Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-06-05

however. Within an hour he had not
only made her forget that Bessie was
OF with party of young folks for a
long tramp, but had brought about q
radical change of her opinions toward
mankind Mr.. Bertrand was enter
tanning; he was deferential; he was
suave and sentimental. The guardian
or the giddy rose up after n three
hours "seance" with Il heart quite sub
dued by his charms. Yet she de-
clared to her wondering niece:
This is an altogether different case.
While you are only a foolish girl, am
a settled woman"
but he writes poetry and lisps."
protested the girl.
What of that? 4 man with the
soul OF Il poet must necessarily be n
good man. and II lisp in ones speech
may even be an attraction. Don't
you worry about me-"
Miss Bessie didn't worry. She WAS
too delighted TO be free from the Ar; IS
eyes OF her chaperon. But she won
dered what the outcome OF so many
tete-a-tetes would he.
Things move swiftly ut summer re-
sorts. You either fall in love and want
to know your fate within n couple OF
weeks or yOu are out of IL altogether.
A girl with any pretensions to good
looks expects TO turn down at least
two offers per week. Aunt Nancy was
not girl but the time came when she
knew that she was loved. She had TO
realize it. because. sitting In shadowy
eornef OF the veranda in their red rock
Gazette bred a mare and sold her at
auction, with the statement before the
sale that the purchaser Of the mare
would be responsible for the service fee
of the stallion to which the mare had
been bred. He wants to know who is
TO pay for the colt. No statement OF
the mare owner ut the sale can relieve
him of his obligation to pay the fee un-
less the stallioner agreed at that time
to transfer the account TO the purchas-
er Of the mare. The man who bred the
mare is indebted 10 the stallioner for
the fee, but the payment of the service
fee by the purchaser was q condition
words, the seller agreed to part with
the mare at the highest bid plus the
service fee. That fee was part Of the
purchase price, and he should have col
lected it from the buyer at the time II
the mare was plainly in foal The stall
honer looks to the man who bred the
mare for his fee; the man who bred
and sold the mare looks to the purchas-
er TO be reimbursed the amount of that
fee. The man who bought the mare Is
not liable to the stalioner for the serv-
Ice fee, but he is liable to the mare
owner for the equivalent OF that fee,
which is the same thing, only different.
Size In a Stallion.
What is size in a stallionS Must we
have the scales to find out If a horse
has size enough? When is a stallion
big enough? A draft stallion is large
enough when he would make a good
draft gelding himself I'm working flesh.
not before, says Breeders Gazette. A
carriage or coach stallion is big enough
when he has size to do good work In
the harness In which his get are to go.
The saddle stallion is big enough when
he Is up to carrying 1S5 pounds and
the roadster is big enough when he can
comfortably pull light four wheeled
vehicle at speed. We do not need the ,
scale to tell us anything about any one !
OF these horses or their weights.
Horses Points.
There are some points which are vail
liable In horses of every description.
The head should be proportionatelyj
large and well set ON. The lower Jaw
bones should be sufficiently far apart
to enable. the head to form an angleI
with the neck, which gives 1t free mo.
ton and graceful carriage and pref
vents 1t bearing too heavily on thei
hand The eye should be large, a littleI
prominent, and the eyeIids fine andI
thin. The ear should be small and erectl
and In quick motion. The lop ear indi.I
Gates dullness and stubbornness. WhenI
too far back there is a disposition fol
mischief
Frosty Bits.
In very cold weather / am aIwavsI
careful to hold the bit In my handsI
and rub 1t few moments to take theI
chill off before 1 put it in the horse'sI
mouth, says NJ. II. Cole, a New York;
farmer. / have seen many horses with
sore mouths caused by frosty bits
Might just as well put a redhot bit intoI
horses mouth as an Ice cold one, The
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