Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — Wanted His Horae. [ARTICLE]

Wanted His Horae.

A Scotch farmer, celebrated In hla neighborhood for his immense strength and skill In athletic exercises, very frequently had the pleasure of contending with people who came to try their strength against him. Lord D., a great pugilistic amateur, went from London on purpose to fight the athletic Scot The later was working in an enclosure at a little distance from his house when the noble lord arrived. His lordsKlp tied his horse to a tree and addressed the fanner. “Friend, I have heard marvelous reports of your skill, and have come a long way to see which of us two is the better wrestler.” The Scotchman, without answering, seised the nobleman, pitched him over the hedge and then set about working again. When Lord D. got up: “Well,” said the farmer, “have you anything to say to me?’ “No,” replied his lordship, “but perhaps you’d be good enough to throw me my horse.”—Short Stories.