The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-03
|ilEls CHARACTER,
Animated a
81 Baron
II Revival
|,EpE 10 GET RELIGION:
,.,,.,d to Re C"n.erte
~, : Bill Hardin and
n, Amusemen's'

MIA Amvue
ix Thew iSis' we we're camped
s ~. river. in Arkansas we me.
~ ai' r,. =. remarkable characters
ie A ever produced ana
s ,.,s for hours about another
y. ,l nj, equal in every particu-
~ ytsi,o- had posted us WIN
~, J. o,d Sam Baron before he
w " camp. This man had 'oid
%, our t 70 take drink occasionally
a.D ,s n and We would be sure
F,n m .n rich. We did .,n may.
IA mai, came into camp NOV nov.
: cautiously a, in a buchsk, y, s Sas
m Ia low, soft tones II was a..
~ !. 10 believe that we were IN
y. a. one of those strange
x1tt VI ..,. had
Characters whose career h,s n nn,
..rsd with blood. He dia no.
4. could harm a coyote, ana ,s ye,
ma, his memory was not ea,'ai
..Isc,usl feat of recalling i,.s' .', ,'sa
!, number of men WHO 'ia 40
o. hIooi before the flash or
"; y. NH a drink every rev ny
i talked nearly al ni h,,n s,xtv
y ARKANSAS Tor more thai .atd
ri did not come mere nc sai"'
~, meeting house.
abai A sort of q dreamy no
~ al one time been a "lestle
sss,I said he, Il concluded to
IA lAaye been a member Oh ,ic
S.rA NOW for more than twenty
M iined the church" he aun-
- Ire ,,nners would get the
Mthay frolickcd about anu
~ stole hogs while wera a
~ Lords vineyard. so | cen.
s,syrboiy In the nelehborhood
~ The church, 30 that aiilirs
n along equal like. | loaded my
raie over TO old parson Hog
!, lid him 20 80 down to the big
Esd start a meeting. S1ld /.
Eogdllln,if my ammunition doh t
thsre i goIn to be the darndtst
mi hre in the Ozarks mat eVer
hen Since the Day of Pentecost,
4 Peter converted Jincrai Jacn-
parson took his Bible and went
|roointed place aid | went out in
lIsins engaged In the busi,.ess OF
10 sinners. Most Of 'en, when
that | WIZ In dead earnest, wcht
Kong to the ievival, hut | had 20
II o. five old cussos whose hclrts
td.red in sin. We had great
The psrson said he never saw
oltpourng OF the spirit, " hen
hllin called for liners cooked my
irons and took u stand IN the
the side OF the preacher. said !.
II, parson, and oall EN- up a1u
u cooked and p'intcd old Betsy
ks at some Of the worst sinners
Ny noided to them and p'intci to
wns outstretched hand. Thers
fplsI stampede amCEs 'em TO see
ii get religion first. 1t took OLD
two days TO baptiZc '"m, an
70 Mn tie business into the night
Trough. II wece suspitiOnel that
rted q few In the darkness, but /
q the trouble 10 investigate the
They weren't much account. no
tydRment of the revival ! for
BA Hardin. He lived away down
an J was said that he was kin
MI. He was the very worst char
Va hard OF IN all my born days.
slllhouse and lots of niggers,
pxd to kill his own nicgers lest
THIS here Bin Hardin would eat
sspon. | have seen him h'ilin'
's1lns around and cussln' and
slcky Blueskin sister of tho
ns me plate OF fire" His mouth
Z tsen lined With boiler iron. for
nht no hocns polus about II.
,err would shovel live Goals
q and carry it to the old devil
Soca lha burning GOALS into hts
q euss ami lowl for more nre,
safS were hyin' in every Ill
y ~ could get a stranger to his
soln pass the man the dish +
y We poor devil dld not eat 4
~ blll would shoot him. r. ne
y, ,u ~. Wlk'n along the road he
~ e,npl,' Ionier goes anoth,~ Il
IA W. I'n lvss, fete, and put him
a% u shoot him out and well
~. De would get drunk and
~. niger tu "A stake down m
A. ~ me rl'er, and then he woulj
,,a ,v'' OF his house and howl
Ike ts'Vrs We're chasing the Niger
~ sake. Old BIZ wonll sit
MA wy roof am play the lid lie
wo.,,s sitors. After awhile the
p eH1M snap a leg Off the niger
Az Sa.., weuli laugh iii the teors
"n ms lace. Good hive Mir
aSr 1 ,S roar, and then he
HI bim me rooi and howl for more
NJ NJ up word to come and line
Al I, would shoot him. b,li No
IN, ~ Some Mexlcans. with n
a.. AZ q big snake, cam, I'd nj
II nsh', rley were r6,r' ~
y Sari IN a show .rh e'I no, - y
xrt a., n.r.nt any Mexiolns ard
Nj a " si TWO or three hellyons
hi spsr, ',nseii, ana they ali ro,
III lhs p. ~ day tormenting the
wv evening Dnn pota on, Nj
b ~ NJ 70 get a jug filled AMI old
asl b,, Mrs. Pete kinder oh.
/. Gun. az ~ laey gave her Two or
n, tnar1,,' arintula juice ana shn
i n In y remarking, Sch is
Il W. e morning We are lika ~
Tie b'yI evening the lions emf ~, ny
eal , sshs took hold of Dan a.,
aan's oars ''htr opened the door
as Dan syv,, As good luck V 3Ul,i
cot and Ismuns in the lion swur !.
Fens dovnn Knocked two or thren ~ Il
N stonw, and 'pok to the w yp u'
cvr !, y AMI ] loaded nv G ,,.o,,
3 sl,,n, OLD Bill's house ~" IN !, " ,, T,
ihs s-str1idle of tho W. ~, VI y
!, He did, a s Traveller and
.ssAakcs IN zee me til | had Old
fal a, h,mp 10 my face ana wa,
70, .coIish ! didn't give hin,
Z folled .. At tho non 81 ~
VI saw,llnm, OF uho roof ana bi,
rs sai.5 | knew thnn, hhi'
Ter" ana l didn't pause i" Ia
hce and a Ne hack of his hand
IVY TO Ian mo his stomach H.
nsy a few ,e our camp. Aftc,
as d: s s,r5sTSlng his h sapasd aa 3low
u & " soS RI rs 8, F sIs he LOOK
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