The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-12

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gaa ho generally tAiAs ia boss ian
Knags. / spcns y night With him and
arr sof., vet from laughing af a!w
hofxo trading yarns. lie has 4 bis
two story hou~e ana a bis iamsiy
Taos hase all kinds Of chickens,
gees-. ducks, PET rabbits, dogs.
horses. mules. cows. calves. pigeons
and as Mrs Hutton SAYS. everything
hn, suineax That night ae All Got
around the stos. aud he told ms'
some of his horse swapping tales
He SAYS, II have made a great many
ltrados and | guess have held nay oun
pretty we'll II docs ME good 10
burn" regular horse trader but
never tell anything unreasonable 20
a man sho is honest and expects
fair deal. He looked at m" out Of
one corner of his eye aud says, II
YOU were 10 come 10 me To buy a
horse. I'd tell you all about him, fof
II know YOU are not a trader ! as
snred him that would risk him for
anything he said. and he proceeded
"Onee / had a neiphbor who had q
lfinelooking bay horse l6 hands
high and was about as fine looking
creature as YOU ever saw. But hf
, wouldn't work to save your Iii. and
, had the hpavcs 10 boot. This neighboi
lcouldnt do anything with him and
ii gave him COW for him, and my
, neighbor was glad 10 do that. ! kept
, him in the stable about two weeks
, fed him good and sleekea him up
, and when I took him out he was az
, slick as owl grease and anybody
would have been stuck on him.
I knew a regular horse trader wht
! | lived in the lower part of the conn
, Itv. and | also knew that he knew
, how to take and give and wouldn
get mad if ! soaked him couple o.
hundred dollars worth. ! poured {
quart of melted lard down tina
, horses neck to shut off the heave'
= for a few hours, saddled him up, 70
The was fine saddler. and rode dowr
Z there pretending that | wanted u
o buy yearlings. AS luck would hay
4 it, when | got there my trader frien
j. was on his front gallery and when
q icame single footing up, it was clea'
r ly a case Of love at first sight. II
is wanted to buy him or trade for hin
IS but l refused, saying that | guesse
!, I'd keep him. He says Can q won
an drive him. I says just as we
, as a man, he will stand Witho,
E, hitching, and when he gets to hf
4 he is there What is the least 20
, will take, he says Three hundre
a dollars and not one cent less wa
= NV answer Won't you trade at all
8 he says. Of course, if you have any
: thing that is worth the money, Blu
n don't want any shot guns or rl11
raft, and | told him I'd better be go
g ing But by and by we got out TO nj
. barn and the upshot was he gave m
: three SIS mules and SIS in cash an
4 he kept the horse " Well" ] says
did he squeal?" mo, sir, no gam
g horse trader ever does, but takes hi
p medicine like man. But next da
he came to see me and as he drov
up he says. Il am not mad but JUS
want to congratulate you. ] hitche'
that horse to a buggy and drov
, around awhile and I am sure a WON
an can drive him as well as q man
II came to a steep hill and he stoo'
without hitching and would hav
been there yet If hadn't TOOK hin
out and led him away. All I want q
know Is how to shut those heaVe
down" told him and next frs
Monday he took him to WaSahachi
and traded him for n Mitchell wag
on and two, one and a quarter mules
There lost sight of that horse.
Did you ever get stuck YOURSELF
asked. He didn't answer at once
but Mrs. Hutton says Tell hin
about the time YOU gave that siSt,
dollar pony for that one dollar ans
ninc,y-eight cent gold watch" Blu
John says. ITS bed time and gnes'
We had better fly mp" HiLFlN
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