. Stories of a country doctor . BRANCH-WATER MAN. HIS GENERAL CHARACTER AND HABITS—HIS DOG, TEAMAND WIFE—STORIES OP KEESECKER AND OLD DARLING. HE Branch-Water Man is a pe-culiar product of the frontier andthe West. While you will findothers much like him in theloungers, the dead beat and theshiftless in our larger cities, 3etthe opportunity to become theman that he becomes and to livethe life that he lives, is not offeredto any but Branch-Water Man is, usually, descendedfrom a long line of Branch-Water ancestry. He inher-its nothing but flabby muscles, a flabby intellect andconstitutio
. Stories of a country doctor . BRANCH-WATER MAN. HIS GENERAL CHARACTER AND HABITS—HIS DOG, TEAMAND WIFE—STORIES OP KEESECKER AND OLD DARLING. HE Branch-Water Man is a pe-culiar product of the frontier andthe West. While you will findothers much like him in theloungers, the dead beat and theshiftless in our larger cities, 3etthe opportunity to become theman that he becomes and to livethe life that he lives, is not offeredto any but Branch-Water Man is, usually, descendedfrom a long line of Branch-Water ancestry. He inher-its nothing but flabby muscles, a flabby intellect andconstitution and a disposition to roam all the days of hislife; for this man has no place that he can call his does not want it, and he would not keep it if he hadit. He does not want a home, for if he had one whichhe could not sell, it would prevent him from moving. He is the American gypsy without the ability tobarter and trade and care for ones self that other gyp-sies possess. He generally lives at the back of another mans. 158 The Branch-Water Man. farm and drinks branch water in preference to digging awell—because to dig the well would cost him some exer-tion and, if there is one thing which this man dislikesabove all others it is exertion. He is the only livingexample of the law of inertia—that is one part of it;that part which teaches that, when a body is at rest itcan not move until put in motion. The Branch-WaterMan is happiest when not exerting himself. You can tell this man from other bipeds by his dog,by his wagon, and his team, and his dress. I know aBranch-Water mans dog, even when his master is notwith him. He is not like any other dog. A bloodeddog—the pointer, the setter, the spaniel and others ofthe more intelligent and useful of the canine species, willnot remain with this man any longer than it takes themto get away. Intelligent and fine dogs like intelligentand fine masters. So, if you ever see a dog of the bet-ter kind with the Branch-Water Man you
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