The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-09
CALLING ON CARTER.
An Incident of the Late Ku-Klux Outrages
in Illinois.

An Incident of the Late Ku-Klux Outrages
in Illinois.
Henry d. Carter has passed the sum
nit of the hill OF life, but is still re-
markably vigorous and active. He is q
farmer by occupation, and he resides
near the town of Old Frankfort, on the
bordersof Franklin and Williamson coun-
ties, right In the heart of the Ku-klux
dominion. A mild hammered man is
Mr.. Carter, and about his hearth-stone
gather three vigorous young Carriers,
with characters of child-like simplicity
and blandness. The Carriers, being hon
est folks, didn't synpathize with the
ghostly night-rideIs, 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
warming wasn't Needed. Then they con-
cluded that on q certain occasion they
would pay Mr.. Carter and his mld-man-
nered sons an alarming visit III 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 as follows:
1T was late at 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 / got
up an went to the door and opened it o
leetle way. They said. Come out. I
told 'em I 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 fxin's on. /
told 'em to git. He made some sort of
sassy reply, and riz right up with
doubled barrel shotgun loaded with buck
shot, an I said, You thieving, low-hved
set of scarecrow vagabones You cow
ardly, vilayneous sons of guns, you
scum of the airth, and putrid mud from
rotten ponds, you'd better be wigglin'
from off these here premises, or I'll see
if / can't take the tops off some of your
worthless, good-for-nothin' pates. Git
out 7
During this recital Mr.. Carter had
managed to work himself into very en-
thusiastic frame Of mind, and, by ges-
ticulating, showed how he convinced the
Ku-Klux Khan that he meant business.
CT had a gun in my han an the boys
each had gun, " said Mr.. Carter, an
we ies' told 'em they had half mint to
ride away or they mought die, jes' as
they pleased. They parleyed a second,
and then they turned their horses heads
and went for all the world as If Old Nick
was after them.
Mr.. Carter paused at this point, unused
for a second, then in low tone COM
placently remarked: 81 had a fetched
good notion to blow the tops off the
heads of few of them rantin' scarecrows,
and I wish now I'd done it. !"
'sAnd did they repeat the visit, Mr..
Carter?" asked bystander.
'sRepeat the visit ! H, no They'd
a sooner got into a yallerjacket's nest,
or met their granny's ghost at midnight
alone, or 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 if
they come fool1n' roun' that neck O. the
woods that they'd be convarted intere
skeletons and shore enough ghosts In
less lime Unall Ii cou1u SCOTCH d leotOA-
er. Repeat the visit Welt reckon
they didn't mot much.
Mr.. Carter felt grieved that anyone
should suppose that the ghostly riders
dared to beard the anti Ku-Klux lion In
his own lair, and he turned away with an
air Of injured innocence, truly comical
to the beholder, murmuring as he moved
away g Repeat the visit Them cow
ardly bJlzzards scare mel Not much.
They knowed bettern that. st. Louis
Republican.