Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 37, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 September 1876 — Page 2

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SKREXADIXU. Uf.tirone! O lir ont! awake with the mornit..:. ( Ihii- nu ifut cuit.tr i a finht toWhold!) Look (tUi i d Hie aunU-aiui Hie lelrot adornit.;. (Contoucl ihia wet pras! 1 fhall surely lake co'A. sliako off thy ilrep slumber anl list to my woonit:, (Met'rnka l dear something that aounda like a enure ' ) The dovi 'round thy (window are billing and cooinir I'd f ir.jt tnee my love a I've told it Iwtore. The birii in Ton tnetopa their carnl are trillinji, Hh. wou'm! I'd an overi-oatl l.ord, wbat a lirffif!) With muMc t:ie bright sunny earth tliey are flllir.f , (K'.'.if me a moment I really muM fntcie ') AriM from tv.y much, love. Oh J tear rr.e, I imIt re lliee, (Why don't tl. at girl waken? There goea my urirfr!) Ami li-4r my fonil word, how I love thee, adore ti'e. An 1 4.zi t;.y o t lay i..;. J.ii t' uCVru.K. My li.-t.t l at la waiting; then la ton, love, hnkteji T-jU.er we'll roam oVr the hrinlit, rparklinK JI.it Fhpcompn! no, her father! anilarrnel with a h.m;n ! ti ol gric.ouii! what ran he le wanting with rnv? Hep ;iiJou, tr; really J bye vou wot.1 throw ;t! I wan r r,!r tri intr a nild arrrnade! What' (iiueai'tv; Thunler! 1 ili !n'l know !, Ar t I r-e I're len alrgin); for nothing the Ch! r,- 1 arm a intenled. 'Twa only a Joke, VI li W;'! t.-.d!r rot mention thl Mibjrt a bread. I'll '. g'jod inorniu, tir t rry I woke V'V Hut U.:r.k I've ln-en tinging for nothing! () I.'T l! lo(.(;ekiieai (.run. Sru. inci.lent in its early caioer had riven I'i-rhfad (lulrh its name. Just wh:t that im i'lent wasiid not live in tho tradition of the rotih miners who Jur Mnd l-lved in th (iu!'h. Certain it w;tv, howevtr, that the name was no niisr.omer, frnoither ruining caruj in the country was rouh, quarrelsome and uili.stio in the nature. f its inhai it.jnt-. Every lody pcinu-d at lop ri'' w ith every body elp, and ready upon th slightest provocation to lytM-h 'very body else. Tic diipj; had not of late been very Ir"5i:,:iv- vl profit, and that fact did not .idd to Uie kindly spiriU f the win r, who were diposeil to revenue th ir lack upon any thin that present ed it -t if f.s a possible scapegrace. No mining can exist, or at lea.st ever has e.i-ti!. without a drinkin-saloon, ard I-oeihad had its thantv devoted to the jeiailin of drink. Its proprietor was Jack Jepth?., and his dress and demeanor indicated that he had seen better days had been a faro-dealer, or a bar-keeper in a bi Eastern hotel, or soiiit .thing t that rlahy nature. Even now ome traces of loud dresin lump; about him; but the brim of the felt hat was buttered, and there was something the matter with the crown ; the flamin red t;e failed to harmonize with the niuM equally Jaiuinj and shappy red beard immediately above it; the fdiirtcoUar was wofully time-Ktained ; the velveteen coat was much mirched, and had rrown white at tbo seams, and at least three buttons were lacking at the vest. The only other occupant of Jack Jeptha's shanty at the moment that the reader is introduced to it, except the customers, wasayounp; woman Jack's wife, Mollie by name who, with her really delicate beauty, seemed wonderfully out of place in Ipperhead (ulch. fhe was about the middle height, between 'J'i and 24 years of ape, slim and elegant to her figure, fair as an anpel is painted, with Boft blue eyes and drooping lashes; her mouth was small, her lips very full and rosy, her teeth white as pearls. When animated or talking to any one, a pleasant, faseinatingaruile would play around hermouth ; but ttt times, w hen sho fancied no one was looking at her, the crners of her mou'h were drawn with a hard, careworn expression. She shared the honors of the bar with Jack, ami dispensed bail whiskey and smiles to the )V';:'ern'i.Is with a dash and prace that largely augmented tho apgrep;ate sab's. Ani'.nj the drinkers wa one upon whoi'i liberal potations had told considerably. His companions called him Tow!. tad, from the color of his hair,

