Minor Damage, 1875

BRANUM

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/14/2009 at 00:47:07

Ringgold Record
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
December 23, 1875

MINOR DAMAGE

Jerry BRANUM's team ran away last Saturday. He and his wife were in the wagon and after the horses ran about a mile the tongue broke and let the horses loose. Mr. and Mrs. BRANUM were left quietly seated in the wagon, to watch the speed of their horses as they sped across the prairie towards home at the rate of 2:40. The team started from the new school house. No damage done except breaking the tongue, double-trees and single trees.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2009