Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1880 — Hew a Horse Remembered His Old Master. [ARTICLE]

Hew a Horse Remembered His Old Master.

I owned, a very gentle stock "horse for two years, which l sold to go South In 1858, and for intelligence, Kindness and affection for those having him in charge exceeded anything I ever witnessed in any animal. After the horse went South I did not see him for two years, then being in that section and within eighteen miles of his home, 1 hired a team and drove out to see him; l had not forgotten the kind And gentle pony. I found him in a large box stall, twenty feet by twenty, and just eating his oats, it being noon on my arriviu. The man in attendance not knowing me, said that such a horse was on the plantation and he would lead him out; I informed him that I preferred to go into his stall alone, to which he objected, saying he was not fond of strangers, but a friend being with me said ne thought there would be no trouble as I had owned him before he came South. Therefore 1 was permitted to enter his stall, they closed the door, and I found the horse eating his grain from tt box in one corner of-the stall, and took no notice of me on entering. I stepped into the opposite corner, when, on calling the horse by the name given him by the family, he immediately left his grain and came bounding toward me Tike a child to its parent, smelled me over from head to foot, laid his head on my shoulder, closed his eyes, and commenced handing up. one foot and then the other to shake ljands as I taught him years before. No mortal ever expressed more joy and gladness to meet a long-lost friend than was manifested by the horse; he would not return to his feed, but followed me about the stall, kept as close to me as possible, and when I left the stall followed me to the door aud tried to push out the door. He watched me as long as he could, then called after me, and kept running from one side of the stall to the other, hoping to escape, that he could meet me again.— Cor. Household.