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■ aI J ou due occasion iiskl.".
■to giva.Toil an account of my
■ ( mlvoutuie with Genual Lil
l| ic k. nf:il' I .PI-' S Hllll 111 1 I'lAtol:
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■,, wants to make. u big j 'Hi'l
■neslmrk :i short wav. and
Hlioomes ilvAYli to it wiili ill ui
1 reach the mark "i no .
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I. Yoa kur.AV ! belonged t<»
■ srth foot portion of the cur
( iu I-wmy I wan in all ik»
Hiles fr m IViH.»u > Atlanta.
■ seu.cil Imnl fought ontsAver**
■ieonthat memorial campaign
■ jolmsuu. Alter the Battle of
■«tir&. in which *ur reguneui
■tulrl' ill,* 1 null tel Jla'll, tie
■immul (levelveil oil me. The
■t .t\ itn.i Vicksburg emu
licte h:ul much impaired my
Ho hut the honor of i oinmiui'l
Hagallant regiment of veteran
Htirgia tron|iM, wlio hud Been so
Hti lei by •ur galhiut and dual.-
Hgl'cluuel, nl'Unvard* a Briga
Hr, inspired me with a. detenu:
Hlioa to hold oil ami share with
Hmtui the hardships of war.—
Hey knew me, seemed to have
HtidcDCi in in*, and I 1»\ td tb#r*
lunr meet one now, after 20
R»rs have passed, but I feel my
Part throbbing ami going out to
■tin
■ Hut I Imve (ml commenced this
(t v.t v. of giving you a liisto
H of "UJ- old regiment, or diems
■j hard fought fights \\e made,
■u only a little remiuiset nee of
stirring limes.
11fouu-1 myself, after the liar
■»»glit battle „f the 22d of Jim.
Broutri Atlanta. so much broker
B' WD that, under direction of ou,
B ut ß ,(m ' 1 hurried art’ for the Inns
hritlin. Having learned,
Bowtver, a few days hefoie. tlm
B 1? wife and children were then
Bln relutioa s home near .loiush
B o ' l gut eft'at that (dace am was
B»*iied hy friends to the old mil.
B®“fVtoii Indian.” / i'«nn !
B? wife and li'tle ones surround-
H<d by all (he comforts heart c#nld
’aadal hordes had pHss
81-tlmi way. ’l'he negroes were
|* c * k ‘ a!l| l <'ontented;the mules
■">•1 horses were h» sleek and fat
I ll 'hfe darkies, and the cows had a
r»H look es they slowly we»d
|W their way 11(1 ihe lqug lane from
|1 * old null. Thebee-guius stood
If 1 01, 8 l '° A8 iii the rear cf the old
I lU6fs t«ad, and the chickens and
Wfswfire jikntif,,!. Renee you
*** what a good place a 100 V
” 90, ( ie r had fallen iutev A
Stable Egypt, si emed (o ins
strange that I should have
'"'jtoved so rapidly ? The big,
’ w< uils, 1 ij«t fresh, yellow but
r ' «»«> honey ami milk ! What
f° l ; tlm ® tl *« poor, famished scl-
I tt( G And how pleasant,when
"Wißffldentjy g ane( j my health
d ' e >«y wife and little ones
” W ' : lhe lon g lane to the aid mill
l >e fleet, sncl spend pleasant
•moons in fishing for little yel
hotmj - hMA * s °
so. these pleasures were
to vanish. Jonesboro, they
l«ii° nn m ®°B« evening, had fal
t r il *^ e e,ien \* had moved out
e I'iad > the old mill. I vvus
up By day light. Throw ing m
old army blanket ortr nv ghoul
dev, and without taking time to
get Breakfast, 1 parted with mv
Avife and little ones hastily. and
walked over to a neighbor's intend
mg io make arrangements with
him lor watching the enenm
movements, and thou lo get Back
to my command, siiil in tho works
around Atlanta. V\'e had c-m .
t.o an understanding : I was t*
hasten Back to the house. *>c
o
something to ea , ami tin n nice
at die spring, where avo would sc
cret ourselves and wii'clk. Kilpu*
rie; for it Aias this dashing Federal
cavalry officer avlioko command
bad taken jHeeboro, and was
marching over our way. Genera]
doss and his Confederate cavalry
were following li s rear.
