420 HOME LIFE IN FLOKIDA. 



* ' A reliable firm and offering specially good advantages 

 to purchasers," says the committee of these Grangers ; and 

 our Florida settlers who do not know where to turn for a 

 good honest set of harness, that is sure, to be all that is 

 claimed for it, will be wise to send to the manufacturers for 

 their catalogue. "Every body knows," or ought to know, 

 that goods bought direct from the manufacturer, wdiose 

 whole fortune rests uj^on his reputation for fair dealing, are 

 sure to be honest and their prices lower than when sold at 

 second or third hand, where each handler has to make his 

 profit from the purchaser. King & Co. make harness of 

 all kinds, for carts and carriages, wagons and drays, single 

 or double ; also saddles and bridles, and in all of these their 

 retail prices are lower than can be found elsewhere for an 

 inferior article offered as "the best." 



In ordering harness, do not make the mistake of select- 

 ing the breast-strap instead of the collar and hames ; the 

 former is suitable only for firm, smooth roads where the 

 labor of pulling is light and easy, but is entirely out of 

 place on sandy highways, bruising the muscles of the breast 

 and crippling the horse. Neither draw the check-rein tight ; 

 that is a needless cruelty at any time, but especially so 

 where the animal needs full freedom of every muscle in 

 order to haul with the least fatigue. Tie your own head 

 back and then try to pull a loaded Avheelbarrow behind 

 you, the wearisome strain of the muscles of the neck and 

 shoulders will soon teach you something of the unneces- 

 sary cross borne by the faithful horse who is tight-reined. 

 We would dispense with the check- rein entirely, or else 

 use the overdraw check very loose. 



So, also, whether in Florida or any where else on the face 

 of the globe, would we consign those barbarous " blinkers," 

 " winkers," or " blinders," to the tomb of the past. The lat- 

 ter of these several names is literally the true one ; blind- 



