A Little Story

A Little Story.

Many of the older residents of this section remember the late Dr. Warner, of New Milford, and will appreciate this little story, says the Danbury News. When Dr. Warner was a student at Yale he used to come home Saturday nights and return to New Haven Mondays. That was before the days of railways, and, as stage coaches did not leave New Milford Monday mornings for New Haven, young Warner used to mount his father's horse and ride to Yale on horseback. There were several toll gates on the route, and at each Warner would pay the return toll for his horse. Arriving at Yale he would affix to the bridle a card bearing these words: "Please not stop this horse." The sagacious animal would jog along homeward, invariably reaching his stall at New Milford all right. The toll takers got to know the horse and he never was interrupted. On Fridays the horse would be started alone to New Haven with a small pouch attached to his saddle, in which was the exact change for the tolls. Each tolltaker would take his toll and the horse would trot along, reaching Yale in the evening. This practice was kept up until the young doctor was graduated.