The Mccook Tribune

The Bully and the Butt.

The recent resignation of his chair in the Senate by Mr. Reagan, of Texas, has served to recall the incident which led him to leave Tennessee, where he was born, and settle in the Lone Star State. It appears that one day he went to mill with a grist to be ground, and after he had waited in line until his turn came, he was rudely addressed by a man who proposed to step in ahead of him, and threatened to throw him out of the window unless he would yield his place. Mr. Reagan, the story goes, like all the rest of the people in the neighborhood, was more or less terrorized by this desperado, and in fear of his life rushed for him, butted him in the stomach with his head, and literally lifted him off his feet and flung him through the window. When the desperado disappeared, the consequence of his act flashed upon young Reagan's mind. He instantly supposed that he had killed a man, that he would be hanged for it, and scared almost to death, he rushed downstairs, unhitched his horse and lit out across the country for Texas. The man was not killed, but got a good shaking up. He soon moved to Texas, and was a friend to Reagan in after life.