The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-08-26
INTELLIGENT PONIES.

tlle horses. Hut nm left To ihe next |,
best thing. which " TO avail myself oi
he experiences oi some friends VI mno
when they were children,
The children were Engliah there
were five of them and each always |,
had one pony, aud sometimes more.
The special pets were Fly (bccausc ho
went SO fast, pontcdarro. Lcsmehngo.
Kitty aud Jack. The ponies were In
because there could bc no
going anywhere In any other way. Aud
bcforcyou begin Ia waste any time In won.
Ilcring how that coud be. may ~ well
say thai the country was South Wales,
and that II was u mining region. Tho
place where the family were living was
a lovcl spot In the midst Of hills full OF
copper and iron and limestone There
was not tree or u house In sight; and
the nearest village was fifteen miles oil, |
where there was turnpike on which
the mnil.coach went There were no
roads; consequently there were no
wheeled vehicles Of any description.
The only way Of travelling was on tho
ponies; and rs soon asthcy were broken,
these little children werc put on their
backs, and presently learned to rldc ~
" they grew there
The Welch ponies belong 10 ,he w'ld
race peculiar 10 the north OF Europe
known ~ the dun or tan stock. Button |
gives an account NJ them; and think |
that charming artist, Rosa Bonhcur, who
IN 80 fond of animals. has painted OK.
ce'icnt porirai's OF some o' ue'n'
They. ail are close'bullt' haruy' sure
iooted' pright anu smail put no o'hsrS
among them 80 very dimihu.No as ,po
ohe'lanus' wh'cn are sucn uny er.h'
lures ,hat we chn any OF W. pelcNu ulc
story ,ha' a gentleman once carrier ,., one
nome IN nus ena'se' coycreu WIN .''c
apron whefe DC KEEP, MN qu's' uown
on, OF sight ny giving MN pi's oI prau.
those Oh Wa'es are oi Iaii sl1e' WIN
elegantly shapcd hcaas anu pea"'.u'
eyes, ana names wh'cn sweep .ne
gfound' ihey are no. snaggy l'ko w"
nheuahas' put 'hey nave rl.h coi'rs- ~,
lct black or pay, or pun, OF uappleu
WIN gfayi anu 'ney make pehu,,'u,
pictures seen IN oroses on ths naseu
mountains, where they run w'ia W.
year ro'lnu' n co't ~ never useu un.'' I
ne . TWO years olu, nna .na' " WY
they nave sucn periect iorns' Eacn
one ms 'na,k ..n pu.neu 'n.o ., ~, na,, ~
.ne ownc', mnv pvs .ne ,'ss .,. w.. p,v
P,,a'o. ~ ,,,. n'uJ ,.m " ,,l ,haa III
VoA .noy sai, ", w @aI @ ,a'a 49, ', w.
aIo ."'"uu 'yp'o W 'o"n ay", 49,, =" .g. In,
Panl' DIV NV W. ~ h'",uv Ia 49,
oa.' w oausna, anu WV" ...,..' "...a p'J ~.
h'i, "o''an "ssos ~ ~ ,o'n."n. .,.,.'' ,a,, s"
w run nuh ~. w anu l..., ''en ..,.l'' M. 'Pf III a
nus pack ,, ~ lus' .ou.h'ne s, w, =. "an a,,,a.
anu rue on w'n on'y ..a', nae, " ts,,'' Eao
MN, her ,,noN serRo Ic,.''oa's "aAms
WI 'ha sau"'e sn' ne.ns. hnu al.'. mn.' '...
SUI COME pacs ~" n,, .u,n, "''" 'oo''
aga,h 70 .as. eale I'M, ~ n'',ssn III. ,,.
iney MY "onuo.,"ny .,y , 49, .'.a.a,.,. '.a'n' !,
anu can P'ck up msn nsns n ~, :
o'ao'c,'ca no'se ""u'u ',., ',n',V ,sn, -. ,h.y
cannot ,nu wnae uoy nhe W.. ny
WIN MAKE 'ne nos' y. vim u''' ~, -,
sha,cn i'o"'",u' " "''~, ni'D III
s".k UP Few u'ops ~ "a,. s,,.a.J ~ Tha,s .
nolIvW VI 'vuA, anu ~ sa''.hs" ~ ....'.'ni ans
instincts hte 'naip'nu ~ no ". s,..''
ues o. 'na'r Ios'hg li.' .n', os' a'"a s
con,r'sc ~ ~ wn.e ."s ,,'n.,,ia M -. MI
arc Keen ~ w n'a"he' VI "'eA'I"'s'"''
ior pony 70 uo
Some of those which J was io'n apon'
soon found out that 'he s'eWa,u s.ne
chiidrens iather) always carriea sal. ~
his pockets when nc wen. hnou' Owe,
the country TO look after the sheep' an.
they would gather around MN ann
thrust their noses IN aner y, 70 Ins'
they wore his coats ont WIN 'nsn rup-
bing' Ana they woniu come no"h 70
the valley where the couage Wa, anu
crawl under the phfs iike noR W s.'
into the yard alter something gooa 70
eat one piece " mischiei .ney pefpe-
traied was 70 hslp 'nsmselse' ~ 70 ,e 'ne
uinners o' my ,a1n .aoo'., - |
men came - ". morning 70 .ne'r nofk;
and each had ms alnnsr 70 an o'M
wooden box, worn s'nootn Y, vng use,
slung over ,he snou'as1s py y. 'ea'ncrn al''a.,
strap. Inc iooa was AWAY. 'nc saInc'
| - - ts..e. .A..fl .or..l -.
they never IN thsir il'es coala aho,u 1., va
my; preaa anu nnee.e, oa'''y "en a
lwhich tnej eAilea oa,Ie ooa''l' anu
naru WINE cnce's. Ssa ~ " ~ .h.
however, y "M ue,eosHy's s..s "s.s ~ .,,'' ~ 49,.
ponies, VINO 'nane y p,nsn,,'o. ~ = " .'n,h
somewhere ~ 'ns n.'kn,n 4. a',.. ~.
iae men han pu' AZ ~. 49, ~; t. -r - ~
sheds ana gone ON aooa. % .ne.i so'.. =,
Then these Crazy au'mal. ~ "o. Rv :. :,
the spot en-. ."e eo.nn ,,.' AM .'as' sns'
was tne e"'ea isa' en- ~ a'' NY " .n." a.,'
now 70 noLuIop ~ .v. a.S - wha. @
place a. y no.n'ng nan nsppsns '.''.n' e. ,hs,' %
inc hungry 'ol,efs am so"s ~ VI nv, sas,'
coarse ana hsru-eafnsu noo",rny 'nes''
not clunp iema'u ~ ,.ss;"2 49,, I /,
iounh VINO naa aons 'ne n',sn .,',,s ~. y !
was % no. ~. 70 easy y.h 20 nnd da,nas,"1. r,nl' s
which 'ne iourioHsa "'Ps'"s'"'- '''''