Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-05-03
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agin. 2 skules have bin opened for the
speshul benefit of the free niggers and their
interestin ofsprings. Some of our fair sect
have devoted theirselves to the arguous
task of inisiatiu the little picaninnies inter
the histories of edication. Doubtless theirs
will be deliteful task to teach the young
iGees how to shute Thar will be some affec.
tin seeens at the close Of them skules, when
the teachers hears their preshus poopils re-
site the last lessin, and then wipes their
little black noses and kisses em good bye.
I are gettin harmonized fast, and are
lookip ankshusly forid to terdays, when
we will git it to doin like we used to did
before this immemorable war, was norgora-
ted. I want US to have musters agin-me-
lish musters, beet musters, battalyon mus
ters, general musters, etsetery and so forth !;
when every man will be required by law, to
take his gun into the field and have flint
in it too. But don't want to be thar
Pm afeerd of guns of every deskripshun !;
lspeshully them sort what's got baguits on
the eend of em. I konsider thar is dangur
in gun without lock, stock, or baril fol
I heerd of boy once who said that his dad
like to wore him out with the ramrod.
But 1 are divergin somewhat from the
main point. I was lookin forrid to the
time when the brave milintery of our State,
will make grand display once year -
Then we'll have boss races, gander pullins
aud all other sorts of innersent anusements.
Kandydates will be gwine round, buyin
votes, maxim speeches and tryiu to get into
CHS ginerallY. Ignorint peepul, sich as l
are, can larn sumthin:: then, by. .occashunly
comm in contack with men of Illuminated
understandings, and which are not at all baek-
urd about impartin informashun to the pee
pull. At a publiek getherip, every handy
date thar will be shore to make spoke !;
and then the treetin CRATE Jebossifax !!
won't it be gloruss? Every body will then
be soshul like they ort to be, and havin
taken wee drap the oreethur, will fall
to diss cussin polly. ticks, tack ticks, seed
ticks, and every other sort of ticks.
have at last taken the amRasty oath of
allegence to Uncle Sam. I did'n: want to
swar was utterly opposed to it; was a good
loyal friend to Uncle Sam, anyhow, and did
not think swarm would make me any bet.
tur. But ordurs cum that every boldly,
sich as men, winmen and childrin, except
it war niggers, had to 60 to town and take
the orth. I went, blushin aud trimblin in.
to the orful presence. Map at table, says:
"Do you want to take the orth 2" Told
him that war my bizness, at the same time
bowin perlitely and putin my old hat under
my arm. Whereupou, he took yardstick
aud measured me to see how high I war
put me into par of big skales and wsyed
me; looked into my mouth, like | had bin
a hoss, to see how old I war; ssrched my
pocBits to see if I had any treesouabIe docki-
ments about my person; took a microscope
and give me a most bart .searchin, scrutini-
zen inspeckshun but not an ioter of sesesh
did he diskiver about me. Then handin
me paper, he axed me if war willin to
swar to that? I told him I war willin to
anything. (was so skeerd you know He
then swore me, (well as 1 can remember) to
be true and faithful to Uncle Sam obsar-
vim all acts, laws, proclamashuns, armis.
ticks, sd infuity, that ever had bin, or ever
would be published by Uncle Sam, or any
of his leadin men not to carry emmy kon-
sealed weepips; to return all government
property, sine dye; to protect Uncle Sam
agin the excurshuns of the Pope, the devil
and furiners in gineral; to love the stars
and stripes with all my hart, soul, mind
and strength, and the niger as myself
He then told me I war all rite, ceptiu |
should brake the oath, in which case, he
said, I would not only be repudiated, subju,
gated, con6scated, vaxinated and entirely
perforated; but that would also be teeto-
tally and forever exauncticated. went off,
meditatin on the orful solemnity of the dam
nasty orth.
But l hope to get into more agreeabler
bizness than that, before l leave get A
friend in Bosting sends me word to come
thar an help him sell fumery. That the
concentrated, triful extrack odour de Afri-
que are in CRATE demand, and that felle,
with a very small capital can make an indie
pendent fortin at it. But l don't know
what about it. In the first place, haint
got the capital, and then, 1 would have to
pay infernul revenew Oh every bottil of it,
and it jist takes all can make to buy infer
nul revenew for myself and brats, to say
Dothin of the pole tax and other government
expenses.
Hopiu to hear from ye soon, subscribe
myself your affectin friend till deth.
SAM SQUASH.
P. Sax mister Ward when you rite
to him agin, if he's seed enuything of Uncle
Joe Snipes' old brinde steer, over in them
diggings He's bin missin ever since the
konscript act were passed, and we've hunt.
ed for him everywhar and nowhare, and
he aint at nary place. S. S.
ELEcTIoNEERING Tactics "A distin.
guished candidate, who is Sup to a thing
or two," and has a keen appreciation of live
beauty, when about to set off -. an election,
eering tour recently said to lis wife, who
was to accompany him for prudential rea.
sons:
uMy dear, inasmuch as this election is