O. Carter recently got distanced in a walking match with his little mules. He was returning from town rather late one evening with a light load and got off for a little exercise. The team got into a hurry and obliged him to give up in the race that ensued and return to a farm house for a night's lodging while they brought the load safely home and were found in the morning hitched, by the sleigh, to the watering tank.

Jamestown Alert, 11/19/1896