Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-04-23
Peek in Los Angeles.


IT, W. Peck In Milwaukee SUM-
must leave Pasadena. l feel today
have forfeited all respect that the people
had for me here. You know that horse
told about last week. that Mr.. Lynch, OF
Los Angeles lent to INC. Well, Jim Is the
cause Of all. | am satisfied that Jim Is II
horse that has no respect for the Sabbath.
l do not mean to say jim has not been
brought up right. | wouldn't say that Of
any gentleman's road horse. | have al
lowed Jim to do about ~ he pleased with
me. | am satisfied Jim's owner Is well &C.
qualnted all around here, for Jim thinks no
more of turning right into anybody's or
ange grove than would Of driving into the
Soldiers Home grounds ut home. There
may be signs up warming people not 10 pick
orange blossoms, but Jim Will reach his
gray nose up into n tree and PICK mouth
ful as though he owned the place, and In
stead OF the proprietor OF the grove being
mad, as soon AS he sees II Is Jim he will
laugh, and If don't watch the man he Will
All the hind end OF the buggy with choice
oranges. and pick handful Of roses and
feed jim. | nave been proud of jim un
I'll TO day. The horse has made me ac-
quainted with people | never should have
known by his cheek in going right Into pri
waite grounds without any Invitation.
lie has shown gail enough for four
horse team since ! have had him. and
rather enjoyed II, but to day he has humil-
lated me, aud | shall take him back to his
master tomorrow, ! was driving along the
sleepy, dreamy sort of way, looking ut the
mountains with one eye and some ripe or
anges with the other, when Il cloud OF dust
called me back to earth, and | noticed that
there was top buggy ahead of me with Il
man aud woman la IT, | thought would
turn out and go by the carriage to get out of
the dust, and | pulled out, to walk jim by.
Do you know, the impudent fellow In the
carriage touched his horse with the whip
and started up on trot and wouldn't let
me pass. Ipulled Jim down TO a walk and
let the man go on. l noticedin minute
that jim was mad. lie couldn't tell me so
In words, but his teeth wolld come down on
the bit in a positive sort of way, and he
would reach out his nose In a race horse
manner, asthough trying me to see II | was
game. Then he would shake his head, as
though there was lily on his car. aud walk
fast to overtake the other carriage. oh,
know what horse Is thinking about as well
as any of 'em. and when the dust got too
thick from the other carriage | turned out
again, aud let jim jog along, but the man
wOuld't have 1t. lie pulled up on his horse
and looked around at me and Jim as much
ms to say. you Just try that on" Well.
pulled jim down again aud reasoned with
him, but he was madden than ever lie be-
gan to take hold OF the bit real hard and
turned one eye around toward me sort OF
pleading, as though he would say, "If nv
master was in behind there and a fellow with
Il girllried to monkey with him that way, he
would let me telescope out until ] was about
Gig hleen feet long, and would go pastthat
horse like II streak of creased lightning.
That's the kind OF a man he is" When IA
horse Jmes at me that say and puts II ON
that ground weaken. | knew IL was sun
day aud all that, but It was not my place to
see poor Jim die of broken heart because
wouldn't let him pass the brute ahead of
him. Horses have feelings Ms well MS any
body, and know it, and II Jim was brought
up 10 certain line of conduct about taking
dust into his lungs from wagons ahead, was |
II right in me to hold him back That was
the question which debated with Jim, as
he walked along to overtake the smart
Alexander ahead. There Is no person who
wants to do right more than do especially
with another man's horse. II | held Jim
back II might ruin him, and some day his
master might want Jim to go by some dust
cart, and he wouldn't do It, Besides | had
a lung or two myself that | didn't want
loaded up with dust, and the fact was, the
very next time pulled up to go by, guess
Jim knew had hot box, too, dIdn't say
gum, so the fellow in the other carriage
couldn't mistrust that | meant business,
but sent little bit of electricity through
the lines to the bit in Jim's mouth, and he
understood 1t just us well AS though had
delivered an Grafton to him. lie said ooh,
yum-yum." just as plain MS | ever heard ii
said by girl who was being kissed half to
death by her lover. lie nibbled on the bit
like II black bass on hook, and shook his
head and seemed to say; oh hurry, and
let me get at him" Even then ! hoped for
peace | hoped the man would hold his
horse and let me jog by like a gentleman.
