Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-06-23
loths. We had danced, kissed, and drank

petlte, ana tne VlttalS Ht0 tueuSelFeS III d
way quite alarmin to tavern-keepers. 10
sung out "Nives is scace, so give what thar
is to the gals an let the balance use their
paws-they was invented afore nives, eney
how. Now, Gents, jist walk into the fat OF
this land. I'm sorter feered the honey wont
last till day break, but liquor will Think,
so you men when you drink your'n, run and
kiss the gals fur sweetnin-let them have
the honey-it belongs to them, naturally y
"Hurraw, my 10! You know how do things
rite w "Well, I rather think do: never
was rong but onst in my life, an then I mis-
took camp meetin for a political speechify-
in, so rid up an axed the Speaker chow
much Tariff there was on rot-gut?' and he
said about here, there appeared to be none?
That rayther sot me, as I was right smartly
smoked, myself, jist at the time. I had e.
uough liquor plum in me to swim skunk,
so l come again at him who was the biggest
fool the Bible told OFF and he said Noah,
for he'd get titeP I thought, mind, only
thought he might be pokin his dead cat
at somebody what lives in this boiler; felt
my bristles a raisin my jacket-back up like
tent cloth, so I axed him if he'd 'ever seed
the ELEPHANT p He said no, but he had seen
a grocery sOalk, and he expected to see one
rot doa0n from its toterin looks, purity soon !!
Thinks I, 10, you're beat at your own game
I sorter felt mean, SO spurrd and sot old
Punkinslinger to cavortin like he was skeer-
ed, and I wheeled and twisted out of that
crowd, and when I did get out of site the
way T did sail was caution to turtles and
all the other slow varmints."
Well, we danced, and hurrawed without
eny thing of very particular interest to hap
pen, till about three o'clock, when the darnd-
est muss was kicked up you ever did see.
Jim Smith set down on the bed alongside Of
Bet Holden (steel-trap gall and jist fell to
huggin hir bar fashion. She took it very
kind till she seed Sam Henry a lookin on
from behind about dozen gals, then she
fell to kicken an hollerin, an a screetchin
like all rath. Sam come up and told Jim to
let Bet go Jim told him to go to far of
countrie whar they give away birthstone and
throw in fire to burn it. Sam hit him strate
atween the eyes, and after few licks the
ftin started. Oh hush 1t makes my mouth
water now to think what beautiful row we
had. One feller from Cady's Cove, nocked
a hole in the bottom ..of a frying-pan over
Dan Turner'S head, and left it a hangin
round his neck, the handle fyin about like
long que, and thar it hung till Jabe Thur
man cut it off with a cold chissel next day
That was his share, fur that mite, sure
Another feller got nocked into a meal-bar.
rel he was as lnealy as an Irish tater, and as
hot as hoss radish; when he bursted the
hoops and cum out he rared a few. Two
fellers fit out of the door, down the hill, and
into the creek, and thar ended it, in quiet
way, all alone. A perfect mule from Stock
Creek hit me wipe with pair of winding
blades: he made kindlin.wood of them, an
I lit on him. We had it head and tails for
a long time, all over the house, but the truth
must come and shame my kin, he warped
me nice, so, jist to save his time Iho7lered
The lickin he give me made me sorter onea'
sy and hostile like; it wakened my vol
wide awake, so I begin to look about for a
man I could lick and no mistake! The lit.
tie fiddler came scrougin past, holdin his 6d,
die up over his head to keep it IN tune, fol-
the ftin was gettin tolerable brisk. You're
the one, thinks I, and I jist grabbed the
dough-tray and split it open over-his head
He rotted down, right thar, and I padded
him with one of the pieces while was a
molifyin my feelings in that way, his gall
slip'd up behind me and fetch'd me rake
with the pot-hooks. julie Sawyer was thar,
and jist anered to her rite off, and nifty
nice fte it was. julie carried enuf har from
her he'd to make sitter, and striped and
checked her face nice, like patrid genet
hung on white fence. She hollered for
her fiddler; he was too busy rubin his
bruises, so when I thought julie had given
her plenty, I pulled her off and put her in
a good humor by given her about as many
kisses as would cover barn door.
Well, thought at last, if had drink
I'd be about done, so started for the creek a:
and the first thing saw was more stars with
my eyes shut than ever I did with them
open I Hooked round and twas the little fd-
dler's big brother! Ihnoaoed aohat 1t meant,
so we locked horns without word, thar all
alone, and I do think we fit an hour. At
last some fellers hearn the jolts at the house,
and they come and dug as out, for we had
fit into hole whar big pine stump had
burnt out, and thar we was up to our girths
a peggin away face to face and no dodgin
"Well, it is now sixteen days since that
fte, and last mite julie picked gravels out of
my knees as big as squirrel shot. Luck
rayther run again me that mite, for 1 didn't
lick eny body but the fiddler and had three
ftes-but julie licked her gall that's some
comfort, and I suppose feller cant always
win Arter my fite in the ground, we made
friends all round, (except the fddler-he's
hot yet,) and danced and liquored at the
tail of every reel till sun up, when them that
was sober enuf went home, and them that
was wounded staid whar they fell. Twas in
the list that was wounded, but could have
got away if my bark-mill hadn't ground of
the saplin and gone home without parting
word so Dick and julie had to ride sShanks'
mor' and q rite neart fur-Ze1eG mao che is