Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1891 — Deserves a Medal. [ARTICLE]

Deserves a Medal.

New York City was the scene of a little street drama lately which the Sun thus describes: A cart'was delivering a load of coal. The willing horse tried his best to back the vehicle to the desired spot, but even his great strength was not equal to the task. Then the driver began to beat the animal, and this quickly collected a, crowd. He was a big fellow, with h, fierce look in his eyes, and the bv standers were chary about interfering, knowing what would follow. “I pity the horse, but don’t want to get into a row,” remarked one. “I’m not in the least afraid to tackle him,” put in a young man with a long neck, “but about the time I get him down along will come a policeman and arrest us both.” The driver was beating the horse and nothing was being done about it, when a little girl about 8 years old approached and said: “Please, mister.” “Well, what yer want?” “If you’ll only stop I’ll get all the children around here and we’ll carry every bit of the coal to the manhole and let you rest while while were doing The man looked around in a defiant way, but, meeting with only pleasant looks, he began to give in, and after a moment he smiled and said: “Mebbe he did’nt deserve it, but I’m out of sorts to-day. There goes the whip, and perhaps a lift on the wheels will help him.” The crowd swarmed around the cart, many hands helped to push, and the old horse had the cart to the spot with one effort.