Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-25

When we broke up sez I, my pretty
dears, ear I 60 you hev no objections,
hev you, to innersent kiss at partin :?
'Yay,' they sed, and I YAY'D.
Origin of the "Gray Mare the better
Horse"
A London citizen married lady with
face and fortune, and found in very
short time that he had got the worst of
the bargain, so that he was resolved to
part from her. Accordingly he went to
the lady's father and told him he found
his daughter of such a temper, and was
so heartily tired of her, that fhe would
take her home again he would return
every penny of her fortune. The old
gentleman having inquired into the
cause of his complaint, asked him why
he should be more disquieted than 9TH
er married men, since it was the COM
mon case with them all; and consequent
ly no more than he ought to expect
when he entered into the married state.
The young gentleman desired to be ex-
cused he said he was so far from giving
assent to this assertion that he thought
himself more unhappy than any other
man, his wife would ride over man and
certainly was not to be quelled; and no
man who had a sense of right and wrong
would submit to be governed by his wife.
"My son." said the old man, "thou lit
tie knowest the world, and that all wo-
men ride over their husbands thoug h not,
all, indeed after the same fashion,
However, to end all disputes between us,
l will put what I have said on this proof,
if you are willieg to try it: have five
horses in my stable; you shall harness
three to a cart, in which I shall put a
basket and one hundred eggs, and if, in
passing through the country and making
a strict inquiry into the truth or false
hood of my assertion, and leaving a
horse at the house of every man who is
master of his family himself, and an egg
only when the wife governs, you find
your eggs gone before your horses, |
hope you will give it in, and remain
content with your lot: If on the other
hand, your horses are gone first, | will
take my daughter home again, and you
shall keep the money
The proposition being agreeable, the
young married man started with great
glee upon his tour of discovery to 'get
Shut, as she thought of, his horses and
his wife. At the first house he came tc
he heard woman with a shrill, angry
voice call to her husband and order him
to the door. Here he dropped his egg.
and at the next, and meeting with some
thing of the same kind at every house.
he soon began to get short of eggs. AT
last he arrived at the seat of a gentleman
of family and figure in the country, and
inquiring for the master, was told by
the servant that he was not yet stirring,
but if he pleased to walk in my lady
was in the parlor. The lady, with great
complaisance, desired him to be seated,
and said if his business was very urgent
she would arouse her lord, but had much
rather not disturb him. "Why, really,
madam" said he, ''my business is only
to ask question, which you can resolve
as we'll as your husband, if you will be
ingenious with me. You will, doubtless,
think it odd, and it may be deemed i'm
polite for any one, much more a stran-
ger, to ask such a question; but as a
very considerable wager depends upon
it, it may be some advantage to yourself
to declare the truth to me. | hope
these considerations will plead my ex-
cuse. It is, madam, to desire to be in
formed whether you govern your hus-
band or he governs you 'lndeed,
SIR replied the lady, "this question is
somewhat odd but, as | think no one
ought to be ashamed of their duty, !
shall make no scruple to say that l have
always been proud to obey my husband
in all things; but if a woman's word is
to be suspected in such case, let him
answer for me, for here he comes"
The gentleman atthat moment enter
ed the room, and after some apologies.
being made acquainted with the busl'
ness, confirmed every word his obedient
wife had reported in her own favor; up
on which he was invited to select which
horse in the team he liked best, anc
select it as present. A black gelding
struck the fancy of the gentleman most
but the lady desired that he woulo
choose the gray mare, which she thought
would be very fit for her side-saddle
her husband gave substantial reasor
why the black one would be most usefu
to them, but my lady still persisted IL
her claim, and stuck to the gray mare
| like burr. "What..' said she, "ant
will YOU not take her then! But | say
you shall, for I am sure the gray mare
is much the better horse. "Well, m.
DEAR replied the husband, eff it mus
be So" 'You must take an egg,
replied the young gentleman. ''Carte:
and I must take all my nags back a
gain ~
Not DEEP ENOUGH FOR PRAYINd.-
We heard, night Or two since, tolcr
ably good story of a couple of raftsmen
The event occurred during the late bloy
on the Mississippi, at which so man.
RATS were swamped and so many steam
boats lost their sky riggings. A raf
was just emerging from lake Pepin a
the squall came: In an instant the raf
was pitching and writhing as if suddenl,
dropped into Charybdis, while the wave
broke over it with tremendous force