Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-02
THE YANKEE'FOX SKIN.
BY YANKEE BILL.


giving a nod and wink TO Lyman an
Towle, as these gents stood in the
store one morning, up and dressed,' ID
business.
How are you Sir 2 said the mcr
chants.
'Pooty well, con.siderin the state O
things in gcnerawl. say, yeou SCI
skins here don't yeou?'
we do, occasionally was the re
sponse.
We'll SO, I ;calkeia,cd; buy Fox Skin
teou | reckon?'
Sometimes. Why, have you go
some for sale p
Some. Yes, guess hav one, il,
some teou. 7 tell yeou.'
Let's look at it, says one Of tht
merchants. The owner Of the skin
tugged at the capacious pocket Of hi:
waller over cut few inmates, and ou
came pretty considerable, szeahle
bang-up of a venerable reynard.
There it is, perfect bewIy it is too.
Aint ill'
seen many finer oBes,' says Towle,
'Praps yeou bcv, and praps yeou
haint but | deou think it is rare bew-
ty-slirk and shiny as bran new hat.
when did you get this skin?' says
the merchant.
:!When did I gel it. Why, when l
killed The darn'd cIitter, of course
Yes, we know, but was it in The fall,
or summer or when?'
'Oh! yes; well, | reckon, 'twar'nl
fur from 4tll July, any way, fur I'D jest
clean'd up my old shootin piece, for
p'fade on the glorius university. and
along comes The old criller, and l jest
give him rip in the gizzard that settled
his hash, mighty sudden tell yeou.'
Fox SKINS said the merchants, sare
not very good when taken in hot wealth
er, the fir and hair is thin, and no, fit for
much in summer
to think it over, 'lwar'nt hot weather,
when | shot the c,ilter; no | will be
dained ef it was; made lhunderin mis-
take 'beoul that, fur twas nigh on to
Christmas, was by golIy, fur | and Seth
Peurkins was goin TO froIic. | re-
member it like book, cold as sixty,
snow in awful, was, by ginger
'Wcll, says The merchanls-was the
Fox. very fat?'
'Fa-, /! o Molly, WARMTH fat? Never
did see such fat leler in all my beorn
days. Why yeou, the fat came clean
through the critters hide, run down his
legs, It'll the eir,h was greasy where The
darned yarmint crawIed reound. Did
by Peunkains!'
Too fat then we guess said Towle.
Fat skins, sir, are not as good as those
taken from all animal mol more than or
dinary fat.
'Wcll, l guess wal mt so darn'd fat
nnlhel; COME to think on it, it was
annlhcr Fox onr Siah shot last fail; this
old criller wa mt so darn'd fat, not overly
,fat-fact, | guess it rey-ther poor; kind
of lean, treemenjus lean; poor old var
man, was abeout TO die of pure starva.
ton; never sec such darn'd' e,el ma !,
lean lank, famishcd live critter, on lords
yearlh before j
Very poor, eh p said Lyman.
'VeIy poor? | guess it was; so al
mighty poor that The old critters bone.
stuck clean eout, almost through his
skin, hadn't Killed him jest when I did
it would died afore it got Ten rods further
along. Facl! by golly...
'Ah we'll, says the merchants; 'we
see The skin is poor, very poor; The fun
is thin and loose, and would not suit US.
'Wunt suit yeou7 Meow look ahere
yeou,' says.the Yankee, folding up I'll:
versatile skin, i dunt kind O. like sict
dealing as that, no heow, and I'll be
darn'd 10 darnaton, EFF you catch me Z
treadin' Fox skins with yeou. again
there aint no lumber in the State o
Maine = And The holder Of the Skin
vamosed. d.-Ampra Borealis.
ANEcDorE OF GEN JAcKsoS.-Tn con
vefslng with young gentleman from
Tennessee the other day, with whom
Gen. Jackson was something of a favorile
he related to us the following anecdol
Of the late Ex-President, which we pre-
sumo our friend will pardon US for pub
fishing
Towards The latter part of his life. Gen
Jackson became member Of The Christian
church. The. clergyman who perlorme
the ceremonies on the occasion Of his ad
mission, feeling some doubt as 10 the sin
cerity Of the old General repentance
questioned him rather clearly conc6rnin
his spiritual condition.
"Have, you forgiven your enemies ?
asked tie minister.
II have" answered. tho General.
"Have yon forgiven Henry CIay?"
YES"
'"Anl have you pardoned Seba Smili
the author of N ajor Downins's letters ?
"No (raisins his hickory by the Elerr