Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-10-12
HOW JIM BLAN'sER SALTE D ASD
PlCkLED THE 4UAK ER.
A Story for our Own Times.

There lived 10 certain neighborhood
not far distant from here, registering,
rowdy bully, jim BlAuder. jim WAS sum
III hght, y kind OF pugiistic Napoleon.
Many aud bloody were the affair. he had
had in his lifetime, and had invariably
come of best. Jim noL only considered
himself invulnerable, but all the fighting
characters in the surrounding country con.
cedet it was no u .e iu lighting jim, as he
was Considered to be q patent thrashing
machine, that could not be improved on.
In Jim neighborhood had settled quite a
number Of Qu&kers. From some cause or
other. jim hated the ''shad- oellies,' AS he
called them, with his entire heart :; he often
declared that to VII. one o. these inotfen
sive people would be the crownlny glory of
his life For years Jim waited for pre-
text Que OF Jim's chums overheard
young Quaker speak IN dlsparaking terms
Of hun The reports soon came to jim
ears. not little magnihHd jim made
desperate threats what he WAS going 10 do
with Nathan, the meek follower OF Penn
on sigh, bes,ies var"us bruises aud con
to iuns he meant 10 lhticl on Nathan
body in his chast- langnag. he meant 10
"gnuge out bath hi> eyes and ''ch,w oil
both his ears
Nathan heard Of Jim s threats an very
property kept out o. his way, hoping that
tive would no lif. jan 5 anger. 1t seems,
however. this much to.D- desired re- ut did
not Ike place. One day iri-nd Nathan
vas out riding and in pss-ing Though a
long .aue when about midway. he espiei
jim entering the other end. Nathan
might haze tJrnea aud He'd, but hl flesh
renelied at this proceeding. Il viii pur.
sue my way p.aceanly.' said the Quaker.
''anh p The het, sense ot the maa OF
wrath will not PERM, him to molest tsa nr
allow hlm TO d. vIoIence W my person.
Ma han = calculations ms to the lamb like
quait es of his adversary we're doomed to
be disappointed
80, no, thought bully. as he recoyaiz.
ed Nathan. Il nave him At last Nnw I'll
make minrsn,eat OF shad belly. | will -alt
him and pickle him too
"Wlt tnou please dismount from thy
horae p said Jim, seizing the bride "f
Nathans horse and mimickins his style
my soul y-arne,h abo oil ,bings 10 give
thee the biggest mauling ever man re
ceived
Friend James," replied Nathan, ",hou
must not molest Inc. but let me 20 on
my way in peace. Thy het,er Judgment
will surely tell thee that thou cauno, pos-
siblv be benefited by personally injuring
me
Get down in a moment Numbered
jim; get down, you canting, lying, mis-.
chief making cowardly hypocrite. Ill
drag you down it you don't dismount
Friend James. | rem ,nstrate against
thy proceedings and against thy language.
replied Nathan. My religion teaches ne
sincerity; am neither liar, a mischief
maker. nor hypocrite; am no coward,
but man of peace; desire to pursue
Get down." persisted Jim, down with
you want to give you Augging before
| leave you. think by the time I'm thro'
with you, you'll pass for tolerably decent
man; III teach you short and easy les
son on the Importance Of m,nding your
own affairs and the risk you run ia Sian
dering your neig hbors.'
Il will not dismount," said Nathan.
firmly "loossn thy bold from the bride"
you wont. won't you2" said jim; then
here goes and he made desperate
plunge to collar the Quaker.
Nathan was on his feet in an instant,
on the opposite side Of the horse The
Quaker, although Of much smaller pro.
PORTIONS than his psrsecutor. WAS all sin
ew aud muscle. and his we'll knit form
denoted both activity and strength. His
wrath was evidently kindlsd