Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1892 — He Pressed the Button. [ARTICLE]

He Pressed the Button.

A resident of Riverside, Cal., owns a lazy horse. He fixed up a battery in a buggy to give the animal an electric shock occasionally instead of using a whip. He was to press the button with his foot, and the electricity was to do the rest. At the first pressure, however, the horse kicked the carriage so hard that some portions of it have not come down yet.