Show answered the call on the bank of the mohawk river rhe r midway between amsterdam and ami tallies hill new york Is 12 the form farm of aaron pepper the proprietor Is the posse bror ot of several horses and among them one that Is blind of which our dumb animals tells this story the horses frequently resort to the islands in the river lor for pasturage they told fold the stream at a point near the dwelling and jibe be blind mare mara usually follows the others during it a recent freshet the horses attempted to return while mr pepper anxious as aa to the result hood watching batching them from tho north there bore two horses and colts had bad entered the stream thou then their blind companion followed rn in a few minutes all were struggling against the rapid current and falling failing to make any headway tho the leaders sought the large island wallo the blind beast became separated from them and drifted a considerable distance below until bhe gained a foothold then dib discovering covering the loss ot of her mates and realizing her helpless condition she gave a plaintive whinny one of the animals upon haring it reentered the stream and swimming to its unfortunate companion touched it with the nose and directed it toward the island which both reach ed in safety |