The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-05-12

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testified lhua
u. You have an uhfuly animal,
knuwn " pet mule, with your clr.
cus, have y0u n0ig
A. I have.
| q. What are The idiosyncrsics ol
of that bcasig
A. lIe l. much given 70 kicking
q. II V almost impossible to ride
him, Il II not2
A. II u, generally offer s2j "a
any man who will ride him round
the ring.
q. On your late visit to the South,
did YOU receive any offers TO ride that
mule2
A. | did.
q. State what occurred on these
occasions.
A. In Richmond, a discharged
Confederate soldier attempted to ride
him, but was Immediately thrown fiat
ON his back.
| What did the Confederate soldier
say to this?
A. lie said the mule was id
Yankee cus.
q. Did any others make the at.
tempt?
A. Another of Lees veterans trict
to ride him, and succeeded.
q. What did he say?
A. He said, after he had dismount
ed, that IL he'd had regiment o
them ere cavalry he'd have whipped
Fitzpatrick oil to smash; and that il
the next war against the Yankees h,
, intended to raise a brigade of 'em.
Cross-cxamined by Mr.. Stevens
q. Is that a he mule, or a sh,
mule?
a. It's q he mule.
, q. You have monkeys in YOU
show, have you not?
: A. / have.
@. Have you ever heard any dis
loyal remarks in relation to thos
monkeys?
A. / can't say that | have.
q. Have you ever heard anything
, said in their presence?
, A. A couple of young ladies wer
+ one day standing in front of the cage
and / heard one of them say
looked like Freedmen's Bureau.
/, q. How was this remark received
+ A. 1t created much laughter.
@. Were there any personal allu
| sions made on that occasion?
A. Some one in the crowd sait
+ pointing to the ourang-outang, That
, Sumner
@. Did that please the bystanders
A. Very much.
q. Did you ever hear any obser
! vations about the bears?
A. / heard il said once abouta one
, eyed bear that he looked like Ben
! Butler, and about a grizzly that
ought to be called Ben. Wade.
q. Were the points of resemblance
stated?
A. They were not. The obscrva
r ton was made on the tom ensemJl,
, with special reference, perhaps, to III
ocular deformity, in the case Of III
one-eyed animal.
q. Have YOU side shows with YOU
circus?
A. ] have.
q. State if you have ever hear
disloyal remarks in relation to then
! A. / believe ] heard something {
the kind once about Daniel in th
: lions den.
@. State what il was.
A. A young lady asked me whic
: was Daniel and which was the lioI
q. What was your reply?
: A. / told her il was easy TO dii
!, tinguish Daniel from the lion, as ii
former wore a swallow-tailed Goa
and had a cotton umbrella under b
arm.
u q. What did she say?
A. Aaer looking into the cage, u
said, very spitefdlly, that Dani
! looked like mean Yankee, aad Il
: wished the lion would chaw him a
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