Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1885 — Almost. [ARTICLE]

Almost.

Colonel McWhirter, who had done good serwice- in the Seminole war as the Colonel of a volunteer regiment, settled in Brazos County at an «-early day after the organization of the Kepublic of Texas. He soon became a candidate for the position of Congressman from that district, qnd as such he was called on to address the voters. In the course of his speech he became vary much excited, to such an extent, in fact, that his language ran away with him, so to speak. He said: “Fellow-citizens, I am not one of those who are patriots only in theory. I have put my patriotism into practice. When a savage foe involved my country in jfe bloody and protracted war, I did not remain supinely at home, but with my friends and neighbors took the field. We met the Indians in battle, and I received five wounds in my breast, every one of which was mortal ” Just at this point a man in the audience put his fingers, to his lips and gave a long, shrill whistle, at the end of which the orator, glancing at the incredulous audience, added “almost.”—Boston Globe.