ONLY A HORSE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 452, 8 March 1890, Page 8

ONLY A HORSE.

Few nohly ho stands! How liis neck is 1 ent In a graceful, springing t-urw ! .Sis jaws, by the bit very nearly rent,. „* • >That his'fofih Ttiay its grace preserve. He tosses his head with impatient air, And lie restlessly champs his bit; Each action is filled with a beauty rare, That his majesty seam to fit. Then hey lor the tight drawn heaving rein! And a fig for his misery, cramp, and pain His jaws are all whitened with snowy froth, 1 ) As he strains for a little ease; An l his eyes are ablaze with equine wrath At the fetters that fret ai d tease. But lordly he loots in his curbed unrest, Ahe fidgets, and frets ,and paws ; W hile down to bis sheeny, well-groomed breast Are fastened Ids straining jaws. Then hey for I he tight drawn bearing rein! . And a fig for bis misery, cramp, and pain. The gent, and the lady who sit behind, For appearance suffer too ; Such a delicate waist you will rarely find, And such collars you’ll seldom view. But they’re happy in winning the public glaze, Aud in catching the public eve ; - . And their horse sliould be happy to ape their way, And find pleasure in misery. Then hey for the tight drawn hearing rein! And a fig for the straining, and cramp, and pain. Two American women had thirty chickens each, which they too., to market. Thej’ tig reed to divide equally the proceeds of their sale. The chickens of the one were sold two for a dollar, realising for the thirty chickens—ls dollars. Those of the other sold three for a dollar, realising for the thirty chickens—lo dollars. This made twenty-five dollars realised for the sixty chickens. The merchant, called on to divide the money .said, “Y m have sold your thirty chickens two for a dollar, and you have sold your thirty chickens three fora dollar, That makes sixty chickens at the rate of five for two dollers. Well, 5 into 60goes 12 times—twice twelve is 24. That makes 24 dollars your chickens liave .brought..” He handed* them over the money, but, as shown above,the women were cheated out of a dollar, for their chickens ha 1 actually fetched .25 dollars. And yet the merchant’s figures were correct.