/ was returning to the hoi.se
np the lane. Banked on both si les
by high fences, calking with a lean
s'er, who had runout from Jones
boro, with several •fhets an oili
cer or two being auiohg i hem. 1
remember telling him that ii wa*
exceedingly dan ; er f nous himmd
the officer In charge of the. trail
io remain in tlieir present place i
moment, longer, as the enemy
might tie down on us at short no
tics.
While still talking and walking
'.n f.he direction »f the home,
Federal Cavalryman ran (ut in
front of us, commanding us to
surieuder. I remember tha as
pect of that fierce looking fellow
now, as he shouted, "Surrender !
sur a ider!' snrrendo ' I sir, ’1 is
short seven sdooter drawn down
ou me, and at every command the
lingers tightening on the triggei
of his gun. I could not run bad;
—the lane was too long, and the
fencj t’O high to aoule ; so, wha'
eonld 1 do lmt walk up, and, will,
my newly made soldier fri nd, sur
vender, re narkiag that I had no
weapons to hand over, I slipped
uiy watch nto my pants pocket
while the other prisoners wen
turning over their aims.
Well, John, wha' would you
have done next ' Wkat, thick you
[ did ! First, I thought of the
good wife snd little ones, still
sweetly sleeping, (Hr it was siil
quite early,) not dreaming of dun
g«r <o themselves or to me, Next,
perhaps, I thought of a cold, 'lrea
ry Yankee priso”, and how often
I Lad warned my men ot the dot
ger in lagging behind ou tin
march and the horrors of lying in
glooaiy Northern prisons. How
often had I declared m the most
emphatic way that I would never
be carried to one ; that l wonlo
ake my chances of a round of for
tv shots at forty paces, first, and
now my time had some! a time to
verify thebe bold assertions. I
thought fast, but no fully develop
#d plan was formed in my mind o
•scape. The soldier to whem 1
surrendered was watching me
eloselv. He saw from my uni
form that I was a Confederate ofll
cer, aud felt, no doubt, that lie
had made a good haul; for, be
sides myself, this fellow, with I all
dozen others, had captured some
wagons with the teamsters, aud
the utlieer who was in command
of them. The wagons were load
• I with a variety es articles ; gen
erally valuables belonging te he
citizens of Jonesboro. 1 •onclim
ed to argue the matters little with
•v captor :as he was hurrying
; matters, and asked him te let me
go to the back door a d tell my
wife go. d bje. .Bat he said, * .No
dr!” I asked him if he supposed
I would treat him s ) under simi
lar circumstances. "You cannot
make me believe, I said, ‘‘that
you are so hard hearts i ; I will
not believe i'. You are to 1 gen
erous liearteJ for that. I would,
under the same eiiviu.,stances. al
low you at least to tell your wife
and babes goal bye." That seem
ed to touch a tender spot. I mov
ed for the large gate, which stood
a little open and passed in the
back way. As lie did not say
“half,” I still moved on. But he
was jnst at my hack and held his
gun in position te draw it down
on me at the tirst attempt to es
cape. 1 knocked at the back door
and my 'rife met me. I attempt
ed to explain that I was a prison
er, aud iu shaking her. Lauds, per
LawrenoeviUe Georgia, Tuesday March 11. 1884
haps for (he last ium. slippe 1 my
wa ' ll (which was a prfesertf from
mv father, and highly prized on
that accoun ) into her ly-.vls, ft
lie same time assuring her that 1
eonl'l take care of myself. 1 i J( u
f commenced io move *tf' !>ni my
wife called me back for the’ act’
ond time. She could not realize
Ihil I was truly i prisoner. |>il
I sadly assured lien hat it was iio
deed a fact. *nd again kissing
her good tiye, leaving a messfgo
lor the cliildreu, slipped my rusty
pockctbook into her hands, and
> once more turned to rgjoin th
other prison els in the roatl. ,411
oi us have at times a "dare devil'’
feeling come owr us, which I t \
pvrienced then. The (list, setisn
tion of fear, cr anxiety, whatever
it was, had gone 1 was ready
ior any emergency—and it came.
