Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-06-24
IT WOULDN'T WORK.
Music Had No Effect Upon That Horse.
From peck,s Sun.

From Peck's Sun.
The worst "bunged up man that
yas ever out of bed and able to walk, IL
anne into the Office one day this week. y
Is he wandered along through the .
lall towards the door of the editorial
.oom, he appeared like an old veteran
Who had been shot to pieces years 4
,go, and then run over by the cars '
He had one crutch and q '
cane, one foot was curled up and 9
lied in sling to his leg, and the
other foot was wrapped up in cloths.
His face was gashed and peeled, and
there was court plaster and ointment,
and a smell of liniment pervaded the
Three fingers were done
up in rags, and he evidently had a
lame back from the way he sat down
in q chair.
Editor in?" he asked, as he laid
the crutch where he could reach it
handy.
II am the editor" said that in
dividual, as he looked for way to
get around the lame man and get out
in the hall without being killed, in
case worse came to worse.
Thanks" said he, as he took up
the cane and hefted it. "You had
an article in your paper last week
about how somebody took vicious
horse to a blacksmith shop to be
shod, and the horse was made gentle
by the singing of an old Methodist
hymn, didn't your
II believe so,' said the editor,
scratching his head, and trying to
think. 80, yes, I remember. 1t
was one of those articles telling how
the brute creation can be overcome
by music. The horse was a kicker,
and wouldn't let the blacksmith get
anywhere near him with the tool box
until the owner began to sing a hymn.
Don't hardly seem possible that
horse could be so overcome with
music, does it?n and the editor smil-
ed at the used up man just as pleas
ant as he knew how.
! ssNo, it don't, and it was all con-
founded lie, and know it," said the
lame visitor, as he grasped his cane
| by the little end, and half rose up.
: "Look at me! I am a blacksmith,
, and 1 read your confounded paper.
I I read that article, and I thought
| there was something plausible about
D it, and thought I would try it the
: first time man brought vicious
y horse to be shod. The other day
e man brought one of the brewery
# horses to the shop to be shod, ane
It told me / better look out, as th'
IS horse was kicker and bitter.
o told the man / guessed l knew m,
d business, and he said all light if
t. did, and he went over to saloon t.
d wait. Well, I warbled verse o
is old Hundred and I never saw
> horse any quieter than that one. ID
G Hooked at me in astonishment; an
3, louivered q little, and stuck his ear
h back, but when I went up to him an
I'd took up his fore-foot, and put 1t be
as tween my legs, and set the tool bo
yh down, and took the pinchers to rip o.
e. the old shoe, he was as quiet as
Sc lamb. / thought he was too quie
le and as he moved little when L tol
at off the shoe, I began TO sing 'Neare
ed My God to Thee"
n, The man stopped to adjust ban
m age on his arm, and the editor sai'
an "And that quieted him down a
h. right, eh? 1t was wonderful
ed "Quiet nothing" said the maj
he Before had finished t
Ii second line of the hymn, the hor
he reached his head around and took
ch mouthful of my pants, and raised
'as up about eight feet, and then
bis shook me as dog would shake rs
ter My pants gave out and l fell on t
re- tool box, and the horse kicked at L
ia with all four feet at once, and squeal
ro- and paved I got up and started
MS run and fell over the anvil, and
ne horse chased me, and bit me, a
OBJ kicked me. and finally l jumped L
ess on the forge, and climbed on top
the bellows, and the horse nfpped
me till I climbed up the side OF
he shop, and hung on to the or
be pieces. / throwed horse shoes at
horse, and he. reared up and tried
,re get at me. Finally the man from
brewery came in from the saloon, {
the horse started for him, ant
cles thought he would be killed, but
handed out piece of rye bread "
mt mustard on it. that he had got in
Of saloon, and that brute actually +
fore the bread out of his hand and ate
and licked his hand for more,
,pse was as gentle as kitten. / m
han him take the horse away, and my
the sistant, who had lit out early in
.c;ce fracas, got ladder from hook
ladder company and let me c.
hin down, and L was taken home
hack. Now, if that article of "
is true, how do you account TO
not working when l tried it? !
will you pay damages, or stan
he Law suit?"
.ho Tie editor told the man that it
evident he was no good singer,
one must be a first class singe