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• Ae. Smith's death haft been so suds
deal, and na'one was there to see It.,
there was an inq,ueet held. The land
lord and ostler' at the White Lion,
with several other 'people, gave evi-
denve, that lie was ireeeereetecl when e he
stat~tgd Vont the inn. The keener of
the toll -gate said he rode at a hard gel -
lop through the gate; arse my shoe vas
picked up amongst true stones, so that
the ease was quite plain to them, and I
Was Cleared of all blame.
Everybody pitied Susan, She was
nearly out of her mind; slue kept say-
ing over and over again, "Ohl he was
so good—eo good! It was all that.
cursed drink;" why will they sell that
cursed, drink? 0 Reuben, Reuben!
So she: went on till after he was buried;
and then, as she had no home or rela-
tions,"she, with her six little children.
Was obliged • once more to leave the
pleasant home by the tall oak -trees,
and go into that gloomy Union House.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Bunsen, AND GOING DOWNHILL
As soon as my knees were sufficient-
ly healed, I was turned into a small
meadow for a monta or two; no othe7
creature was there, and, though I en-
. joyed the libersy and the sweet grass,
yet I had been so long used to soci-
ety that I felt very loner*. Ginger
` and I had become fast friends, and
now I missed her company extremely.
I oftened neighed when I heard ho- nes'
feet passing on the road, but I seldom
. got en answer; till one morning the
gate was opened, and who should come
in but dear old Ginger. The man slip -
ed off her halter and belt her there.
With a joyful whinny I trotted up to
her; we were both glad to meet, but I
soon found that it was not for our
pleasure that she was brought to be
with me. Her story would he too long
to tell, but the end of it was that she
had been ruined by hard riding, and
was now tanned off to see what rest
would do.
Lord George was young and would
take no warning; he was a hard rider,
and would hunt whenever he could get
the chance, quite careless of his horse.
Soon after I left the stable there was a
;steeplechase, and he determined to
ride. Though the groom told him she
was a little' strained, and was not fit
for the race, he did not believe it, and
on the day of the race urged Ginger
to keep up with the foremost iidere.
With her high spirit, she strained her-
self to the utmost; she came in with
the- first three horses, but her wind
w:.s touched, beside wbich he was too
heavy for her, and her back was stain-
ed. "And so," she said, "here we are.
ruined in the prime of youth and
strength, you by a drunkard and I by
a fool; it is very hard." We both felt
in ourselves that we were not what we
had been. However, that did not
spoil the 'pleasure we had in each
other's-�companyreeve edideerot'gaelope
about as we once did, but we used to
feed, and lie down together, and stand
for hours under one o: the shady lime
trees with our heads close to each
other; And so we pastied our time till
the family retutneu from town.
One day we saw the Earl come into
the meadow, and York was with him.
Seeing who it was, we stood still under
our lime -tree and let them come up to
us. They examined us ca. efully. The
Earl seemed much annoyed.
"There is three hundred pounds
flung away for no earthly use," said he;
"but what I care most for is that these
horses of my old friend, who thought
they would find a good home with the,
area ruined. The mare shall have a
twelvemonth's run, and we shall see
what that will do for her; but the black
one, he must be sold; 'tis a giaatnity,
but I could not have knees like tnese
in my stables."
"No, my lord, of course not," said
York; "but he might get a place where
appearance is not of much conse-
quence, and still be well treated. I
• know a man in Bath, the master of
some livery stables, who often wants a
good horse at a low figure; I know he
looks well after his horses. The inquest
.cleared the horse's character, and
your lordship's recommendation, or
mine, would be sufficient warrant for
him."
"You had better write to him, York.
I should be more particular about the
,"place than the money he would fetch."
After this they left us.
"They'll soon take you away," said
'Ginger, "and I 'shalt lose the only
friend I have, end most likely we shall
i •never see each other again. 'Tis a hard
world!"
About a week after this, Robert
came into the field with a halter, which
the slipped over my heard, and led me
away. There was no leave-taking of
•.reinger; we neighed to each other as I
was led off, and she trotted anxiously
along by the hedge, calling to me as
:long as she could hear the sound of my
.feet.
Through the recommendation of
'York, I was bought by the master of
.the livery stables. I had to go by
train, which was new to me, and re-
• . quired a good deal of courage the first
time; but as I found the puffing, rush-
, ing, whistling, and more than all, the
trembling of the horse -box in which I
- stood did me no real harm, I soon took
it quietly.