As 1 passed out of tho ga e olio el
the prisoner®, aw marked
‘•Say, ( apluiu, ain't wo in u h—l
of a lix ! I agreed that we were,
and asked him for the loam of a
lior.se. Ho had several
fence, but ail of course, belong*)
o tho captors. "Why, yes, (ft
course, take one if hey will .allow
you to ride it. The boys in blue
were ilion going through the wag
ons with a vim in liieir ninveiueats
bursting open ‘ranks and scald
ing things iu a lively way. • t
my evil genius, or guard was like
a shadow at my back. I until d
mv hoi sc and hallooed ou several
times. “V\ ho will lend me 'a Ini
die! but nil were too busy to
hear. Again and again, as I 100 J:
cdjirst in one wagon and ihen in
Another, I would cry, "Who will
lend me a bridle!”
In moving around I found in; -
self again near the big gate, and
there I turned my horse quickly
so as to throw liiiu l etwee:; n <
and my Yankee raptor. 1 sprang
'trough ft* gate and one or two
jumps eariiid me behind the
house. I ran for dear life, jump- j
mg tliree low crofts fences. wiucS
I think new. I never louched. Ho
rapidly had I moved, that my
watchful guard did not get one
shot at me. I was i a formed af
terwards that he ransacked the
house and threatened ta burn it
down, if I was not found, He look
td under it, around it, and thro
it, but I was then ill the wood*
and there I remained, hidden away
in the top of s tree among the
gjape vines that grew up there.
And well was it that I hid myself
awav so well; for soon after 1 had
done so, the entire fores of Feder
eral troops filed down the main
r ad towards the mill a r d so near
that 1 could plainly he r he men
engaged in conversatirr. 1 ere
they 11 ade a halt, as our Texas
Gencial, Ross, w,th his littlu hand
ful of men, were pushing them so
closely. The Fedenls threw out
■j line of skirmishers along tha
last fence enclosing the woods in
which I was hid. and I could plain
ly hear them forming their lira j
along tins fence ns 1 «»t • straddle
of a limb in the tree top. t could
not afford to lose that position j
just then, so dearly had it bean 1
gained,-and though so uncomfort
able in ibis novel position I must
hold ou at all events. I watched ;
the anemy's movements from open j
iugs made‘in the vine. One or j
two soldiers , ode past under me
After several hours, I knew the
main force had crossed ever the
stream, and that a small number
were still on the line forme 1 along
the fence. Skirmishing had been
going on between this line and
our men for some time, but I
watched rev change and quietly
slipped down '.he tree, keeping the
body »f it between myself an 1 flit
ei esny’s line. I p’aced my back
against die t«e and put on my
•
where l had thrown my old tinny
blanket on the leaves, before 1
was discovered. The leaves were
knocked up arc und me by their
Walls, hut I wat. making my see ml
dash for liberty—and for all that
I was worth. I soon ran right up
among our cavalry and explained
my escape hurriedly—telling who
I was—“ And now boys, ' I said,
‘ I have been chased around until
I am lighting mad, and if you don’,
think I am just give me a gun arid
h ad the way, and we will clean lip
1 \4\ < < i l-.») .lo X MWS, UTMHATUHK AN 1/ I ,0(' Ali AI’I’AIKS
id on this aid *of the stream, in
'Piici: inio. Bui they looked at
me a lilt!e doi.btfully. not know
mg hut tli.a it ua- u nap set for
them.