and that was the name ho had in camp. In his poeket ho had :t fair-sized bag of gold dust, which ho incautioti.dy displayed several times during tho evening! At 12 o'clock Tow he ad roo to go; but first ho called Jack Jeptha otitMilo tho tlwr and placed the bag of di:st in his hand. "Thar'e my pile, Jack," ho said, "an 1 want yer to keep it till to-morrow. I'm ft little too drunk to take it along with 1110, an' thar might bo somebody as would follow mo for it." .lack slipped tho h:z in his coat, and both returned to tho bar-room. Soon after tho party broke up and departed. To who ad 'a way led him a solitary wall; of a mile or more ; and a he left his companions tho form of a man skulked after him in the shadow. Thus followed, Towhoad staggered along until his path led him through a deep gu ly, which had been dubbed tho Uevil'd Glenn. Then and there his follower stealthily advanced from behind and killed him with a murderous dirk stab. A hasty search of the victim's pockets convinced tho murderer that the prize for which ho had committed the villainous deed was not there. Then tho cowardice of the man showed itself. A storm hail been coming up, and now, as it burst forth in thunder, lightning and tlool, he shivered. With blood on his hands, with horror in his eyes, and with tho dreadful mark of Cain branded indelibly upon his brow, the wretched man lied, clutching his breast with his pale, talon-like lingers, as if to tear hence his cowardice. On ho went, living over rocks and chasms, and uprooted trees on, on, still on, unable to stop until he sank exhausted beneath a huge pile of rocks. Tho storm was madly, wildly cannonading against the rucks, as if it would tear its way to where he lay, and boldly engulf him; but he heard nothing but an imaginary and unearthly cry of Murder!" saw nothing tut the cold, still face and lifeless form of his victim. Tow head bad not been murdered laore than rifteen minutes before his body was discovered by a party of miners returning from a midnight carouse. They carried it back to Jack Jeptha's shanty, amid threats of vengeance on tho murderer. Arrived there, they laid the body on the lloor, while one of the party went behind the bar to help Jack fix up a dram, in the vain hop of reviving the murdered man. His eyes fell upon the bag of dut, with Towhead's mark upon the side. What this?" he said, holding it up. " That's Towhead's ! " replied several. 44 How did it come here?" asked others. Jack Jeptha turned pale as he realized the predicament in which he was placed, lie gave the tnie version 01 the

adrair, but th"V would not believe it. They were anxious to fix the guilt upon some one, to hang somebody, for Towhead had been pretty popular among them. Several remained as guard over Jack, while several went out to co!lcot the miners for the immediate holding of a trial. Judge Lync h allows no delays, and there was every prospect of a hanging in the morning. Moliie Jeptha had come in on the arrival of the corpse, and her eyes had closely watched Jack's face; "but she believed his version of the story. "Jack," she wbi.-pered, 44 f believe vou," ami then added aloud: 44 1 believe I know who did tli i s. There was a stranger here among the rest, drinking last night, and more than once I saw him look at Towhead's bag." I!ut the rough and unreasoningcrowd would not listen. 44 Jack," she again whispered to the prisoner, keep up your courage, old partner, I'll get you out of it yet." 44 No," said Jack, doggedly, ,4I didn't do it, and I won't run. Ict 'em hang nie if they want to." 44 1 don't want you to run, Jack," she said, 'I'm going after that fellow mypelf. (iod-by, Jack ; keep up your courage." Mollie kissed him, armed herself with a pair of revolvers, and slipped out unnoticed. Taking the path that Towhead had followed, and speeding along with all her strength, she soon came, to the hlood-irtarkod spot of the murder. 44 Of course, he ran away," fhe thought, 44 and likely he took this path." ()u sLewent through the storm, which still raged with such blinding fury as to render it difficult to keep the path. )n she went, mile after mile, until the rapid gait began to tell on her strength, ami she thought she must drop down, when through the darkness she saw the murderer where he had fallen, and the blood fresh upon his hands and shirt. He started up when ho saw her, but a revolver faced him. Ho turned to flee, but her determined voice stopped hi in. 14 Move a step further, and I'll shoot." He was entirely unarmed, having thrown away the bloody knife, and could do nothing but obey. 44 I'm going to take you back to the shanty," she continued. ' (lo on ahead, and remember that a bullet will be the cost of any attempt to escape. Ooon!" Tho man hesitated a moment; but, seeing that she meant what she said, he sullenly started. With a revolver in her hand, Mollie followed a few steps in t he rear. Once he turned quickly, as if to grapple with her and disarm her, but the gleam of the revolver aimed at his head changed his mind, and ho sullenly started on again. Knowing that death awaited him at the shanty, still he lacked the courage to make the only possible effort for liberty. l'aylight came as they reared the cabin, and both could hardly drag themselves along; but not a word was spoken. As the Oulch became

