This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...to pieces against the side of a house. Let a stable catch fire, and then attempt to save the inmates! They will stand and be burned to death rather than make a bolt out of the door into the darkness and smoke. When there is a difficulty in leading a horse out of a burning stable, a good plan is to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...to pieces against the side of a house. Let a stable catch fire, and then attempt to save the inmates! They will stand and be burned to death rather than make a bolt out of the door into the darkness and smoke. When there is a difficulty in leading a horse out of a burning stable, a good plan is to throw a handful of common pepper into the horse's eyes. This will effectually blind it for the time, and the horse may be led out actually through the flames. He will soon recover his sight; but, to stop his sufferings, the eyes should be washed as quickly as possible with some milk, or better still, with cream, and he will be all right in a minute. I once saw a stable on fire, in which were two hunters. A new stove had been put up in a harness-room adjoining the stable, and when the groom went home in the evening he left a fire burning in it. The pipes of the stove had not been properly fixed, and so set fire to the floor above through which they passed. The cook, hearing a noise in the stable, went to see what was the matter, and discovered flames coming out of the roof. She at once gave the alarm, but owing to the groom having taken the key home with him it was some time before the door could be forced open, and it was not till the sides of the two loose boxes were on fire. The horse nearest the door was backed STABLE ON FIRE. 153 out with little difficulty, but the other poor beast refused to stir, and stood and screamed with fright. Fortunately, some man was passing in a cart on the road (it was never known who he was, though inquiries were afterward made for him), and he came to the rescue. He stripped off a very thick top-coat, and rushing into the stable succeeded in blinding the horse with it, and then led it out, plunging and kicking....
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