When I reached the end of my jour-
ney, I found myself in a tolerably com-
fortable stable, and well attended to.
These stables were not so airy and
pleasant as those I had been used to.
The stalls were laid on a slope instead
of being level, and as my head was
kept tied to the manger, I was obliged
always to stand on the slope, which
was very fatiguing. Men do notseem to
see taht horses ran do more work if
they can stand comfortably and turn
about; however. I was well fed and
well cleaned, and on the whole, I think
our master took as much care of us as
he could. He kept mood many horses
and carriages of different kinds for
hire, Sometimes his own men drove
them; at others, the horse and chase
were let to gentlemen or ladies who
drove themselves.
bad'and, ignorant driving _te.'whieh we.
Irclses reee.subjeeted; fax was a "ifile
horse," and, was let out to all sorts of
people who wished to hire Me; and as,
e wagood tereperod. and gentle, 1
think was oftener let out, to the ignoe
rant dtty era than come of the otthe>,
horses, �rQcause I, could •be. depended
lxpon, It would take.a: long .thee to
tell; of all the different styles zn which
.I was dri veil, but will mention a few
of them.
Firstr there were ;the tight -rein driv-
ers
.rivars -keen who seamed til think that
all 'depended en holding the reihs as
hard as they could: never relaxing the
pull on the i orsesmouth, or giving
him the least liberty of movemeee.
They ars always talking abbut "keep,
ing the horse well in hand."and "hold-
ing a horse up,'- just as if a horse was
not made to hold himself up.
Some poor broken-down horses,
whose mouths have been made head.
and insensible by just such drivers as
these, may, perhaps, ,find some ,support
in it;but for the horse wholdepenci sup-
oxi his own legs, and who h.ast a tender -
mouth and is,casilyy guided, it is not
only tormenczng, but it is stupid.
Then there are the leose-rein drivers,
who let the reins lie easily on our backs
and their own hand rest lazily on their
knees. Of course such gentlemen have
no control over a horse, if anything
happens suddenly. if a horse shies, or
starts, or stumbles, they are nowhere,
and cannot help the horse or them-
selves, till the mischief is done. Of
course for myself I had no objection
to it, as I was not in the habit - either
of starting or stumbling, and had only
been used to depend on my driver for
guidance and encouragement;still, one
likes to know that one's driver is not
gone to sleep.
Besides, a slovenly way of driving
gets a horse into bad ana often lazy
habits; and when he changes hands he
has to be whipped out of them with
more or less pain and trouble. Squire
Gordon always kept us at our best
paces and our best manners. He said
that spoiling a horse, and letting him
get into bad habits, was just as cruel
as spoiling a child, and both had to
suffer for it afterwards.
Besides, these drivers are often ca' :e -
less altogether, and will attend to any-
thing else more than their horses. I
went out in the phaeton one day with
one of them; he bad a lady and two
children behind. He flopped the reins
about as we started, and of course
gave me several unmeaning cuts a'th
the whip, though I was fairly off.
There had been a good deal of road -
mending going on, and even where the
stones were not freshly laid down
there were a great many loose ones
about. My driver was laughing and
joking witn the lady and children, and
talking about the country to the right
and the lett; but he never thought it
worth while to keep an eye to his
horse, or to drive on thesmoothest
parts of the road; and so it easily hap-
nened that I got a stone in one of my
fore feet.
Now, if Mr Gordon or Jolla, or in
fact'any good driver, had been there,
be would have seen that something
was wrong, before I had gone three
_peeps. Or, even ifit.ha_l been d&1:k,_.
practiced hand would have felt by the
rein that there was something wrong ;
in the step,:and they would have got
dow i na picked out the stone. But,
this :�' n went on laughing and talk-
ing, whilst at every step the stone be'
came more firmly wedged between my
shoe and the frog of my foot. The '
stone was sharp on tine inside and
round on the outside, which, as every
one knows, is the most dangerous kind
that a horse can pick up; at the same
time cutting his foot, and making him
most liable to stumble and fall.
Whether the man was partly blind,
or only very careless, I can't say; but
he drove me with that stone in my
foot for a good half mile before he saw
anything. By that time I was going
so tame with the pain that at last he
saw it, and called out, "Well, here's a
go! Why, they have sent us out with
a lame horse! What a shame,"
He then chucked the reins and flip-
ped about with the whip, saying,
"Now, then, it's no use playing the
old soldier with me; there's the journey
to go, and it's no use turning lame and
lazy."
