not so engross him but that he *vill toll ue sonething rbout 

 foreatry aaon- the Hindoo*. 



How is this for e hard lucli story: 



During the month of Auj.ist tho ':ierravlllo RS 

 pasture end bern was turned into n horee-pitel. Arc1st:.nt 



-er Joy 'a saddle horse 8prninod r* knee end his pc.c!: horse 

 YTBS out by a -Tiro fence, DO thr.t both v/ere laid up for re- 

 pairo. 3f.Voitt's driving horce -r.c co bo.fly out by barbod 

 vrire that he ill be of no further use this Sunnier. Tho cad- 

 die horse .jot a soro back, P nule ^ot the ccretchee, and the 

 b.^rd-luc:: nnre bro^e r lej t.nd hr.d to bo shot. Sumor hac it 

 thct \,ho buclcin.j colt ^roeeod into servioe by Joy nfcile his 

 other horses ^ero laid u^, has made feather pillow upholstering 

 the stvle for chcirs at hio home 



The r ollowing is an extract from an early day classic 

 found in the archives of this office: 



"Your gracious epistle of tho 7th instant xvas ruly 

 received cnc. its contents carefully noted. 



It --ould bo a rca * pleasure anc* honor to serve 

 as Sender on the famous Tahoo Porest but becauce of unforeseen 

 end unr.voif'r.ble circurjstr.nces, it secncd Tise pjid proper to the 

 Uniter Ltr.toe Civil Service Coroniseion to grant rae, some '.'eelrs 

 ajj, a tetnorary suspension of olir-ihility until some tine in 

 Juno. 



Rejrettin- my present inability to be of service 

 to my dear Uncle Sam, I remain -- etc." 



It is related of "H*d Dog" that in the early days 

 when it r/as rich in -old but poor in all else, the torm bonstec' 

 of quite a population, and vjantin/r bo receive and forvmrd mail, 

 they eotrblished a post office. 7h3 only article they could 

 find in ccrap vlth TThich to stamp letters TOS an old out of a 

 dog. It wac decided to use this strnp on all the letters r.nd 

 its use, \7ith re," in Ir, Tinr.lly lead to tho adoption of the nnr: 

 "Red ^o". 





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