lighted up, Mollie saw a crowd of miners take the path from the cabin. 44 My Ood," she cried, "they are taking .lack out to hang him!" The tired girl nearly fainted at tho sight. They were nearly a milo away, and she well knew tho promptitude of border executions. The first tree would furnish a gallows. 4' raster!" commanded Moll. 44 1 won't," replied tbo prisoner ; "it's bad enough to walk to my death without hurrying!" Ho turned and sprang toward her, but she was ready with her weapon. A shot rang out and one f the murderer's anus drooped powerless at bis side. Without a word b resumed bis march , hurried on by his determined ct'.ptor. Meanwhile the noose was put around Jack's neck, the rope thrown over a limb, and a score of bands lifted tho unfortunate man from theground. There being no fall, his neck was not broken, and his feet had barely left tho ground before be saw Mollie ami her eapthu hi the distance. Wrenching his hands from their fastenings, he pointed frantically toward her and then strangled into unconsciousness. Tho miners turned and the strange spectacle stayed their work. 44 Let him down a minute," said one who seemed to be master of ceremonies. They did so, and Moll staggered into the circle. The revolver dropped from her now nerveless grasp, and she tottcied as if about to fall. 44 There's tho man that killed Towhead," she faltered, and then throwing herself upon Jack, who lay still choking, but slowly reviving,whcro they had lowered him, she said: 44 lon't die, Jack; I've brought them the right man. Don't die, Jack." The miners held a hurried consultation. The blood stains upon the murderer were proof enough for them, and he did not deny the deed. The noose was transferred to his neck, and the tragedy suffered little interruption by the change of actors.

A Fro -Many llnndreds of Year Old and Yet Alive. Naturalists have made many curious discoveries during geological investigations, but a discovery waa made on Madison Street this forenoon, says the Memphis I.tiltr, which calls for the attention and investigation of scientists. The city street force wa removing paving rock from the levee at the foot of Madison Street. One of the bowlders had to bo broken in half, and on apply ing the hammer it burst open. One half appeared an oval cav ity some six inches in diameter, and this cavity was half lull of water. Assistant L it y t.n giueer Murray put his tingt r down in the water and withdrew it suddenly, as if he felt something move at the bottom. Making the orifice larger a live frog leaped out of th little lake that h id for so many yef.rs lay entombed in the rock-ribbed cave. The rock is of blue limestone, brought from the Oliio Hiver, and it has been ;n use as a paving stone on the landing for nearly hfteen ye ars. The upper face of the rock has been worn .smooth from the constant wear of dray wheels. The questions are, how hog was that frog in that rock tomb? and was it possible that it could live and grow therein without light, and only such air m could pass through the rock, all rock being supposed to be more or less porous? It most have been hundreds of years ago when the frog lay in the little lakelet which formed in the mud on the bank of the Ohio Kiver, and laythere until the mud covered it in, rendering escape impossible. Then the chemistry of nature set to work, and year by year the mud became harder aud harder, until after centuries or ages it became rock, known as blue limestone. Ffteen years ago the rock was dug out and boated down to Memphis, where it has been used as paving-stone on the levee. All these long, weary years the frog has listened to the rolling of wagons and drays over its tomb, and it heard the rumbling of the artillery during tne gunboat light of 102. When the day of its deliverence came it hopped out and away as lively as any other frog, llow old is that frog ? It must he :t 44 centurion," as Mrs. l'aitington said, and it may be two, three, five hundred, or a thousand years old. Long live old Sitting-Bull frog, say we, because it comes down to us with the glamor of antiquity around it, and old age should be reqiected, even though not in itself respectable. An Interesting Historical Uellc. During a recent visit to Amelia, Master W. F. C. (Jregory, Jr., of this city, secured a package of ( barred wheat, which was taken from the site of the Colonial army supply depot located in that county, about twenty-seven miles above IVtersburg, and which was burned by Tarleton during his raid through this section toward Charlottesville. The giains of wheat are in a remarkable state of preservation, are perfect and solid, and form an exceedingly interesting historical relic. Master (Jregory, we understand, will take them with him to the Centennial to be placed on exhibition for the benefit of the curious. We believe a quantity of tho charred wheat taken from the same plac has long been in the custody of the National (Jovernment, having been ph'.ecd in the Patent-office for preservation. I'ctusburij ( Ya.) Ind-.x. Andrew Simons, aged 17, of Martin, Mich., grounded a nquirrcl under a log while hunting, anil in attempting to dislodge it with the butt end of bis gun, tho piece was disdinrgtd, the whole charge entering his abdomen.

