The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-24

but Of inferior Dimensions. The table
contains, besides, about two quarts of bul-
lace grapes,s half a peck of hard, green
peaches, a like quantity Of COW peas, Of the
now crop, in the hull, five eggs, which occa-
sionally number seven Or nine; and, q foot
or two from the table, and in front of Pom
PoJ'S se:t, is q coop OF hugo dlmensions,
containing one d;sconsolato rooster, with
gaunt body and long yellow legs, looking
very much as If just recovering from what
Mrs. Diggory Bushwhacker used to call the
'eyallow janders." The usual conversation
OF Pomp. with HIS companions-and he ap-
pears to be an oracle among them-is givon
to foreign rather than domestic topics.
We heard him discoursing the other day,
at some length, on the subject OF the long
cable, which he described as huge pipe Of
IRON or lead in the sea, through which small
ARTICLES were sent as by Adams Express.
That he was cnvicd for his vast informa-
ton, was very apparent in the faces Of his
companions. Things do not seem. how
ever, to get Oh very prosperouslv in the
grocery of Pomp., with al his intelligence.
We think we see the same potatoes and
successive days Of tho week. Their num-
bcrs do not seem to increase or diminish,
! until yesterday, when an event occurred of
very painfully exciting interest, which most
cffectually destroyed, fol the time, the
phleGm and philosophy OF the proprietor.
While Pomp. was busily discoursing to his
friends, considering, we believe, the oues-
nf for !, {,l>
means for the purchase Of them, his boys
took advantage of his mental absorption to
| fall asleep on the off side of the tree. A
| gaunt pig, OF the Irish Grazier sort, very
long-lcgged and exceedingly lank of body,
| IN that condition in which he most feels the
force OF the proverb, 'root, pig, or die,
stole unsuspected to the stand of Pomp and
before he WAS fully concious of the danger,
stole off with one of his largest yams in his
ravenous jaws, boiling hcadlong over the
bodies of the sleeping boys, and, as if fully
concious of his fault and the danger Of
punishment, taking to his heels with all the
possible igor Of his legs. Such Rowland
snort as arose from Pomp. and was echoed
by his companions darting in pur-
suit-such a hot chase-such peltings with
stick and stone-have not stirred the ashes
and the dust in Columbia since the passage
OF Sherman. Pomp., with savage show
OF his teeth, took but 4 single moment to
kick into consciousness the sleeping clerks
who had abandoned their trust; then
| raging, went ahead; his companions fol-
lowed. The boys followed also, eager in new
born zeal to recover lost grace The pur-
| suit. continued for three hundred Yards.
was In vain. The pig, through all the hot
pursuit, mover once dropped his prize; and.
| giving it up breathlessly, and returning
{; Pomp. and his companions discovered
Z: pcrtly SOW busted with tho entire peek CT
4: potatoes, which had beon piled beneath his
/ table. Here was new assailant, q new
danger. Bankruptcy stared the party in
the face. Pompey Bum 4 Co. had ruin
wildly presented before them, and another
fresh and desperate pursuit followed, but
with even less success than at first The
SOW escaped with hor prize. She hadmade
excellent progress among tho escuIents in
the few minutes allowed her; and great was
the horror of the party returning to the
place OF business. A long,, sad, solemn
consultation succeeded; and that after
noon the party had entirely disappeared
the remnants Of the potatoes we're gone,
the peck OF COW peas, the seven eggs, the
laundiced chicken. The table had been
upset in the row, the eggs were frail as
usual, everything scattered, and the coop,
with it's once jaundiced chicken had been
thrown over into the ditch at the first des
porate rush Of Pomp. in pursuit Of the pig.
We feaf that the case is one of bankruptcy.
and that Pomp. and his friends realized the
fate Of the oriental dealer who kicked over
the crockery out of which his fortune was
to be mado. Pomp, will, no doubt, be in
the Gazette. Their" Will be an Assignment