Just at this time a farmer came rid-
ing up on a brown cob; he lifted his
hat and pulled up.
""I beg your pardon, sir," he said;
"but I think there is something the
matter with your horse; he goes vex y
much as if he had a stone in his shoe.
If you will allcw me, I will look at his
feet; these loose scattered stones are
confounded dangerous things for the
horses."
"He's ahired horse," said my driver.
""I don't know what's the matter with
him, but it is a great shame to send
out a lame beast like this."
The farmer dismounted, and, slip-
ping his rein over his arm, at once
took up my near foot.
"Bless me, there's a stone! Lame! I
should think so."
At first he tried to dislodge it with
his hand, but as it was now very tight-
ly wedged, he drew a stone -pick out
of his pocket, and very carefully, and
with some trouble got it out. Then
holding it up, he -said, ""There, that's
the stone your horse had picked up; it
is a wonder he did not fall down and
break his knees into the bargain.'
"Well, to be sure!" said my driver;
""that is a queer thing! I never knew
that horses picked up stories before."
"Didn't you?" said the farmer rather
contemptuously; "but they do, though,
and the best of them will do it, and
' can't help it sometimes on such roads
as these. And if you don't want to
lame your horse, you must look sharp
I and get them out quickly. This foot
is very much bruised," he said, setting
it gently down and patting me, "If I
might advise, sir, you had better drive
him gently for a while; the foot is a
good deal hurt, and the lameness will
not go off directly."
Then mounting his cob and raising
his hat to the lady, he trotted off.
When he was gone, my driver began
to flop the reins about and whip the
harness, by which I understood that I
was to go on, which of course I did
glad that the stone was gone, but still
in a good deal of pain.
This was the sort of experienee we
job horses often came in for,
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A JOB H nsi AND III9 DRIyERe3.
O
Hitherto I had always been driven
by people who at least knew how to
.drive; but in this glace 1 was to get my
ekpel'iebee of all the differetlt kinds of
• . " CLINTON, NEW• ..Z.111$4..,
They always seemed to think that a VIE 110Y CARItIAGE,
iigrse was something like a'steam.- en- -----
1
gine, only= sznalle' , At any rate, they An important event had happened
think that it only they pay for it, a, In ykuttg Mr ,Tones' household, and he
horse le licrund to go j,itst .aH fast and eainete tine city to.bn,yababy 'car ;agge�,.
with just asheav� y, a. load as they l�i0thing was too goo.., for h zn, and he
please. .And be' the roads heavy and' finally selected a ' delicate ,creation of
muddy, or dry and geed; be they stony , wiciierwork,with Russian leather Weil-
er
rim
er einooth, uphill or downhill, it is ati ings and pale blue silk and lace,
the same,—on, on, on, •9ne must gb, at Jones lives in ,Terseyr half a, xrdte's ride
the same pace, with no relief :and`no from New York,
consideration, : • The carriage arrived next clay, boxed.
Tneee people neves think 'of getting I up With ns much care as though it had
hilt to walk op a steep Mll. 1.) h; no, been a, crate of china or a -racing bi-
theyhave paid, to ride, and ride they cycle. The wheels came in a, separate
wilt ! The horse? -tlh, he's used to Al box, `
What were horses made, for, if not to Mrs 'ones had always declared that
drag_ people uphill? Walk! A good her husband was stupid in doing work
joke indeed! And so. the whip is plied about the house, but she made no re -
and the rein is chuckled and often a i monstrance against her husband put -
rough, scolding voice crie(ont, "Gro tingthe baby carriage together,
along, you la?,y beast?' And then an= "'• e succeeded finally in uup_acking
other slash of the whip,. when all the the carriage and wheels, though in do-
ing so he nearly smashed his thumb
with a hammer. He screwed on the
wheels, and, then setting the carriage
up, examined the work with a critical
eye,
Certainly the vehicle had a peculiar
1 would far rather go twenty miles _ appearance. It seemed to sided, havini
with a good considerate driver than I tz decided list to starboard. "That sin t
time we are doing our very best to get
along, uncomplaining and, obedient,
though often sorely harassed and
downhearted.
