The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09
Do Unto Others AS
Others Would Do
Unto You.
AND ALSO DO IT FIRST.
lilly Tells of an. Old Timer
Who Outdid Dave
Harum.

Many will recognize in the author Of
this story published for the first time,
one of the most famous hotel proprie-
tors in the country. He gave the story
to- the business manager of The Spy, not
for publication, but merely for enter
: tainment. But it is too good, as illus
trktlng the old-time Yankee shrewd-
ness, to keep from Spy readers:
Dave Harum says, 1.-THE golden rule
In horse tradln' is tn do unto others as
others would do untu you and do 1t
first" But there is sometimes a later
reckoning
Away back In the forties Mr.. Crosby
of the Elm Vale farm in North Andover
had an extensive establishment there
with large number of fine horses and
IN the old days Ben Thurston, the father
OF the famous Black Hawk breed, who
lived at Lowell, used to come down and
try speed with Mr. Crosby who at that
time owned Lady Essex and Lady Law
renee, both fast horses.
In the winter the track was trans
feyrred to the ice on Merrimac River,
and many Is the race down as far as
AhNtct I'LL 1llu return. OIl6 OF the size
speculations with Mr.. Crosby was a
large grocery store which he had estab-
lished on the Essex Co.'s land, south
OF the bridge of what is now Lawrence
Mr.. Crosby was quite horse fancier
and enjoyed trade. Mr.. Bean, a pro-
minent livery man of North Andover,
also did something in the same line. Mr..
Crosby and Mr., Bean had a horse trade
one day, in which Bean got terribly
worsted, but he kept his peace and for
three years regularly drove up to Mr.
Crosby's store and purchased his gro
cerieS, never once mentioning the horse
trade, until Crosby imagined that pos
sibly ne had traded off the horse with
out finding out his imperfections, and
50 It was apparently forgotten on both
sides.
One day Mr.. Bean drove up with his
Wife In q light wagon to Crosbys store
for his weekly groceries. Crosby was
sitting out on the platform in front
= Bean passed inside and gave his or
Ger for groceries; Crosby sat looking
at Beams horse and said: Bean. thar
horse of yours will match one that
have down on the farm-I'd like to
buy him"
Bean said, mo, that's a horse 1
bought two or three years ago fer my
wife, and 1 don't propose to sell him
When l find anything that suits my
wife,, stop right there"
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tho,,5,+ 49, a,, - Ilie nc
,yo,,Id Ia fo,, iis basa -
fayva - me iorfe uoN ~ t el
q 4raA - ii0 Aep' '''Aa'ei llis oFah lor
NO said Bean, call 1 want is a
heavy horse for a big team that I've
got. II 1 could find just the right horse
for that, 1 might be induced to swap"
~ 49, sa at S ~. lte ,,! Eot Just
Mn. I..: 'iie us sly 9tailto!l LIZ
~ NV Go ~ my Slole team - JUST
rs t'aaas you walt a,l. a.,
.is 3sa1 ailoweu mat tllat was arout
Mlae ne Wahtsu, put ne uluh KNOW
tnae nls Wis Woulu pe Wiling 10 nave
UNI TRACE the morse. ms WlIe continued
So tnaS tnere was no opportunity Tor
Crosby to exercise the horse
rlnally n Jrosp9 s spa pea sean TO
name a price Tor the morse ana SO
Bean told d. his , VIE t if she he would S con-
sent 70 let MN traoe lhe morse, ne
would give her a fine sorrel one ne
mao ana, AFTER tlhle' she reluetaAtly
consenleo. m
we'll sara I5ean TO Crospy, II
wires willin', III swap for hfty dol
lars.
Irosny oiiefed tWe4ty-nve'
~ h7e'iN ADSetAi' NiOiA NSNA SSf1OeAe
tradin anyway but I'd trade for fifty
dollarss / can get my wife another
horse jest as good, and the big morse
Will suit ME on my team.
Nothing had been said about the
soundness Of either horse.
Finally, after more chatting, Crosby
offered to split the difference, making it
$3.50, and Bean accepted the offer, and
the writer set TO work to change the
horses. =
AS the big gray horse was hltched in
to Beams wagon, the groceries had
been put in, and Bean very quickly
turned towards home in fact, he
turned SO quickly that Crosby began
to think he had been caught, and he
told the writer, Hitch that horse into
the store wagon, drive him round the
barn and see what The matter is"
which did.
When / came bs to the store,
with MIN
Well," said, "the hind part don't
seem to connect with the forward