'Aly exp.lanutions to the ofiieer
in command pi >vcd. also uiisa is
Ja dory, tie moved nrouinl t'u a
settlement r ml. so ns to cut. off
die enemy in /ho directu uof At
hii n. I moved undir essort t>f
one of our own men tw the rear,
io rejmrt. to General Boss. Ho
was soon sa iatied tlint I was all
right, and acting oiv information
b in me, gait,,;,»,n the ri]>a vine,
issuing orders to' his
men. fn (lie Tii(,atn time T had pick
e l up an old an#v ho*se the Fed
ya! t had eriin doAvn. and
vhicli inTii been turned out in the
fields to shift sits lliliisolf' lffi
* kme
woman I/ound living in a s/hall
/
Bp a Bribe, tlircxv my blnirklL
over iheiynsc, aiyjl joined
ai:irv. Jfly'old horse could hardJY
step over ii'fence rail. A
camo uj soon the r.u i fell in
i"i'icnf 'Wo had pushed.Kilp.it
rick a uldfs arv ’irnj towards /J?. *
• A
Dokongli, and ilien Armsmuig's
■ ■fantry ware guarding iWrail
road above Lovejoy’s atafujb. and
in ibaMcDonoughT wagon road,
the "Roys iu Blue*had ei Jftr to
fight th. i»o in front or tun# • biu*k
on Rots's command and
a lick. 1 had tnniti/my
er i* a lio/ j near by. Itos • men
h 1 dismomdi l to gjVa the enemy
i wanning up should they attempt
to cut ilair way through- At
hist tin. crisis was readied. Th#
enemy end ehaj #e«l pell moll at
our mei With subfe dratvn and
horses iu full tilt, they rushed up
on us, and over the lin* they came
like a Avnirhvind. right, into the
horses held iu the rear. Su«h a
whacking and dashing among this
little handful of onfeds” you
naver saw. Our line wrs bl ok#i ,
ihe horses stampeded and lu-re
they came down tharoad lika wild
tire ! 1 ran into ilie midst of tlie
horses, trying to catch one that I
might save myself upon, for I
knew ihe enemy would get me
agahi if 1 attempted nay flight on
my a< ern out charger. lat length
succeded in catchiag the bridle
of a small iron grey mule, and
ihrew myself upon it with abound
my feet nearly reached the ground.
I joined in with our pi (impeded
cavalry men. Ever and anon the
cry would ring down the line*
"Close up ! close up; firing in the
rear !” and sure enough, filing in
the rear was going on. Occasion
ally a cannon would boom. The
stampede continued. Close lip!
close up ! firing in th# re*r."
Ross’ men it seemed, had ralli
ed, and had gore for the Yankees
again, while this little squad of
men, who lnd charge of dio hor
ses, were seeking safety in flight,
and to tins liitle crowd of demor
alized troops 1 had joined my fort
lints. 1 ihiuk we must have run
lin the direction of Atlanta, ten
| milts. Fussing the farm house
where 1 first surrendered in the
more ilag, we plunged into the lit
tle stream, grown to a river by the
lale f; 11 of ra n. W'e halted at
| length, in a wood where we re
mained through the night, with
|on 1 fire or rations, and a dismal
sight we made as we retraced our
« eps, in the morning, tewards
I Jonesboro, where we found some
es Boms’ men. One man came up
and cl <i m sd his lit!l«* mule and I
found my way back te my coin
man in Atlanta as best I could.
Such was my first and last cav
alry service. If my record did
not show better in the infantry, it
would be a poor one. But Gen.
Ross and liis little command of
Texas toys kept Gei. Kilpatrick
and his raiders pretty bury, if they
di 1 succeed in making the circuit
\ of Atlanta
Vi Jill'S,
‘‘Coined ,in Suitdui/ Record of !
Atlanta.
The latest advertising dodge is
, :eran actress t« purchase a s u:t
of clothes and some artificial dia
monds for her husband, and take
him out for a walk in the hope
that homo highwayman may jump
J out «>f an area way, grab him and
I bear him triumphantly away.
