Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1875 — An Unpleasant Predicament. [ARTICLE]

An Unpleasant Predicament.

A man named Saulsbury, who lives about six miles out on the Grand River road, purchased a cheap cutter of a Michigan avenue dealer yesterday, and not having a horse he made arrangements with a farmer, who was also in the city, and who lives near nim, to ride home with him. He accordingly seated himself in the back of the farmer’s wagon, and instead of fastening the thills of the cutter to the wagon box he held on to them with his hands. Everything being ready the farmer, who is unfortunately quite deaf, gave the whip to his horses and drove off. As they passed a school-house on Grand River avenue the boys were just coming out, and seeing a chance for fun they at once commenced firing a fusilade of snow-balls against the half-frozen Saulsbury. He beseeched them to desist, but seeing that he was unable to use his hands they followed behind him at a respectable distance, keeping up the cannonade all the time. Saulsbury screamed at the top of his voice, but the farmer, who did not hear a sound, and who was anxious to get home, it being somewhat cold, not turn around, thinking, perhaps, that Saulsbury was all right. But he was all wrong. The boys were bound to make him let go of that cutter, and they finally succeeded. Saulsbury saw the snowballs coming from every direction, and as he could not protect h’s face he was compelled to drop the cutter. He immediately jumped up, and after haying induced the deaf farmer to bring hiis team to a stand-still got off the wagon and ran back nearly half a mile to recover his sleigh. He swore that he would hurl down dire vengeance on his tormentors,, but of course there wasn’t a boy to be seen within a distance of fqur blocks.— Detroit Free Press.