The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1890-04-19
How the Creole Pony Works.
\ GOOD STORY IN WHICH AN IMMIGRANT
FIGURES.

\ GOOD STORY IN WHICH AN IMMIGRANT
FIGURES.
"Well, it's so, for pa said so, were the
words caught by newspaper man who
was prowling around our city few days
ago. How easy it is for the average boy
to quote what "pa" says. Good or bad, 1t
goes, and he sticks to it because pa says
it's so.
Johnny JimpIy w8s writing to one of
his playmates living in the cold regions of
the North, and after growing eloquent in
his bOyish wav over the delightful country
of Southwest Louisiana and giving some
| of the incidents and accidents Of Lake
| Charles winter life, he abruptly went off,
boy like, into family matters, and would
| have made bad break if his mother had
not from early childhood taught him to
| show up copy before placing it in the
| mails. The whole truth of Jimply's story
cannot be gold 1iasa nutshell = begin
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winters.
| 1t will be remembered by many that
about three winters ago the first winter
tourists of any consequence came to South
west Louisiana and number stopped at
L&ke Charles, some boarding, others taking
rooms or renting houses. After spending
the first winter and procuring a taste of
the climate, it was not at all hard for
them TO renew their visit the next winter
in fact, some of them did not 20 back when
summer came on, and even suggested this
as good a summer 8s a winter resort.
Jimply, as the story goes, was one of the
fOrtunates, or unf0rtunates, who vent
North in the summer After spending
the second winter it was decided by the
family to have cozy Southern home
where the family could come and enjoy
the invigorating gulf breeze in winter
This being settled, the family decided to
have a buggy and horse, so they could en-
joy riding around through the prairie.
The next day Jimply's pa went around to
Capt. IS (who, by the way, has always
been quite favOrCe with the Northern
people, and after the usual Jokes and d
look among the Captains large stocA of
buggies, one was found of size and price
to fit the family, and purchase was made.
The next thing in order was to procure q
horse that would fit the buggy. This was
rather a hard undertaking, but Captain
Jimply finally made purchase of one of
the Creole variety, for the enormous sum
of twenty dollars. The buggy was rolled
out from the shed, the Creole was backed
up between the shafts, and by means of
punch the harness was soon reduced to
fitting dimensions Then came the tuG of
wal. "First four forward" change
over"-"all hands around"-"set to your
partner" ''swing corners" up Kirby
street, a straight shoot to the prairie,
Now you're safe; let eT have the lines"
There was nothing unusual in this, and |
the whole affair attracted the attention of |
perhaps only dozen men, but Captain |
Jimply was very much affected. Let 'er |
go" Yes, he seemed bent on getting |
away and out Of sight as quickly rs pos |
sible. Kirby street was soon left in the
distance, and the great open prairie where
now stands the Lake Charles College, and
around which are many miles of streets
graded. vas soon the Scat OF f4cti"r unseen
hour passed, and to use Capt. Jimply own
words, 'H seemed like a day" The same
gait, a good gallop, he'd to a
circle of large dimensions by stiff bit and
a tight rein. Toward nightfall mind as
usual, mastered the situation. The Cap
tain says toward nightfalI he suddenly be-
came conscious of the fact that the pre-
tended driver needed breaking as much as
the hOrse and as he became conscious of
the fact before the horse old, he became
master of the situation, and never did a
man drive more proudly the finest steed in
Iowa than he did as he turned down PuiO
street in search of home.
The family met the Captain at the gate
and demonstrated with him for bringing
such looking animal home, bat he had
just passed through trying ordeal He
told the family he felt like they did about
it. He wouldn't have old Judge -, of
., to see him driving that sheep around
through the streets for fifty dollars. But
lemme tell you, SOoky, this Creole pony
didn't cost me bns twenty dollars, and he
can gallop ali day in the buggy and never
get tired and then the best part of it is
that when we g home in June we can just
turn her out On the prairie, and there she
will stay till we come back next fall and
won't cost us a red cent
There was a great deal of economy in
this while the family would be North and
a promise of a great deal of comfort while
here. So the decision was finally made
by the whole family than the proper thing
had been done, and Fannie was taken into
the family as kind of a pet
IN course of time june arrived, and The
family, after giving + 4nnie a good feed of
oats, which they had taught her to eat,
turned her out on the prairie and then
IOoh tuoI departure IOr Inelr northern
home. The winter being warm, the fam.
lily remained until past md-winter before
to their Southern home. They
did return, however, and found to their
surprise they were the owners of two
horses instead of one. Fannie had a fine
colt following her over the prairie. and it
is this latter clause that the young Jimply
wished so much to relate 10 ais little friend
up North, 'ut which vas cut short by
examination of the letter. Never
mind, but will get there just the same
The American.