Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1878 — A Wonderful Horse, [ARTICLE]

A Wonderful Horse,

In Sullivan’s stables, on Central avenue, near Fourth street, there is at present a trained horse -which is a marvel afjjagacity, and grace, and beauty. He is a gelding 7 years old, out of a Morgan mare by a -wild stallion captured on the plains. He -was raised and trained by Mr. Mqxris Lewis, of Indianapolis, and is without doubt the most perfectly and wonderfully-trained horse in this country. The Directors of the Zoological Garden are Dunking qf adding him to-the attractions of that resort, and on Friday last Mr. Lewis gave an exhibition of the horse before Mr. Gilbert, the business manager of the garden, and a few other other gentlemen. There were old, experienced horsemen and showmen present, and all united m saying that they had never seen anything in theway of strained horse to compare with “Porter,” for that is the name-he answers to. He waltzes, dances a jig, walks on his hind feet alone, pretends lameness, pretends sickness, lying on his side and groaning dolefully, answers questions by a shake or nod of the head, counts off his age with his fore feet, shows how a horse acts when he is restless, shows how he acts when he is tired and hungry, shows how he would pitch a bad man aS his back, -and how he would help a pretty girl on, and site up and smokes a pipe. He fetches and carries like a dog, and seems to be almost human in his attempts to make himself understood. He is a beautiful fellow, full of fire and spirit, and now and then gets on his ear when he feels he is not respectfully treated, and makes it lively for his master. He has never been publicly exhibited, and there is a pressure on Mr. Lewis from showmen in all parts of the country.— Cincinnati Commercial. A workwoman in a North Adams (Mass.) shoe-shop was recently fatally poisoned by stitching fancy tops of bright leather. A chemist analyzed the leather and found it full of arsenic. This poison enters largely into the manufacture of these dyes, and is also employed in print factories. In white pocket handkerchiefs it is often abundant enough to shake off.