The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

they looked like they had q mighty lot Of spirits in them, but | was not as well acquainted with Columbus .as wac with Eufaulie, and therefore thought 1t would be little risky to sample any of 'em. and therefore I didn't wet my whistle while I stayed in Columbus.
 'I struck out then for Montgomery, and got there in due time, and my word for 1t, Montgomery is a right frisky It. tie town, and the State Capitol. to a man who lives in Barbour county, is a right considerable building, but I didn't have much time to fool away in Mont gomery, and so next mornin I took the boat for Mobile. which place I reached after long, tfresome travel on the boat When I got to Mobile I looked about some, and up to that time I had never seen a greater lot of outlandish looking men and Dasoes and yellow nig- gers, and good many fine looking peo- pie, than I saw in Mobile, ont finally l struck the boat for New Orleans, and there l found that Mobile was discount ed by five hundred per cent by out landish looking men and Dagos
 T spent day or two around New Or leans, having general good time meet ing up with some jolly fellers and folks like me gwine to Texas, but I couldn't stay there all the time, so I cut out up the river"
 During all this time Colonel Jackson sat there nursing his wrath to keep it warm" Mir. Adams continued: And I jist give you my word that one of them big Mississippi River boats, to a Bar bour County man, looks more like Noah's ark than anything I can think of. We kept goen and a goen. and the old boat belleren and blowen and puffen, and after while when we got ter Red River we took smaller boat and struck out up Red River and when we got, as 1t seemed ter me, about seven hundred miles above New Orleans, up Red River, we had reached the head of navigation on Red River. We all got off the boat to see lot of the toughest looking out laws I ever beheld in my life. I struck out in the country to examine the coun- try. and of all of the countries that I ever hearn tell of fin my life, that beat em all, and the people they were ahead of the country.
 There was John Gombers, who left Barbour County five or six years ago for cattle stealing, and Babe Dunlap who run away for stealing horse, and two or three fellers from Dale County, who ran away for doing things equally as bad or worse, ana that was pretty fair sam pie of the citizenship of that locality. So Colonel Jackson I just concluded that after all old Barbour County was the place for me, so I went back to that town. what l can't think of the name of 1t, and got on the boat and started down the river for home"
 At this stage of the testimony, Colonel Jackson's indignation was at white heat He sprang up, without any reference to the presence of the Court. and said: Well you have taken considerable trip. but I'll be d. if you shall ever go down that river alive" and drawing back as If he would strike in an instant MT. Ad- ams who was handy at the sort of bus mess that was about to take place, said, Oh, well, Colonel Jackson, if you don't like my evidence, come ahead" which Colonel Jackson was in the act of do- ing. but just at this moment Judge Short CT says. "Oh. come, come, gentlemen. Colonel Jackson. you are about to forget yourself. sir
 Colonel Jackson. realizing what was about to take place, turned to His Hon or and said: "If Your Honor please, beg Your Honor's pardon" and to Mir. Adams, Stand aside MT. Witness" and turning to the Court said, If your Honor please, will take a mol pros in this case"
 J. M C.