The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-12-18
NO 80. !.

u don't know" replied the landlord,
. unless old Joe slipped in and drank
In this suspicion they were both soon
confirmed, tor the hostler said he had
seen old Joe swallow the late d,auobt
The Doctor, knowing that he m,ist car1
tainiy die after such a dose, instituted
a search at once. After some hoprsa
spentin looking through tho barns. outs
houses and woods, tor three or foar
miles around the village, he was aban.e
doned to his fate. 1t was cold nisbtE
and as the village topers assembled
around the blazing hickory fire in fhees
bar-roonl, nothing was thought of Or or
talked OF but the unfortunate end Of
poor Old Joe With all his faults. die
greatest of Which was his drinkino nro.tt
penslties, Old Joe was quite fayorites
among the women and children, and
some of the old topers hung their
heads ominonSly, while tear was seen.
to trickle down their bloated cheeks.
Some four days had elapsed, and no.
thing having been heard from Old Joe
they ali came to the conclusion thatbs
was goner. The Doctor, about this.
time, had occasion to visit q nnt;ent
some eight miles distant; what was Lis
surprise, when about FIVE miles from.
the village, to see Old Joe in front of
farmers house, splitting wood.
|. "Why, Jim," said the Doctor, rid.
ing mp to the fence. 81 thought Won
was dead and buried before this.n esi
Why, what made you think thai. I.
Doctor!" leaning on his axle-handle.
Did you drink that dose 1 left ON
old Wiggins' bar, few days since 2" -
"Ies," replied Joe, half ashamed to to
own IL. ~. 20
the Doctor.
J" returned Joe. ..~
"Wly, it was aqua .tos4ts-enong,
to kill dozen men,"
| "Well, now, Doctor, do You know ,
that | thought there was somethipp
queer about that darned stuff. for after
drank it, eyery time I62oaoeG py ,,oss
cAiT" N"N' -.
JOAN RANDOLPH AND I" REMoRsE.n-..
The following strange story is credited
to a paper called the Californian. !"
which professes to copy it from "Cbit.
tenden's Western Virginia. 1t nm.
dertakes very different and a very
ridiculous explanation of the ss Re.
morse" scene in the dying moments
OF John Randolph:
The day after the funeral, a stran.
ger, dressed in deep black, called at
the mansion and inquired for Mr..
Randolph. lie was ignorant of the
melancholy event that had occurred.
and was profoundly shocked when told
OF MIR. Randolph's death. lie inouir-
ed particularly if Mr.. Randolph had
not asked for him, stated that his bust.
ness with him had been urgent, and
that he had been especially directed
to call upon him the day on which he
arrived, and expressed the deepest re-
gret that he had come too late. On
going away the stranger left his card,
on which was engraved, sR. E.
Morse, Culpeper country, Va This
man was never seen again, and, though
frequent inquiries were subsequently,
made for him, they proved unsuccesS-
full" -.
A JOKE IN SPITE OF HIS TEErH.--
Some people may imagine that the ex.
preston mad witk the toothacbe" {"
is mere phrase; but the following
joke, made by an individual when suf.
fering under acute pain in one of his
molars, affords proof of the existance
OF what may be called dental insan:ty.
When rol.ilg in agony from one side e
Of his bed to the other, this unreasona-
BILE being asked himself in the middle
Of the night:
What property is a man likely to
come into, il all his lower teeth should
become affected 2" 60
The reply was as mad as the ques-
| ton:
"Abont dozen achers in Rotten
row."
Surely this mans friends must either
take out his teeth, or take out COM
mission Of lunacy. y.-PuncA. Sc
80 = ,.
A Dew BItI.-Why, uncle Dew.
little, how dew you dewi Dew come
in and rest little, dew. How dews
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