Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-05-13
Thistlepod's Dog with Rattles on His

"Say," said old Mir. Thistlepod, chew ing his morsel of navy plug with the rapid intonation of man who was in earnest. "Say, you know that spotted coach dog of mine that bit his leg with a rattlesnake nigh onto ttree weeks ago? We'll, ever since he's been tryin' to coil himself up all the time, and has eleven ratties growed out on the end of his tail. Has for gospel fact. Nights, when he was around the house, 1t sounds like a drum corps goin' by. I declare to goodness l wished I'd brung him in to let you see him. Nero, the dogs name Is, he went on. "Nero; 6 years old this spring. Raised him myself; you've seen hIm hundreds of times under my wagon"
 Surprised that no astonishment was expressed, the old u1an added:
 You probably remember that shaggy, rough-haired Scotch terrier of Ben Mar tins? Well, sir, Ben he sent to Phila- delphy and got a couple O dozen silk worms and fed 'em to the dog, an'-ys hain't seen that terrier since last Satur- day, have ye2 Well, sir, I hope I may die some time if that dogs hair hain's come out the softest, finest silk fringe ye ever saw in your life Silk fringe, with 9 braid two inches deep along his back, an bali Of chenille bangin' from the end of each ear. Ben's goin' to buy up couple c hundred cheap long, haired dogs, feed 'em silk worms and shear 'em every spring.
 The editor thought there would be money in 1t.
 "Better'n gold mine,' the old man said can do you know, while he was feedin' of him, Ben forgot to take of the dogs collar, big leather collar.'
 And what happened to the collar ?" the editor asked, a little wearily.
 "Velvet, said the old man enthusi- astically. " It grew Lyons velvet, with celluloid buckle"
 The editor promised to make note of the fact under the head of .'Latest h. ventions," and Thistlepod went away perfectly contented with himself and the rest of mankind
 Walking Horses.
 Running the risk of being set down as an old fogy, we will say that in our opin- ion the best gait horse ever had for everyday use is walk; but it is a gait that not one in ten possesses. Colts dIC EOb lId1u6Q tO NttiA. IDuuJ Aul6Il- ca wants more speed. Horses trained to walk fast would be a greater benefit to. farmers 1n general than fast trotters, as almost all of his work has to be done with a walk. Horses that are engaged. in hauling on the roads, that are trained to walking fast, will make longer dis tance in day than horses will that are urged to trot at every convenient place. because, when a horse commences to walk after trot, he will go much slower than his common gait if kept on walk, and the consequence is that he will lose more than he gained. Where horseback travelling is indulged in, especially over muddy roads, any other gait than walk ing Is rendered impossible, and yet 8 horse that has been trained to walking fast even over bad roads, will make from four to five miles an hour, but since the introduction of light wagons a horse would be expected to make a greater distance when hauling the wag. on over the same road, thongh 1t would be by the aid of the whip, and very much to the prejudice of the poor ani- mai. These one-horse buggies have put horseback riding out of fashion, and now Q good walking horse is more rare than one that can trot mile in less than three minutes. It is, however, to the interest of the farmer that he should train his horses to walk fast.-Afinsleap- ol5s Tribune