Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-10-07

doodle them down. At this, thay all laughed like
their grandfathers had just died Of the yaer fever
and left them all fine fortunes. So they made the
organ-man play on about half an hour, till one Of
them says: "Boys, suppose we go-I recon the
doodles are asleep" So thay told me to take
up the contrapton and thay would try another
place. didn't see much fun in toating the mer-
sheen about and couldn't help saying to myself,
now and then-'darn tue dood!es.." But Billy
Dowtin never backs out Of anything he undertakes
so picked up the thing and went with them to
another house. Thay kept praising me oil the
time for being so strong, and the organ-man ,hny
said could out.turn any man tliay ever heard Of
When we cum to the next house, hearn julius
say to Joe White-"weligeta a treat here guess"
Here thay went over the same msnuvers-the or
gan man played and the rest looked up at the win
dows. As had nothing else to do, Hooked up
too, till thought my neck would brake. Finally,
says l. gentlemen, the doodles are asleep here
too." Thay al roared out tremcnjusly, and Joe
White came up to me and says, "hurraw for Billy
Dowtin town is improving you Billy-why if
you would stay here q month you would make
perfect "cony catcher" as Shaikspeer says. Thay
told me then to bring the mersheen along and ,hsy
would try another place and then quit So took
it up and follered the rest. This time had
putty long walk, but never said nutlin, as thay
kept praising me all the time At last We come
to the place We ware going to and put down the
cussed box like would ahotpotater. The music.
man played here good while, till finally Joe
White says: "Boys lets have n dance!" "Tm
in for that" says I. So we got out before the
door where the ground was sandy, and the way
we knocked it off for about half an hour, was
'sin to snakes. Ialways thot Good dance sum, but
that bow-legged feller thay called Julius, could
dance three times as fast as could. So we hopt
about there till the organ-man gin out, tho was
just "gitting my hand in" as the saying is.
begged the feller toplay "Big-Ingin," but he sed
he couldn't play it on the mersheen. did want
to dance "Big- -Ingn" worse that night than lit
tie. Well, guess when we quit we left some
holes in that yard. They made me carry the
Inersheen back agin to the tavern, when by blazes
it was two o'clock at night! SaysI, gentlemen,
J. specks it is bed time" "Not yet" says thay,
1--WE must 90 sarah-nading without any organ
lets 70 round and sing" noticed the organ.rnan
slipping off like he had enough Of the sarah nads
but blame me if could think Of any excuse, so
had to co. The furst house we cum to thare was
most savagerous dog, that kept up an eternal
bow-wowing Says one Of the fellers, 'suppose
We ketch the dog and get Mr.. Dowtn to carry it;
We can squeeze its tail and have an excellent
,arah.nade." "squeeze hell" saysI, ''you don't
ketch NE toating dog about town." When they
SOW was miffed, they told me twas oil joke
but cuss me if like such jokes. When we
got round to the back port Of the house, Sag Night
and julius sit up most hideous yell. The low
notes went something like the catcrwauling Of
tom cat, but Heavens and Earth, I never hearn Of
or read of, anything which edualled the high
notes. The dogs kept ranting about, but cuss me
if could hear 'em barking for the singing. A.
ter thay stopt, says I, "gentlemen what do you
call that ," "That is on opera-tune' says Sag
Night. By this time the dogs felt ashamed of
themselves and. quit barking altogether. The
folks in the house sertinly thot the day Of Judg-
ment was cum, for thay lay as still as mice
Thay sung two or three more chunes till Joe White
says, "Boys, guess that will do-lets go on"
SO on we went. The next house we come to thay
told me contained fourteen gals. awe must give
them q good ,arah-nade" says julius. "Yes,"
says Joe White, "suppose we lay down and sing
all night" SO we all 10y down and Sag Night
and julius sung, and sung, and sung. 1t beat
Mr.. Neveretrs singing school all holler.- Finally,
Joe White, who kept looking, said he saw the
calls at the winder "Show them to me-" says
I. Il don't want to be inquisitive, but cuss me if
don't want to see if the putty critters sleep with
their hoops on" "of course thay do" says Joe
White. slope die if thay don't" says Sag Night
I couldn't see them all could do, but heard
most awful snickering at the window, like it was
the first ,sarah-nade thay ever heard. After stay
ing there long time, they concluded to 90, so
we went round two or three other houses singing
and dancing, till finally they all cum to the cen-
clusion that the sdrah.nade "wouldn't pay" 81
guess the doodles won't cum out tonight says
one. 'Hope I die if they do" says Sag Night
So we went back to the tayern-it was four-o clock
that time. thought surely now they will go to
sleep, but no, Joe White got to-paying on the
organ and the rest to dancing, and so we had it
till day light I spected to see the organ.man
down every mint to see who was grinding out
the music on his mersheen, but the sdrah.nade
bnd given him an appetite for sleep and he didn't
cum. Bout daylight I got to bed. l went to
sleep before could take my boots off, and had
Just got to dreaming about the organ-the opercr-
tune-carrying dog-and twelve gals in one
house, when in cum big murlatter and woke me
M. "Where the devil did you cum FRONT" says
7. breakfast is ready sir" says he. So had
to get up, tho felt like my head was about to
burst.
When I went down to the table, there sat Bob
White, and julius, and Sag Night eating away
like nothing had happened. hadent eat moren
two or three mouthfuls, before Joe White asked
me if I had heard the news? "What news"
says /. "They say that you ruined the flower.
garden where we danced last night, and they are
about to take o warrant out for US all-besides
you know where we lay down and sung so long
cuss me if they don't say we were all drunk!"
didn't eat any more after that, but in about five
minutes / had settled my bill and was leaving for