Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-11-19
Arkansas i'm New OrIeans.- Carrying
Concealed Weapons.


The sslocal' Of the New Orleans Delta gets
off the following capital sketch. The ssrepor-
ter" referred to is, Of course, revolver, and
the shalt moon concern is the crescent which
is worn by the Now Orleans police, as our po-
lice wear star:
''This reporter got sight, few nights ago,
while taking an outside peep through the bars
of the First District Lookup, of genuine
specimen of an Arkansas traveller, who had
'kum' all the way down to Orleans and the
| fyaller fever to buy some wheelbarrows, which
the Napoleon merchants failed to furnish
Feeling little curious to know how stranger
had thus been taken in and cooped, We ventured
| to ask how he managed to be put IN. Well,
you See,' said the traveller, at the same time
extending bis long shirt-sleeyed arms through
the grating, and lifting up his right leg, with
jeans pantaloons stuffed 10 the top of his boots,
aud with ease, resting his foot upon the cross
bar, on line with our head, q was pressed for
some wheelbaTrows, aud | just left the old
place III the !utch; and cum down on my old
mule Sal, til ketcaed boat from up cout.try
coming down buigIng, and | got aboard.-
Well, you see the first thug | noed, the boat
she fotcned up at Vicksburg, and then | husti-
ed around, bat nc wheelbarrows could / ind,
bekase l kalkilate TO take up twixt twenty or
thirty, aud bless my soul, sir, there wasn't that
many in the drafted town. Well, yoa see,
just got aboard the keers, aud cum down to
Orleans, whar | uoed I'd get un'
'You dom: belong to the perlice do you,
stranger" !" said the traveller, cycling us for u
momeut steadily: "bekase, if you do, you and
can't hetch horses"
Upon our assuring him to the contrary, he
continued
"Well, you see, wheE was about pulling up
my pegs to eum down, l says to Bill Bake
'Bll, Pm agoin on bit of tramp, cau't you
lend Teller your reepeetor q Well, you see,
Bill is reglsr out-and-outer, and totes u
heart as big as ali Orleens, and be just jerked
out his reepeeter aud stuck her in my breeches,
ready loaded, and says he, sS,in, don't fooi
with her till you're ready Well, when got
TO Orleeus, the folks at lhe tavern says TO me,
| IFS agn the law to tote concealed weepons. So,
l just stuck her in front with the handle out,
SO the perlice could see WASN'T the man to tote
concealed weepous
"Well, you see, stranger and shifting bis
right leg Tor the lett, and clearing his throat,
which be said was rather husky, as be hadn't
had chance 10 s'licker," Il just stepped over
with feiler to licker when / seed a kinder
cute looking chap eyeing me purity sharp, aud
l says to myself, that feller amt after no good
-and sure enough, he wasn't neither.
81 tipped the wink 10 the feler along with
me, bekase I'd hearn tell about the fighting
chaps ID OIleens, aud just wanted to show
them thing or two. So, just about the time
was goin to ask him If he bad any business
with me, he fotched his baud on my shoulder,
and says he, arrest you for toting concealed
weepons don't carry concealed weepons says
L, aud axed the llker dealer if he didn't see it
when l faust come 10, aud says be, yes, and
then | told the teller to stand back.
'W ell, you see, stranger, he did stand back;
but be pulled out halt moon coucern, aud
noed l was done for. I'd hearn tell about
these half moous way up in ArkinsaW, and
noed there wasn't any use kicking agin then,
things, SO | just give III. Well, | cum along
With that gentleman with halt-moon, like
man orter wien he's arrested but I'll tell you
what il is, stranger, wasu's treated right i'll
that ere Office, uohow. | axed for hearing,
and they wouldn't give it to me, but jus hus
tied me off here-and that's how | come to be
behind these siicks.''
by this time we felt somewhat interested in
The man, who seemingly told straight story,
and suggested that be bad better engage some
lawyer 10 see him through.
''Well, you see stranger, that's just the thing
Pm after, only aon't know any,
Thinking for moment, we said that Mr..
Van DAlslou was good be could
probably get
esWell, L declare you don't tell me Van
Dalston'a lawlng it down here, stranger F.
Why he used to be preaching up our city. Why
stronger jlst tell him TO come round and git
fellow out that he's known from a brat up, and
l reckon he'll haul me cut Of these sticks like
fash. Well we'll Who'd thought Van
would ever quit preaching"
Upon Informing him that he was msta-
ken in the person, he remarked:
'Never mind, stranger; tell him 10 cum
around kinder like the name, bekase they're
all good takers. ne?er beam tell Of Van
Daiston but what good the speech
Promising him to sec that he was not ne
elected, we left him hunlning verse of that
good old song, tine Arkansas Traveller
FILlBUSTERING.