Hitherto, iron has been made to pass This was his only defect; in all other rethrough rollers, in reference to the des- spects he is gentle, and perfectly do. truction of the fibre, parallel. In this cile, especially in harness. But this operation, the patentee gives the iron defect was just on the eve of consigning the necessary twist, and afterwards him to the plow, where he might work hammers, rolls, or otherwise works it barefoot, when, by mere accident, an into form by heat, in the usual manner. officer in our service, lately returned The machine consists of a powerful from Mexico, was passing, and, being bed-plate, with proper standard-bear- made acquainted with the difficulty, ers, for carrying the working gear. applied a complete remedy by the folThis consists of a pair of common roll-lowing simple process: he took a cord ers, through which the bar to be twisted about the size of a common bed-cord, first passes. Directly opposite these put it in the mouth of the horse like a are another pair of rollers of the same bit, and tied it tightly on the top of the dimensions, and with with the grooves animal's head, passing his left ear un through which the bar passes of pre-der the string, not painfully tight, but cisely the same size. These last men- tight enough to keep the ear down, and tioned rollers not only rotate on their the cord in its place. This done, he own axis, but they, with the frame and patted the horse gently on the side of gearing in which they work, revolve in the head, and commanded him to fol. a vertical direction; and as the bar of low, and instantly the horse obeyed, iron is forced or drawn through both perfectly subdued, and as gentle as a pair of rollers, the latter by their joint- well-trained dog, suffering his feet to vertical motion, in addition to their be lifted with entire impunity, and actown rotation, twist the rope into a forming in all respects like an old stager. precisely similar to that of a wire- rope, That simple string thus tied made him after which it may be worked up into at once as docile and obedient as any any form in the usual manner. Its one could desire. The gentleman who fibre and texture will be found similar furnished this exceedingly simple means to a twisted gun-barrel, and its tenacity of subduing a very dangerous propensiand toughness greatly increased. ty, intimated that it is practised in Mexico and South America in the management of wild horses. Be this as it may, he deserves the thanks of all owners of such horses, and especially HOW TO SUBDUE A VICIOUS HORSE. the thanks of those whose business it -The following fact occurred in the may be to shoe or groom the animals. city of New Vork a few days ago. Α beautiful and high-spirited horse would never allow a shoe to be put on his feet, or any person to handle his feet, with out a resort to every species of power and means to control him. At one time he was nearly crippled by being put in the stocks; he was afterward thrown down and fettered; at another time, one of our most experienced horse-shoers was unable to manage the present number, in order to gain ground so far as him, by the aid of as many hands as possible, so that by the next one or two issues we may could approach. In an attempt to be up to the beginning of each month. That once se shoe this horse yesterday, he resisted complished, the machinery will we trust move on reguall efforts, kicked aside every thing larly and easily, for all concerned. For any little shortbut an anvil, and came near killing himself against that, and finally was brought back to his stable unshod.

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