Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — Innards and Vitals. [ARTICLE]

Innards and Vitals.

As old Farmer Mullins urged his horses up the steep ascent of a Vermont hilLhe observed that one of the new boarders cast a pitying glance in the direction of the off horse as it labored to do its share. “Now, I s’pose,” said old Mullins, “that: some o’ you city folks -think it kinder tough to make these critters take sech a hill; but it ain’t so mean as you think. It’s a big sight meaner to run ’em downhill, an’ I’ll tell ye why. Now, when a hoss runs uphill his vitals presses on his innards, but when you run him downhill his innards presses on his vitals. An’ that’s a dem sight wuss, now, ain’t it?”