Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-07 | Page 6 | Prototype of "David Harum"

prototype of david haburn one of the quaint characters who formerly lived at hempstead was 01 lier hendrickson says the brooklyn eagle he was a great lover of horses and something of a ve terina rian daily and hourly he murdered the kings english his favorite simile was jess so with a boss he was once heard to say that he never failed to notice the physician in which a horse laid down A neighbor of olivers had a horse ot which he was very fond and which he permitted oliver to use at frequent intervals on one occasion the own little son went driving with oil ver and much to the latter s disgust kept nestling about in his seat asking to handle the reins and urging his companion to let the horse go at top speed He turning oliver told the lad s father that he was the most dis restless boy he ever saw the owner of the horse soon after was seized with a serious illness and tor a time was near death oliver looked after the horse carefully dur ing his neighbors illness occasion ally he would call at the sick man bouse to report condl ts at the stable on such occasions he would tell his friend s wife that so and so had made an offer tor the horse in the event of the owner dying but said olivar I 1 told em they d have to bid higher n that I 1 am going to look out for the cheerful conversa alon that for a woman who knew she might be widowed any day after a time the sick man ered and when he was out oliver calmly told him I 1 was dreadful fraid ye was goin to die mr but I 1 never let your wife know how I 1 was I 1 kept her courage up I 1 tell ye another remark of olivers to a horse owner was I 1 kin cure most anything in a horse but ye must nev er let one of yours get a foundry on him I 1 cant never cure that ot course he meant foundered