
"Thc old doctor was Jogging alone in
his buggy behind as fine Il looking animal
Us any one would wish to see. | was on
foot for a morning walk to Scranton. Sud
denly the horse, just approaching me
from the opposite direction. took it into
his head to call halt, perhaps from a
disrclish Of the hill before him. which
was rather long and steep. The doctor
began with his whip in rather moderate
way, but warming up to the work by de-
grces. he laid il on until the animals
flesh began fairly to creep under his skin;
but there was no 60 in him. For mo-
ment, and 4 moment only. he showed
signs of 4 disposition to attack his perse-
Cutor from the rear. but suddenly chang
ing his tactics, he deliberately laid down
III the road.
"While stopping to observe this, the
doctor and fell into conversation. He
knew the creature was a confirmed and
stubborn baker. but had taken bad
horse for a bad debt and was trying to
make something out Of him. Without
any reasonable expectation of his adopt
ing Il rcformatory process of that sort, |
suggested. as 4 means Of making him get
up. 4 keg of giant powder. which | had
seen used in the contiguous mines. At
This the old gentleman shook his head
in rather a comical way, being struck. no
doubt, with the heroic nature of the
remedy, but seeming to catch 4 happy
idea he ran his fingers nervously through
his har-what was left of it on a head
nearly bald--and quickly replied: No
no: yust dinli on what he wants. You
wait. | bring him some medicine dot
will fix him..
Giving his buggy in charge of his boy
he disengaged one of the shafts which
was i'll danger OF being broken, and bor-
rowing L team from neighbor close at
hand, was oil toward Scranton in no time
leaving me heartily disgusted at the un-
reasonable behavior of the horse, and
full of wondcrment as to the nature of
the physic that was to fix him
Falling into chat with the neighbor
whose team he had borrowed. | concluded
to forego my tramp to the great canal
mart, and awaited results.
In much less han an hour, the horse
meantime living as comfortably rs if he
thought it too early to get up to his oats.
the medicine man was again to the front.
with package wrapped in . Supertluity
Of green haize which seemed big enough
indeed 10 dose an elephant. But it turn
ed nut to be a small gaIYanic battery.
The moment laid my eyes on the
machine was mentally clectritied--con-
WINGED AT glance of the certainty Of
What was to follow.
The doctor quickly stepped into his
buggy with the machine, set it in opera
,ol,. cleared the rcinS in thc hands If his
assistant. and, seeing that everything
Was free about the harness. leaned out,
and whilst We stood at the animals head
ready 10 assist, applied The two poles Of
the battery. one on each side OF the root
of the animals tail.
The effect va, almost instantaneous.
Ten seconds had scarcely elapsed when
he raised his head in Il sort of bcw ildered
and interr"gdtorY way: then, giving his
ears two or three active witches. he
threw cut his right iorciout: which was
immediately followed by the other. and.
gaining his fulcrum purchase. his hinder
limbs brought him at once upon all-fOurS
in the road. This movement was con
tinued with sort of weak effort to hoist
his headquarters, and 4 bound forward,
that sent the doctor and his poles with
slam against the back of the buggy. Re
covering instantly. and again applying
his inexorable medicine, that horse and
buggy went over the hill towards Provi.
denco in 4 manner truly edifying to be
hold. Some ten days or more afterwards
| met the old gentleman again. and he
congratulated himself upon having for
his purpose as good 4 horse as was TO he
found in the valley. lie assured me tn;
although he had driven him daily since
that time he had made but two attempts
ut baking. and they We're on the first and
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