Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-04-01 | Page 10 | Cost Metzgar $175 to Play the Ghost

COST METZGAR $1T5 TO PLAY THE GHOST Ho Klgged Up to frighten n Mm, Scared a Horse and Ciused a Rltnawny MlDDLUTOWN, N Y March :S Truman Mcttgar of W'aymart Centie. know Ins that Prank Chlpman, a superstition super-stition loung man, wis going lo tako his sweetheart to a dance Thursday night, rigged himself up as a Ghost and stationed himself at a lonely point by the toad?lde Whother Chlpman woe scared ln't certiln but there Is l o loubt about his horso being frelghtencl It ran nwny, wrecking ihe wagon throwing Chip-man Chip-man out nnd bruUIng him bidl) Metzgur when he saw how his Joke hnd turned out, dlscirded his ghostly vestments and went lo Chlpman a assistance as-sistance This namniltan act did not prevent Chlpman tmni bringing suit fcr damages jcsteida) Metzgar settled set-tled for 3176