The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-12-16
HAD "LEAD PIPE CINCH."

A dozen years ago, when | kept
in Adrian said the lively stable man
to Detroit correspondent, l had
an experience which it gives me pain
even vet, to think Of. A fellow rode
UP to my door one afternoon and
asked if l cared to buy the horse he
was on. The animal was a seven
year old, dark bay, with 10 blaze
and only one stocking in pretty fair
condition, but rough-his tail and
name full of burr5. | found him
sound, he seemed gentle, and the
chap only wanted SIPS for him
rot dear tor 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 debt, and he had a
regular bill OF sale for him. But the
animal was no more good to him
because he had the shakes, was sick
of the West and was going back
home 10 Massachusetts, by the cars
from Adrian. To cut it short, | got
the horse for SIoo, with good
saddle aud bride thrown In, and he
went off on the next train East, S
he said he would. I had the horse
cleaned up and was well pleased
with my bargain especially after
gave him a jog of a Jew blocks II
harness, and concluded he would
be a mighty serviceable roadster.
The next morning two men, who
named themselves Sutherland anc
Hutchinson, got off the train from
Detroit at Adrian TO sell county
rights for a patent cburn. They
wanted a horse to take them SaEFe..RsIt SEFe.Rst
among the farmers, and | let then
have my new roadster. When thel
came back in the evening theJ
engaged him tor the next day, anC
was clad TO see he had not beel
driven very hard. So it went Oh
three or four days Every morning
they drove him out and in the even
ing engaged him for the next day
But they didn't seem to have mucl
| luck in selling their churn, ant
going away discouraged, | sug
gested they had better stay over t
the county tair, which was to opet
| the next week, when they coul'
show their churn to every body II
that part Ct Michigan, and wouI
be likely to do well. After a littI
talk the idea seemed to please then
! and they agreed to stay. | poste
them on where to get their llcens
and space and hire a tent and so OF
for all OF which they thanked n
warmly. Then they concluded the
would have to hire a horse 10 TAX
them out to the grounds and bac
and maybe drive around bit, ar
: they would engage tho one they ha
: been using They would pay Tor hlr
:. him every day whether used him
:. not, only they stipulated that | W
not under any circumstances to
any one else work him during t
= fair week. OF course | agreed
= that, and one of them handed me
q s. bill in advance to bind the bS
= gain. | couldn't have violated I
3 part of the agreement if had want
z to. Tor they took him away eai
2 every morning and kept him III
g long after dark, but he never sho"
g a sign of hard work, SO | could
@ complain, and they two or three tim
o remarked what d comfort 1t was
9 have the horse one was used TO
% had learned to trust, particularly
. a person who didn't pretend to
. much Of driver. Sutherland alw
o drove. He was a stout, healthy :
y of a man. Hutchinson was a lit
. dried-up locking chap, who sale
. didn't know much about horses
* was rather afraid OF them.
- At our county iair-the same
is nowadays at pretty much
- county tairs-the fat hogs and b!
y ed cattle and patchwork quilts
/ such like were Just good ex
4 for horse racing-the only
4 home chance the deaCons had IT
q WHOLE year to do little quite
- -, , ..oI A,J nc our n, q po