The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-17

speaking about mules remarked six
Ooter from Barnet county. I've got Il mule
vt home which knows as much as do, and
want to hear somebody say I'm half fool
No one said SO, and he went on:
1--we got Disguised When you come down
o kicking, | want to bet on my mule. \
ricnd came along and took dinner with me
he other day, and as he seemed little down
hearted, took him out To see Thomas ,Jctfcr-
son. nv champion mule | was telling the
good man how that nule could flip his hind
eet around, AND il ,dhe would like to see a
title fun. IIe'd Used his whole life life in
he South. but hal never seen a mule lay his
soul into biz i0,l" at kicking. Well he
continued, after growing some tobacco, 81
ook Thomas o.. 81 he stable, backed him up
again Il hill. gin him cuff on the ear, and we
stood back to Sc. he amusement II was Il
good place to k | his dundrst, and what dye
s'posc: In ten ...nltco by the watch he was
nut of sight. L. ry" more we couldn't feel
nim with lively, ,ot pole"
Here the crowd began to yell and snccr, and
he narrator looked around and asked:
Does any body think I'm lying? Would
ic for one mule? Right here under my arm is
pound of tallow candles which are to light
he hole for me in after Thomas and got
word not an hour ago that the hind feet of II
mule were sticking out ola hill thiriy-ninc
miles a. The birds fly from where my mule
went in. I'm Shaky on religion. gentlemen,
out our family never hada liar in it,
The good people of Bell County, Tex, have
zeal for orthodoxy "a consuming aS was that OF
rorouemada or Calvin. DR. H. j Russell. u
resident of that county, was known to be-
A Frce-Thinkcr and VA, therefore obnoxious
10 the orthodox. The Intervening the Doctor
was called to attend an imaginary sick emf
,rant Going out with the messenger he was
conducted to Spoi where three other men, arm.
I'd with revOlvcrS, were in waiting These at
The pistols mouth compelled him to strip; then
they tied his hands and one OF them, after OK
claiming To the Doctor that they believed he
was an honest man and good physician, said
by the hclp of God" they would put stop Ia
his career aS a Frrc-Thinker in that section OF
country further that ifhc made noise it would
be- at the peril of his life. They then proceeded
20 give HIM hundred laShes with strap OF
A wagon-tracc and set him free. The following
notice was afterwards found posted near the
spot:
This is to certify that IN Saturday night
the 9th of October. 1871, the Rev. DIR. Russell
was called Ia see a movers wife Camped at this
place. and on the Doctors arrival three Other
men came out and captured him and hit him
a hundred liCks with leather strap, and LEI
him loose ON condition that lac would not lcct
ure or debate on iniidelity any more in this
country. Now word to Nunnely, Po>cy
Marshall, and in fact. 10 all the leading men Of
the infidel club If any of you take his place
We will burn you out of house and home and
hang YOU until you are dead. If any man in
this country l. injured on account of what has
been done we will burn YOU all out We have
got fly men 10 back Us. Gents. we mean bust
ness; infdelity has got to stop in this country
A. well ~ stealing
Bob IngtT~oll would evidently find good field
for missionary effort in that part of Texas