Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1899 — A One Sided Horse Trade. [ARTICLE]

A One Sided Horse Trade.

Mrs. M. A. Chipman is short her handsome little driving mare, and it has undoubtedly been stolen. It was in Mrs. Adamson’s pasture two miles north of town, and on Monday it was discovered that she was missing and that another horse had been left in her place. Mrs. Chipman’s horse was a dark brown mare, star in forehead, a slit in the right ear, about 12 years old, fat and weighing about 1000 pounds. The horse left in her place is a good deal the same color, weighs about 1,150 and is not nearly so valuable an animal as Mrs. Chipman’s. It had recent marks of a single harness, and the appearance of having been driven very hard, just before being turned out. It is probable that this horse was stolen some place, and the theif had driven it until it was tired out and then seeing Mrs. Chipman’s horse in the pasture had availed himself of the opportunity to make the exchange. Mrs. Chipman offers a liberal reward for her return.