Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-08
CLOSE CALL.
y. Was Won on the Clay
Polk Contest
,.,suoo Of Old Political Days
- n. Saved His Darkies.

hs, has marked the election
a.i. n the past few weeks. Any
lion that the present enthusi-
ahead ofanything before known
harools OF "reminiscences to their
dsptbs, until the frogs Of noisy
gsa.,,dn make eacn ripple eIoqu, MT
vts,iss az aptebellum contests.
10 WILSON l.. LARIMORE,
.aftha LaiimOre brothers, who
ns' !, y Missouri lOnglbetore the war,
ss, ~ 10 arouse the imagination Of
srcited young partisan of 1884
"A accounts Of the Clay-Polk contest
IA when the magnetic South
ron A devotion from his follow
u' hst would have led them
81 ssath As Illustrative OF those
iimes he never fails to
n An incident that occurred
I'M. hs was moving his household
y and goods from Kentucky TO
,,,,nri. HThe country that we rode
man was in a state of great fer
ssn said Mr.. Larimore to Post
astoh reporter. ~ had everything
sslne snugly sto xed away IN the
.ious wagon, including some coll
"A servants, who were then by the
IN course my property. Although
,rross the line rom Kentucky, In
"a was being even agitated by the
tiI,ionists, but / did not think il
"a 10 turn my horses heads for
sierdom after crossing the Ohio
would thus be enabled to take
,ysntsge of the better roads in that
,,e and save considerable time
ner getting fairly into the state,
Soweyer. was very sorry that l had
enturei 50 far away from Mason and
DixOn's line, az in every hamlet we
,,ssed through there would be group
fpolliicisns standing in the summer
ur before the post office or school.
house discussing the issues of the COM
nr November Knowing how bitter
homeof the towns were against slavery,
II pushed rapidly through each place.
Cnly Stopping for lodging or informa.
bon. 0ften the glances that would
kllow the wagon were full of indigna-
tOn sud were evidently inspired by
The
thAiin spite of my injunction to keep
low persisted in bobbing up just when
We were passing an esp, cially ominous
: Gasd, We got along very nicely.
kWeyer, and were congratulating our
sslves on our good luck and compile
seniing Yankeedom for its forbear-
irN when in the afternoon about 3
tl0ck the turn in the road brought
HTerY Unexpectedly upon q collec-
8 fnOfhou es consisting principally OF
,thurcb, schonl-house and some lit
\ houses in the midst of garden
Hiehes. We saw nothing dangerous
ail we drew up near the low build
4 that did duty as post-office, /
. Intaking things easily. enjoying the
autiful day and the pretty little
hsn existing so quietly by itself,
Hltn all at once my wife
MD "Hist, look therep'
IGlOEiDg her trembling finger
lnEned towards a large elm tree in
ShGe shade was very garrulous
nlhsing of gesticulating men. They
van dressed in the usual backwoOds
osllme Of that day, and some of
ten we're large muscular fellows who,
Agnek me, were ripe for a row OF
tuekind. Their horses were tied
nAiAem, and were lazily switching
AaiGls to keep IF the fles that were
duGsnaFay from the human beings
lgasnoise, aud sought the unimagl-
nlifanimals. Just as / had whip
M1Pand was passing the crowd,
4 ~ Elfe's attention was distracted
hmher colored prOteges long enough
neaable one of the darkies to stick
ns bead out of the canvas covering t.
e what the loud talk outside wai
aeoal The appearance Of
lh dusky face was at once
succeeded by the cry, There's a mig
gds Nobody took it up, the crowd
0nlinued its own arguments, and We
were soon travelling along out OF sigh
sna hearing. / had just begun tC
,alnk that our apprehensiOns were IN
loanded, and that the Northerner'
were gentle as lambs, when there wa
great clatter of hoofs behind, anc
looKing back | saw half q dozen horse
men leariRg down full upon us. They
urged them steeds with all manner %
VIA cries, which ut once took for X
pessions Of anger. / saw escape wa
useless, and pulled up to await devel
VpIeDts, remarkipg TO my wife
wen, ! guess we'll loae the men thi
ume. The noise of Incorporating cav
scaloe had excited the negroes 10
pl,Sn OF the greatest curiosity, AM
uo.ning could persuade them 10 Reel
neir glistening eyeballs from appear
as y the most inopportune holes II
the cover.
1. AS THE LEADER DREW VI
'front.', the entire party circle
.lound my team a. though TO cut Of
Aay attempt 10 move forward,
me following conversation ensued
s.n cay; stranger, be you from tn
"Yes.u
BE you for Clay or polk?p
mad always sworn | would stan
~ my political convictions, and so
~nsWersd: II am for Henry Clay"
imagine my surprise and the gref
,silel IL brought me when the spokeI
hn han answered me by giving q will
IL. throwing bis hat high In I'll
y. ana catching 1t dexterously az b
,'Stss started of at full sneed. I'll
ls.s uis troop wheeled sharply, and III
49, ! heard from them was III
al sr rude THANKS. like this: "Muc
'0nged, stranger; / win my bet.n
A Great Scheu,e