Good Old Days

8 years ago

The Commoner, July 21 1893

At about dusk Sunday evening, E. N. Leslie’s team was being driven from the ranch of his father-in-law, E. Richardson, along the Palouse road, to his home. The neck yoke of his wagon broke, the tongue dropped down and was broken and the wagon ran into the horses on the downgrade, causing the animals to jump away and upset the wagon. In the vehicle besides Mr. Leslie was his wife and Mrs. John Devlin and son. In the precipitation from the wagon, Mrs. Devlin and her child were not injured, and Mr. Leslie was only slightly bruised in the head; but Mrs. Les...