The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-09-07
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OF V3nolnaton OF adverse clrcumstanceSl
Iearffeakt Il down or overcome its geniality.
Bvfesterday morning a MAN made his ap-
peaSnce before Justice Breanaa who seemed
70 I'VE perfect fountain of undiluted con-
tsntfent somewhere in his composition
whit no depressing influences of care or
accient had been able to exhaust or adul-
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Itpy IA human barrel of jolliness without
hforSop. He was arr ssted for being intox
| licste& lie give his name as Gettyphat
T*eand said he was printer, and hailed
trdn The Gem of Science office. He is a
bshts nan, Of beer-cask figure, and a face
asknEeund as if he,slept in room with
reg obtains His answers to the questions
| of th9authorities showed his contentment
unkr all shades of fortune. The Justice,
beit also in genial humor, was inclined
to taEer the disciple of Ben. Franklin, and
accf rapgly addressed him as follows:
Well, Mr.. Take, it seems you
have ytspwn aside the ,' composing stick,
and Roue TO getting drunk for a living. I'm
afraid sAn're lbad case and stand in
need of correcting i think shall send
you 90 aucd.' ~, q Ea----
Thssiechnicalities, which were uttered in
asoHef you-see I know your trade as well-as-
you-do air, seemed to give Mfr. Take that
assuranks which printers seldom lack, but of
which the solemnities of a Police Court
might temporarily have deprived him, apd
he answeaSd:
Pyisohe,S Well, at any rate, I'm glad
we're No galleys' in this country ,or sup
pose. ysffd put me there, and well 'leaded'
|staH z..s.lz.s5
60, besides invehting three new steps for a
fancy hcrnpipe--it's good deal better than
setting solid minion,' more than three quar-
tes figurework, aud getting only price
and a half for it. Lord bless you, Squire,
I'd great deal rather 90 to Jail ten days
than not. I've got sick of work Just now,
and I'll have chance to get the bile off my
stomach.
Judge-You seem to take it easy how
do you propose to erploy your time this
tripl ,.'.... &c.,.
PTisoner-Well, Corporal, I'm undercided
whether I'll learn to whistle the opera of the
{ Bohemian Girl practice standing on my
head, or undertake to acquire the elegant ac-
complement of balanching straws on my
nose; j could get a cat I'd teach her to play
the frdle,if | thought the strings wouldn't re-
mind 1er uppleasantly Of intestinal discords,
after ier feline body had been nine times
slain.
Jube-Mr. Take, you seem particularly
hapPIunder the circumstances have you
got a@ife2 ..-.
P$oner-Not now, Lieutenant, l had
one, ut she run off with a bow-legged cob
bier H was so glad about it that l sent her
her dbsses and quit-claim deed of her person,
whicl signed in capital letters; she left
me ole boy-but he was foul copy;' not
bit}ke me, / bound him prentice to the
type licking trade, but the first day he quar-
reledfith the regular devil knocked over
the 'hnk,' pulled form off the imposing
stond and pied five columns > he drop
ped le 'shooting-stick' into the alligator
|pres and in the evening he and another
hopfl boy was caught rehearsing broad
swot combat with couple of column
ruler the foreman battered him with
mfet, and when lie got home to me he
hadt fancy head il there ever was one.
qrk-Where is he now
risoner-He Runaway with circus,
4 Ie">Iho 'oob 90" vi TIE
midle Of saw-dust ring, trying to tie his
legfn a bow-knot round his neck, I've
eeljollier since then than ever before.
.tdge-You seem to be always jolly.
1risoner--So am laughed when my
fatAr turned me out of doors at eleven years
oldpaughed when l broke my arm, and
mai funny faces at the doctor while lie was
sethg It +; the happiest day ! ever spent
wa}one time when hadn't but one shirt
and pair of pants TO put on, had spent
all by money, and gone hungry forty hours.
l rver was really unhappy but once in my
Gfehnd that was when fell down stairs,
fratured my collar-bone, and skinned my
legso badly, couldsn't get down on my
knfs to thank God hadn't broke my
ne&.
The Judge rclented and let Mr.. Take 90, |
and that round individual feft the room try
ing 10 whistle and sing at the same time,
and also dance an independent jig with
eaA leg 70 q different tone.--NeW Fork
If6ane.
y AN exchange thinks il rather embarrass-