Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1870 — Three Poets la a Puzzle. [ARTICLE]

Three Poets la a Puzzle.

I led the horse to the stable, when a fresh perplexity arose. I removed the harness without difficulty, but altf' strenuous attempts, I could uOt remove the collar. In despair, x for assistance, when utd ioon drew near. Mr. Wordsworth brought his ingenuity into exercise, but after several unsuccessful effoits he relinquished the achievement as a thing altogether impracticable. Mr. Coleridge now tried his hand, but showed no grooming skill than his predecessor ; f OT) after twisting the poor horse’s n*ck almost to strangulation, and to the great danger of his eyes, he gave up the useless task, pronouncing that the hone’s head must have grown (gout or dropsy) since the collar was put on, for he said it was downright impossibility for such a huge os froniit to pass through so narrow a collar! Just at this moment a servant girl came near, and' understanding the cause of our consternation, “ La, master,” said she, “ you don’t go about the work in the right way. You should do this way. You should do this,” when turning the collar completely upside down, she slipped it off in a moment, to our great humiliation and wonderment, each satisfied afresh that there were heights of knowledge in the world which we had not attained.— Cottle's Life of Coleridge.