A Pound of Brains (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1908 Excerpt: ... faithful animal that hauls you both, as well as your baggage, is as fresh as a rose and ready to turn around and come all the way back. If a man should then offer you $150.00 for him, although he would not bring $40.00 in the open market, you would refuse double the amount. The little horse I have just described is a good, honest, willing husband, who is always ready and able to provide for both wife and the mother-in-law, and pull them over the rough roads encountered all through life. Men are like horses; a high-strung man is like a high-bred horse; it can easily be made to balk with a poor driver, but a man who is a horseman and handles him right can get all kinds of work out of him; he must hold him back or he will overdo; and a slow, easy fellow who will each morning stand abuse from his wife who tries to get him off to work, is like a lazy horse; he will stand the whip and the only response will be a spurt and a switch of the tail and he is back to his same old gait. A middle-aged or elderly man wishing a good wife, will find a widow the best companion; she has been hooked up before; has worked in double harness and knows the requirements of man; she is more liberal in her ideas, and broader-gauged than the maiden lady, or the "spinster," as she is commonly called, who has lived alone and by herself so long that she has become narrow-minded and contracted, and is harder to get along with than the former. The maiden lady is like the farmer--too cautious; if he has a horse that is not worth a dollar, he is afraid to swap him off, fearing that he may get cheated--fearful that he will get one that is worth less; while the widow is like the horse dealer or trader, willing to take chances, even if she gets cheated, knowing full well that if she makes a poor...