Wichita eagle., 1889-06-19
MAGGIE
A Pleasant Story of an Exceedingly In
teiligent Pet Horse.

A Pleasant Story of Exceedingly In
telligent Pet Horse.
The readers of Our Boys and Girls have no
doubt heard of lambs and calves DAing raised
ION the bottle but did they ever hear of a
horse that was raised in that wayi Whether
| they have or not, 1 thipk they will enjoy
reading about Maggie" horse Of mine
that brought up from infancy and have
always considered as much member of the
family as any of US
The mother horse died when Maggie" was
only one day old, and as we could not find
any other mother horse 70 adopt the little
thing, We had to resort TO the bottle to keep
it alive. But the little colt knew nothing
about that kind Of a mother, and could not
be induced to draw the milk from it. FL
nally, distressed by the poor things pttiful
cries for its dead mother, 1 thought Of a
small, long necked funnel which 1 had, and
putting that into the colts mouth, poured
the milk into it from the bottle. Maggie
soon caught on" and it was not long until
we substituted the orthodox babies bot
tie" for the funnel
From TIE bottle we went to the pan, and
Maggie was soon fat and playful. She grew
large and strong, and having been brought
became great pet. She never had the ways
of other horses, perhaps because she was
raised with no other conpaniorship than that
of human beings. Certainly, she has always
been the most intelligent brute 1 ever saw
For long time after she grew up she would
have nothing 10 do with other horses, and if
one approached her she would run to some
member Of the family, as il for protection
I. -
she would stand very quietly where we hioched
her for an hour or SO, but then she began to
get impatient. and would whinny time and
again until we came to her. At such times
she was always perfectly delighted to see US,
and would whinny in her soft, low way, and
rub her head against us, il to express her
Joy at our coming back.
You will not be surprised that she was very
fond of milk, since we raised her Ion the
bottle, as told you, and as the SCI want was
In the habit of churning out Of doors when
the weather was warm, many time Maggie
has turned the churn over In trying to get at
the contents.
But let me tell you one Of the funniest
things Maggie ever did Our kitchen was ON
the ground floor and the door was plenty
large enough for horse to enter. l had
often wondered that our pet had never gone
in. she made herself 30 much at home all over
the place, but she never did until one cold
dav, when I entered 70 find her stretched on
the floor before blazing log fire, for all the
world like big dog. As dinner was in course
of preparation expected to see great scat
teraton Of pots and pans when she got up,
but she rose to her feet as gently as cat and
went out without disturbing q thing
One thing more about my wonderful horse
and l have done My father has often ridden
her to town on a day when many other plant
ers were there, too, and they al had habit
of tying their horses in a certain inclos,re
When he was ready 10 return home he would
never have 10 look among them for Maggie,
for the moment he entered the Enclosure, and
before she saw him, she would begin 70
whinny, showing that she knew OF his ap-
pruach- Call this instinct, reason-what YOU
Wilt is true, and has been noticed and
commented upon time and again.-Cor. Phil
adelphia Times.