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Show A t ock-Flgliler Who Prays. A Cincinnati Enquire- ropm-ier "t-us the following from Col. R .bert JI.,r?an. ol that city: "I claim to be a religious man, and I say my players everv uietit before I go to bed. My relicion is b.isel on broad principle.-. 1 w.i-brought w.i-brought up in Kentucky, where ev. rv geni.cui.iu i- exprcted to k-r a rare horse or game chick, n. and I 'was edu-caled edu-caled lo (:;, vc thai there was no harm i 1:1 N lien I wn,t to England and ! saw how the people of that i,.it:on a;-o'uded a;-o'uded races and .-poi'lnK- of ad km is. t o-n the tu.en to the u!:. ..:, an 1 st;,l nian:ig-d to pray and ob-erve the J i;.Si anJ t-ccp in the oh;i;vh. 1 , -oiiciuded that 1 ovuid shi e m- religion- belief to theirs. 1 am ,f.;.,.. to i lake n y cIkhk-cs on l.i;;:: -..v.n,.n ".ihuat sn-at people. A- .'r',i.. fuluir.g. 1 am ,.pp 1 ,0 v . i iut.i and il ;ial u.'. A ii-- i- r,-: ' j amu.a!. and -...Wr t.iui e.: to mar I .ir.i.-li hi siS'vii.-D.. 1 i a-., prove of dog-e.Jm,. y:.-.. ov o . ' is .l.fi. rent. 1 hey are ly n.oi-.re ,, ,r. reisou.e and ivt.icfrent. an 1 -lo v a:e n.u sen-it- e of their mi-erv. '1 , , -c J iound to fil.t s; ; !; ,-,v, j j . ! ::!! r. .isoii ;.y t.uy . ; ; i tl. c ,, . ; . Lute ; j tl;e aiii.isem. nt of ;. :in. ., a! nan.:', r of sou:i..rn co.::,:: ; - hl;i 1 have v.-i;i d ovk ;.,:;::; ;- .-, reca: dod ..s a ,;.i:i Urj 1 ... a;m-v'. j i.o n:. 1 "a- in I'.iii:.l...i . : ... j ,.n I -.:,.!- 1 --v !;-: a h :.. i.. i , sons c. :e out ol the eh.ir, i.. f r.-, o.- i 1-y the i rle-:. and repair t : , e - i .:. The -;, -t tu -n!..ed a-:.i:,i and rang a Ull. Cahinc crowd tj-cell.er. tj-cell.er. mid ac.ed as umpiie and hid'- I ! of the main. There was a lot of Atner-! Atner-! icacs there. -and we went in and en-i.'oyed en-i.'oyed the sp irt. The chickens had the . feathers t -.ck-d o::' their heads and : backs, and w.-:e a red a? cherries, j 1 ' ame little fe I j-.v; they wore. The na- j'-f cur (arty had a pair of '.-'.a-hers' 1 about iour i:.L-!ie; losg, which they wrre ;:-'l:-h etj'.-ugh to let us u-e. Th-.y w uld siiow two cx-ks anl we would pick out one and heel him with cur 'br ad swords. ' and we would cut down their C 'ck in no time. A e won a L-reat deal of mcn-y j'.om them, notwiih-s:and.n' notwiih-s:and.n' the p.ie-t decided ataiust u- wherever he could. I was orer at Havana when lid Santa Ar.na wa-there wa-there with his cockers fighting the whoie i.-lan-I of Cuba. He had his chickens, and he allowed anybody to come in and 6ght. I saw them have a pair of scales there to weigh the doubleloons in, and old Santa Anna wou.d wait until the crowd had filled up one side of the scale and then he would pile in enough on the other side to balance them. Sometimes Some-times there waj as much as five thousand thous-and dollars up on one tight. They fought their cocks with the naked heel. O.d Santa Anna was a nice old gentleman, though." |