The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-02-20
EVERNBoDY'S BUSINESS.


Several Attempts to Start = Horse While
the Driver Was Looking for a Brick.
A bay horse drawing heavy express
wagon balkel on Dearborn street, near
Washington about noon the other day.
The horse WAS vicious looking animal
with sinister eve, rocking nustrils, and
long. reclining ears, and he baked with
such determination right across the cable
track that the cars were stopped as far
down rs Menrue and La Sale streets. ana
the gripmen all >wore as gripmen will
a crowd of young clerks. old business
men and jolly little typewriter girls
gathered ON the sidewalk and all the
Office boys in the block took front seats,
after their habit. and awaited develop
ments. The driver. who was a tall. thin
youth with a rel neck and frcckles, left
his seat. and by way OF opening business
kicked the horse rudclv in the abdomen
\ member of the Humane society caught
the boy by the collar and shook him, and
the member of the Humane society, who
glared at eack other
Has anybody got lump of sugar."
the membprof the Humane society asked
after while, the boy having gone to
look for "A brick.
Il have. typewriter girl replied
diving into her handbag.
The member Of the Humane society
said. Thank YOU, miss" bowed, rolled
back his cuffs in the manner of the gen
tleman who is Just about to make Il
nickel disappear in his ear, and then at
tempted to thrust the sugar into the
horses mouth The horses ears Tapped
back. his eye REDEEMED and he grabbed
at the Humane man 5 arm with his pink
jaws The Humane man yelled, whoa"
and jumped away; the young men in
the crowd laughed hoarsely and the girls
shrieked
Banker George Schneider had been
standing in his window watching the
performance. and he now came down
stairs and walked through the crowd.
I'm the old country" he SAID, I'VE
used to make balky horses move in this
way" and he got on his tiptoes and
threw his arms around the horses neck
The animal snorted savagelv and shot UP
its angry head till its neck looked like 8
stand pipe. and of course Mr. Schneider
went with it, When he had gone up so
high that he could almost see the roof Of
the Tacoma building he let go, and fall
ing. struck Tailor Joe Day. Mr., Day
changes his trousers every hour and he
now wore pair of gobelin blue Trousers
with white necks When he jumped out
IL IL
rubbed some axle grease off q wagon huh
with his trousers and swore softly Mr.
Schneider blushed under the taunts Of
the crowd and withdrew to the bank.
A red faced man with . sandy mus
tache, who wore a checked scarf around
his neck, then came forward and re-
marked: "'Ere's the honly woye to dc
the bloomink think" He took hitch
ing strap from horse attached to a
buggy near by and passed it behind the
balky horses right front leg.
Then he began to pull and haul, and
Assistant Postmaster John Hubbard,
who has a good voice, started to sing
Saw my leg off," E verybody in the
crowd knew Saw my leg Off" and
the chorus was large and enthusiastic.
Officer LAWN paused on his way home
to dinner, saw the unhitched horse, and
calmly drove off with the buggy accord
ing to the ordinance regularly made and
provided. The owner, n little man with
a plug hat, came out OF the Grannis
block at this juncture and assaulted the
Englishman, and somebody oesan welt
ing the balky horse with barrel stave
This was the signal for a combined at
tack. and everybody who could get neal
enough took hand in hammering tn,
poor brute. While this bombardmen
was at its height the driver came up
He inquired for the member Of the HUI
name society, and finding that he hat
gone he climbed into the wagon, glare(
contemptuously at the crowd, kicked thu
horse In an ungentlemanly like manner
yelled "G-ee-t-ee-app," and drov'
away.-Cnicaso Tribune.