Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-04-21
anatsiil1g 8eaeing
AN UNFORTUNATE INDIVIDUAL.

in old Pike, Well, ,sGe fact is, I amt had no
luck since you left here, and how In the
thunder Pm aliye,now is more'n T can tell,
About the end Of December, the old man
told me to take eight,bales o cotton to Mont
gomery and sell Il, ,tand eff I wanted to get
any little traps for myselfto do it. Well, !
took the cotton to Montgomery and sold,it
fur ten cents pound, and it 'twant two
hours after that, Imet Joe Sparks, who had
sold fourteen bales Of wus cotton than mine
fur eleven cents nd-ef,he didn't III
be darned Well, I strayed round about
Montgomery fur two days seein' the sights
and at last Joe and me meets up with Ben
Wescott. Aswe were ageing gtoleave home
next morning, we thought we would have
good time.of it that might; so we went to 8
rustyrant, or whatever's the ername Of itStc
have good bit of suthin to eat A tail fel
Ter, with sheet tied ON front, come into
the stall where we wus settin, and commen'
ced bowin and serapin and GRIMM, and
handed Ben a program. Ben handed it to me
cause he couldn't read, and I made out tc
read tsshad," right on the top'of it. Now,
Jake, you needn't laugh, for / never seed
shad in all my life till then, and allurs took
ND an idea, that shad were fish about the
size of.a pyrcb, and Ieould eat half dozen
pyrch any time, and reckoned Ben and Joe
could do the same ; 50 I just told the fellow
with the sheet on, to bring along eighteen
shad, and have them fried brown at that
Well, we set there and talked and talked,
and the sbad didn't come, till bimeby Joe
started to go call the feller, when ne met
three niggers comm, and each uigger had
5. tray with six shad in it., Great Golly,
Jake, efthe leetlest ofthem shad acant a tool
Tong, 1 pish Imay be derned! Says l look
here, stranger; what do you call them ere r
'Shad,' says he.
sShadp says I.
Eyes, sir says he; 'and fine ones too
first of the season, sir.
whats the tax on EN-" says I.
ss3 apiece says he.
s Jake, was you.eve kicked by mule 3
If you was, you mought know about how
felt. Says t .--, -
Boys, I'll pay for the fish; but eat
emmy of 'em I hope. they may choke me!
gave the feller s54 outen the old mans
money, and US was goin out, he hollered at
me and toldme to give him a call next time
I came back to Montgomery. Jake, you
know I'm pota very stout man, but I'm reck'
ened some up in Pike, apd if he'd been thar,
instead of Montgomery, there's notelliu' how
I might have disfgured that face of his'n.z
Well, left Ben and, Joe a setting thar,
and went to the hotel and got into bed
That night, somebody busted open the door
while I was asleep and took my. breeches
and every darned cent of the old mans
money. Thar I was, Jake, with no money
and no breeches, and what to do I didn't
know. 1 was afraid to 60 home without the
money; the old man would have never got
over me. I sent for Ben Westcott, and
borrowed twenty-five dollars and a pair of
breeches from him, and took the first boat
for Mobile, and I be darned if I'd stop. this
side of Texas, if I could help it. When we
got down to sehny, it was night, and l went
ashore while they was takin' in cotton. Just
as the boat was startin' feller steps up
and sez he, 'mister, wish d you'd give me a
half dollar for two quarters I give him the
half, took the two quarters, sand the boat
started. I looked at the quarters as soon
as I got into the cabin of the boat, and
Jake, l be dogoun'd if they wasn't both Eve
dollar gold pieces. didn't say word to
nobody, but I reckon I struck a line for my
state room about as fast as anything you ever
see, for fear some one would come and claim
the money. Next morning went to the
bar and took drink. By the by, Jake; they
keep mighty nice lioker on the boat. 1 drunk
the whiskey and slapped down one of my
gold pieces, and told him I had no smaller
change. The feller looked at the money
sharp and looked at me sharper, and bimeby
he says, sorter savageous like, look here,
stranger, where did you get thatT
Well, was afraid to tell him how got
it, and SO says I, boldly, Il got it in Mont.
gomery.'
well, it's a counterfeit says he, 'it amt
worth cent
run my hand in my pocket and took out
the other gold piece, and showed it to him,
and 1 wish l may 6e darned, Jake, if they
wasn't both counterfeit.
1t was no use talkin' [ knowed was
innocent, but then there was two counter
feits, and they swore 1 was trying to pass
spurious money. They run to my state room
to search my baggage; they jist swore
wasn't all right, forthey said man as is all
right and squar', don't generally trave! all
the way from Pike county to Texas without
some baggage. The barkeeper and the mate,
and the captain and the cook, all rared and
charged aud got the passengers together,
aud they held a confab and finally agreed to
be easy on me. They wouldn't take me to Mo-
bile and put me in Jail, but they just run the
boat agin the bank, put out plank, and
told me to make telegraph time in gettin' off.
Jake, kuowed I was innocent, and told 'em
50, but but it was no use. l reckon l got
off that boat quicker'n got on it.
The place whar they put me out was
reg'lar cane brake, and the mud was about
two feet deep. 1 got out after while, and
walked two miles before got to any house,
-