Ail l tIODIS r <I. VI'KN\I \I,
Tun A 11AH 111 WITNKsvWriIE Cl:VI i:xa
io or amh!K'an.Mktiio)ii#m mow
I 111. U. 1 . CHI" CH. #fll' I'll, mil IIS
ts Tq Cl I.UIII.ATI I i.1.l AT 111 N I
f'liis year. and
noble i ,ii* in Mm andnm of Aiucri
can it avi 1 • witness
the celebration s*f die one him
divdth annivt'rsdiiy of die Method
ist Kpipcnpel vhyircli oil thin c, in
tinent and is certain to prove a
yea# ofuuusuul ni4ivitv and pio
fonml iuieresr /hronghout the
Avide (Vt uidcd borders of that
powerful denomination of Chris
duns. The grand historic I'nos
reladugtv) charac
ter and woiidcftilachieveineniwof
Christianity, through the orgatiiz
e l ]>lan' an I the doedrins of ATctli
during i- s pa l hway tlm ugh
this century of its existence in
America, are truly phenomenal, as
■ael uowledged by the world's lead
ing minds, and is one of t’*e grand
cut problems of the ages. Wit/
more couinnuica.iis than any ott
er religious body in America, itls
a matter of interest to briefly rc
view some of the facts of general
interest ronnecte 1 with the hist i
rv of the Methodist lmrch F.«
ginning in sndv feebliv,
ness, i.t lias for itself eve
rywhere a most wonderful success
This great religious movement
has, immediately so
given an impulse to (TOisiiim t]«gl
it g and profession, on* all
that ii hasYiime to'prssent it self
as the starting-point of bur mod
ern religious history.
In 17S1, the year when the
Methodist Church was organized
in Baltimore, when Coke and As
bury w#re acknowledged and set
apart as Suj erintendeuts. or ltish
ops. thvv were only 14.!)Sj-i mem
tierp, proaehtrs, til church
buildings, no missiounries.jainj no
institutions of learning within the
boands of the denomination. I>u
from that time until the piesent
the growth of Meihedisni has
been almost incalculable. This
result was achieved by men who
can Avell be denominaied heroes
in ike loftiest sense of the
word. Accepting the motio o*
John Wesley—their church’s foun
der—"The world is my Parish,”
these men of God traversed every
State and Territory of our great
country, preaching the gospel
with power and demonstration of
the Spirit—bi ilding upilm chi r h
Their entire singleness es pur nose
in spreading the gospel las been
their prominent characteristic, m I
to day American Methodism mini
bers within her various branches
-3,993,724 members ; 25,839 travel
ing preachers, and 84,714 local
preachers ; 32,000 church edifices
valued at *IOO 000.000 ; 258 insti
tutions of learning, embracing uni
versifies, ceileges, seminaries, and
high schools; in 1882 had 433 mis
sionaries in Foreign fields sent
from America, besides 1,900 native
helpers ; during that year com rib
uted for the cause of foreigu mis
sions the sum of $551,447.44.
The M E Chureli, South, has pre
pared 10 join in the celebration of
“the Centennial Anniversary of
the Organization of the Methodist
Kpiscup.d Church in America,'
which will jeenr in Baltimore on
Dec 27th, and proposes 10 com
memoriae he great event through
out its entire bounds with suits
hie services and by raising funds
for educational purposes, chore 1
extensions, and Missions. Two
Millions cf debars is the amount
proposed to be raised for these
objects, and tint this purpose cun
be accomplished there should he
no doubt; i' will certainly not ex
hausi the treasury of this strong
I church with in nearly nine him
dred thousand Members.
