Lost His Horse
John N. Bielenberg’s Twenty-Year Habit Broken for Once
Special Correspondence of the Standard: Deer Lodge, March 20, 1900. - John N. Bielenberg, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Deer Lodge, was in a bad humor all day Sunday and yesterday until the afternoon, the cause being the loss of one of his best saddle horses, which mysteriously disappeared Saturday night from the place where he was hitched on Main Street. It has been Mr. Bielenberg’s custom for the past 20 or 25 years to ride into town from his ranch, situated about a mile and a half north of the city, and hitch his horse to a post in front of Marceille’s blacksmith shop and there let him remain, if the weather was pleasant; until he choose to return home. Not the same horse always, but the same post, just the same.
On Saturday night, when Johnnie got ready to go home, he found his horse missing and not a trace of him could be found until yesterday afternoon, when he was caught by one of Mr. Bielenberg’s men upon his upper ranch near Race Track, with bridle and saddle and everything intact and looking none the worse for his trip.
The only explanation is that some one living up the valley desired to ride home and unhitched the horse and proceeded to ride; or else some hobo, desiring to cover a little ground quickly borrowed the horse without asking Johnnie and took him for a spin by light of the moon.
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