| Show bito fiTO ries EIEg OF or A HORSE honse A friend recently purchased a fine horse which had been 0 owned I 1 w ned b by y a stove dealer and often amused hii his friends when w I 1 h en out driving by drawing up the reins at the top of a very steep bill and then calling out to fan tobe to be careful of her head she would obey ob obey sy the command instantly choosing the surest ground for every footstep and guarding against tho the slightest jar that could affect her load her success was remarkable glass itself would have escaped uninjured in her care in her new home fan was used only for a carriage horse one day she washy b wasby y mistake harnessed to the tiye plow and driven out to work her spirits seemed greatly depressed by this treatment and she tried her best to rid herself of the burden just then mr W appeared at ta the e opposite side of the field fan saw him and her animation returned instantly leaving the furrow she trotted towards him complaining in the most mournful tone of the wrong 0 she fancied she had llad received her whole appearance was ludicrous in the extreme and when she reached him she actually laid her head against his shoulder in a coaxing way and add went west wen t on with her complaint very much like a whining child mr drw W was to much amused by her perform performance anee to neglect her plea he released her from the plow and she trotted off to the stable like a colt what she evidently considered her own business was always well done one morning while mr W was taking a drive with his sister and child she stopped abruptly at the top of the first hill regardless of the whip which she usually feared mr W V descended from the carriage and examined the harness all right said he and now fan go ahead weve no time for your whims fan was resolute no amount of coaxing or whipping would stir her what does she mean inquired mr W who was to well accustomed to being in the wrong he set himself to work once more to ascertain what she was trying to have him understand he discovered after much painstaking that a very important buckle in the harness had been broken and did not hold he supplied its place by tying with a stout string which he was fortunate enough to have nave about him 1 I cannot tell how the creature ta found u nd it out said he musingly but if she should have started down hill we should have beeri been dashed to pieces b at another time two tayo friends visiting him were driving out and became so much absorbed in conversation as to forget for a time where the horse was carrying them but fan allowed no reveries to divert her attention from her business the road made a certain turn at a point where the remainder of it for some distance was concealed from sight by trees and shrubs here she drew up with a jerk that aroused her driver he called out to her but she remained firm he applied the whip he might aa as well have essayed to move stone 41 what a are re you about he demanded all AU the echoes of the new hampshire hills answered for her as a train thundered by so near him that a step or two onward would have been sure destruction EDITOR EMOR deseret dwinn NEWS perhaps it would not be altogether useless to inform the citizens and others that snow fell here last winter to the depth of 1 7 feet 3 inches as near as could be measured and if it has fallen to that depth on the mountains we may expect high water therefore it may be well to prepare forit in time and thus prevent damage aromus os far as possible M W yours respectfully J parlay sixteenth ward may blay elor fio P lynch 1 as qa gierk clerk of court courteously handed banded us ui the following telegram T r virginia dale may 10 P lynch I 1 A Adjourn courts till and dinst jonn JOHN ynes judat judge 1 |
