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A Peaceable Man

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
November
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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Forrest, the rebel cnvalry chieftaic, never acknowledged himself to have been placed " in a bad fix " exoept once, which was in the city of Memphis. Gen. Chaimers and a merchant in Memphis, named J. C. Davis, liad soine Bmall disagreement about money matters. I think that Chaimers owued some proporty rented to relatives of Davis, and wrote a sliarp business note to them about the rent. Davis replied by a very fleroe note, which inspired Ohalmers with a strong desire to " go and soe him. " On tlie way to see Davis Ohalmers met Gen. Forrest, and asked the General to go tliere along with him. Forrest went, ignorant of the real state of affaire. Scarcely had the two Generáis arrived at the head of the stairs leading to Davis' business office, when the door was sudderily flung opeu, and Davis knockett Chalmers from the top of the st;iirs to the bottom. The next instant he presented a heavy revolver at Forrest's head, explaininp, "And this is whatl've got tor you - two Confedrrate Generáis coming to whip one man !" " Hold on! hold on, Mr. Davis!" cried Foi rest ; ' ' there's some mistake here ! I don't want any fuss with you - don't know what all this i about. Gen. Chalmers asked me to come along with him, and T didn't know there was any tronble betweenyou." He was glad to get away, and began to inquire whnt sort of a mun that J. C. Davis waf?. Folks told liim Davis was one of the most quiet, peaceable men in town. " Well, he may be peaceable," returned Furrest, " but he put me in the tightest place I was ever in in my life. " Yet he never showed any ill-will to Daris afterward, evidently admiring his pluck. - Cincinnati Commercial. Mr. Skidkküac gh, of Eighth street, has picked up the expression - " I suppose I was bom so" - and has been using it quite freqnently about the house of late. The other morning, when Mrs. Skiderbaugh set about washing her liU tle four-year-old, the youth opened the ball with a nursery symphony that made the man overhead repairing the roof think an earthquake was hunting for a job somewhere about that part of town. " You ought to be ashamed of yourself ! A great big boy like you bawling like that ! Why, you're a regular baby!" sf.iil lúa mother, ietuhiog thu ilma p cloth over liia little pnrple noad like au ggresivfl roop perfwcuiinR ; door-gtep. " Well, T ton't ho'p it, ma- boo-oo-c . oo-oo! - I'pose I'ub bo'n P," was üe tiny reply that splntterorl out fiom nu. der the moist, uncomforting towcl.- . Cincinnati Breakfast Table.

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