Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-04-19
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The following sketch Is from ''e 'aS,
number of The Temperance tales EN- 80
:. As 3f Med,cin.." 1t is par,of the rr.''
,ion NJ one ofthe travellers who formed the
inconyIuous group at the country tavern.
We tnink the narrator il o!:' o' Mtiot
D,wning's knsneil. No wonder Mr.. oniVel
aIno,t :. ..dieJ a lau CHING. - --Ctaremoum
Eagle.
"Crisley Swivel. the tailnr's wife, got
going as bad as anv on'rn but Sn'Ve'
poo,y mucn bruk her on it. Ye see ne pu
a me.icn't. She was upon GIN then. 30
she went Merr.ck's shop an! told HIM h'S
yin did not ascse with her, and g21 50 n11 ne
she'd no sooner 90, in'o the house. taan u''-
brknown to her. he put m"t'ce INTO t''a''
So she went to Merrick again, ana toi1 MN
his brandy served her jest us bad rs the 6 n
did. So she got a l,tIe Jimaky and twuSnt
in the house long before S"iVel had m"',r
ia tina, too. She go. that way " 'h'iS
sperrit wash, jes the hing Tor her stomach
bu, she never suspected the leastest (H'ns
about The mctic. About Il month ar'er a
dozen wimmn, may b. more. kun to spend
the a,c,noon at Mss Snvc's house. SO
We see, as she had the good stuff by her,
aud could't make no use on' h'rsef, on ac-
count of her petikIar week stomach. and as
most on 'em was ain somehow, and took
a leetle now and then as medson, she trea.
ted 'em all, aud was as liberal WI h las II
twas o no more vally than rain wafer.
Some on 'em took gin, and some on 'em
took brandy, and some OH 'em took JIna.
XIV. But didn't make mite O d lfrr which
twas they took. l. set EN- clmtterin Ike
oil possessed for bout halfan hour. Then,
one ar,er another, they began to feel lee'te
squally and, at last they got goin every
one on cm. Such time Suivtl says he
never heer'd tell on. He was workln in
mis- shop at the baginnin ont. So. when
he heer'd the first noise he peeked through
the keyhole, and he said he thought he
should "a died laughing. So he ran back
iuto the shop, for fear they would suspect
so thin, aud he f,ll 10 work cuttn out pair
o. rieimeutal smaIls Cor General Twerzes;
but he laugh, SO, that he spoill the brefch.
es, and cu,'em by mistake artcr ParSoa DO.
arms measure, SO that the jinera coaidnt
"a got inlo 'em al no rate arier they was
made up and being OF u bright yaiicr they
>xau.i'sss bia ss, thing for a minister no
how. So We see. twas to;le loss. But
the eend o: The Joke wasn't like 10 come Out
50 pleasant. Sevral on 'em had narrar
squeak on',. and old Miss Hunks eenamos
wtenched hcrselfto 10 death. But the best a
the hun II u, ,;s gv%: to tell ye, Not soul on
'em ever suspec ed the leas;est trick, and
Merrck got such bad name for selling
liquor that wasn't ginivne, that he lbs. a.
mos, all his custom in our town artcr that
Snivel go, confoundedly scarf, for arter
while, he though, it was surh good sory
lie could at keep it 10 himself no how; so he
told roun1 to one and an other. and at last
it got 10 Squire Pronk's ears, and the squire
told Swivel that fold Miss Hanks, who was
ailln long spell. should happen TO pop of
afore the year was out, ',would be n,anslar
Ter, as sure as fate. tIowsomever, the old
woman's livin yet; bu, she han't taken
drop since that day. A number on 'em
hasn't. So goods come on ont artef all.