The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-07
A Horse That Revenged
Himself on a Dog.
Wasps Prove a Source of
Wealth to a Keen Farmer.
Voyage OF the Mayflower--Facts
About the Pillar Saints.

fancy breed, but everyday WORKING an
imals that drag tip carts, and other heaVy
vehicles, tells the Gossiper that aithough
no has been i'm charge of Horses for some.
thing over thirty years, IL was not untli
a few days ago that he discovered thai
they had long memories and would seize
an opportunity to pay on ola scores WHeh-
over the opportunity was presented. lhS
incident which led To the discovery OF lhls
spirit of revenge the horse owner related
somewhat after this fashion: Three
weeks ago my son came into possession
of "A dog 1t was little more than nup,
but was full of life and could bark with
the oldest of them. My wife wouiun
have IL about the house so i allowed the
how 10 nut il up In the barn. First along
everything seemed to go all right but later
on noticed that the dog seemed TO tnkc
delight in barking and swapping at the
legs of one of the horses. The horse IN
question is IA big Percheron now over ten
years old, and so accustomed 10 noises OF
All sorts that / had believed the firing of "a
cannon under his nose wonldn't make
him even prick UP his ears saw, how
ever that he didn't like the capcring Of
the dog for when that lively INDUCED in
a dance around the horses legs, accom-
panied by sharp barks, the horse made
vicious kicks at him.
"We had good deal Of sport watching
the two, but the sport is over now. The
other morning | was cleaning the horse
and had hitchcd him TO piece OF rope
that hung from the ceiling. The rope
was old and pretty much worn, but 1t had
served the purpose very we'll so L hadn' L
replaced it. Well, about ten feet in front
of where the horse stood was the grain
chest. Ii is divided into two sections
and the cover To one Of the sections was
thrown back. The dog, during the early
process had been enjoying himself in his
usual fashion by barking and swapping
nt the horse but apparently becoming
tired of that sport had sought for some
thing more novel.
'sHis quest led him to the covered por-
tion OF the grain chest, and that proved
his undoing. He capered about bit and
then i'm some manner fell into the un-
covered section. Quick as flash and
with loud snort the horse that L was
then industriously curry combing made a
dask forward. The rope To which hc
was hitched parted and in less than
second he was at the grain bin. Down
went his head and up came the dog In the
horses teeth. You've seen u terrier
shake a rat, haven't you? Well, that's
about what that horse did with that dog.
But he did more, when he got tired shak-
ing he threw the whining canine to the
floor and before the dog could get out Of
the way the horse planted an iron shod
hoof with terrific force on him and crushed
out every spark of life. The horse kept
pounding with that hoof until the car
cass of the dog was almost as fat as y
pancake After that I'm satisfied that
the horse il "a dangerous animal TO have
laying for you.
The wasp can hardly be considered
very useful insect. Indeed when the ac-
quaintanco of one is made IL Is usually
,to.l
siderable corporal sufferiLS ~ appears,
however,, that in one instance, at least, the
wasp proved "A boon TO at least one iDdi-
yidual and a source of considerable wealth
~ we'll. Along the banks of the Cape
Fear river i'm North Carolina are low
lands, behind which lies higher level,
or bench The lowlands are subject TO
moro or less frequent overflow by frcshcts.
which are destructive 10 crops planted
thereon. A number of years ago "A farmer,
resident i'm the vicinity, made very COM
foitable sum of money by insuring bis
neighbors' crops against these freshets.
His unvarying success as an insurer was
for many years n profound mystery TO tho
people Of the region. The years when nc
declined 20 insure were invariably years
Of destructive overflow. The years when
he was willing 10 insure were equally GER
tain to be Seasons of exemption from dis
astcE
There wasn't anything occult about
lu farmers practices. He simply made
.lso of his eyes and then turned what they
disclosed 10 account in dollars and cents.
Obscrvat ion had shown him that cor-
tain species of wasp, which built its homo
in the ground built some years on the
lowlands, and other years upon the higher
level. Experience taught him that when
the wasps built on the lowlands there were
no frcshcts, and when thoy built on the
higher ground the lower would some time
during the season. he submerged. Ihc
man had simply noted nm instance of that
little understood prcscicncc manifested by
certain insects and animals, better
knowledge Of which might even he of SER
vlc1 Co our national weather bureau IL
was only at his death that he revealed his
secret.
The Mayflowcr, the log Of which Is soon
to b. brought 20 this country. first set
sail with the Pilgrims from southampton,
England. on Aug. Il 1920 and ancnorcd
in Cape Cod Bay, Nov 10, after "A ~
days voyage Having, however "to put
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