Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1884 — A Scene on the Plains. [ARTICLE]

A Scene on the Plains.

One of the most startling and remantic features of border life occurred recently on the "Wild Horse prairie, thirty, miles north of Los Angeles, when a band of wild horses, under the lead of a noble sorrel stallion, came galloping over the plain to reconnoiter a company of surveyors engaged in making a survey of the tract. The band dashed toward Capt. Keller and his party of surveyors till within about 500 feet, when the leader halted in a grandly proud and defiant manner, with neck curved, nostrils distended, erect, and tail on dress parade, and all the band ranged themselves on each side of him like a squad of cavalry in a battle charge. After surveying the scene for a few moments, the leader galloped proudly away, followed by the band in the most graceful and dignified manner. The scene was most romantic, and' the picture of the lordly leader, with his most obedient subjects, in their fleet and graceful motions, was worthy of an artist’s pencil. There was another band of wild horses on the same prairie, under the leadership of a dark mahogany bay stallion, with black mane, tail, and knees. In this band there are two white horses, while the rest are bay and sorrel mainly. Few people are aware that at the northern base of Sierra Madre, only thirty miles from this city, wild horses roam in their native beauty, and crop the rich grasses that grow on Wild Horse prairie. Yet such is the fact, and their slick appearance and graceful motions are the admiration of all beholders.— Los Angeles (Cal.) Express. Man, according to Mr. W. J. Knowles, must have taken up his residence in Ireland at a very early stage in the history of the world. Mr. Knowles has discovered flints at Lane and other places on the northeast coast of that country, some of which he believes show evident traces of human workmanship. One large chipped implement was found in what appeared to be true undisturbed bowlder clay. There are other tools which Mr. Knowles has in his possession which seem to indicate that man has lived in Ireland long before the paleolithic period, during, in fact, the glacial epoch.