THE INDIAN ( AMr.UCJN.

. ifi'ir . "i'"o" . . .. .... . ' . . - - tlau KIk'OIuk. I r'roni Uie Cliiratio Tribune. UlsMAKt'K, 1. T., Soot. I. On tho UOth of Auru.'t tho steamer Itcnton. on1 , ",, ,. , ... lior w.'iv on that 1 id im slnne with Hi. - 1 ,. . . . , , , eroineiii supplies, uursi nor jaiooaiti cylinder, and had to tie up tit a point between C'oiilson Kap'nls and (ilendive (.'reek. To repair the broken 111achinery, ('apt. Metiarry sent his (,'lcrk, Mr. John llarr, and a crew of eight men, in tho metallic lib-boat, to pisinarck, which gave me the long-looked for op. portunity of escaoiug from the dull life Mctbi of the army sent out to make war upon Sitting-Hull. Mr. Harr ran the y awl day and night, and he is entitled to great praise, for very few steanibont - men mu.m ui.uei lim- k. ii:iv ig:ne ciwicr river down stream of a night. On the night of the -Jotli, (.en. IVrry received a di-pateh from den. Slierid m, which at once altered all his plans f.-r continuing the campaign. The dispatch ordered a cantonment of the Fifth and Twenty-second Infantry and Fifth Cavalry to bo made at the junction of the Tongue with the Yellowstone Kiver, to send the first battalion of tho Second Cavalry ami the Seventh Infantry, under Cien. Oibbon, to Forts Lllis and llaker, in Montana, and to CK ASK ALL OKr'KNSI VK OI-KUATIONS on or before October 1. To make tlie cantonment, it was absolutely necessary 111.it iieu. 1 ii n simuiu at iiiieis 101 warn - n . .1 ui) the lolluwsloncc the immense l..., I'.... 'l'.. .. . ! I I ... ...... . supplies which would bo required to subsist the three regiments till naviga tion was resumed in tho spring. The steamers Far West, Josephine, Carroll, Silver Lake, Benton, Durfeo, and J. M. Chambers were at once put into commission to transport the supplies; and, as there was no telling when a band of hostile Sioux would put in an appearance on the Yellowstone, each boat had t. . m i- 1 -n J "... Between (tlendive and Tongue Kiver ., . . " I ir with n!i two or tin-.... n, ,r..j Li. li.: 1 iu. uru niLii :l i.iviiv oii'.rn i. ...:,i. ., 1 . . , . , . . " , - to lie 1111 i. ri'niiirmir 1. I.I 1 1 . i . I r. .-. ... ...j guards. So the execution of (Jen. Mioridan's order would leave Oen. Terry without a corporal's guard for offensive operations. (Jen. Crook, Lavir.g a coinj.!'iliel hi strategic movement, of march ing-up the hill, then down again, on the olst started back for Nebraska, ua the Little Missouri route. It is, perhaps, t early, and not even the duty of tni correspondent, to summari.e me resmis 01 me late campai 'n i against the InJians. It w ill undoub-e lly j be made tho subject of a Military Cornmission appointed ty t.eii. Mierman, or of one of the Congressional Militarv Committees. That tLcrc ha tccn " : SAP M'KUINU SOMI WHKKK i now generally conceded by intelligent ; officers at the frotit. Some of thee have gone so far a to say that, should the higher authorities fail to investigate the conduct of the war, they themselves J would demand a Court of Inquiry-. I will, however, venture thi as-er-' tion : That (ion. Terrv never knew

