Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-09
A LEAD PIPE CINCH.

"A dozen years ago, when kept
in Adrian, said the livery stable man,
II had an experience which it gives
me a pain even yet to think Of. A
fellow rode up to my door one after
noon and asked if l cared to buy the
horse he was on. The animal was a
seven-year-old dark bay, with no
blaze and only one stocking, in pret-
ty fair condition, but rough-his tail
and name full of burTs. ! found him
sound. He seemed gentle, and the
chap only wanted $125 for him; not
dear for such a likely looking horse
for livery work, as prices were then.
''There was nothing suspicious
about the man. He said he had been
teaching school back in the country,
and looked it. The horse was taken
for a debt, and he had regular bill
of sale for him. But the animal was
no more good to him, because he had
had the shakes, was sick of the west
and was going back home to Massa-
chusetts by the cars from Adrian
To cut it short, got the horse for
800, with good saddle and bride
thrown in, and he went off on the
next train east, as he said he would.
| had the horse cleaned up and was
well pleased with my bargain, espe-
cially after gave him a jog of few
blocks in harness and concluded he
would be mighty serviceable road
ster.
1.-THE next morning two men, who
named themselves Sutherland and
Hutchinson, got off the train from
Detroit at Adrain, to sell county
rights for new patent churn. They
wanted horse to take them around
| among the farmers and l let them
have my new roadster. When they
came back in the evening they en-.
gagged him for the next day, and
was glad to see he had not been driven
very hard. So it went on three OF
four days. Every morning they
drove him out, and in the evening
engaged him for the next day. But
thew didn't seem to have, much lucI
in selling their churn, and talked
about giving up and going away dis
couraged. l suggested they had bet
ter stay over to the county fair, which
!. was to open the next week, .wAei
thew could show their churn to every
body in that part OF Michigan AM
would be likely to do well.
AFTER a little talk the idea seeme'
TO please them, and they agreed I
stay. posted them on where TO g
their license and space, and hire
tent and SO on, for all of which the
thanked me warmly. Then the
concluded they would have to hire
horse to take them out to the grou1c
and back, and.maybe drive around
hit and they would engage the o.
thew had been using They wopl
nav for him for every day, wheth'
thew used him or not, only they SUI
Mated that ] was not under any q
cumstances to let any one else "oi
him during the fair week 80 -,
"Of course ! agreed to that' a.
one Of them handed me $50 Dill
. odvance to bind the bargain:
oorIdnt have violated my part OF J.
ooreement if had wanted 10,
tSev took him away early eve
NOR morning and kept him until 10
after dark, but he never showed
s;on of hard work, so | had no reas
~ complain. And they remark' $
zoo or three times, what comic
4 = WAS 70 have the horse one was ~ ~
20 and had learned to trusi, pa1ru'
N IsrIv for a person who didn't Prese ,e
!. to he much of a driver. sutnerla
3 sIwovs drove. He was sVo
Z healthy sort of a man. hu'chll'
q q '.as . little dried up looking Gu
e Who said he didn't know muc9 t.S Az,
!. Sorses :" and was rather afraid OF tne
g At our county fair-the same
= :. "a nowadays at pretty mucn
!. county - fairs-the fat hogs ana pio
: ~ cattle and patchwork quilts
,.s@s .ncb ike were just a good excuse
"a sn,aa suSn racing-the only near 10 10
nolso .oa the deacons had in the wn
sss ~as- 10 do a little quiet oetllns -
~ .ot and as our managers saee
- srSi srai purses they used Ito. to dra% so h h
seemed TO the pubic any ~ "a req
i iAo .scs 0s "T If racing men who had :. ~, =
'uii axsd up among tns.,ss ~ ~ uublic D,