Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1901 — The Old Horae's Last Trip. [ARTICLE]

The Old Horae's Last Trip.

A pathetic incident comes from Ipswich. One day last week an old horse, which had formerly been used by an expressman in the town, but lately has been enjoying life out on a farm two miles from the village, wandered out into the broad highway. He started toward town, and flnany reached the railway station. There he walked up to his old place beside the platform and backed into position as if he had an express wagon behind him, and waited, as he used to do in his younger days. The train arrived, passengers disembarked and express matter was taken off. In a few minutes the old horse started off slowly for the village, where he backed himself to the door of the express office, as had been his former custom for many years. After waiting a reasonable time he started up the road toward his new home on the farm. That was the last seen of the faithful worker until he waß found dead beside the road some time later in the day.— Boston Herald. There is nothing more dangerous to our industrial system than that the individual worker should conceive of his work as the means of earning money which he really enjoys—should feel, that his true life only begins when he quits his office or workshop. Sureiy we must all recognize that our life lp mainly our work, and that what we are must be Bhown in what we do.— Bishop Creighton. Some of the Egyptian obelisks, It is said, bear figures mounted on twowheel vehicles resembling the old velocipedes.—lndianapolis News.