Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — A Philadelphia Horse Trade. [ARTICLE]

A Philadelphia Horse Trade.

The proprietor of an uptown hotel, which Is patronized largely by the agricultural classes, has a vacant stall in Ids stable, and thereby bungs a tali?. The iHiuifaeo was very anxious to sell a horse to a friend from the country, but the latter bad some doubt as to the animal's speed. The two agreed upon a certain day for a drive in the purk. and in the meantime the hotel man bud not been idle. They were bowling along at a pace which was scarcely calculated to create any great excitement when a park guard, who had previously been "fixed," arrested the owner of the horse lor driving faster than Hie allowed tln-ee-minute gait. He willingly paid Ills fine of sr>, and his companion was so impressed by the occurrence that lie immediately purchased the horse. There are tricks in all trades.— Philadelphia Record.