Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1893 — An Odd Accident. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

An Odd Accident.

Portland Oregonian. A horse, which had been hauling its owner around on an improvised sleigh lately, was. finally, to his great astonishment, treated to a jolly coast down hill. The outfit had reached the top of a long hill near Woodstock, and, as there was no shafts to the sled, it ran up against the horse’s heels. He reared up, and slipping, fell over backward on the sled. The driver saw him coming, and got out

of the way. The stakes at the side oi the sled held the horse on, and away he went scooting down the hill, till, finally the sled brought up on the railroad track. The stakes were removed, and the horse walked out uninjured. He turned about and hauled the sled and his master up the hill, which suited him better than the riding down on his back. The sight of the horse going down the incline, with his legs waving in the air, was very funny.