Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-13

at the little, dried up Teller, an lie got
rs mad as old Nick. lie begun to tell
Pole his liver was swelled from too
much whisky an that he'd bet he was
jest the sort to beat his wife. Most of
US thought that ID make Pole jump ON
i'm, but he seemed to enjoy naggin'
the Teller too much to Spite it by a
fight. A niger boy had been carryin'
round a bell an sign advertiser
Webb's auction sale, an stopped to see
the fun. Pole heerd the tinkle Of the
bell an tuck 1t an begun to ring it in
the lecturers face. The harder the fell
Ter spoke the harder Pole rang. 1t was
the biggest racket ever heerd on pub.
lie square. Part Of the crowd-the
good, church folks-began to say 1t was
disgrace to the town to allow stran-
ger to be treated that away, sence thar
was no law agin public speakin' in the
streets. They was in fer calm halt,
but all the rest-the drinllin' men IAN
I frankly state I was one)-secretly
hoped Pole would ring i'm down. When
the pore devil finally won, felt like
Yellin' hooray, fer l glory in the pluck
even Of daredevil If he's a north
Georgian an white. The lecturer had
to stop without his collection, an went
of to the council chamber swearin'
agin the town fer allowin' him to be
treated that away. Thar wasn't any
thing fer the mayor to do but order
Poles arrest, but it took four men-two
regulars an two depuies-to accom-.
plish it.
1.-The trial was the richest thing I
ever attended. Pole had sobered up
Jest enough TO be witty, an he had no
more respect fer Bill Barrett's court
than he had fer the lecturers platform
Him an Barrett used to fish an hunt
together when they was boys. an Pole
kept calm him Bill. 1t was Bill this
an Bill that, an as Barrett had only
been in Office month he hardly
knowed how to rise to his proper dig
nifty, especially when he saw the crowd
was laughin' at his predicament When
declined to defend i'm, Pole attempt
cd to read the law on the case to Bar
rerI an show whar he was right. Bar
rett let i'm talk because lie didn't
know how to stop i'm, an Pole made
the best defense 1 ever heerd from a
unlettered man. 1t kept the crowd in a
roar. For awhile swear it looked
like Pole was goin' to cleer hisse'f, but
Barrett had to do his duty, an SO he
fined Pole thirty dollars, or in default
thereof to break rock on the streets fer
ten days. You ort to "a heerd Pole
snort. 'Looky heer, Bill he said, you
know as well as yo're a-settin' cooked
up thar, maxim folks say "yore honor
ever breath they draw, that 1 amt
a-goin' to break no rock in that br'ilin
sun fer ten days ease I beat that
| skunk at his own gamer
"'You'll have to do it if you don't
pay out Barrett told i'm.
We'll, jest won't pay out, an ]
won't break rock nuther,' Pole said
You've heerd about the Teller that
could lead a boss to water, but couldn'i
make i'm drink, hain't you? Well, I'm
the hoss.'
Yesterday was Poles fust day or
the street. They put ball an chair
to one Of his ankles an sent i'm out
with the niger gang. but all day yes
terday an today he hain't worked /,
lick. He's as stubborn as q mule
Thar's been a crowd around I'm all tn
time. You kin see i'm standin' up Al
straight as post in the middle of til,
street from one end of it to the other
I'm sorter sorry fer i'm; he looks Xix,
he's ashamed at bottom, but dom
want to give In. The funniest thing
about the whole thing is that POI,
seems to know more about the Law
than the mayor. He says unless the.
force him to work in the specified tel
days they can't hold him any longer
an that If they attempt to fog in
he'll kill the first man that lays hand
on him. think Bill Barrett likes hin