the other carriage with the girl
would re lize what day in the week
IL was and let me go about my bust
ness. but he didn't. lie was not that kind
of man. He took up his whip, struck his
horse, and used some trotting- horse Ian
guage with which am not familiar, and his
horse lit out as though he had record. My
idea was then to pull Jim down, or go of ON
another street. But Jim wouldn't have 1t.
lie seemed to argue that | had encouraged
him to think was going to let him go, and
he began to play patty oake with his feet on
the hard road. knew 1t was wrong and
was going to turn to the man in the other
carriage, and plead with him to hold up,
and let me go by, but when got alongside
looked at him, aud actually there was a
look of defiance on his face, ms though he
owned that road. lie acted real saucy. |
could not see any way out of 1t, aud |
handled Jim just about us ! thought Mr.,
Lynch, his owner, would under the circum
stances | just let him went. Well, sou
nave seen the sky-rocket In II Fourth Of July
fireworks pass by the Roman candles, and
the niger -chasers, aud the firecrackers, and
go whooping through the air, snorting sparks
la every direction. That was the way Jim
went by that smart Aleck and his horse For
about three blocks IL was a RATHER and then
pulled Jim down and he was AS calm as
kitten, and think 1t saved Jims life. The
little Baptist woman who sat beside me, |
am sure, is opposed to racing ON Sunday,
but having on dress that soils easy with
dust she forgot TO say anything about 1t I'M
I'll we had got well past the dusty horse, and
then she asked, "Do you know what day
his is2" II was a rebuke did not expect,
but | stood II like man, aud said 1t should
not occur again. But do you know have
suspicion that she was a little bit proud of
JimY | only judge by the fact that when
she got out Of the buggy she pattcd Jim ON
The neck and let him take mouthful out OF
4 hannIAt nf hul ANr.l lnu.
aud other flowers. However, know how II
will be; they will all be talking about 1t to
morrow on the street, and shall have to go
away from here without any reputation. 1t
beats all how this rare atmosphere knocks
the reputation out of a man.
Speaking of the ostrich reminds me of
something. Readers will remember that
few years ago about twenty ostriches were
brought to California to experiment on rails.
Ing feathers for the milliners of America.
do not know whether the feather business
was success or not, but notice that every
store nearly in California has ostrich eggs
for sale. There Is n hole in the end, where
the meat has been removed, and the egg
shell is for sale. The charge for each egg
shell is about $3.50. | remember the i'm
ported ostriches, and did not think but
uutil ! had seen about Il thousand dozen
eggs on sale, and then began to figure |
asked old Californians how many ostrich
farms there were in the State, and the mum
two farms, aud about forty ostriches in ALL
Then figured that pr obably ten out of the
forty oStrIehes must be, in the nature OF
things, rooster ostriches, which would leave
thirty female ostriches to lay all these eggs
II the eggs are on sale as plentifully in San
i Francisco and other parts of the state as
they are where | have travelled, and | am
told they are, these thirty female ostriches
must sit up nights and work more than ten
hours day to lay all those eggs. Ny first
thought, after figuring on the millions
Of eggs on sale, was that the ostriches were
oyerworked, and that some bold man ought
To get up an ostrich strike and demand
shorter hours of labor and less hours. and
was going to champion the ostrich; but
further Investigation has shown me that
the ostriches are not suffering to any alarm
ing extent The eggs on sale never, In this
world. emanated from live ostriches They
are made of porcelain, or / do not know
porcelain when see 1t. California, how
often would have taken you to my bosom,
aud loved you, and swOre that there was no
wooden nutmeg about you. How have
stood up for you when people nj the East
said that you were liars about climate, and
deceivers about the value OF mining stocks
have been your friend, and now you have
played porcelain ostrich egg on me, and
got me to pay 81 for IT, Oh, why have
praised your climate? Why have | taken
your side against the Chinese to be treated
IN this way am like the man who inter
tered to protect a wife from the wrath OF
her husband, and both husband and wife
turned in and beat him, interiered 10
cause cause me Chlnamaa to go away from fair
Chinaman starehes the tail OF my shirt and
brings me lice pudding" when l call for
pie, and the native Californian sells me
porcelain ostrich eggs. This IS too much.
Take back your porcelain ostrich egg, Cali
fornia, or | can never be more to You than
a dear sister in the future.
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