It may be interesting to our
readers to reeount wlmt American
Methodism has hitherto accom
plished on lieri'entenary occasions
We tirst revert :o the Centennial
of IST.). As the first Metli slist
Socie'y was formed in London in
the month of November, 1738, so
IST I became properly the one
1 hundredth year of Methodism.—
It was accordingly celebrated in
Europe and America. During
lhai ('entinary year. wit'-, a mem
bership of 749.210, including col
I ored members and Indians, the
HEJKALD
Met ho,
ed sri(M».OtHtJfnr
tiomil puri osean i f.i# siq
port <d the .Avornnui pi e icliei *,,
and the widows, eliihly n. am], nr
plians of pre'.ehel i/Wi sh \
an Mtdli*alisdw of Great Brda* *i
raisjil ii\m- .memiliioii dollars f, r
*
The next Me:j*n.list Millennial
evnnl wis q/Wllty It was in e nil
memoriitnui ti c first. Metlm
dist ui'Ws in/ rental's held iu
>
tliis couhtiy pri 17(1(1, and was cel
brat'y M'elh
pul Chinch in*. IHGIi I-. Uicatimi
mid (dap'ch rfX!eii.,inn A\eie the
gieat ebji g tin o' beimvoieiu
anil !#2,(100,0*A w.is suggested :i
tint amount to be ra sed. Tim r,
sub was a magniliceiit one, tin
ilmnk-ofl’erings amounting to
70!), 408,HU. or tli m four
times the amoiJiV fu ip'iscd at the
outset. •
The successful colobndion ot
these two foataertjenlenui v events
should eiic.ourng'e on
Southern .d/othoih-d friends to the
Tie •
they ljin\i Hindi ipn i
ought t« be im inspirat inn
Able and compe cut, <%>iniuit
tees have *vurk in hand' and
will SfOire I. lo Slice ssfil!
ly coii'vynwa[e it.. Si lie 0 nr. 1
Centeimiy I’ii/i'm!lm wi Ji je.iu -t
quarters V. i l ''dVii"ii.. ,
c< Stld*i < fnfryAv it iten
(Trix. *1 > !')»,* of \R*e-
\V I’ Marris. >u, Hi/ , Secretary ;
Hndge .lames Wnitav rili. Tr i ur
er: Bishop H Mel’viire. I, l>
Fulmer, (Tsq ,es Naslivide. and
Janus G Carter, Esq,, of Louis
ville. Ky. 'J’lie following s tlie
Cditei ary Conimitt'e of ‘hi
tiirinebville District. : VNillium A
Park#. F K.. No reruns; liev k i
Jnrrel and J F> M WinbnrnJ 1 iiu
ville
ItCimiou ol‘ llir i£<l <4,-01 _n«
The pnldi-atiou in Tin- SiM'Ai
Uwoitn, of the 17th instant, of
a graphic account of n portion
of liefightmg in the trenches nr
onnd Atlunti in 64, in which the
gallant 12nd Georgia Regiment
took such an active and honorable
part,has brought forth the sub
joined letter. The idea ol a re
union of Ihe old boy 1 on the
scene where they won so much
glory not alone for thems lives,
hut for tha whole Southern army
is a good one and wc hope ilmso
members ol the 42nd who are
at present residing in Atlanta,
will at once take tbe mater in
bund and bring about the ih sired
object. At the same time a camp
of Confederate veterans mi;, lit be
organized here, similar to that
in Richmond, which is modeled
on the plan of organization of the
ffrand Army of the Km üblic.
Regiments in various paits ol
the Sen l b have these annual re
unions and Georgia boys should
uotbe behind her comrade* of
sister S'a'es in these neuters. Col
Thomas is in favor of the re
union and will do all in his power
to bring it about. The letter is
as follows:
Buford, Ga , Feb. 21sf. 1884
(Ml. L. P. Thomas :
Deah Fiuk.nd: - I noticed in Tin
Sunday Rkcoud a partial account
of the light nea* Atlanta on 1 lie
22d July, 18(i4, and the part taken
l>y the 42 Georgia in th<* engage
men).
It 1 ae ills many incidents connect
ed with tha' event and suggests
the question ; Why cannot 01
regiment have a re tit ion on the
22d of next July, on the same
ground where we grappled wi h
tha enemy twenty years ago? Noth
ing Would afford me more pie isure
than to meet the survivors of my
comrade* of tha !2d once m .re ;
arid the pleasure of the meeting
would be enhanced if it took place
on the anniversary of that engage
merit and on the ground where it
was fought.
Col: Cftpt. Calhoun, yotirsolfaud
other* of the of!corn, reside where
you cu ■ publishthse.-ugge, tiunand
thus bring about what i feel a. sin
ed every living member of tiro old
regiment desires. 1 see the 43d
is making arrangements to have a
re-union ibis summer; let o* not
lie behind them.
