Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-21

self, and reserve the case at last for decision
with his temper unrufied, and his judgmen
unimpaired.
Bumbleton, in fact, was in possession o
those two great elements that are indispeu
sable in Western justice-silence and la
ziness. He never gave an opinion in public
or privately, "that was an opinion" Hi
ay was gruut, and his no was grunt; bu
he was very great man all over Buzzard
town, for that very reason. Bumbleton''
grunt weighed ton-particularly when he
gave it emphasis by scratch of the head.
The church at Buzzardtown, however, wal
first convulsed with the question, who kill
ed Jones dog?' A dozen or more Of it:
members were suspected, and they (the doz
en) suspected each other, and more charge!
were made. Tripes said Trimlet did it.
Trimlet knew it was Tripes; Granderson was
willing to swear it 'onto' Jodson over stack
of Bibles as high as his head. Jodsor
wouldn't say Granderson 'zactly killed the
dog, but he would kill deg, and lie faster
than the old Eclipse could run. Stokes rather
guess'd Whedon's boy did it, but didn't
know nothin' bout it. Whedon's boy de.
MED it, and said Stokes was mad at him,
cause he thought he tied his pigs tails to.
gether.' Old Aunt Farwell (who knew ev,
rything all over the settlemen) said, 'her
mind was just as well settled on the point Of
who killed that ere dog, as if she had seed
the shootin' did; but she warn't goin' to say
nothin' bout it, Clark said 'the dog COM
mitted suicide" Jones declared to Clark
shat he was a liar,' and the great question
still was, sWho killed Jones dog?
The church sat twelve mortal days over
Jones' dog, day and night. Itshowed what
kind of dog Jones dog was how, when,
and where it was born; its habits, character,
and propensities-very much after all, like
other dogs. All the hostility that had ever
been exhibited, by word or deed, against
Jones, was brought out in strong relief and
what was worse, before the meetin' closed,
instead of there being only one issue-"Who
killed Jones dog ?'-side-issues innumera-
bic had sprung up, mostly questions Of ve-
racity which had grown out of the examina-
ton, and now Buzzardtown was in a tempest
of fury, and its people were ready to tear
each others eyes out.
Mrs. Culpepper, sharp-nosed, weazen-
faced woman of fifty, waged war against Mrs.
Pixies, sozzle of body, because Mrs. Pixies
declared in church-meetin' that she wouldn't
b'lieve nothin' any of the Culpeppers said
bout nobody-from old Culpepper, through
the old aOoman Culpepper, and clean down
to the little Culpeppers. She wouldn't
b'lieve word from no Culpepper, not no
how-'bout Jones' dog-nor nothin.' (Mrs.
Pixies had hatred against Mrs. Culpepper,
because Mrs. CulpepperS's boy, Jabez, told
Mrs. Pixies boy, Ichabod, that his mother
was "small potatoes" and Mrs Pixies said,
"she know'd Mrs. Culpepper set her boy up
to ito Mrs Culpepper fired up, and pro-
claimed to all Buzzardtown, that "she never
seed Pike that was anybody-they were
the LATEST, slip-shod-est, shilly.shally-est set
on the airth, she dill b'lieve. Old Pixies
warn't nobody; his wife, Sal Pixies, warn't
nobody, and the little Pixies were as near as
two peas like 'em; they'd all lie, that she
know'd; and she guess'd they'd-wal, she
wouldn't say it right out-but she guess'd
they'd-she s'posed there warn't no use
keepin' in-she thought it, and she might as
we'll let it come-she guess'd they'd-t'was
a tough thing to say-she guess'd they'd
steol-there, you've got it." And so Mrs.
Pixies and Mrs. Culpepper rubbed up each
others ears, and fired hot shot into each
others camp, and the Pixies boys and the
Culpepper boys picked each others sides,
for month or more, and all about-"Who
kilPd Jones dog"
Mrs. Kinter had said in church-meeting
that-"one night-she couldn't tell when
but fore Jones' dog died t any rate-one
night she seed man-with gun-going
'long-the road-on his shoulder-the man
--gun-going 'loug-one night-by Jones'
house-and she heer'd bark-anda fire of
the gun, and she did not see no more-and
she s'posed she must tell all she know d.
and she would, if she died fort; and she
b'lieved that man was Dobbins-and she
alters would believe it, if a thousand men
swore it warn't."
Dobbins declared that it was lie on the
spot. Whereupon Mrs. Kiuter left the
meeting with very red face, and war open
ed between the Kinters and Dobbinses i'm
mediately and furiously, and, as their farms
Joined, it resulted in border-fght.
Kinter sent home Dobbin's harrow, and
shovel, and trace chain, and demanded his
ox-yoke, hammer, and an old bag, all of
which he said he wanted "straight" Mrs.
Kinter hurried after her fat-iron and can.
dle-moulds, and wanted Mrs. Dobbins to
"send back that drawin' of tea as quick as
time would let her, and she advised Susan.
nah Arabella Mary Dobbin, to bring home
that ere book she got of her Eliza Victoria,
heavens knows how long ago; and she hoped
she shouldn't hear of Dobbin agin the
longest day she lived"
Dobbins told Kinter "he must move his
fence on the tine-and he could have jest
twenty-four hours to think on't-he had fur.
nished him with place for his fence about
as long as he should--if he didn't, Squire
Bumbleton would be 'arter him with hot