The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-08
PUT UP TIVE COIN"
a rrn,xacttou wips Mustangs iu
Narta fsssn.
lrrom The saelsn nlo sccorl.


large crowd ganered recently on
Fourth street, ia front the court house,
attracted by the moving through the
streets of one of the I'd buildings from
John Taylor's lot. The building WAS
about nny ieet long. lad been mounted
on four wooden truck wheels with pair
of wagon wheels in ront. to which a
team OF six stout niles were hltched.
After many tugs the Id house started.
the driver yelling. nd the mud ily
ing all over The sidewdk, scattering The
crowd and bespattelng the Goddess
of Liberty on the dole of The court
house. Aitrr an hou's time they sue
cce,led in dragging te building about
one hundred and iilty feet. Within n
few feet of the croS.in! from the recor-
der. office TO Evans store they stucl.
fast. owing to a slight rise in thu street
made hy the crossing. Ihe driver shouted
himself huarsc. the bis six mules iloun-
dcrrd about IN the mul, but not M inch
would they bulge the III building The
crowd increased, and bets were made
that they would ucyc start agailL 4
t,amster from the rO' weeds. with four
mustangs. had ,toppl TO watch tia, per
formanct--a Smooih-i ced athletic young
fellow. lie said n,ling until. reused
PERHAPS hy 4 ,plasl al mud. he walked
10 the front wiplnghi- face on his sleeve
aud said II ain'tsot bat three dollars.
| but I'll bet every ent OF it that my four
MUSTANGS will art that rookery out ol
| there" There vas decisive laugh from
! the crowd. an a halt 4 dozen takers.
Put NJ the IA ncy,' said the steamstrr.
eli had mor or knew where 10 bur-
row any. I'd zee the last one of You. &c
/ The bet wa. tahcn, Jerry Farmer held
| stakes. the - mules WIRE taken OH and
| the four nJStangS hdchcd ON. Mean
vhic the in rest OF the crowd increased
aud bets we freely made with big odds
against TIA SteaInSlcr. When ready Ia
| start the settlement was at high pitch.
| The little lusiaugs bcia 10 their work
! but the ho>e dill not uA,vc. He started
| th,n agau: no 90. Nothing daunied.
| the stcaus.er. in answer TO the crowd.
who wc,r ailing him rom all quarters.
said: "lf'im Shaw washcrc III ret the
money and het $50 That could start il.
| I amt got On warmed ~ yet" an
BET you 80 gainst one OF your horses. -
said a wclLknown livery mai, "that YOU
can't pull /, live feet" LISA whack. ''
said the tanlstcr: put up the coin. "
The monay was handed to Merry Far.
mer. the stakeholder. Amoih,t tug: the
little mustangs seemed ID hunip them
.rlve. :, but it was no gol "I'H bet YOU
another fifty agin that mares mate YOU
can't do it," said tile livery man. ea-
gerly. "lll bet the a,thoof OF 'cm OH
it. aud you may swing ne TO one OF the
OAKS ia the plaza if theycan't d. it," BY
this time the eNcitcmcit was running
liVh niuouU tho lopLtrs-on aud "a.
bets were numerous. one offered Il
bet 500 he could not do il. and tho
t,amstcr got q fIicud tcltake the bet Tor
him. Those WHO had Watched the team.
sicr closely now noticcAa change in hi.
manner, curious smiH on his coun.
tcnance. He walked "a to each hors,
successfully. tapped Lid on the RUM
with the butt end of hi, gacksnake. anc
said 10 each "Stand III there now il
your harness." For ne first time hi
mounted the near wheel. seized Il singl,
rein. turned III, team of -haw." swung
them back "gee,' crackedhis whip, CAV,
yell, aud. as they slaughtered, III,
unwieldy load rose over the obstruction
like an cid hulk over a rwell at sea
greeted hy burst OF applause from the
bystandcr'. The mustang pulled ioi
about twenty-five feet, aud he stopped
them. You see. boys" adj the team
s,er. as he got down. I'm With them al
the time and know just what they cai
do. and"-with "a clIild like smile-''jus
when to make EN- 90 It," 4 he droppe,
the stakes in his oycralls pocket lie said
"l'd give $50 out ol that ar stake if jim
Shaw had been here to sc, that team
pull"