Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-03-17
BREAKING A MUSTANG.

In an entertaining paper in the
March st. Nicholas entitled ''Among
the Mustangs" Noah Brooks gives
the following graphic account of the
methods of capturing and breaking
the wild horse of the prairies Rid
ing at full speed, the Mexicans ca
reer over the plains like wild men,
whirling their colled lariats, or lassos
over their heads as they fly Their
horses are covered with foam, and
often bleeding from the cruel spurs
with which they are urged on. The
earth trembles under the tramp of
many hoofs beating the solid ground,
as pursuer and pursued gallop madly
far and wide. Suddenly the lariat
sings through the air, its moose opens
itself and drops over the head of a
terrified fugitive the hunters steed
instantly braces itself with its fore
feet and drops ON its launches so as
to make an anchorage, as it were,
for the caught mustang. And there
is no escape now for the captive.
ssThe hunter next blinds his prize,
takes turn of the lariat around his
forelegs, forces a heavy bit into its
mouth, and at once begins to 'break'
it to the saddle. How do you sup
pose the poor mustang feels when
it finds itself saddled, bridled, and
straddled by tyrant man? In vain
it Jumps stiff-legged,' plunges, and
skicks.' No animal in the world has
SO many tricks and antics as a newly
captured wild horse; but man, its
conqueror, is equal to all of these.
In few hours, the poor beast, SO
lately a free and careless creature,
a wild rover of the boundless plains,
is reduced to abject subsection. Its
spirit is broken, and though it may
still retain some of its native vicious
ness, it is the slave of its owner.
Henceforth 1t never forgets the lasso.
1t knows and breads the sight of one;
and if it escapes, there is very little
difficulty in catching 1t again. But
its rider, too, must never forget that
the hapless captive is only half tam
ed. He must watch it narrowly; for
often afterward, when he least eX-
poets such insubmission, the steed he
rides will try to throw him, and will
struggle under the saddle as if it were
newly shared"
WOMAN THE Woman
is the great comforter; sacred and
significant as is the word, it is true
from her entrance into the home cir
Gle until death closes the chapter in
her history; she is the joy, the sweet
ness, the angel of mercy, love and
peace in every home in the world.
Beauty is another of womanly vir-
| tues, and no woman should neglect
to cultivate it in both body, mind
and heart. Another virtue Is pa
tience, which she fully possesses.
This is the negative courage, as pow
erful as the manly, positive courage
of the opposite sex; by it she
weayes about man those subtle ties
of influence that may in his later
years, after long wandering in forbid
den and unholy paths, by the memo
~ of the happy past bring his man.
hood, contrite and repentant, to her
feet, and prepare him for the golden
gates of peace. The last and among
the best of her virtues is gentleness,
embodiment of all womanly qualities.
1t softens the rough exterior of life,
crowns and sweetens the whole ex-
istence, and is typical of all that is
good and noble in nature, and leads
to paths of pleasantness and peace,
and prepares for all the bright hopes
of the glorious Immortality.
: ssGrandpa, does hens make their
} own eggs?' eyes, indeed, they do,
Johnny" can do they always put
, the yolk in the middle?" "Guess
J they do, Johnny ''An' do they
, put the starch around it to keep the