Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1912 — This Time It Was a Horse and Buggy That Turned Turtle [ARTICLE]

This Time It Was a Horse and Buggy That Turned Turtle

While out driving W. M. Hoover’s horse and buggy Sunday night, with her “steady,” Charles Marlin. Bessie Doll, who is employed at Mr. Hoover’s, southwest of town, had an exciting evperience art. tfhe Hoover bridge on the Range Line road. Young Marlin had gotten out of the buggy for a moment and the girl thought to have a little sport with him by driving on. In turning to took back to see how he book her* action, she unconeciouSly pulled one redn so hard that the horse waspulled over to the edge of the high grade and to a moment horse, buggy and girt were to the ditch at the bottom of the grade. Fortunately except for a broken buggy no one was seriousily hurt, but the girl was pinned down by the spindle or hub of one axle to the buggy that the wheel had been broken out of. There was no waiter in the ditch, and she fell to such a way that she was protected somewhat from the full weight of the buggy, with the hub resting on her side. Young Marlin hastened to her and assistance dame along in a moment, people returning from Fountain] Park, and the girl was rescued, not' much the worse for the accident] but considerably wiser as to results of playing pranks on her beau. It was at this grade on tfhe south side of the bridge, where Joe Fagot of Remington was killed a few years ago by (has auto running off tfhe grade and burying him in the mud and water to the ditch.