Oxford eagle., 1894-09-20
BRIBED WITH A PONY.
How q Senator'S Nephew Was
Cured OF Bad Habit
q senate r.<~ who IA. . Brtxhr Future
-Th~ Boy hsasf Day. % Q Clever
Jsara.lt<t-An rSw. Bars
Aussttson. Desires

Here y = story ansuHt a lucky ustle
boy Nander-1n >traWn - the six
year-Old nephew ~ senator Mander-
s1n- % Nebraska and antil r-eec,iy
vas addicted u the habit. which 50
many small boys nave. % biting his
Eager zAils The senator I. very toad
OF httle Man3ersoz. and b also very
anxtnus that he shall become younx
yxEsleznan with no bad habtsz ~, one
% his frequent visits - the hOSne Of bis
ceph-~ The ~eaa;or noticed that the
hoy N@s -iv~n 10 this anfortuz.te h2b-
t. Il WAS N. the saals Of his parents
that ne dill t. sor they bad es6~avored
by all means - hr~a< aim o., the pra<-
s3ee- Finally The senator. wkn BE-
Eev~d that hs cpuld stop ts. t0urd n
plan whi=A worked admirably u was
when he 1xNs leaving here tor Nebraska
at-er the extra session q the Fifty
-hErvt enn<r~s. tha. the senator made
the PrOpe>isip1 - the Etsle ssIlo- that
II b. would hr~a< himself q the rail
bisia- habit he shoald be rewarded
With Iissls pony
Az arse listie Nansiersur woulH aos
AEAA1N A--Aa SO -~a--A4@ffE - - tAAsCrEH
his Prnzais.. and declared sha. he would
Prohably only zes cheap wooden toy.
instead Of \ real live pony BIZ. az
Lass he was prevailed upon BY p~rszA-
sion and promise - quit the silly has
It. When his nsother found that her
little BOY had really given IL IN. she
sat down and wrote a long letter 20 the
senator who was then IN NebrAxxa.
telling how good NAndxrsor had e>su.
and stating that he had a. las, given
up biting his ansr-r nails. and also that
the reesIpt u the promised pony would
be in order
Their we're sevSrzI weeks 0t .t-esore
waiting and ifrtie Maai~rSo1 va.
about - give up in desPatr q ever re
eeivinz his horSss- hut the senator <ep.
his promise and sure enough one morn
ing the boy. father resolved I-sssr
stating that There i \ Shetland pory
20 the credit % Maz6er~oz SsEawz At
the Pennsylvania station 4nt awaiting
yo2r disposal To say that there was
joy IN the strawn family would be put
ting i mildly NAn6er-on and Mar
earrsA- his litsle -is.er. we're over1oyed:
and thsir father and mother wsrs
equally well pleased for they highly
appreciated The generosity - Senator
M1ndersau-
Little Nandersoa lives on Capitol
I'LL and back o, his house there Is
quite \ large and beazttfui yard. IN
one corner Of which Mr. ssrzwr has
built S-zau frame stable. and In this
Man6srso1'- pony . housed Az first
the it.ls animal Was trtsxy and Wild.
bat after a few weeks Of training On
the streets of the national capital. Bes-
SIC, the pony. became szbdued and IS
row a. quiet and safe As any old sozn-
try horse Bessie . he.utifui dark
grz. little ereaturc With long name
and tail After she had become per-
teesly tane 4aG doeils. Mr. Ssrawn pur-
chased snail yellow Phae,o1 21d
nearly every evening MAndsrson may
be s><n driving about the streets Of
Washington with bis father or mother
st his side 10 s>e that no harm b~falls
kin-
Bessie Is rot lonesome here for In
the large yard back Of the house little
Man3sr>o1 has veritable stock farm
He has \ large and beautiful sstser
dog which he prizes very highly. and
Mardsrsoa always taxes htn ozt 70
exercise when he goes walking With
his father Besides these p<ts the boy
has tsw pretty bantam chickens Aad
he enjoys himseE every. day ts<ding
and attending % them He Is . very
fortunate nstle boy In being able 70
po<-sss 50 many beautiful and dss.r-
able live animals for pets- Bat Of all
his possessions ne prizes most his hstle
pony. Bessie. tor which be q indebted
70 his uncle. Senator Mandsrso1-
Neither love nor uooey eoaid iniace
him togire up this pet which Ne Oh