The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-09

heavy, and that fretted Bony sadly.
Sometimes the three, Beny, Jonas and
Rollo, were set to! cultivate" or weed q
potato patch. Bony pulled the plow;;
Jonas held the handle and directed It,
and RoIo drove Bony.;gs This arrange
ment did not work wellsat ALI ~ y
Rollo's heavy hand made Bony fran
tic. He would drag the pillow SO fast
that Jonas could not keep it from yeer'
ing to this side, now to the other, with
the effect of destroying large num-
Der of my most promising potato plants
Then Jonas was angry with Rollo, Rollo
blamed Bony, and all three reached a
state of sweat and excitement.
Sometimes Bony settled the matter
by running away, pillow and all, to the
barn, while Jonas and Rollo followed
sheepishly with long tales Of Bonys
duplicity. The truth is, Bony was too
smart for them.
Jonas was one of the men who hang
harness on the floor and never know ex'
actly where to find the halter, AS
neither halter nor harness was ever al
hand, Bony was often naked and unre'
strained while Jonas hunted about. The
result was that Bony, carefully watch
ing his chance out of one corner OF his
venerable eye, frequently made dart
for the stable door, and was Oft to the
pasture or garden. =.
Finally, the differences between the
three had reached such pitch that ]
wished 1 could promote Bony to the
post of foreman and put Jonas and
Rollo under his orders. As this could
not be, adopted the other alternative.
sent Jonas and Rollo away and OBJ
tanned in their stead one complete man,
who was incurably neat and orderly.
He proved also to be a good driver,
having light hand on the reins. With
him Bony agreed capitally. To be sure,
the old horse had to relinquish the fun
of running away; but, on. the other
hand, there was no hauling on his
mouth, no shouting of commands and
recations-nothing to disturb his
nervous system.
But winter was coming on, there were
more than enough horses in the stable.
grain was high. Bony was old. We de-
bated about putting him out of the
way; but whenever we came-as we did
about once a week-.to solemn reso:
luton of this kind, Bony seemed to get
wind of it-perhaps through the me-
tlium of his little friend, the chestnut
filly. He thereupon made such dis
play of vigor as to extort new lease OF
life. 90 '-' -''' 60.
. The latest occasion of this kind was
when, after cold snap of several days
duration, Bony seemed a trifc sitter in
the hind legs than was customary with
him. Using this symptom as a prtext,;
we hardened our hearts once md and
sentenced the old horse to DEATH.
It happened that on the day before
the one appointed for his taking of
there was sudden occasion to drive to
the railroad. AS no other horse was
conveniently at hand, I took Bony.
Now Bony, despite his age, and despite
that vast experience which he must have
had in his mysterious past life, was very
much afraid of the cars. 800
As we approached the station train
was coming in. Bony's head went up in
the air, his long ears were pricked for
ward, he increased his speed to a fast
trot; thence to gallop; and in a trice
he had the bit in his teeth, or in some
other inaccessible spot, and was fairly
running away. It was ridiculous; it
was even a little dangerous; but most
of all it was heroic, magnificent. Final
IL, with much pulling and hauling, I
brought the old fellow down to a walk.
After this exploit there could be no
question of killing him. To destroy
horse that had strength and spirit
enough to run away would be absurd.
+ Bony still stands in the stable; his
coat is smooth and glossy, and the fire
in his eye unquenched. I believe that
he will live to crop the grass which shall
grow upon my grave.-Youth's Com
panion. '.-'''''-'-''''''' ~ .'>
Schubert wrote a number of pops
ular songs before he was IL. He died
young, and Ethe 1,p0o songs and other
musical compositions accredited to him
were all produced in about 20 years.