The Newtown bee., 1896-05-22

More a- l sought.
 Another dny l have to live, Oh, ho!iost thought day of life eternal, Lord, with Thee, Ny Ourdencd soul from sin and sorrow free By Thy love bought. such were my mn~nE7 Easier morn, And in my hear deep joy was born. Oh, blessed Easter for my soul Litr'a darkest hour
 Robbed of it- power Aui rc,lreIucd, ry,Ivea, made whole. -.J. l. M. DAN.
 A WAL; TIME SKETCH BY ROBERT F.
 BISHOP.
 Dan WAS col5. 4 thing of beauty. everybody pronounced him. lie was scucely up 10 medium night even when full grown. In color glossy chestnut -orlcl. feched about the head and neck "1th epot@ of purp.t nhicc. There was a Lock of intoIgo nvc in his eye, and cast and grace of mUvomcut il hi sbapely limbs.
 ,Thcre's going to b- speed in .h-t aai- mqI," said ou4 of ,he ucai judges cI hor>t fl .sh.
 Uan ""s the property of Harry SIagIe, the son of Germau parents who lived on a small farm in western Maryland. H.rry vas It years old u hen Dan came into his posse~sjon. The colt was a present from Harry's uncle, or rather. to speak correctly, the urcle discharged an obligation to Harry for a good Il any little services by giving hHn the colt in lieu of other compensation. Dan w1s top young to .'brpak" in the ordinary sense when he came under the control of his new master; but partly out of his af- lection for the pretty colt which led him to spend good share of his leisure time with him, and partly cut of his belief that early training is best, Harry began at once to give Dau some lessons in be- havior.
 The Htrcy system If horse training was attracting good doal of attention about that time, and Harry had recently attended 3 c0urse of lectures on the sub ect, lie saw, n his astouishmcnt, the most VicioHs horse. handled and sub 3uld without any beaciog, or any of the 1arsh and c.upl methods 90 frequently employed for that purpose; and, what MS If evtn greater jup,rraEcp, he naarn, lh#J cEoub,eEo,.t and evil habits u horses cou.3 oe p~,ve>t.d by proper Iaudli%g from the stalt. He sav young .,ud raw culg- put through course of bscipile which ltd them in a short timc to c.Gnprntnd and obey the trainer at almost cYrcy point. Full of this new dea, Harry went to work upon Dan with Cat cn;hu -iasm. If his su, cess was not immediately as great as that of the experienced lecturer had been, it was at least sufficiently encouraging to lead him to persevcrc.
 It was a comparatively simple matter to teach Dam how to do all that the ordi- nary horse is expected to do; such as stating and stopping at the word, pull ing q light load in harness, and carrying Harry's little brother, Fred, On his back under the saddle. All this was accom- plished by the Rarey method adminis- tered with uniform kindness. No whip was used and no harshness Of tone or manner WAS ever manifested, tho it sometimes required all the patience and scIf-control that Harry could muster to keep the rule laid down for him by his teacher in horsemanship. The course of discipline was as valuable for the trainer as it was for the colS.
 II know one thing, said Harry, one lay after the regular practice was over, "whetLer this is good for Dan or not, it's mighty good thing for me-"
 When Dan was pronounced perfect in the ordinary ways of horses, his educa- Cion was begun in special tricks and per formaDces of the kind that most horses know rothing about. This was much more difficult, aud the progress was slower than in the earlier and simpler stages of the tralning. But Harry and Dan had come to understand each other so well, and worked together so faith fully, that each served to develop the other in knowledge, tact and skill. After every honest effort on Dams part to do what was required of him, Harry would throw his arms about his neck, pat him affectiOnately, and talk to him as if he were a human being, until Dan came to look for these tokens of approv- al, and seemed to be disappointed when they were not forthcoming.
 By the time Dan had been in Harry's possession a year he had become a neigh hood wonder. Grown now to almost his full size, he had developed great speed in running. He would come at Harry $ call from the furthest end of the meadow at just the "a e of speed indicated by the word of command-now slow and steady as an old stager, now in a rapid walk, 8 trot, or at his full speed, as Harry gave him the word. No fence in all the com munity was too high for him to leap. He | coald stand straight up on his hind fec and balance himself indefinitely, and no merely paw the air with his front fee but initiate almost any gesture that liar " saw fit to make. This latter perform ance was so grotesque and comical as t. prove nelghborhood diverson. Harry father, however, a severely practical ant rather stolid kind of man, had little pa tience with these performances.