This steam-engine style of driving
wears us up faster than any other king.
would o ten with sozne of these; it
would take less out of me. rf
Another thing, they scarcely ever
put on the brake, however steep the
downhill may be, and thus bad acci-
dents sometimes happen; or if they do
put it on, they often forget to take it
off at the bottom of the hill, and more
than once I have had to pull half -way
up the next hill, with one of the wheels
held by the brake, before the driver
chose to think about it; and• that is a
terrible strain on a horse.
Then these cockneys, instead of
starting at en easy pace, as a gentle-
man would do, generally set off at full
speed from the very stable yard; and
when they want to stop, they fi' st
whip us, and then pull up so suddenly
that we are nearly thrown on our
haunches, and our mouths jagged with
the bit,—they call that pulting up with
a dash; and when they turn a corner,
they do it as sharply as if there were
no'rrght or wrong side of the road.
1'" well remember one spring evening
I and Rory had been out f or the day.
(Rory was the horse that mostly went
with me when a pair was ordered, and
a good honest fellow he was.) We had
our own driver, and as he was always
considerate and gentle with us, we
had a very pleasant day. We were
coming home at a good smart pace,
about twilight. Our road turned sharp
to the left; but as we were close to the
hedge on our own side, and there was
plenty of room to pass, our driver did
not pull us in. As we neared the cor-
ner I heard a horse ,and two wheels
coming rapidly down the hill towards
us. The hedge was high, and I could
see nothing, but the nest momeut we
were upon each other. Happily roe
me, I was on the side nearest the heti/Ye.
Rory was on the left side of the pole,
and had not even a shaft to protect
him. The man who was driving was
making straight for the corner, and
when he came in sight of us he had no
time to pull over to his cwn side. The
whole shock came upon Rory. The gig
a4haft,ran .inight,into the chest, making
CHAPTER XXIX.
cOCXNEYS.
Then there is the steam-engine style
' of driving; these drivers were mostly
towns,who never a
people h
pp. ple from da
]gorse of their own, and generally tri
Yelled by rail.
�it�t k�Ii CI'�► � +[ �a to rta►.
him stagger back with it -C -'v' that -I•
shall never forget. The other horse
was thrown upon his haunches and one
shaft broken. it turned out that it
was a horse from our own stables,with
the high -wheeled gig that the youtg
meg were so fond of.
TO BE C)NTINUED.
C. 0. RICHARDS & Co.
GENTS.—I have used your MINARD'S
LINIMENT in my family for some years
and believe it the best medicine in the
market as it does all it it recommended todo
Caenaan Forks, N. B., D. EIEEBTE.D.
John Mader, Mahone Bay, informs us
that he vas cured of a very severe, attack
of rheumatism by tiseing MINABL "S
LINMENT.
Near Kincardine on Monday Miss Bertha
Milne, aged eighteen, committed suicide by
taking strychnine.
Minards Linarnent is used by physicians
Mr Charles G. King of Wellesley street
Toronto has lost three children dosing the
past few days from diphtheria and a fourth
is lying ill.
THE RCT
the one I ordered," said Jones to the
nurse girl, who came in just then and
had fixed a pair of wondering eyes on
the carriage. "The one they sold -
me was straight, and I'd like to kno
what they take me for to send a thing
like thisa Jones gave the carriage a
vicious p°+L' and it wheeled around in
a circle as a duck swims when one side
is paralyzed by a shot.
Jones was mad clean through. He
had the carriage put in the cellar and
wrote to the firm' from which he had
purchased it to send a man to take
their "lopsided swindle" away.
Jones hadn't cooled off when a man
came to look at the ca:viage. The man
listened patiently to Jones' opinion of
the firm while he was getting the car-
riage out of the cellar.
"Why you blamed fool!" he replied,
however, when 'the vehicle was finally
submitted to him for inspection, "no
wonder it's lopsided. You've put both
big wheels on one side and both little
ones on the other.
Jones begged the man not to say
anything about it, and gave bim some
good cigars and opened a bottle of fine
old Tokay. But the thing was too good
to kept,. The man told one of Jones'
neighbors whom he met outside the
house, and so the story spread. That's
the reason people look curiously at the
carriage when Jones takes the baby
out, then at Jones, and then snicker.
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season there was but little growth un-
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during the past fifty years, truth-
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Its curative properties, strength,
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When you ask for
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don't be induced to purchase any
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of appearance, flavor, or effect,
are blood -purifiers in name only,
and are offered to you because
there is more profit in selling
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A novel case has come up for the de-
cision of the Treasury Department in
its enforcement of the custom laws.
