The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-12-20
EvERYeooYS BUSINESS.
Several ..ttempts to Start n Horse While
the Driver Was Looking for Brick.

Several .,ttempts to Start Horse While
the Driver Was Looking for n Brick.
A bay horse drawing n heavy express
wagon baked on Dearborn street, near
Washington, about noon the other day.
The horse was vicious looking animal
with Il sinister eye, rocking nostrils, and
long, reclining cars, and he baked with
such determination right across the cable
track that the cars were stopped as far
down us Monroe and La Sale streets, and
the gripmcn all swore as gripmen will.
Ncrowd of young clerks, old business
men and jolly little typewriter girls
gathered on tho sidewalk, and all the
Office boys in the block took front seats,
after their habit, and awaited develop
ments. The driver, who was a tall, thin
youth with q rcd neck and freckles, left
his seat, and by way of opening business
kicked the horse rudcly in the abdomen.
A member of the Humane society caught
the boy by the collar and shook him, and
everybody laughed except the boy and
the member of tho Humane society, who
glarcd ut eack other.
"IIas anybody got lump of sugar.
the member of the Humane society asked
after n while, the boy having gone to
loo! for Il brick.
II have" 4 typewriter girl replied,
diving into her handbag.
The member of the Humane society
said, "Thank you, miss" bowed, rolled
back his cuffs in the manner of the gen
tlcman. who is just about TO make a
nickel disappear in his car, and then at
tempted to thrust the sugar into the
horses mouth. Tho horses ears tapped
back, his eye redeemed and he grabbed
at the Humane mans arm with his pink
laws. The Humane man yelled, ,"Whoa"
and jumped away; tho young men in
the crowd laughed hoarscly and the girls
shriekcd.
Banker George Schneider had been
standing in his window watching the
performance, and he now came down
stairs and walked through the crowd.
"In the old country" he said, "wc
used to make ballly horses move in this
way" and he got on his tiptocs and
threw his arms around the horses neck.
The animal snorted savagcly and shot up
it's angry head till its neck looked like Il
stand pipe, and of course Mr.. Schneider
went with it, When he had gone up so
the Tacoma building he let go, and, fall
ing, struck Tailor Joe Day. Mr.. Day
changes his trousers every hour, and he
now wore n pair of gobelin blue trousers
with white fccks. When he jumped out
of the way to avoid Mr.. Schneider he
rubbed some axle grease OIL 4 wagon hub
with his trousers and sworc softly. Mr..
Schneider blushcd under the taunts OF
the crowd and withdrew to the bank.
A red faced man with q sandy mus
tachc, who wore a checked scarf around
his neck, then came forward and re-
marked: "'Erc's the honly woyc to dc
the bloomink think" He took a hitch
ing strap from II horse attached to 4
buggy near hv a.uj .1o,rU neg.
Then he began to pull and haul, and
Assistant Postmaster John Hubbard,
who has good voice, started to sing
"Saw my leg Off" + vcrybody in the
crowd knew "Saw my leg off," and
the chorus was large and enthusiastic.
Officer LAWN paused on his way homo
to dinner, saw the unhitchcd horse, and
calmly drove off with the buggy, accord
ing to the ordinance regularly made and
provided. The owner, little man with
plug bat, came out of tho GranniS
block at this iuncturc and assaulted the
Englishman, and somebody began welt
ing the ha!ky horse with barrel stavr.
This was the signal for q combined at
tack, and everybody who could get near
enough took Il hand in hammcrinS the
poor brute. While this bombarlmcnt
was ut its height the driver came up.
lie inquired for the member of the 1Gu-