...Says Frohock to Fanning, to tell the plain truth,
Says Fanning to Frohock, 'tis a folly to lie;
When I came to this country I was but a youth;
I rode an old mare that was blind ol an eye;
My father sent for me; I wa'nt worth a cross,
Five shillings in money I had in my purse.
And then my first study was to steal for a horse.
My coat it was patched, but not much the worse;
I quickly got credit, and then ran away,
But now we've got rich, and 'tis very well known
And hav'n't paid for him to this very day
That we'll do very well if they'll let us alone."
* In a song which became very popular, Howell thus lampooned Colonel Fanning:
"When Fanning first to Orange came,
Both man and mare wa'n't worth five pounds,
He looked both pale and wan;
As I've been often told,
An old patched coat upon his back—
But by his civil robberies
An old mare he rode on.
He's laced his coat with gold."
* In 1771, s pamphlet was published in Boston, entitled "A Fan for Fanning, and a Touch for Tryon; containing an Impartial Account of the Rise and Progress of the so-much-talked-of Regulators in North Carolina. By Regulus." In this pamphlet, Tryon and Fauning were sufficiently scorched to need a "fan.
Outrages upon Fanning—Sketch of his Public Life.—Mock Court and Trials.—Yorke
ing the night. On the following morning, when they discovered that the judge had escaped, they beat Fanning again, demolished his costly furniture, and pulled down his house. They intended to burn it, but the wind was high, and they apprehended the destruction of other property. * These proceedings were highly disgraceful, and the harsh treatment of Fanning was condemned by all right-minded men.
When this violence was completed, they repaired to the court-house, and appointed a schoolmaster of Randolph county, named Yorke, clerk;
