New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16

Inc San Antonio Ledger tells the two follow
" good ones:''

Inc San Antonio Ledger tells the two following
"good ones:"
What immense pleasure chicken fighting afforded
our gu. old friend the Hon. Claib Herbert, of whom
IN ahecdote may not be embarrassing
was a ~ Years YEA ago Mr. Herbert owned slave, who
Mas M she haolt or running away and staying in
the woods few weeks during the busiest season
OF the year, ana returning home rain when there
was not so much to do. This conduct so exasne.
tnru one dan m that upon the runaways
run away again and came back home he Ir mo
way) would be dead negro, for he iMr. Herhert
would on be damned if he didn't shoot him. ''i''
a.; Inc uafhey, irue 10 ms habit did run away, and
the portco OF his dwelling the slave entered tho
| yard. Mr.. Herbert jumped up, ran into the house
seized his gun, and came out firmly Intending to
shoot him: Mig got behind tree, and holding out
bag with something in it, said al come home ia
bring you dis game chicken. Game chicken
you rascal, didn't I tell you I'd shoot YOU if vnn
ever run away and come back again " q Yes,
sar didn't come dis time to stay, but TO fetch
| dis game cock; he's de finest chicken YOU cher
seed Whereupon the runaway put the cock out
| OF the bag on the ground. 1t was indeed marni
| icent rooster. Old Claib looked at him with The
admring eyes of connosseur,. set his gun down.
picked up the cock, ordered the negro to catch
odd gray and in less than five minutes he and
his slave had regular cock fight right in the yard
after which the negro was sent to work as usual,
| The Ledger has the following coed story from
eX-Goy. Jack Baylor:
Col John R. Baylor gets off some good stories
| among others, few days ago he told US the fol
lowing one of his early frontier life. 1t was in the
year 1912, when Indians were more plentiful than
now, when Burleston county was very thinly set
tied, and the present city of Waco was a little
| Indian village, that the incident happened.
Mr. Felix Taylor Familiarity known as Uncle
Felix, Col. Baylor, and two others, out hunt
ing, when they accidentally fell in with small
party Of Wacoes returning from the settlements,
encountered with plumber, and pursued by those
whom they had robbed.
Uncle Felix, Baylor and party attacked the re-
treating indians, and pursued them so warmly
as to cause one of the hindmost of their party to
cut loose large piece of beef which was tied to
MS saddle, in order to facilitate his escape This
was done in full view of the pursners just before
entering the timber bordering on the Yegua, about
sixty miles below Waco, in what is now Bureson
county further pursuit was abandoned, and the
three young men. being very hungry, struck fire
captured meat
Ihey mad not not proceeded far in appeasing
their voraclous appetites, when Uncle Felix rode
up to them. As the old man alighted from his
morse, he exclaimed with earnestness. Great
God! how can dig your graves with nothing hut
a hunting knife. That meats poisoned. and you'll
all be dead in fifteen minutes! Run down to the
river and stay there-drlnk just as much water as
you can. Great God. what fools you were to eat
that poisoned MEATH
The three young ones terrified with the prospect
OF almost certain death, dashed off to the water
drank most bountfuly, and calmly awaited their |
tate, but after while their fears gave way and |
they returned to the fire, just as Uncle Felix was
swallowing The last piece Of meat. Wping his |
mouth as they approached by way of sympathy |
for their verdancy, the old man smilinglv re. |
marked: Well, boys, couldn't desert you, |
CANNED II could: if the meats poisoned well |
all die together" But they didn't die yet they
never t9rgor how slick Uncle Felix tricked them
out OF their meat.