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A Regulator Regulated.Ctl|b'nlIlMweyetThiclWe take the following interesting bit of news from the Abbeville Meridional of the 11th instant, it will be of interest to our readers to know that some ofthe regulators need regulation and are drlt; regulated sometimes: jouThe races at Bayou Tigre, was the scene of considerable excitement, when u*t IN)! Mr. Aurelien Primeaux, a brother to Se- (t,u (H» verin Priuieaux, who was whipped by j [jJJ Capt. Lnstie Bourque's company of *‘ja-|“n IM, hawkers” (regulator), about six weeks |‘*°* iH) j ago, snatched a buggy-whip near at1 'DO hand and walking up to the honorable (?)' ft*v “Captain** administered to him one of b‘*. the best horse-whippings ever given to a ! wliumni! Iieiug. As Primeaux go through.lie told Bourque: “Now Sir. I whip you single handed, but you, to whip my brother. had to rally a force of one hundred or more. Take this and go home.** Bourque oU-yed the command readily, withstanding the fart that a number of his men were present, which clearly proves the cowardice of those cutthroats. | tiiWe understand that since this happy N* occurrence. Capt. Bourque ordered a j f° “special meeting” of the regulators, to ask them their aid in avenging him, to;1 which request they promptly replied that wl if lie could r.ot avenge himself he could : *1tretivpoitohupugo to h I.••Rally the flag of Libertytican
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Saint Martinville Weekly Messenger
Saint Martinville, Louisiana, US
Sat, Dec 21, 1889
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