Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-10
AN ADAPTIVE STEED.

Typographical Blacksmith's Blunder
and Its Consequences. f."
l inserted tho following ADVERTISE
mont in our village paper the other
day:
WANTED-A small house for the season.
w Apply, etc.
and have had a great deal of soul
twisting sport out of it. The compos-
ltor, who works in a bait-factory five
days in the week, performed notable
Eeat in recreation, by making
"horse" out OF ''house," and I've
been holding q Tattersall's reception
over 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 I could ex-
plain that it was a chalet and not
palfrey that wanted. he had preached
this enticing sermon:
Zone r tn Mirrors proof-sheets
bowed out tn winder, an seen into
it that you wanted a 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, I let her out t. other day
In village cart to old Miss
Welkin an she didn't know
more'n t. set right plum over tn axle.
When that fat tarrier of hern jumped
In behind, what does tn hull outfit do
but turn a back ham spring, an tn
boss. she came down fiat on her saddle
Jest tn opposite of where she was, an
Miss Welkin shut up like deer-knife
tween tn seat an tn gutter
l ventured to hint that had no idea
Of buying a horse. but the dealer evil
IDENTIFY thought this mere subterfuge
20 knock him down ON price. and he
Kept right on:
You needn't be 'fraid that she's too
small, though" he said. She's tn
znowin'est thing you ever see.
'I've got three sets of harness fer
aer, each on 'em one size bigger than
: other. When l let her out to Mr..
treeson, the parson, she knows he's
Kinder dign'ied, an she draws her.
self up, an STAINS on tip-toes, an
'wells out, SOS have t. put on num-
DER one.
'Then when they's funeral. an
things Is kinder av'rage all round,
she's what yer call nominal, an num-
Ger two goes; but when Sile Dyer hires
Ger t let his riclzety boy go up t. Ken
'ico for cider, you'd orter see her! She
;ort'r shrinks all up, an draws her
.egs in, an coughs jest as nat'ral as
assumption.
jest think how handy she'd be for
you round tn place. She IL eat any
;hia'. Brigand, tn butcher, tells me
hat you always run a bit short toward
III last of the week. That s tn time
she II haul in, an: be contented with
o'tater-skins an old curl-papers. Then
when things gifts better, an you have
4 fair dinner, she II put on her mex
size, an 'dapt herself t what lobster
salad an fixins you have left over; an
Mondays after tn Sunday dinner she III
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 nothin'.''
Here was loop-hole of escape, and
[ crawled through.
IF | bought horse,' whispered,
Il should like one just like yours; but
hat last clause rather decides me not
% make trade. AS my wife aud chill
1ren would probably drive it more than
[ should (here edged him toward the
1oor), should have to insist on an
animal that is not afraid Of any thing"
That's what I mean," he walled;
out | pushed him out on the front
porch and locked the door-Puck