A QUARTER RACE IN KENTUCKY 13

A SHARK STORY 26

LANTY OLIPHANT IN COURT 38

BILL MORSE ON THE CITY TAXES 41

ANCE VEASY'S FIGHT WITH REUB. SESSIONS 43

THE FASTEST FUNERAL ON RECORD 47

GOING TO BED BEFORE A YOUNG LADY 52

A MILLERITE MIRACLE 60

OLD SINGLETIRE 64

“RUNNING A SAW” ON A FRENCH GENTLEMAN 68

BREAKING A BANK 74

TAKING THE CENSUS 80

DICK HARLAN'S TENNESSEE FROLIC 82

“FALLING OFF A LOG,” IN A GAME OF “SEVEN-UP” 91

THE “WERRY FAST CRAB” 96

“FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER” 99

A ROLLICKING DRAGOON OFFICER 103

THE GEORGIA MAJOR IN COURT 107

UNCLE BILLY BROWN—“GLORIOUS” 110

OLD TUTTLE'S LAST QUARTER RACE 117

BILL DEAN, THE TEXAN RANGER 122

THE STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN WHO WAS AVERSE TO RACING 125

BOB HERRING, THE ARKANSAS BEAR HUNTER 130

McALPIN'S TRIP TO CHARLESTON 146

INDIA RUBBER PILLS 151

A MURDER CASE IN MISSISSIPPI 154

KICKING A YANKEE 161

A “DOWN-EAST”—ORIGINAL 165

“SOMEBODY IN MY BED” 168

A DAY AT SOL. SLICE'S 172

CUPPING ON THE STERNUM 184

A BEAR STORY 188

PLAYING “POKER” IN ARKANSAS 197