Sandy's Luck

Jamestown Press
Jamestown, [Boone County] Indiana
Friday, 20 Dec. 1901, page 1

It is widely known that John SANDY, farmer, citizen of Advance, stockholder of Jackson township, a stockholder in the bank of Advance and telephone Company, also guardian angel of the local school chaps, who persists in staying out of school in ignorance of their parents, has more trouble than anybody. Last Thursday, just as we were going to press, a message was sent to this office stating that John's horse had broke loose from the fence at the school house No. 5 and had run away, demolishing the buggy and also the front yard fence at the home of Geo. McDANIEL. Tuesday we again received a message bearing within the startling intelligence that John CALDWELL's old cow had went forth to John SANDY's home and after trespassing for some time came to the well. Upon the platform were a number of articles and the cow accidently[sic] broke through, thereby releasing a four gallon jar of nails, a bucket of salt and a package of Pratt's food into the well. The cow escaped with her life and, John has [the?] only artesian well of water in town. (Reprinted from the ADVANCE HUSTLER Newspaper)

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