The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-06-27
HERE AND THERE.
Stories of the Week and Happen
ings of the Town.

There are number of stories being
told on oskaloosa people this week
and some of them are too good to be
out of print. The people concerned
live in the city and if you are ac-
quainted with the facts in the cases
please hold your peace, for it may be
that exaggerations may creep into
type.
Had a Long Ride.
A young man about town had an
engagement the other evening and he
was to keep the same with buggy.
He was about the city during the af-
ternoon and being "good mixer''
he "became tangled" so to speak.
He ordered his buggy and the nag
was turned over to him. The young
man had had several urgent calls up
on his time for some time previous
and he was much tagged and exceed
ingly weary when he seated himself
in the buggy. He started for his en-
gagement but for some reason his
head dropped against the comfortable
cushion of the buggy and he fell fast
asleep. His horse, having free rein,
went ahead, nor stopped where he
should have stopped. 1t was in the
dawn of the next morning when the
young man awoke with sense of
chilliness. He rubbed his eyes and
gazed around upon a portion of the
country that was new to him. The
tired horse was at the side of the road
way endeavoring to get a mouthful of
grass for its breakfast. The driver
thought the best way to find his way
to Oskaloosa was to turn around and
proceed in an opposite direction from
that taken by his horse. He drove
at quite lively gait for over an hour
and the first farmer he saw he halle d
with the following: 81 say, my good
friend, will you please t-'' me what
road this is and how far asa from
Oskaloosa?" "Well," answered tn,
obliging farmer, "it's the main road
leading to oskaloosa and you have
about thirteen aud a-half miles to
travel before you reach the CITY,"
COuIdn't Stand Tarr.
TAR" went on business errand
into the country adjacent to New
Sharon the other day and he took
Oskaloosa's noted dog, "Deadshot, {"
with him for company. On the train
en- route to New Sharon the dog was
too much engaged with the novelty
OF the ride to notice trivial affairs.
Arriving at New Sharon he became
engaged with acquaintances and in
keeping his eye on the buggy did not
notice the identity ofhis companion
who had hired rig and was speed
ing over the country. AT last the dog
became tired with footing it after the
buggy and he made known his desire
to have portion of the conveyance.
"Tarr" stopped and assisted the
canine to a seat beside himself The
dog looked up into his face and was
astonished. He gave one long dismal
howl of disappointment, vaulted from
the vehicle, stuck his tail between his
legs and made back tracks to New
Sharon as fast as his four famous legs
could carry him. He spent the night
at the livery barn in New Sharon
where the rig had been hired and as
soon as was consistent with decorum
and good breeding, he departed wag-
ging ''tLank you "tor the enter.
tainment and the hospitality extend
ed for the night. dead Shot ar
rived in oskaloosa about noon the
same day, covered with mud and clay
from head to tail. He went to head
quarters and seemed mighty glad ia
got back. He was tired, and oh. 90