New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-07-15
EQUlNEs GET GAY.

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Last week was more or less dull after
the military boys left and there was
nothing much doing in the way Of excite
ment among the citizens of New Ulm.
The hot weather prevented any very
strenuous exertions, especially the last
three days OF the week, the thermometer
climbing steadily up and up and the
spirits of people dropping as steadily
until it was an effort merely to eat and
sleeping was difficult because the nights
did not cool off enuf to bring great
deal of relief.
In this dull state of affairs, three OF
the horses employed in daily work about
the city managed to stir UP little ex-
element and incidentally put their
owners to considerable expense. The
first Of the equine actors was the delivery
horse belonging to the Red Front
Grocery. When on Broadway opposite
the j. L. Hoffman, residence between
Fifth and Sixth South, in making turn,
the horse in some way managed to
precipitate himself into the sewer being
dug there. The depth was some six
feet and the horse went down on his back.
The wagon to which he was hitched went
with him and it took about half an hour
to get them both out, the sewer workmen
being the rescuers. The driver was UNI
injured and the horse only slightly
scratched.
The second incident happened Friday
morning when the Model Grocery de-
livery horse, owned by w. H. Gieseke
but driven by Hiding Jahnke was left
standing in front Of Adolph Bierbaum's
residence on North Washington Street.
The wagon was loaded with packages for
delivery and the horse probably though
he knew a quick way Of getting his
mornings job taken care of for when
Hilding's back was turned, he made dive
across the street into Spaeht's yard, de-
livering packages rapidly as he went. He
found in his pathway chicken fence
that he thought he couldn't get the
wagon over so he started in to play hide
and seek around two trees that stand on
the lawn and by the time he had quite
finished his game he had delivered the
wagon in the form of kindling wood as
vol oc oil Mot ioE0
with his mornings stunt, at six o'clock
in the evening when he was standing
hitched to top buggy in front of the
Model Grocery, he started off for his
barn in the rear of the store and it didn't
make a particle of difference to him that
there were two other vehicles in the
barnyard between him and his goal. He
negotiated a way around them and over
them in great gathering and dashed
into the barn door. Then he saw that
the other door of the barn was standing
open and decided to take a little more
exercise before settling down and went
headlong thru it. The opening was just
big enuf for the animal and the buggy
stayed quietly behind on the barn floor,
being more or less shaken and disheveled. |
The horse stopped in the alley back of the
barn, evidently thinking the buggy
would follow in go d time. He came
out of both escapades unscratched.
Saturday afternoon about a o'clock
one Of the horses Of the Graft team
attached to the street sprinkler on
Broadway suffered sunstroke at the
corner of Third North Staeet. When
the driver saw the animal begin to
tremble he attempted to get the team to
the barn but found it impossible and
called Mr.. Graft who found the horse
still on its feet when he reached it but it
fell shortly after and it was impossible
to move it for two hours when they
finally succeeded in getting it back to
the barn. The horse was badly injured
but will survive alho Mr.. Graft says it
will be fit for nothing all summer. It
was alarge horse, weighing 100 lbs. and
was valued at $3.50. It will be sent out
to North Dakota where conditions for
its recovery will be more favorable than
here.