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Homepage Or, Scared by Horse.From The Pittsburg Press, 11 June 1889.
Last evening about 6 o'clock quite a crowd was
attracted to the store of J. B. Youngson on Smithfield street. A horse
attached to the wagon of Ross W. Black suddenly desired a change of
drink, evidently tired of Johnstown water, and hearing the singing of the
soda fountain in Youngson's made a dive for the door and proceeded as far
in the store as he could get, considering that the wagon was too wide to
enter the open doorway. When inside the horse fell to the floor, and in
endeavoring to rise broke two show-cases, damaged the tile floor,
dislodged the counters, besides doing other considerable damage to the
stock of confectioneries and fixtures of the store. Mr. Youngson
declares he wants no more disorderly customers like that. The horse was
released and taken away unharmed.