Show A pretends to bay horses and skips without baying raying his board bill EDITOR there was quite a ripple of excitement here this morning over the rian appear ance of a certain stranger who for the past week has been through the county buying or pretending to buy horses and by hia easy buying and good prices offered led the people to believe that it was a streak of good fortune indeed that enabled them to dispose of their surplus cay uses age being seemingly no detriment but alas for their hopes this morning the time appointed for the receiving of them the party failed to appear it was thought by some ho was at porter bille as he had bargained for quite a number there but soon parties from there were also inquiring for the missing baranger Bt ranger money changed bands and the only party really out by the proceeding if we except the trouble of gathering the horses up is mr D williams who boarded and lodged him and whom he apparently parent ly forgot to pay to say the least the people felt somewhat sold aa they bended wended their way homeward leading from one to three horses on whom they expected to take their last look this morning had this happened two weeks later it would have done for april fool day now it is rather premature but hits hard all the same bro B H roberta addressed a large congregation here on friday evening and the people felt they had enjoyed a rare treat the health of the people is good and we are having real march weather ANON MORGAN march if this stranger who wants to buy horses appears in any other portion of the territory the people should look out for him farmers and others who contract to sell any thing to strangers should require from 5 to in advance and then if nobody appears to receive the goods contracted for the sellers will have something for their trouble at least ED HERALD |