The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-09-13

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FOR SALE
PRIVATE FAMILY wishes to sell their
siamily road and tr1tting horse Z years
DID, lsl hands high. tFeiEhs $50 pounds
better than ) minutes. safe for lady to
drive with perfect safety also rubber
tired Goddard buggy. collar and hames
harness. FUR robes, street and stable nlan-
kets an for fl25: sell horse alone for se5
worth $3.50 for family use weeks trial
given. also would Ike 10 board my daugh-
ters pony team Z or 5 months with re-
sponslhie parties, Will pay s2e month, Cail
az The Cecars estate. 2 Guild street, sec
ond big house on left hand side hoxnurf
Mass take any Forest Hills car a. Sub
way 10 minutes ride Boston. Mass
sud5tsmy5
A farmer living some distance from
Boston sent US the clipping and inti-
mated thai be would like 70 board the
pony ct the price named This called
to mind an Incident that came under
our observation a few years ago. We
vent down 70 the wharf to ship a
horse to the provinces and there saw
an elderly gentleman holding a mare
by the halter We walked around the
animal carelessly and he man who
held her Queried, How much Is she
WORTH"
"oh. somewhere from $3.50 to $500.
Been buying?"
Well, you see 1t was this way. ny
son-in-law, who Is a clergyman in the
provinces. recently buried bis wife.
lie has a daughter who is fond Of
ponies. Coming to Boston on the
boat he picked up a paper IN which
was an advertisement Of a very valu-
able mare that would be sold cheap 70
80 into the country. but the party Of
fering the mare had a pony outnt
which he wished to send to be kept
with the mare. The pony could be
used for driving and $40 per month
would be paid for his board.
Ny son-in-law thought the pony
might help divert his daughters mind
from her bereavement, SO called at the
place mentioned In the advertisement
He did not want TO buy this mars as
he has no use for her. but IN order to
get the pony he did buy her and paid
for her. They sent the mare here BY
negro sometime ago, but the pony
has not come. and the boat is about
ready to start We don't know what
to do
Well, my friends. your son-in-law
has evidently bought a horse. Now
would not worry about that pony team
II Is probably safe. The man who
sold the horse will look cut for the
pony. Put your mare on board the
boat. and tell your sOn-in-law 70 sell
the mare as she is for what he can
Just as soon as possible after getting
her to her destination"
Il was a very shrewd way OF getting
a few dollars from an honest, unsus-
pecting, well-meaning man for an
animal that looked fairly well. but
was probably worth more 10 convert
into fertilizer than for any other pur-
pose. Men who advertise to pay from
$40 upwards per month for having
ponies and horses boarded In the coun-
try have very strong strings hitched
to those animals They use them as
enticing bait for hooks thrown out to
catch country suckers They ind plen-
ty OF suckers who eagerly swallow the
bait and part with their hard-earned
dollars The countrymen generally
pay from four to ten times az much as
a horse Is worth. and invariably fail to
secure the pony or horse as boarders.
for which the party advertising offers
10 pay so literally.