Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1883 — As Told by the Hero. [ARTICLE]

As Told by the Hero.

The following is an extract from a letter written from Texas by a young man, formerly of Macon, to a friend here: “The other night I went into a saloon where there were eight cowboys, who had just got in from a long drive. They crowded around me and asked me to set ’em up. Just out of politeness, I set ’em up. When they got through they asked me to set ’em up again and I refused. They crowded around me, evidently taking me for a sucker, and swore they’d eat me up. I stood my ground and told them if they would let the bar-keeper hold their pistols I’d try ’em a few rounds. Then they took out their weapons and gave them to the bar-keeper, and in ten minutes I had whipped all eight of them. They saw I wasn’t to be fooled with, and we shook hands. Every time I meet a cowboy now he takes off his hat to me.” —Macon ( Ga .) Telegraph.