St Nicholas [serial] . this is,that they take cold, and have sore throats and therheumatism, and everything else that men areliable to have if they do not take care of there is a doctor constantly on hand to lookafter the company, and to give fhem their pills andpowders. The first sign that a car-horse exhibitsof sickness is a slight lameness when at work. Doyou think they whip him up and make him go gone, the doctors man dresses the patients feet ajlwipes them dry, and the horse feels a hundred tirnbetter, and thinks he could try that long traildown town again without misgivings
St Nicholas [serial] . this is,that they take cold, and have sore throats and therheumatism, and everything else that men areliable to have if they do not take care of there is a doctor constantly on hand to lookafter the company, and to give fhem their pills andpowders. The first sign that a car-horse exhibitsof sickness is a slight lameness when at work. Doyou think they whip him up and make him go gone, the doctors man dresses the patients feet ajlwipes them dry, and the horse feels a hundred tirnbetter, and thinks he could try that long traildown town again without misgivings. The shl-maker puts on new shoes, and the convalescesgoes to his own room for a good supper anc*nights rest, and tomorrow he will be all riifeagain. Another horse may decline his dinner, or refipto rise early in the morning, or come home Itnight and droop his head and leave his supjiuntouched, and then the chamber-maids say ifpoor thing is really sick, and that the doctor mitbe called. The doctor comes and examines le. GIVING MEDICINE TO A REFRACTORY HORSE. faster? No ; they take him right to the hotel, andcall the doctor. The medical man looks wise, feelsof the poor fellows feet, and says he is feverish andmust have a warm bath. So the doctors assistanttakes off the patients shoes, and leads him to thehospital for lame horses. This is a cool and shadyroom in the basement, and filled with comfortablestalls, and each having a big tub of warm the lame horse with fever in his feet has afoot-bath of warm water and hay-seed. He hastramped many a weary mile over the stones ofThird avenue, and the bath is grateful and comfort-ing, and he holds his feet in it with resignationand patience, as if he felt sure that the wise doctorknew what was best. Then, after the fever has patient, and in a few moments he knows whatthe trouble, and the horse is led away down-st:sand out into the yard to another part of the hoi^to the hospital for sick horses. Here he ha^idouble bed given him
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