Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-02

was not so accurate as it might have been,
and the plate went through the window
smashing in the new title Of Fitz James
Jones, who was passing; and the mufins
were scattered in wild confusion about the
room. -.... =. =. ...... ....,..
Phil was indignant. BE laid his hand on
the poker. ... E. r..
eff did not scorn to strike woman"
he began. ..
sOb, strike! exclaimed Fanny, ''it will
only be in place with your other conduct
Don't let any notions Of honor restrain you,
because you never had any"
Fanny, beware you may try me too
far"
"I'!l 90 home to pa, that will You
inhuman monster, you "-'sI'll be divor.
ced from you this very day. So there r. and
the platter of ham made journey after the
mullins
Just at that moment, PhiPs Uncle John,
shrewd old fellow, appeared on the scene
he surveyed the group with an anxious
twinkle of the eye. s-..
"What's the matter, Fanny3 Anything
gone wrong" he inquired.
"Gone wrong! Matter enough oh Un.
Gle John, he's wretch, and he set out to
strike me with the poker"
"And she threw a plate of mullins and
the ham at me !"
"He's a monster, Uncle john I'll be d.
vorced from him this very day. He's worse
than savage p .... ... ....- .
$50 he is" cried Uncle John, entering
warmly into the spirit of the thing. $50
be is'-stripping off his coat-''and I'll
settle the matter at once. You stand back,
Fanny; I'll give him such thrashing as
he'll likely to remember. Striking his wife
with poker, indeed !" I'll reetify matters 5"
and Uncle John grasped the long. handled
feather duster and fourished it threaten
ingly around the head of his nephew.
There, sir, take that! and that and
that !" exclaimed be, bringing down the
feathers on the shoulders of the amazed
Phil. "Fanny my dear, I'll not leave a
bone of him whole"
Fanny's round blue eyes had been grow
ing larger and larger-and now her indig.
nation burst "
"John Hayes" screamed she; "you're
heather, and an old meddling vagabond
Let Phil. alonel He's my dear, dear hus-
band, and you've no business to touch
him. He's an angel! He never intended
to strike me. Be still striking him, or you
will be sorry" and Fanny seized the broom
from behind the door and prepared to do
battle
"Stand backw cried Uncle John, she's
a monster and deserves death. The man that
would threaten to strike a woman ought to
be hung"
Fanry's eyes blazed-she few at Uncle
John with the spite of a tigress, and the
way the trio went round the room was worth
witnessing. Uncle John after Phil with the
duster, and Fanny after Uncle John with
the broom.
Phil made a spring for the window, but
there was whatnot in the way, and get
ting his leg entangled in that, be brought
the whole concern to the floor, ambrotypes,
books, vases, rare china, and a hundred
cherished curiosities, all were involved in
direct ruin.
Phil went down with the other things,
Uncle John stumbled over him, and Fanny
only saved herself by seizing the bell-cord,
which brought her TWO servants speedily on
the spot.
Of course they took Phil and Unole for
house breakers, and if Fanny's explanation
had not been enforced by sundry touches of
the broomstick, the consequences might
have been serious
The first moment of calm was seized upon
by the young couple to embrace each 9TH
er.
"My angel Fanny"
"My precious Phil !" and then followed
a series of explosion like tt, bursting of a
series of beer bottles.
And Uucle John left the house during
this interesting performance, still firmly of
the opinion that the surest way of recon
Cling a wife to her husband is to get a
third person to help her abuse him.
HALF THE WORLD AT WAR.-There
never was period when the war spirit was
so prevalent among the civilized nations as
it is at the present time. With all the
enlightenment and beasted Christianity of
the present time, the barbarism of war still
remains, and the world is making no appar.
eut progress toward that era when "peace
shall reign among all the nations" In Eu.
rope, the fighting force of nearly 100000
900 people are now engaged in slaughtering
one another Prussia, Austria, Italy and
the lesser German States have marshalled
their armies upon the battle. field, and des.
perate struggle will be the consequence.
France stands upon the brink of the Ger
man war, and We hear, at any time, that it
may enter the lists. Russia stands in a
similar attitude, ready to strike Prussia or
Austria, as opportunity may offer. Spain
has all it can do to keep the kingdom safe
from revolts by the military and the people,
and nothing is apparently needed but the