Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-17
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
An Equine DR.. Iskyu and Mr.. Hyde-she
Was Net So Inhuman After Allan In
teriude and n Vivid Imasinatien Embar-

An Equine DR.. Lekyl and Mr.. Hyde-she
Was Not So Inhuman After Allan In
teriude and n Vivid Imasinatien Embar-
rass = Soprano.
HORSES are wont to make very accurate es-
Inmates OF their drivers, and shape their be-
haUor ana their gait accordingly. dark bay
morse VINO trots good many miles every fine
DAY over the beautiful roads about Sewickley
has q dual character. "Prince'' is in fact
sort OF equine Dr.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. When
MS master drives him in light cart or a sulky,
| or even In single wagon, he is o trotter of
style and speed. He disdains to strike lower
gait tnan 500, and whenever level stretch of
road invites swings into a 230 clip, passing
everything that stirs the dust.
Put the same horse in q phaeton buggy and
give the reins to any Of the ladies of the house
hold. and you will see q startling change at
once. The fiery, head-tossing trotter, the Mr..
Hyde In short, as soon as he knows-and he
knows as soon as he feels the feminine touch
upon the lines-who his driver is, transforms
himself intoa sleepy, docile old toddler, be-
comes DR.. JekyIl that Isl In his mild state 1t
requires great amount of persuasion to get
him out of walk. He loves to shuttle along
as If he had dim memories of service in the
field back In the sixties, and was spending his
last days in peaceful domesticity.
APRoPos of horses the custom many people
about here have of comforting their surnames
upon their dogs, horses and other domestic an
imals, is productive at times Of disorder and
not seldom Of dismay.
Not long ago took an Eastern man to call
upon some friends of mine in this county, It
chanced that we became separated for o few
minutes and he was left alone with the ladies
Of the household. When rejoined him no
ticed that he had puzzled look upon his face,
and seemed generally rather uncomfortable.
When we left little later asked him II any
thing inharmonious had occurred.
"No," said he, "but Miss - surprised me
by talking Of . relative in most unfeeling
way"
"What did she sayr'
II can't remember the exact words she used,
as she did not address them to me. She was
talking to Miss --, and in tho course of her
remarks she said: I don't think Tom -
can live much longer. He's SO fat and stupid
now, always having fits, that really wish he'd
die.' Now, don't think that's a nice way to
talk Of q man who is related to you. even If he
is burden to his family. do your"
"No-but in in this case Miss -- is to be
excused. Tom - is that fat and snariy
pug that you stumbled over in the hall"
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LAST Wednesday night young lady who
possesses sweet and powerful soprano voice
went as usual TO the prayer meeting at her
church. 1t happened that the leader of the
choir was away. and the basso said to the young
lady with the soprano voice: "Win you lead
the first hymn--I don't know it." She said she
would.
The first verse went all right under the guild
ance of the soprano. The organist INDUCED in
q long interlude-a pretty little interlacing of
tuneful phrases suggested by the hymn tune
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