Cap ain Howell, spoken in the
article referred to, iva« a noble,
gallant fellow and deserved the
compliment paid him.
Please write Gen. Bob HeiuUr
sou (our old Colonel) and let me
hear from you.
Your friend \V. T. Smith.
Late Lt' Com.d g Go. li. 42d Ga
vol.s.
Tirtiiuit a H i's* .
During Br. l>io Lewis's "Gyp
lying in the Siecras,’’ lie became
mull iiderested in Professor
1’ ipp. of H uil ’n'iicisco. aa ho tameo
wild and vicious horses without,
violence or drugs. Showing the
doctor u lif-r.l of wild horses fix iu
die monliiniiis, the professor
said:
rYou may pick out any liors#
from this herd, and in t.wo hours I
will drive him be foie a buggy,
ml wlieii going down hill will let
r * bu*gy lo *f-e 011 his heels. Avitli
out the least rjsk."
The doctor-sol, i ted the largest
hoi so. tli* leader of the herd. It
took an hour to seperato him from
Bis f, ih.AAc and drive into tlie pro
ds or'-, ])rivnte corral, which avus
aboni the size of a circus -ring,
Avitli sand six inches deep, and sar
ton tided by close plank fence,
twelve feel high. Dr. IjfiAA’M
cited himself in the circle where
lie saw Avh.it lie thus describes:
Frof* s or d'app entered the cor
ra). holding in his right lmnd a
whip wi h a short stock and a
long and heavy lash.
Im In, left hand were a strong
lial * i. m : i\# the hit- litrap.
t.avobiliV^' 'ifat.o sacks, two LA
and i**^l rong ropaabout thiriy t# , ‘f
long
/ Flitting all these lfut the
into a recess in Hie fence, die pro
fessor turned toward the lioise.
The anim il av is making frantic
efl'orls to get a way. I lie profess
■ it* Avniched his opportunity, and
then the whip cracker hit one of
'in Imrso's lend fetlocks 1
Tlie hors* scampered from
side to side, and tho cracker again
hit the fedoek. With n fifteen
minutes Ur,:; Was repeießi't i w'cTiYf
to thirty iiues.
Tii i *i: s h,i lied 1 lie )es»i in
this ti'ciiiment inis intended lo
oonvey—that tlfcrj was oaly
• niu safe place in the corral, and
that was clos by | rofessor Tapp
I'ln m*. was n * liur. Imt a gen
tie, s o long voice. In half an
I. nr, when the professor rim
an the corral, the horse would
mi Her him. He had lcargil
that.it a, as dangerous to bo mor*
than ten feet away.
Professor Tapp at length sue
c edad ia touching the horses
liead with his hand. Il* started
iv,ay, but before he had takan
hreo steps came back.
Within three quarters of an
hour the headstall was on. The
hoi a was frightened and used
his feet to remove it. *
it was now aasy to rub his‘h«ad
and nai'k. The end of the whip
steak then tickled his side. Tbe
horse switched the spot with his
tail, and th« professor caught tho
end of the long tail hairs.
This frighteud the animal; he
forgot, and the whiporaakcr called
him back. The professor then
sized the tail, drew it toward
him, tied into the end of the long
hairs a strong cord tho other cud
of which wus fastend to the iron
ring of the headstall.
This drew the head ami tail
oward each oth rr The horse began
io turn in a circle, and soon was
turning as fast as he could. 111
a ruinate he fell, drunk with dizzi
ness.
Tho professor wound a pnta'o
sack around aaoli hind leg close
to the hoof and fastened ti short
'hi up, over it. There was an iron
ring in *arli strap and a rope
passed and do I upon itself, eight
teen inches from the hind
i fee' .
