The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-24
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They are two fair ladies very we'll
known in Scranton society and they
had theories about horses. They were
out driving the other afternoon and
the thills of the phaeton We're broken
as the horse made an unexpected turn
which landed him ANONYMOUSLY on his
side in the gutter The two occu-
pants of the carriage, very much
frightened, clambered out and sur
veyed the situation from q respectful
distance. amy way. the horse is
dead" remarked the younger one with
decision. mo horse could lie stretched
out that way and he alive, and he
doesn't even wink. I'm going TO touch
his nose. If horse is sick you can
tell by the way his nose feels. l for
get which it is, though, when he is
well, warm or cold" She approached
the animal cautiously and just as she
leaned forward to ascertain the tem-
perature of his nose he gave vigorous
kick, evidently directed toward !iy
somewhere near his left ear. The
young woman took a backward leap
which nearly resulted in turning a
Somersault over a thorn bush by the
roadside. while her companion ejdCu-
lated gleefully: "Oh, he isn't dead >
Il should say he isn't" remarked the
other, as she picked herslf up, but |
nearly am. Now the thing to do" she
continued" is to sit on his head. That's
always the way when a horse falls
down in a carriage. You sit on his
head until somebody comes along and
helps him to get up, otherwise he
breaks things" He seems to have
done that already" observed the elder
lady, but obedient to the command of
the other she came to the farther side
Of the horses head, which was peace
fully reposing on a mat of Canada
thistles. 1T seems cruel" she re-
marked, "to sit on him when he's
down. On his head, too; but if we
must, / suppose we may as well be-
gin," and the two proceeded to seat
emselves-almost-bu not quite, for
just then the apparently meek head
was flung up with unexpected velocity
and with a force which sent the hat
of the sympathetic lady flying over the
fence, The girl who had proposed this
method of dealing with the animal got
a large sized thump under her chin
| and she promptly sat down in the gut
ter, Talk about rubber necks," she
exclaimed; NOW he's simply got to be
sat on. It's the only thing to do. If
he gets to fioundering around like that
| he'll surely smash the carriage and
the harness. Whoa, Ben; good
horsie."
"Wcll you can have the session Ia
yourselves, you and the good horsie,'
declared her companion. when | try
to sit on a horses head again. I'll be
| older than 1 am today. It's nothing
but a miracle that l have any head or
at all this minute, and it's my impress
| sion that he'll dash your brains out il
| you don't keep away"
But the maiden was persistent and
! again endeaVored to carry out her the
ory with much the same results, the
| animal throwing his head about So vio-
| lenty that sitting upon it was a prob
| lematical question, requiring consider
| able knowledge of curves and a slight
| idea of the figure described by boom
erang. Some time afterward two mer
| came along and found a pair OF very
much distressed women walking round
| a PROSTATE horse and a damaged phae-
| ton.
They embarrassed the animal with
no protest on his part, and the wreck
was soon reduced to order as far as
| possible, btt the younger victim of the
accident stil holds to her belief tina
the horse should have been sat on, az
| to his head.
She was old. with the fresh com