‘Mane’ Street sights
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Jim Welsh, of Rostraver, waits outside the Washington County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon, where he and draft horse Chip were scheduled to pick up newlyweds and chauffeur them to an area restaurant for a celebratory meal. Welsh is part of the Mike’s Carriage Service team.
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
Jim Welsh and draft horse Chip eagerly await a bride and groom’s blissful, newly married exit from the Washington County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon. Welsh and Chip, of Mike’s Carriage Service, made friends with courthouse employees and visitors while waiting.
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
A horse-drawn carriage clip-clops up North Main Street Tuesday morning. Driver Jim Welsh and the horse, Chip, both part of Mike’s Carriage Service, took a spin around the block while waiting to chauffeur newlyweds from the courthouse to a celebratory lunch.
Katherine Mansfield/Observer-Reporter
A horse-drawn carriage, led by Chip and driven by Jim Welsh, of Rostraver, glides up North Main Street Tuesday.
It was like a scene from a Charles Dickens novel. Those strolling Washington’s North Main Street around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday did double-takes as a horse-drawn carriage clip-clopped up the road and turned left at the courthouse. Chip, an 8-year-old Percheron draft horse, led his driver Jim Welsh, of Rostraver, through downtown as the pair waited patiently to carry a newly married couple from the Washington County Courthouse to an area restaurant, where Welsh said the couple planned to celebrate their holiday nuptials. The horse and driver are part of Mike’s Carriage Service, based in Cecil, which offers horse-drawn carriages for weddings, funerals and other events. Welsh will drive the white carriage as part of downtown Washington’s Christmas celebration Dec. 2.