Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-04
AN ADAPTIVE STEED.
A typographical Blacksmith's Biunde
and It's Consequences

typographical Blacksmith's Biunder
and Its Consequences
inserted the following advertise
ment in our village paper the other
day:
"ANTED-A small house for the season
w Apply. etc
and have had a great deal of soul
twisting sport out of it The compos-
itor, who works in a bait-factory FIVE
days in the week, performed a notable
feat in recreation. by making a
horse" out of a house. and Eve
been holding Tattersalrs reception
ever since.
Before the paper was printed, the.
top of a torn livery stable bill-head
was handed in to me one evening. and
following this informal card came the
proprietor himself. Ere / could ex-
plain that it was chalet and not
palfrey that wanted. ne had preached
this enticing sermon:
''One r tn Mirrors proof-sheets
blowed out tn winder. an seen into
it that you wanted small boss. I've
got one that's smaller than Uncle lobe
Benham. an he's small 'nough t feed
seed catalogues to a shOat- Small?
Why. / let her out Z other day
in village cart 10 old Miss
Welkin an she didn't know
more'n { set right plum over tn axle
When that fat tarrier of hern jumped
in behind. what does tn hull outfit do
but turn back ham spring. an tn
boss. she came down fat on her saddle
jest tn opposite of where she was. an
Miss Welkin shut up like a'deer-knife
tween tn seat an tn gutter"
ventured to hint that 1 had no idea
of buying a horse. but the dealer evil
IDENTIFY thought this mere subterfuge
to knock him down on price, and he
kept right on:
You needn't be 'fraid that she's too
small. though" he said shes tn
kuowin'est thing you ever see-
I've got three sets of harness fer
her, each on 'em one size bigger than
t other. When / let her out to Mr..
Freeson, the parson. she knows he's
kinder dign'fied an she draws her
self up. an STAINS on dp-toes. an
swells out. SOS I have t put on num-
| Der one.
Then when they's funeral. an
things is kinder av'rage all round.
she's wba. yer call nominal. an num-
| Der two goes; but when Sile Dyer hires
her : let his rickety boy go up t Ken
sico for cider. you'd orter see her! She
sort'r shrinks all up. an draws her
legs in. an coughs Jest as nat'ral as
| c'nsumptioD.
jest think how handy she'd be for
you round tn place She IL eat any.
thin. Brigand. tn butcher, tells me
that you always run bit short toward
tn last of the week. That $ tn time
she'll haul in. an. be contented with
p'tater-skins an old curl-papers- Then
when things gifts better, an you have
fair dinner, she III put GA her mex
| size. an 'dapt herself & what lobster
salad an fxins you have left over; an
Mondays after tn Sunday dinner she IL
expand, an you won't have t have no
| refuse carts a-comin' inter tn yard
She s sound an kind. Mister Gotman.
an afraid of nothins"
Here was a loop-hole of escape. and
/ crawled through.
1T bought q horsA-" I whispered.
Il should like one just like yours; but
that last clause rather decides me not
to make trade As my wife and chill
dren would probably drive it more than
should (here edged him toward the
door,, should have to insist on an
animal that Is not afraid of any thing
That's what mean" he walled;
but pushed him out on the front
porch and locked the dooE-Puck