The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-10
CALLING ON CARTER.
An Incident of the Late Ku-KiuN outr"ses
in Illinois.

in Illinois.
Henry ID. Carter has passed the sum
nit of the hill OF life, but is stun re-
markably vigorous and active. he ~
farmer by occupation, and he resides
near the town of Old Frankfort, on the
borders of Franklin and Williamson coun-
ties right in the heart of the ku-hlux
dominion. A mild-mannered man is
Mr. Garter. and about his hearth-stone
Gather three vigorous young Carriers,
with characters OF child-hke simplicity
and blandness. The Carriers, being hon
est folks, didn't sympathize with the
ghostly night-riders, and didn't take
much pains TO conceal their contempt
and dislike for that sort of sport Being
men of mild temperament and bland
manners, the ghostly ones thought to
brighten them into silence concerning
the order. They sent warning, but the
warning wasn't needed. Then they con
cluded that on certain occasion they
would pay Mr.. Carter and his mild-man-
nered sons an alarming visit i'll the night
time when "deep sleep falleth on man.
They visited him. The result of that
visit, as related by Mr. Carter few days
ago, to a group of citizens, newspaper
reporters, etc, In the office of the Benton
House, is about us follows:
cit was late mt night" said Mr. Car
ter: "they rid up to the front gate and
hollered. | wasn't asleep, and riz up
from the bed and listened. They hollered
and croaked in queer manner, an l got
ND an went to the door and opened 1t
leetle way. They said Come out. L
told 'em / wouldn't do no SIGH thing;
that they'd better better be gittin' away.
They said they wanted to see me. They
were all fixed up with their tiXin's on. j
told EN- to git. He made some sort of
sassy reply, and l riz right up with
double-harrel shotgun loaded with buck
shot. an said You thieving, low-lived
set of scarecrow vagabones Nou cow
ardly, vilayneous SONS of guns, you
scum of the airth, and putrid mud from
rotten ponds, you'd a better be wigglin
from off these here premises, or II see
if | can't take the tops of some OF your
worthless, good-for-nothin' pates. Git
out
During this recital Mr.. Carter had
managed to work himself into n very en-
thusiastic frame of mind, and, by ges-
I1CUldIllR. SllOWcCl How lie COllflLlC lllC
Ku-KluX Kan that he meant business.
81 had a gun in my han an the boys
each had gun, said Mr.. Carter, " an
we jes told 'em they had a half mint to
ride away or they mought die, jes' as
they pleased. They parleyed second,
and then they turned their horses heads
and went for all the world as il Old Nick
was after them"
Mr.. Carter paused at this point, unused
for second, then in low tone com
placently remarked: 81 had IA fetched
good notion to blow the tops off the
heads of few of them rantin scarecrows,
and I wish now I'd done it.
''And did they repeat the visit, Mr..
Carter 2" asked bystander.
"Repeat the visit H, no They Il
a sooner got into yallerjacket's nest,
OF met their granny's ghost at midnight
alone, OF encountered an army of rattle
snakes without stick to fight 'em, than
to come to my house agin. Repeat the
visit ? Why, they knowed d-n well II
they come fool1n' roun' that neck o the
woods that they'd be cOnvarted inter
skeletons and shore enough ghosts in
less time than HI could soorch feath-
er. Repeat the visit Well reckon
they didn't-nOt much.
Mr.. Carter felt grieved that anyone
should suppose that the ghostly riders
dared to beard the anti Ku-Klux lion i'll
his own lair, and he turned away with an
air Of injured innocence, truly comical
to the beholder, murmuring as he moved
away " Repeat the visit Them cow
ardly buzzards scare me. Not much.
They bnowed better'n that. 81 LOuis
Republican.