Thomas County cat., 1890-01-23
suRDETTE,s PHILOSOPHY.

Few Entirely Original Ssssiss A1oa4 .
Favssits Hssse.
A writer in Harpers Magazine says that .
horse when tied in the stable should always
be kept with his head 80 that he may SOC the
passers BY and the other horses, and thus
amuse and occupy himself" That is good
plan, but think mine ID stin better. Iowl
one OF these intelligent horses myseH. have
never noticed him politely passing hay" to
the other horses in the stable, but possibly
that Is because there are no other horses
have frequeatly observed him dividin. his
oats with the hens, which is much tho same
thing And he has the hay fever, just like
folks" Yes. indeed. But l was going to
speak about making provision for his hours
in the stable. When he is to be left alone
any length Of time, We always place the
morning paper, q copy Of The Nation and .
late magazine or two in his feed box, and he
looks over them with great interest.
On one occasion he so plainly resented my
taking away late magazine, a number con-
tanning some wonderful stories about rea;
dogs which l wished to show to the terra
Gotta pug, that looked to sec what article %
deeply interested the noble animal found
he was in the midst Of bright sketch Of
travel in the "Feed-ye Islands" Don't tell
me a horse hasn't human intelligence The
fact Is. the people VITO sneer at these stories
OF the remarkable intelligence Of animals are
coarse aud unintellisent people who know
nothing about animals. The more people
study their brute companions. the moro
clearly and correctly do they understand,
neigh, comprehend them. Look at tho wild
Indian, what he doesn't know about horses
isn't worth knowing. And he believes his
horse viii so to heaven with him Whether
the horse believes that the Indian will 90 to
ascertaining.
This horse Of mine, All, confident. has
opinions on the subject, because one of his
favorite books is BARNS n Oats. on Tim
othy." He is, however, grieve to say, q
heartless sort of brute; the sound Of whoa
never moves him. Like all we'll bred horses,
he has q certain sense Of humor. and ono day,
when my little boy quoted, in his presence.
the line, "How tall was Alexander, par the
intelligent animal Immediately replied, "Box
stall" and burst into horse laugh.
Upon one occasion. when every thing ON the
road had passed US. overheard him saying
to himself, softly, ut pace to 60 SLOW" Hs
is horse Of contented disposition, although
SORROW has left her traces along his rihe
had to get the rest of the harness myself.
Like all intelligent horses, he likes to be
amused and played with. I used to play with
my horses great deal, TO keep them from
becoming low spirited and homesick. But l
haven't, for long while, now. Last time l
had any fun with horse he was q new one.
noticed that he seemed out of tune with his
environment He wore his ears fat back on
his neck and had his eyes rolled back and held
in place with white folds Of the Same. He
looked about as companionable and pleasant
as Umatilla cayuse. So l thought would
go in aud brisk him up with little game.
He didn't seem to understand Halma or
Parchesi. nor Fox and Geese, as the story
book horses do, 50 l proposed a game Of
ro,nps as something moro suited to his un-
cultured mind I smote him a resounding
of horsemen, and cried gaily: "Come up and
come over"
He did both at once. Igot down and went
under. My man, who was bedding strawber-
ries on the sunny side Of the barn, said if
had told him was going to come out Of that
window he would have left 1t open. Still it
made no great difference. It was . cheap
window. anyhow; don't suppose the whole
thing cost more than eighty seven cents,
glass and all.
Ehs You say ''some of these wonderful
stories about horses are hard to believer
Nonsense; you get horse or a dog of your
own IN six weeks you'll believe anything
you tell about either of them. But will other
people? Well, yes; that is, they WILL believe
as much Of your story as you believe of
theirs: what more do you want!-Burdetts
in Brooklyn Eagle.