Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1903 — They Kept the Rein Off All Right. [ARTICLE]

They Kept the Rein Off All Right.

A livery man of the town relates the following tale whioh he vows is true as gospel, but he firmly deolines to reveal the names of the ladies; A oouple of young ladies hired a livery horse to make a drive into the country. The liveryman told them the horse would be all right if they kept the fein away from his tail. On their return they were asked by the liveryman if they had any trouble. “Oh, no,” they replied, “there was a little shower, but ws held the umbrella so that not a drop touched the horse’s tail.”