Iowa Old Press
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.
[transcribed by S.R.B., August 2009]