The long, loose end ««f th*- rope
w passed beteewn tbs horse's
forlegs through the riag of the
Inadstidl, and then tied to a
heavy ring in the wall of
the corral
The cord connecting the head j
aud tail was cut, and after a little !
time, tin- horse, still dizzy, rose
slowly. When he found he was
fa tiled he made a tremendous'
struggle. 7'hc professor ste<>d 1
by the the ring where the horse was
tied
The animal could not turn his
1 cud from side to side because
of the rope which ran through the
ring of tin headstall.
He tried to buck, and sat dowu
in the sand. He sprang to his
fo-;t, again backed, and sat down
in the sand.
{Vol. XIII.-No 60
“Pretty soon." said the pro
fessor. "lie will switch Bis tail
from side to side: that means he
gi\ - es up.
Within eight minute# the horse
moved bis tail from side to side
-Now lie’s done,' said the profess
or
He kuep doAve by the home*
hindlegs, uuiied ihe io|»e, uu
buckled ths straps, walkwvl behind
him. put his hands tipou the
horse’s hindlegs, stuck his Bead
between them, patted his heed,
lead li/iu about the corral.
I Avus obliged to leave, but t
learned that lie harnessed the
horse, and let the buggy strike
bis heels while going down hill.
—e «■» e m
We find tlie followiug scattered
through our different exchange*:
Knives are said to have heeu is
vented in 141 J. but il is not defi
nitely known how the average
man ate pie before that time
It i» the energetic, pushing man
av In succeeds iu this Avoild. Young
man, ify.ni cant find anything else
to push push a baby coach*
An uptowa Newten man has
dire* well ripraed daughters, aud
lU\l u up the pests
«f liis 'front gate every few
weeks. •
riicry iaa good deal of specu
la! ion-ais to avlio is the writer of
The Bread Winners," *Khlt ‘CUe
«. * ~
Avrongors of the bread winners are
not so hard to (lnd.
a French industrial society re
commends i lie suppression of buzz
saws on the ground that they are
wasteful Kreachmen nerd all
their lingers <iV*ik wYib
-1 lie rage for shifted « vis, crock
cry owls, Avorsted owl* aad owls
in ill conditions still continues,
and yet Agassiz said the #w! was
Hi* only living bird without
brains.
“Papa, what is meant by an an
onmly? An anomaly, my son,'’
said the father, "is a man who
pays bill without referring
to the company as a thief.
Nutilre evidently intends to
teach Man that his foothold in
this world is never secure. Just
as soon as the ice disappears from
the sidewalk the market begins to
be with bananas.
/
Brftkeman (rapidly)—Nextatop
Broad street passengerswillpleas*
remain seated untilltrain e.omestoa
fullstopXtihastfttion!
Suddenly awakened deacon (fer
vently) —A-rn a 11!
• Madam Gerster snye tha* chain
p.igne strengthens the voice
That’s so ! We’ve known a man
whoes ordinary tones were not
above a whisper on filling up with
champngue to yell so that he could
be heard two miles.
' A Boston reporter lias been kick
ed for giving the number of glaas
es bf b£kr a certain eldenuan
got away with. In Chicago the
report »r would have been pre eut
with a ten dollar bill.
A citizen of Detroit who bas
been to Lansing on business was
returning when an old farmer, go
ing East, with his wife, took the
next seat back and opened a con
vernation which lasted almost into
the city. Then lie happened t»
mention something about Europe
which the farmer doupted aiul tbe
citizens protested.
“fiat I have been there and
know.”
“What! You bin to Yurupf”
“Yes.’’
“Bin in England and France?*’
“I have.”
“Bin to Rome and seen the
ruins?”
••Yes.'
“Bin is Paris
•1 was there two months.
“By cracky. Maria!” said the
old maa, is lie turned to his wife,
“here's u feller who's bin all over
•{’urup and rides with us a hull
khulf day before lie lets on a word !
Why, the Kixbys didn’t go no fur
|ier than Boston and the fast
ijiglit they got home they kept the
hull town up till 2 o'clock in the
'iporaing to tell about pavements
'and pictur balls and opera houses
and street cars and door bells
which would ring by pressiug on
a button! Wall, wall! Bin to
j Yurup and no bragging over it!”