The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-03-14

How suffered that summer, getting
water only by choking myself and
nearly cutting my tail Off"
"How wish that l could grease all
the harness, said Selim. II don't mind
work, but this chatting by hard harness
unnerves me. l have white hairs on
the side where the tugs took the skin
off, and the hip straps always shave me.
Then to have the breeding looping
way down-who can stand that without
getting nervous?"
"Do you know" asked Bill, that
the belly band cut my forelegs all last
year. l didn't complain, as it is no use,
Most men can't understand what we
mean, and some don't care straw. In
the next world we are to drive the men
in harness, and then we will show them
how to treat helpless brutes."
81 tell you what l would be tempted
to do, if l didn't know that it was
wrong" said old Nelly. 81 would put
shoes on my man and let him stand
until his toe nails crippled him. l am
suffering every day, and don't see how
can pull load this spring. How l
envy the children that are allowed to
run barefoot in the spring on the fresh
earth"
"What will the driver do about Hies?"
asked the new horse, Charley.
"What will he do?" repeated Selim.
"Why, he will let them bite and sting
you, and If you let them worry you the
least bit, or make you walk up faster to
get out of their way, he will jerk and
cuss you. How one does itch under
the throat, to be sure, but you must try
to think of something else. Oh! flies
set me nearly Wild"
"What / always dread most" said
Bill, els the pushing work in the first
two weeks of spring. l get so tired.
feel weak before my muscles tougher,
but one has to 60 on or drop. If |
could be hardened to it by degrees,
would be willing to work every day in
the week during the summer and fall. :"
That's no more than l do anyway"
exclaimed Flora. 81 have to race over
the roads all day Sabbath, when you are
resting. If girls were as bright as they
look they would never marry fellows
that want them to go buggy-riding on
Sabbath after horses that have to work
in the field six days in the week. The
wives of such fellows, have often
noticed, have to stay at home Sabbaths
to milk the cows and slop the hogs. II
never fails"
elbow 1 do hate disc harrow" said
Bill, changing the subject. cit hurts
the top Of my neck when we turn
There should be horse on the end Of
the tongue for that"
eyes," said Nelly. &c 1t was turning
heavy roller that gave poor Jim the
fistula, and led master to trade him of
as quick as he could"
"Well," said Bill, "corn has beer
high this winter, and oats are alway'
scarce on this farm, and know tina
this fodder and straw needed plenty o.
grain to help put solid fat on us. W.
will get poor before harvest. Our col
lars will get too big and we will bt
chafed and bruised. am not dread
ing it, though, because 1 have Away
stood up to it, and my days will soor
be over. But often wonder who will
drive and punish my master in the
next world"
"What happy world it would be-
sighed old Nelly, IF we had soft anC
| good-fitting harnesses and driver tina
could tell when we suffered. Thel
with good shoes and plenty to eat ant
drink, we would work our best ever,
day of our lives. As it is, think tina
it would be sin for me to bring an,
more colts into the world. "-Corre
| SpOndent StOckman and Farmer.