The Portland daily press., 1889-12-28

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about the house and the afternoon in wan
dering about the streets more or less aim
lessly. A tiresome evening and an early to
bed finish the day, which is generally voted
failure.
In company with great many of my fell
low citizens, was caught out in the rain.
Thursday. and was obliged to take refuge in
a horse car. The car was full. as was to be
expected, and wasIobliged to stand. with
the aid of strap. OF course the storm was
the topic of conversation, and many and va
rious were the remarks made. All seemed
united on one point, TIE suddenness Of the
storms soming up, except one man. He
said that when he got up, at Z o'clock, he
was morally sure that it would rain before
noon. he said that when he opened his blinds
he saw the clouds rolling up from the south in
way that had long ago come to
mean rain to him. He further said that he
told his wife at breakfast that he knew it
would rain before dinner time, and yet when
he came to leave the car noticed that he
had no umbrella and that his overcoat was
one Of those abbreviated kinds called fall or
spring coats. In my minds eye 1 saw that
man when he went into the house greeted by
his wife with a certain remark that need not
be repeated here. There are. recollected,
many people who give good advice In many
of the walks of life. and who cannot for the
life of them live up to their own advice.
Tread In the PRESS the other day of an
aged horse that having fallen down was un-
able to rise.and was consequently carried off
In cart to the stable. Appended to the &C.
count was the statement on the authority Of
the owner that it was the first time for sew
eral years that the horse had been known to
lie dom. was forcibly reminded of pas
sage In Pickwick Papers. 1t will be remem-
bered that shortly after Mr.. Pickwick and
his friends started out on their memorable
quest after knowledge that conversation
with certain cab-driver. in the course of
which certain remarkable facts in regard to
the exigencies of the life Of cab horse,
when we have him out we sometimes keep
him in the shafts for weeks at time When
he's in the shafts they bears him in VERY
tight and they keeps him up very stiff, an
the wheels Is so uncommon large that they
get agoing and he has go along. When
we takes him out he almost always falls
falls down once or twice." etc. 1 have al
ways thought that invention of the novelst's
fertile imagination, but right here in town
we have an actual illustration of the truth
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When one stops to think of 1t, what a life
horse leads. We think of letter carriers
and car drivers and other kinds of men who
walk or stand on their feet ali through the
day or the night, as having their lines cast in
unpleasant places, but here is beast that
beside working hard all day. and every day,
stands on his feet all night. and every night
for their are accounts of horses that have
been watched for long periods. but that have
never been seen to lie down. 1t may be
urged Of the horse in question that he could
not lie down on account of the width of the
stall. but some horses In box stalls where
there is plenty Of room to lie down, stand W
for months and years at time.
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