Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-08-18

SO hArd against ELMER parU1C1On InaU
he was curved nearly into ahalf circle,
and appeared to be smothering so
twisted was his neck.
"Run for g. mani" cried out, look
ing wildly round for something, knew
not what.
NV sister started, while I recklessly
caug up a whip and vent at the
horse, fourishing it across his back.
He made tremend( gsmovement and
curved up still more; so much so that
he released himself and stood head
toward me.
Iran after Gertrude and told her to
come back, that we did not want g.
man; the horse had turned round.
She did not hear at first, and |
screamed still louder that we did not
want any man. Now she heard, and
turned, walking with great slowness
and dignity toward me. Something in
her aspect made me look about, and
saw q gentleman within few feet of
me. He did not attempt to disguise
his merriment. He said it did not APP
pear to be good time for him to call,
and he would go on. He was not
urged to stay, but he was invited to
call some other time and see the horse
we had taken to keep.
AS soon as possible we hurried into
the barn, and found Jacob with his
head in the meal barrel. We pulled
him out and decided that he could not
be loose in his box, so we tied him to.
the manger just as if he had been in a
stall. He was all right now. It being
sunset, we placed hay and oats before
him and left him.
The night passed quietly. When I
went to the barn'in the morning l saw
plainly that I had not fed the horse
enough. He had eaten everything |
had given him, all the bedding, and
about one-half of the manger, which
was made of thick pine plank. Also,
shallow hole was gnawed out in the
partition. FASTENED to give him his
breakfast, and gave him, in my anx
iety three times as much as the usual
quantity. I told my sister what had
discovered, and she informed me that
we should have to have our stable
and eating box lined throughout with
zinc, for it was not because Jacob was
hungry, it was because he was "crib-
Der" that he had done this thing.
She proved to be right. Inless than
week we had the zinc put in, and
only barely in time then to save the
walls and foundation. watched the
horse once; [ saw him take hold of the
wood and pull and grunt. He was
lost and bewildered when he could not
do that. I think it was for lack of
this occupation that he got into
trouble the very first night after his
dwelling was repaired. We were
Weakened about midnight by q noise,
which at first we could not place; but
of course, as we had had no real free
dom since Jacob had come, we i'm
mediately Thought he was the cause of
it. We dressed hurriedly, lighted the
lantern and went out into the summer
night, which was full of sweet odors
and the hum of insects. A whippoor-
will was singing on the grindstone un-
der the cherry tree as we opened the
back door.
When we reached the stall our hearts
sank. There was the horse sprawled
out, with yards and yards of hind legs
on the floor behind him. He was not
struggling now, he was lying perfectly
still, his head on it's side. Although
we had never seen a horse like that be-
fore, we were sure that he was In q fit
| ran to our nearest neighbor. |
ruthlessly pounded and called until he
came to the window, when | IN
formed him that that gray horse was
in a fit, and would he come right up?
He said he would, and | ran back, be-
ing perfectly breathless and helpless
when | reached home.
Gertrude was sitting on stool be-
hind the horse, looking at him. He
lay just the same.
He is coming" [ said, and sank
down on the meal chest.
81 wouldn't run myself to DEATH"
she said. ''I don't know that it is re-
quired of US that we give our lives for
this horse, though his family are in
Europe. l wish they were here with
us, gazing at their pet"
The man came. He said the horse
was not fit. He was well enough; he
was only cast.
"Only cast" cried my SITTER.
"What more would you have? How
long does horse stay cast ?"
"What you want is q good plank"
said our neighbor.
We found q good plank. He laid
one end of it over Jacobs hind legs,
and there was ample opportunity to
do so; then he directed Gertrude and
me to get on the plank and stand firm
~, while he went into the stall. We
did not see what he did; we were too
much occupied with what we were do
ing, for we obeyed him.
Immediately there was amovement,
q lurch, an upheaval. The legs were
drawn up, and we flew off across the
barn. Gertrude nose began to bleed.
but only sustained general bruises,
which l counted as nothing. The
horse was standing.
81 guess he's ali right now," says our
friend. "I'll hitch him up so high he
can't get his head down; if he can't do
that he can't lie down. I guess he
tried to roll. Better put him in g. mar
rerer stall. Too much room. Horses
don't try to roll in narrer stalls"
When daylight came we harnessed
our own horse and went for carpen.
ter to make g. "narrer" stall. But we