Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-13
IRISH INGENUITY,


implied reproof "i,:,; sal spr,s yoa snoa!1
disgrace yourself !. get:iHy dsin': .
aSure sonebod ias becn r9a.4i;.:; foa
+ + Isgasliivn dfaik n.s.y i:::&,,2
=" But sa@syo myself L.: 57a;arci.y : .
"Saw me drunk SAT-. rat. -: .,s....
parent astonishmen
"Certainly."
"But your homo ora ypl -,
Handy OMulligan that you mlslook ior
met"
"How should | mistake you, when he ia
twice as large as you. and 10 height
Shure, Pm just as tall as he is, your
honor, barrin' six inches or such triRe:."
But I'm sure it was you"
What made you think | was drunk your
honor :"
because l saw you staggering about un.
able to stand"
"Stand! could stand well enough, your
honor, only you see was dancing like for
the sake OF exercise, it was"
"'Fhen you ddn't have exercise enough
in saving wood all day. But if that was
the case, why was it that you fell into the
gutterl Was that for exercise, or did you
think to improve the looks Of your clothes in
that way"
"Niver bit, but then you see I'm not
the boy TO be ashamed of the mother that
bore me, and sure isn't the earth my mother!
and doesn't the Bible say that we must
return to the earth that we came from sir 2
And sure there isn't any harm. in going ac.
cording to the Bible, is there, your honor?"
81 am afraid you we're not thinking Of
that when you were drinking the whisky
that brought you to such state. Besides,
if the earth is your mother, as you call it, it
isn't very respectable to pitch into her as
you did. might discharge you from my
employment, but do you think, if keep you,
that you can keep away from whisky, and
Billy McGlinninekin's shop9"
"Sure sir, can do it the easiest in the
world. You must know, your honor, that
didn't 60 there for the sake Of the whisky,
at all, but only to encourage Billy and to
help him along, poor fellow, for he's got a.
wife and ten children to support out Of his
shop, sir, and that's. the only reason went
there"
Pats employer rewarded Iris ingenuity by
retaining him in his employment, but warn.
ed him to beware Of the second mischance.
KEEP DARK.-The appended negro story
copied, from a Southern correspondent of
the Boston Journal, is worth reading:
"Gen. c. gave his black. man, Saw.
ney, funds and permission to get quarters
worth Of zoology at menagerie. Our sa-
Bile friend soon found himself under the can.
vas, and brought, too, in front of sedate
looking babooh, and eyeing the quadruped
closely, sollo9uized thus: Folks-sure's
yer born, feet, hands and proper bad coun-
tenance. just like niger, gettin' old reck.
on" Then, as if seized with. a bright idea,
he extended his hand with a genuine South.
ern " How do'oe do, uncle 7" The ape clasp.
ed tho negro's hand and shook it long and
cordially.
Sawney then piled his new acquaintance
with iuterrogations as to bis name, age, ma.
tivity and former occupations, but elici,ing
no replies beyond a knowing shake of the
head, or a merry twinkling of the eye, tthe
ape was probably meditating the best way
of tweaking our friends nose) he concluded
the ape was bound to keep non.commttal.
and looking cautiously around, chuckled
out, "He, he, ye too sharp for 'em, old feller.
Keep dark-if ye'd jist speak one word. Of
English, white man would have hoe in
yer hand iu less dan two minutes"