Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-13
SAM JONES ON A DRAY.
Early Life Of the Exhorter and the Horse
That Caused the Change.

Early Life Of the Exhorter and the Horse
That Caused the Change.
Before Sam Jones took TO preaching
he ran a public dray at Gainesville, his
native town. He was a familiar figure
around the depot, and he at that time
hauled all the drummers' trunks from
the depot ~ the hotel. Many veteran
drummers still remember Sam as n
drayman.
His outfit was "A small. rickety, rat
Ting, ramshackling wagon and an old
sOrrel horse, that was old and expert
enced enough to have come down from
from the Revolutionary war. This
horse vas a character in his way and
some people say he was the cause q
Sans reformation. lie was as humble
a horse as a would wish 10 see.
He submitted 10 all Sans cuffs and
rebutIs without any protest other than
mildly backing his flea bitten ears. lie
had an air Of one who was always
deeply engaged in thought and looked
upon the frvolities Of this life with
supreme diSdain. And then Sans
horse was extremely uusociabls in his
temperament. lie never cared to
make any new acquaintance and
seemed DESTROYS of tread.ng the wine
press of sorrow alone. For many days
he went on in the same quiet way,
drawing Sans rickety old dray with
the sublimest fortitude. IL was never
necessary for Sam to tie him when he
left him. for he had such insurmounta-
ble constitutional objections 70 locomo-
ton that there was little danger of him
taking his departure. So Sam thought
and so it was for many, many days.
But things do not always remain the
same, alas
One day Sans horse was seen, TO the
most extreme surprise Of the Carriers
williams, tearing down Main street fol
lowed by the dray, which was rolling
about from one side to the other. Down
the street he went like mad, and il
seemed wonderful to those who knew
him intimately hat he could acquire
such speed. Sam. who had left him
for some purpose, stood watching his
mad career eagerly.
Hes decided 20 e~migrate," Sam re-
marked, as the horse continued in his
wild fight.
Presently the horse swerved { o bis
right and the wagon struck against a
tree, and, with a crash. came TO a
standstill.
The spectators all went down to sur
vey the wreck. 1t was a complete one
indeed. Sam stood and looked at il
silently for some moments in deep re-
Election. There was a pathos in his
voice when he finally turned around
and said:
Il guess I'll have TO find ON other
way 10 make a living
In a few weeks sam left Gainesville
and went down near Columbus.
The next ! heard or saw Of Sam,
said the gentleman who told the story.
"he came back o. Cartersville and
preached a sermon. went out 10
hear him, and ! never saw such a com
plete change in "a man. Atlanta Con
stitutiOn.
The Male Ostrich Does the Matching.
The male ostrich does most Of the
hatching-sirting on the eggs sixteen
hours out Of the twenty-four-and ]
have seen him hold his post for twenty
four hours when the hen refused 20
come and relieve him. And when the
hen leaves the nest before her turn
comes 10 seek food, the male will at
once take her place, although she does
not show the same solicitude when by
any chance he deserts the 2 2 And.
strangely enough, though the ostrich
often resents the invasion Of his corral
by strangers at any other time than dur
ing incubation, he will allow any one
to approach the nest while he is on
guard without taking the slightest Of
Tense. Interview i'm st. Louis Globe
Democrat