The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-08-01
Beat at his own Game,
A SCENE ON THE HIGHWAY
BY FALCOLBRIDGE.

BY FALCOLBRIDGE.
Not many years ago, there was a
law, and yet, perhaps, in the State of
Connecticut, which with sundry and the
usual quantity of incomprehensiblo
"herein named's" and "whereas's'
"&c's," set forth, that "any man wo-
man, or child, found upon tic highway,
oy-ways, streets, lanes, or alleys, cross.
roads, cow.paths, or whatsoever, driv-
ing. or causing to be driven, any wagon
stage coach, cart, carryall, buggv,
chalse, baronche, sled, sleigh or innp,
er, or whatsoever of the kind, but i'm.
plying conveyance upon wheels keels
or runners, upon the Lords day, the
bles'ed Sabbath, or the ssfirss day," he
or she, them or they, found mounted
upon horse, gelding, mare, ass or
mule, stallion, Or beast of burden what
soever, shall be arrested by any citizen.
town constable, sheriff, sLeriff's officer
or whatsoever, with power to cause to
be arrested in one, all, or any of the
ABOVE acts; and he, she, they or them
so offending, shall be brought before
the selcctmsn, sitting ma ayistratc. iud.e.
or common council, and fined ten dol.
lars and costs, in the lawful currency
OF the commonwealth, the party arr S
ting or causing To be arrested, shall re.
celve halfof said fine, and party Offend
ing to remain IN custody until Enc and
cost be liquadatcd,' &c. &c.
Now, there is not a law devised
planned, or laid down, but what some
cate individual will find a hole or flaw to
crawl through it, whatever may be its
slight fits" Of course, and sometimes
1t does happen that tho most wary and
wakeful get caught in the very steel
trap set BY themselves to allure or trip.
Hence my story.
1t IS now no longer, I believe. an un-
solved problem, a mooted question, but
as the military friend of the Newbury.
port ladies' and the editor of the Chron-
otype asserts, a "fixed fact" that Yam.
KEGS do know bark from a hand. saw.
and can be cute if occasion requires it.
There's noquestion Of it. Connecticut
Sunday travelling law, the sunrun, bo-
mum of which l have set forth was in
tho flower of the bloom, one rainy, dirty,
muddy Sunday, just such day when
ooth man and beast feel an inclination
TO lay backin some quiet, dry place,
and chew the sweet or bitter cud of fan.
cy, as it may be, live and veritable
specimen OF genus yengese (the latter
phrase is aboriginal, | believc,) "was
to be seen" without charge, IN the very
act Of violating the Kings la,O, or that
OF the Commonwealth of Connecticut.
driving wagon and old gray mare up
the highway! If he did not know the
low ne was not long learning it, for
Connecticut man, who perhaps not hav-
ing the fear of God before his ewes so
clearly as he had in his heart the idea
OF making five dollars off the lone trav.
ellerr, ran out of his dry domicil by the
road side, and shouted
'.Hallo! there! Mister stop!'
Certain, squire said tho Yankee
1ehu' woo, Sock, heould on, yeou
1901 Z, yeou, WOO! Mornin', squire; what's
the neuse? Aain't got the collcry
a. aown this way, teou, L hope? Dicin
nke sixty in York with the dcm'd
things
"No friend" said the man. "we
ham; got no CELERY here, but l guess
you don't know we've got law what