It involves the question of the char-
acter of natural gas, whether it comes
under the tariff as a mineral product
or in any other way. Natural gas is
inported in great quantities by pipe
line companies into Buffalo from Can-
ada, The Buffalo gas' eampanies com-
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should pay a duty on the imported
natural gas, and the matter is now
before the board of general appraisers
at New York for decision.
FACE AND FIGURE
show it, if you are a healthy woman. They
will have a beauty of their own, no matter
what their features. Perfect health with its
. clear skin, rosy obeeks and bright eyes, is
enough to maim any woman attractive.
To get perfect health, use Dr. Pierre's
Favorite Prescription, That regulates and
promotes all the proper functions of wom-
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blood, dispels aches and mine, brings re-
fresbingsleep, and restores h alth, flesh and
strength.
For periodical pains, proal us and other
displacements, bearing-devtn eeteatiotls,
an "female complaints" genera• , it is so
effective that it can be gaatante . If it
doesn't benefit ordure, you havoy r money
back* re anything that hat sot in this
' way likely trube "jaettta good."
at is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription tor: in/tlatll a
and Children. It contains neither Q rium, Morphjuo nor •'
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and (k stor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' "wase by
111illions of Mothers. Castorla destroys. Worms and allays• ,
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting sour Card,,; ;
cures Diarnccca and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves f
teething troubles, cures constipation and Satulene . '
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach'
and bowels, giving healthy and nate l sleep. Cas•
torila is tho Children's Panacea—the MMlo&er's Friend. •
Castorla.
" Castor's is so well adapted, tooiafdrenthM.
I recommend it as superior ," ; •++•
known to me." .
Antereii, M. D:,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the ohildrea's depart-
meat have spoken highly='ot their expert-
ence in their outside practi'ti'with Castorla,
and althoutch we only have among our
medical supies what is known as regular,
products, yet are tree to confess that ihl
merits of Castorla has won us to look
favor upon it."
UNITED Hoar. AND DIar6}re8 x,
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Aura C. Siam, Pres.,
The Centaur Company, TI Murray Street, New York City,,',s`
Castoria.
"Castoria Is an exoellent medicine for chil-
Rren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon Weir children."
Dn. G. 0. Osaoon,
Lowell, Mass..
"Castoria is the best remedy for children or
which I am acquainted. I hope the day la not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in-
stead of the varlouaquacknostrumswhich are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine. soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down Weir throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves."
Da. J. F. Ksxcrosros,
Conway, At'
40 CENTS
%iv iii. BtTY A TABLE
Have you seen the BAMBOO TABLES we are offering at 44.) cents ? .,The
are lust the thing on which to set a flower pot in your parlor. We have another lin e
60 cents that is great value.
The Latest Thing in CIAI
Is the AUSTRIAN STYLE. We have a full line of these in Oak, comprie
Dinners, Rockers and Arm Chairs. The prices of these are remarkably lo
Our $13 BEDROOM SUIT has been a great seller with ne. The sa
of. .this.snit-is increasing-every,month._ We have never hat finch a, Weil assorted
stock as we have for the spring trade; and what is better still the prioes'wer`e never
so low. Remember we consider it a pleasure to show you through our warerooms
whether you buy or not.
J. W. CHIDLEY, Funeral Director and Embalmer—Night calls answered at his
residence, King St., opposite the foundry.
JOSEPH CHIDLEY,.
FINE FURNITURE FANCIER, CLINTON
HOUSE CLEANING TIME
This
is the season for cleaning and fixinir up. We offer you•
such as SOAP (at old prices) Whltewash Brushes
Sapoilo, Etc., and for those w o would like a nice
We have just opened a line of the cheapest ever offered in
quote prices from $r2.fi0 to $10 for Printed Sets; they are
value. All kinds of Garden Seeds on hand, also Carrot,
and Turnip deed at lowest quotations.
(-EO S'w"ALLORT, - Clinton.'.
S)ES lW 9 A�L
Pth
We have since last announcement opened up a fine stock of Boots, mart
and Wall Paper handsome and very cheap. We have also a good s
Clover, Timothy, Orchard Grass and Garden Seeds of best
at lowest possible prices.
Our Spring Hats, Ties and Top Shirts take the cake.
Pantings and Suitings areworthy of your inspection
Produce taken in exchange.
ADAMS' EMPORIUM,
LONDESBORO
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