The management and treatment of the horse in the stable, field, and ...

In the Stable, Field, arid on the Road. 251
engage a stable, hire a carriage and showy harness ;
the
advertisement is put into one of the principal papers.
Coper No. 1 engages apartments in a fashionable
quarter, and takes the name of Col. Somebody. Coper
No. 2 dons a suit of livery and is for the time being
Col. Somebody's coachman. Coper No. 3 assumes the
humble grade of helper, which he is in truth. The trap
being set the spiders wait for the fly, who in general
turns up in the shape of a young Swell, who thinks he
knows, and who has never learned the Spanish proverb,
" That the man who knows, and knows that he knows,
passes a happy life ; the man that don't know, and
knows that he don't know, may pass a very tolerable
life ; but the man who don't know, and don't know
that he don't now, is a fool indeed." The swell
arrives at tbe stable and Coper No. 3 opens the door
and touches his hat, (they are already very polite), the
Swell asks Coper No. 3 " Is this the stable where the
horses advertised are to be seen?" at the same time
showing the advertisement. "Yes sir'" is the reply.
" Are you the coachman ?" " No sir, coachman is gone
to the house for orders." " Oh, then, you are helper I
suppose," at the time, sliding a shilling into Coper No.
3's hand, and thinking he shall get some information
out of him respecting the horses. "What sort of
horses are they ? are they quiet ? " " Yes, sir ? " " Do
you know anything wrong about them ? If you tell me
and I buy them I'll make it all right with you." " No,
sir, I don't know of anything wrong, but if I tell you you
won't let out to master or coachman." Swell thinks he
is in for information this time, and promises not to speak