Accordingly they repaired to Baker's
bouse aud aroused tuzi Ironi slumber,
one or two of them going to &0 door
and representing that they had come
to buy cattle. They , succeeded . in
getting him to the door, and then
forced him outside when lie was seiz
ed by the gang, taken some distance
from the house, a coat of tax and
feathers applied, - treated to a ride
astride a fence rail, then rolled in the
mud, and finally vigorously kicked
by each one of the party.