where Sitting-Bull was after the ''ith disturbance of any kind marrcl the enof June ; and this other assertion : that 1 joymeni of the day. (Jen. Crook did know where Sitting-I At 11 o'clock a Smith business meetBull wvs a late as Aug. ., when he j ing wa called, and a permanent :iiit:i broke camp on Oooso Creek. From a ! organization formed. Isaiah Smith, I careful study of the Indian situation, I Milburn, was elected i'lesideii! ; AbraOen. Crook knew that where tho 1 Ith j ham Smith, of I'eapack.Vice-l'resi.li tit ; parallel crossed tie luTth longitudinal 1 and Oscar Smith, of the Branch, Seenfine, and thereabouts, was a vast si-ope ' tary and Treasurer. It was also de.ilof country w hich for gU years lias been j ed to continue these reunion of the neutral ground for plain Indians, a ; family, to hold them annually in the distiict To lniles broad and L'oi) long, i same place, and always on the firs', abounding in game, amply supplied U Wednesday in September, with gra and water, and sheltered; . " ""

from storms. It ha been neutral! ground for Cheyennes and Arapahoe., on tbo south ; Bannocks and Shoshones,

on the west; Crows, Asiniboines and ! ,,ut, '""''-"' intcl withcunntng. Blackfeet on the north ; Ogn!lalas and I a"'1 ln,,,K,'H the animal to assume a fear other Sioux on tho east. It ha been 1 "'me ohi,'l:t ,or "" I"rI,'jM neutral ground to this extent: that 110 l'",lln' an excuse for turn. ng aside, small hunting party dared to occupy it I Fhe u,u:l1 c:u' of hynS.'S dmibt es for any length of time. (ien. Crook !!!e I,n,s, "( ' "f ,I'' object to which knew (or eNe a good many of his olli-1 h,t'rM! h" P1 hV, n "''!'"'. a'4'4 cers lied to your correspondent) that I l,f "Mt ,K Uy' vc' wh." h P Sitting-Bull and his allies fell back i d'T h'ni short-stg'hted, it will be ddli- .. . . cult to convince him f the innocent naand occupied that district. It 1 shown ; emlless peculiarities in shyin ' horses, on the maf.s a. the headwaters of the j some being dreadfully alarmed by Big Horn Hivtr and iu tributaries. Inne kind of object which u this secluded region, w ith game in ! others is not at all formidable.

abundance, and grass for his immense herd of ponies, with every stream full of trout and other fish, and with a climate as mild and equable as the valley of the Sacramento, .Sitting Bull has been quietly occupying himself in recovering his warriors from the wounds incident to his two great battles, and in planning for fresh victories. But, if Sitting-Bull was there when Crook left, on Aug. 5, and has never moved from there, say you, how do you explain the heavy trail which Crook followed from the Big Horn Mountains down the Rosebud, and which Terry and he followed across the Tongue and Powder Kiver regions? THIS IS THE EXPLANATION: When Gen. Terry first moved up the Yellowstone, he made a supply depot at the mouth of the Powder River. After the reverse of June 2;, he only fell back to the Rosebud, leaving :300,000 pounds of oats and 250,000 pounds of corn at Powder Kiver. We will give SittingBull credit for ordinary sagacity, and assert that he never lost sight of Terry's army ; and that, when Terry made a permanent camp at the Rosebud, Sitting-Bull knew that this grain was left unprotected at Powder River. In fact, it was left unprotected from June 10 until Aug. 7. The trail Crook and Terry followed was the trail made by the 200 Sioux warriors we found July at the cache at Powder River. For three weeks that band of warriors had been transporting the corn to Sitting-

Hull's army in tho llig Horn region emttv!' ' 'Ut the oats, an I t.ikUi.r n. '

