Year: 1877

out of the animal, before selling it to be
killed. A feeling of horror and compass.
sion thrills through the spectators. They
can hardly believe they are only looking at
play, for the stimulation is perfect Stag
gering along with his draught under the
cruel urging of the whip, the moment ar
rives when Prince can go no further. Its
unhappy span of life is terminated 1t sud-
denly drops down under its weary load-to
die, and be relieved of all its troubles
Unyoked from the cart, and relieved of its
harness, there it is, stretched out, with a
crowd of idlers about it, seemingly at the
last gasp, and offering in it's fate dreadful
instance of undesorved cruelty to animals
g Mans inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn" Quito trLe; but,
alas lnhumanlty TO man is nothing in COM
parison with the inhumanity which is rcck-
lessly exercised towards the horse


There is concluding scene in the life of
the horse we have been describing, which,
on no account, must be omitted. While
lying IN the streets in his death struggle, and
when preparations were making to- drag it
OF to the shambles, lady who is passing
recognizes the dying animal as being her
tavorlte horse Prince, which she had ridden
years ago at the fox-chase. At the same
time, the poor beast, family lifting his head,
recognizes its old mistress, and with failing
eyes seems to implore her compassion. In
a state of distraction the.lady kneels down,
takes the horses head in her lap, speaks to
it oonsolingly and once more calls it her dear
Prince. Oh what would she not do to re-
vive the dying animal and give Prince
new lease Of existence! Just at this juno
ture, in the manner of the old plays, when
something supernatural was required to get
over serious difficulty, sylph-like being,
in the character of benevolent fairy, ap-
pears on the stage, carrying magic wand.
Her mission, she says. being to redress wrong,
she touches the dying horse with the wand
and bids it rise. In an instant Prince starts
up from its recumbent position, and to the
delight and amazement of everybody, it is
as fresh, glossy and beautiful as when it
went out with the hounds in the fox-chase.
The lady springs upon its back, and off
Prince goes at splendid gallop. The ap-
plause was, of course, immense


Perhaps in the whole annals of horse
manship there was never demonstrated
no,o wonderful oase of acting. The horse
aaa foaS sn ssigning 10 fas ppRie
horse. It had .feigned to be tired when it
stood on three legs 1t feigned to be dying
when it dropped down in the sand-cart.-
The whole affair was piece of stimulation,
and by means of some adventitious aid in
discoloring the skin, the deception was CON-
plete. A hasty rub with cloth puts it all
right; and instead of dying. Prince gal
lops off in the consciousness of having per-
formed a brilliant piece of acting.


What we have narrated from recollection
will assist in illustrating the natural intelli.
gence of tho horse, and the extent to which
it can be educated by patient and gentle
training. Harsh treatment would be all
mistake. Words kindly spoken, some small
reward in the shape of mouthful of what
is agreeablc-a trifling sweetmeat, for in
stance-will work wonders in forming the
;chareetes Of the horse, and teaching it to
perform any required feat. We have always
thought that an impressive moral lesson was
conveyed in the play of the High-mettled
Racer.


RYE FOR PAsTURE.-A correspondent of
the Elmira, (N W Farmers Club writes
as follows: Farmers who are in want of
frst-class pasture at least expense, for this
season, should prepare lot for the purpose
and sow the same to winter rye and they
will soon have pasture for sheep, calves,
poultry, in fact any kind of stock and for
young lambs it cannot be excelled. Heavy
stock will tramplc it to the ground, to some
extent, if put on early in the season, but
later they can be kept on it at profit
Winter rye sown in the spring will not head
out till the second year, but will stool out so
as to coUor the ground, producing luxu-
RANT mass of feed that will pay every expert
mental trial 1t can be cut for soiling pur-
poses the second year for grown up stock, or
it can be raised for pasture, as stated before,
or it can be allowed to attain its growth and
manure crop to harvest. 1t will also stand
drouth very well, and enrich the land
From one and half to two bushels per acre
shosad be sown according to the wealth of
the land"


SENTIMENT AND OPINIoN.-Sentiment
joia man to. man opinions divide them.-
The former are elementary, and concen-
trate the latter are composite, and scat.
ter. The friendships of youth are founded
on sentiment; the dissensions of age result
from opinion, If we could know this at