The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-22
HABITS OF HORSES.
BONE Queer Tales Heard by n Reporter
ir a Street Car Barn.

1c a street Car Barn.
Did YOU know, boys, that you can
teach an intelligent colt or horse to do
almost anything by patiently making
him go through the performance many
shines, day after day? That is the way
the circus trick horses and ponies are
taught. After colt is once trained to
perform variety of tricks he becomes
very valuable. Circus shows will buy
such horses at big prices. A few years
ago boy in western Pennsylvania
trained a colt to perform as he had
seen horses perform in shows, and
when the next circus came around the
proprietor gave him $500 for the ami
NAL. The New York Times gives an
account of a street car horse named
Charley, on the Central Cross-town
road in that city. Bill Smead had
driven Charley for a long time, but
Bill was discharged one day and new
driver took charge of the horse. The
account says:
All went well until the corner of
Broadway and Seventeenth street had
been reached. Then Charley stopped,
turned about, faced the driver. elevated
his upper lip and opened his jaws. The
man dropped the lines in horror Re.
inforced by the conductor he tried to
get Charley to tend to business" but
the beast was obdurate and had to be
taken to the barn, the incident causing
some little blockade of travel. The
next day the horse went out under
fresh guidance and at the same place
repeated his previous antics. You
fellers dunno how to drive a boss,
that's all, remarked Bill, who put in
his leisure lOafing near the barns.
''lf you can make him 90 You can
have your place back" responded an
official, who overheard the criticism.
Hitch him up said Bill, and I'll
do the trip on schedule time. you bet
While waiting for the car to come
out Bill went into neighboring gro
Gerry for a moment. Returning, he
took the lines, AMI the outfit went gayly
SLOW, IL Will DG certain anu To-
more substantial than could Who
been possible except for the podo it.
verdict of November 6. One even
most satisfactory features othout
times is the universal aversion the
played to any revival in the a;a
Vi ooolll' "a all
In some quarters there is
position to exaggerate the etfo his
low prices for wheat and &c the
upon the agricultural interesting in
is overlooked that both wheat the
cotton can be raised much bad
cheaply than formerly, and tIriver
costs less to handle and traI indi.
these articles than eyer before
some portions Of the south lakes
can be grown probably with [, and
even at the present depressed+o' Do %
anu Ill oVhe[ SecCIohS "hefpped,
prices press hard some cont, but
ton is had from better fertor SC
and better methods Of cultiis his
Again, we have a great aburtanee
of these low priced commc. cap ZAP
which brings their aggregate '
up to normal volume. Cons
are benefited by these low
and have more to spend in4n In.
directions. About 50,(
bushels of wheat have alreadiment
fed to cattle with advantag axe
wasted, and good authoriti(( e +h ~ .
mate that as much again ' The
used before the next crop. 1 is OF
ali these and other offsets arropor.
sidered, it will be seen thnd fig
present condition of the Avoided
farmer, while bad enough, a L ln1S
quite so wretched as many Ia np" ~
have us believe. Through ae of a
long months of panic and lie of
we have had fewer complainioined
the farming than from thel or a
featuring districts; and as til. two
ers IN common with othttnger
sharing the cheapened cost o,ttom
we cannot believe that tn filled
worse off than other dlyisig soda
labor. aving
As for the industrial sitlld be
that is hopeful. Cur textile the
are not fully employed, brn" +be
are turning out larger PROC the
better profits than six mont.
The boot and shoe trade h9
very active in low-priccd goa
enynra1 months 'Tbn irOrM