Poem
This verse by Henry Funk of Manor Township was written about the person who stole his horse. This appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette, a newspaper published in Philadelphia.

June 2, 1773


TWENTY POUNDS Reward,
For securing JOHN FARRAN, in Lancaster Goal, in PENNSYLVANIA.

NO doubt the Reason you would know,
Why with our Money we part so;
The following Lines be pleased to read,
And they will shew the Cause indeed.

In April last was stole away,
From each of us (we bold to say)
Two stately Horses, stout and strong,
And Farran did the cruel Wrong
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With Saddles too, and other Goods,
Which he did carry to the Woods;
The honest Neighbours round about,
Did hunt and find the Villain out,

The Horses with him they did find,
Then to his Heels he did incline;
And other Hill did briskly fly,
But would not wait for Company
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Where he is gone, we cannot say,
But he a Rogue, by Night and Day.
To tell his Marks we do incline,
His Age may be full Thirty nine;

He change his Name too, now and then,
His Height may be full five Feet ten;
His Hair is black, Complexion too,
And as it suits Thee, or You;

To tell his Clothes, it will us fail,
For them he Change, or more will steal;
He is a stout and well made Fellow,
And in his Colour something Yellow;

This Villain Craft indeed is such,
That he can pass amongst the Dutch;
Their Language he has very pat,
And loves to see a Horse thats fat.

This Rogue is known both far and near,
To steal and sell, from Year to Year.
Four Horses he from us did cleek,
Within some better than a Week;

Each one might fetch, of ready Pay,
Full Thirty Pounds, we dare to say.
Is it a Wonder we are vex,
With such a Thief to be perplex?

Therefore this Favour we do pray,
That him ye seize, by Night or Day;
And when you have him, do not fail,
To lodge him safe, in the aforesaid Goal,

Which if you do, the Cash we pay,
Upon the Nail, without Delay.
And when you want to see our Faces,
Manor and Carnarvan Townships are our Dwelling places.

Lancaster County, May 14, 1773.HENRY FUNK, CHRISTIAN CARPENTER

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