The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1894-01-11
1T LAID HIM OUT.
From the Hoosier HooP-PoLE.

From the Hoosier HooP-PoLE.]
Old Pete Hooterson, who farms little |
40 acre cabbage patch down on Goose
Creek, was in town last Saturday. There
is nothing particularly worth noting in
this fact, for he is in town every Satur
day and several other days in the week.
But it happened that in our issue of the
Thursday previous our young man, who
had but recently accepted position on
the news force, in consideration OF two
meals day and a canvas cot the by office
stove, had run an item in on the local
page about him, which had escaped the
editorial 1. The item was harmless
joke that no right minded man would
have kicked about any how, but Hooter
son took offense at it. The article in
question ran thus:
"Pete Hooterson, the moss backed
vagabond from Goose Creek, was in town
again yesterday and undertook to carry
the customary Jag He got abusive,
cussed the preacher, slapped the school
teacher because he wouldn't go to the
doggery on the corner and drink with
him, broke his knuckle trying to smash
the face OF the wooden Indian in front OF
Jake eSchopfenhausenwissenberger's cl-
gar stand because it wouldn't shake
hands with him, and ended by driving
his shaggy mules and dilapidated wagon
into Judge Hollohead's carriage shed
and ordering his team curried and fed.
He thought it was livery stable. The
City Marshal managed to overtake him
at this point, as the Judge holds the
Marshal's official scalp in his grasp, and
started him home. News reached town
this morning that when he got home he
licked the whole family, including the
dogs, and the neighbors talk of white
oapping him."
As we remarked. the old reprobate got
mad at this squib, and came into the
office with the paper in his hand and
blood in his eye.
"Be you the editor?' he roared.
II am, sir" we replied blandly, swing
ing round in our cushioned swivel to face
him and breaking off in the middle Of an
able leader on "The Hawaiian Muddle. "
"Be this copy of yer paper p he went
on, coming closer to us and looking wild.
We glanced at the head and admitted
that it was the Hoop pole.
"Well, then, l want ye to read that
there piece" pointing to the article with
his lank black dexter.
, We did so calmly as surroundings per-
| mitted.
"Now, 1 want ter know who writ that
and he looked seven feet high.
"Our new reporter, Mr.. Hun gerthirst
1 presume" we replied. Fact was this
was the first we knew of it and it struck
us pretty sudden, but we kept our sur
J prise from showing above our collar.)
"Well. wher' is the y 4 I -"
, "He is not in town to-day, Mr. Hooter-
son." we replied suavely. II am sorry,
but you will have to call again" We
could hear Hungerthirst's teeth chatter
t through the partition.
} Not in town, hey? Call agin, is it2'
and he danced with rage. "Not by -
OF sight. I'll TEX it outen yer own
stinkin' hide. I'll show ye how to insult
an damage the repetsshings NV hon'abls
men with yer dirty, lyin, liebills on EN- >
This reused the Old Man Adam and
our North Carolina ancestry in us. We
said sharply:
"But, Mr.. Hooterson, the article is true
In every particular, as everybody in town
e knows"
a mo Offence ef it is," he shrieked in
. high G. I'll whale ye iist as hard fer it,
! and he made pass with his we'll hand
that would feled giant. But we were
no giant. He struck us on the cheek
: where he did little execution except or
!, his other fist.
His failure t. fetch us enragod him
the more, and he sprang on us like Q
a wounded tiger, with teeth and claws
/, II looked shady for us Tor moment, but
we didn't lose our presence of mind. Or
D the desk lay roll of lsndscript handed
in by Prof. Loiack, entitled "A DISGUST
4 tion into the influence OF Matter over
q Mind" Quick as an electric spark
there wasn't moment to lose--we eiezet
this and dealt him stunning blow OF
> the temple. He fell as II shot with .
b horse pistol, aud lay quivering on the
( floor. His friends came and carried hin
i out, revived him with dose Of rot.gui
and took him home. We haven't heaiC
from him since.
We gave Hungerthirst quarter ant
our summer coat aud told him to hit Oh
fnal