1 1 J . . . l"U sacks lor sou.tw-eioi 1. 1 ins Was it.. 1 1 . . 1... .1. ' iiuiu.f ruliol fki tiiiilitiiV it. Ah .. llli'llli UK M i J IIIIMIII I il I ll II 1. ' .l r " all gone. The trail made by o vv:orI ors, witn the necessary pack-poni,. 1.1 .. 1 .......1.. .1 1 ' .... ....... .. . Ul 1 ) easily misKikfii j.ir one in.i. 1... 1 .. J .. ' "V 1 thouvimls of ponies 1 iMiiiii.t. i ins irau, in mi,, ; 1 an old doggerel ! Twnir.l 01 ami lw hO I out. !.. 1. k 'l'r 1 v -v 1 1 1 l ilouiii W I imIht ti.r fu j 11 11 in iii...t t ii- 1 r 1, L VV Koii.K 11 'I'll or ' 011,11 f i ak. In conclusion, 1 will defer to (;,.. lerry's judgment, am! say that very worst thing the Covcrnmcnt do now j.to co.itimit! cknirg ...j t!.e e:i:: 111 order for the arrest of every li i-ii' I simix as soon as j A-vncv Terry's pi , tlfio!.i weal her and bo comes in!'. lnu was to wait I hiitioi.r .If..'.. . 1 j .,n h wui(.h W(lUj,, u.(ou, , ' ,' ;lrv ..,,! t hen inako one l.i'oof it I n!, ( arlin, at Mnuding K01 k. . - s , ot(l,.r 1UX. nosv j,,:,,., Ul,.v"v ; ou!v t.:ai.h;,r :v fow s.iiiaw-wai n,ir, j frightening away the bi av.-r and i ,,,,,' ilaring and desperate characters. j lllOl'ION. J A Sinltll Futiiilj Ueuulon. I Tho New York Sun says : On Wed- ! nesday last, near 1'eapack, N. J., there assembled some :J,(hmj Smiths, with I their families and lunch baskets, u" j bent 011 having a right good time, -m.iI j axious to become acquainted with at I least a few of their wide-spread f.uni v. '" Ihe beautiful grove near Piter 7. w. 1, .. . 1 .1 Smiths house, and in the pictures, 0; , .. ... . . .. .. valley of the 44 North Branch " ,f the Uarilan, had been tho scene of ln:v labor for days, and on t ho eventful morning its results were seen and appro.iulcd .a tho fii in of embowered arbors, a speaker's and a b ind stand, n tall liberty pole, many ranges of benches, and long lines of .suhstun'i-il table-, all draped with flags, bunting and evergreens. Vs early astJ o'clock in the niornir". ... Mil i 1 01 a l ages ami conditions in er. 1 . . , .1 1 life iKgan to appear upon the scene . . . ' .1 " journ. v ing from every direction and i ' .. r . . - all conceivable conveyances, from ttu j broken old farm-wagon and it spavined 1 horse to the stylish buggy with its j handsome span. Then began one of the funniest serins of introdii- i" ' ever seen. Mr. Smith from York State j was made acquainted with Smith of ; California. He of Brooklyn and he of , the 44 X Koads" found ple":-uro in each j other's society, linked by the bonds f Suiithship. L x al Smiths were d sig. ! natod as Smith of the Br.vn h. Smith Tf Suiithv ille. Smith from Summit, mit!. i f 1'eapack. f all Smith gathi rings 1 ever h"Id, this was the inot peci.h'.ir 1:1 i one particular: only one nf the J"' r. i Smiths was there, and ho was nearlv 1 overlooked, being alway address,-1 ; v ; his middle name. )f course tin re were n isy Shrill s a:.d piiet iniths, bashful !u.t:is, :,.-.d SMiiiths who llirted desperately wit!. Smiths of the opposite sex, rough bov Smiths and shy little girl Smiths with a great capacity for cake; but among all the man hundred Smiths there were no drunken or rowdv ish Smiths, arid 11 ireatmpiiiorMiymffllop.es. Shyinggenerallyarises from timidity, The best l.lin of plan oi treatment which can bo adopted, is to take as little notice a possible of the shying and to be esHcially careful to show no fear at its recurrence when the "alarming" object appear in the distance. When the horse begins to show alarm, but not till then, the driver should speak encouragingly to him, and if necessary, with a severe tone, which may even be supported by the use of tho whip if his onward progress can not bo otherwise maintained. The principle which should be carried out is to adopt such measures as will get the horse to pas the object at which he shies, somehow or other, and this should be etl'ected with a little violence as possible, always commanding and encouraging tone as soon n the purpose is gainoih Nothing has so grout a tendency to keep up the habit as the plan so common among ignorant f grooms of chastising the shyer after he was passed the object of his alarm. If he can be persuaded to get quietly up to it, and examine it with his muzzle, as well a w ith hi 1 eyes, great good will lie 1 fleeted, but this can seldom be lone with moving vehicles, and heaps of stones or piles of sand an generally only alarming from defective vision, so that each time they a -smite a new phrase t the active imagination of the timid animal. Punishing bits only make a high cou raged horse w ors", and the use of 44 ovei checks" rarely, if ever, prove bcnclicial.