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Show A Lively Horse. Arthur Simmons has a Texas pony on his farm at Chokee whose ability as s jumper cannot be surpassed. He is a diminutive specimen of that breed of horseflesh, and a day or two ago was put into a big box or crate for shipment to Americus, there being no stock car convenient con-venient at the time. The pony and box were placed upon a flat car and the train pulled out. The little sample of Texas cyclone Boon got tired of his close quarters, quar-ters, and while the train was running at a speed of thirty miles an hour, kicked the box into a cocked hat and made a leap for liberty. He struck terra firma right side up with care, and when the train men came back to view his cold remains the said remains were quietly nibbling at a keg of iron spikes on the side of the road, and it took four men and a boy an hour to run down and capture him. At least that is what the conductor said. Americus (Ga.) Times. 1 |