The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-08-14
FOR THE NEWS.
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A Serenade.
BY BULL FROG, ESQ.

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HIM and four others, and assist in max
ing night hideous, at the dwellings of
various bright eyed beauties of the
town. had but lately arrived in the
place, but my friends had been there
Tor some time, and assured me that it
was the custom Of the young ladies to-
reward their admirers with cakes and
candies, and those articles being rath-
er scarce at the time, Git was during
the war,) at once consented to 90.
So little after dark, all fortified with
tobacco and a flask of the wherewith-
al, we sailed forth and proceeded
to q seminary of young ladies in the
suburbs. Not being provided with
instruments, we had but to resort to
" "por et prctertu nihH," and M. who
undertook to lead set up most melo-
dious squall, while the rest of us Join
ed In the chorus. AS soon as we had
finished the song goodly bundle few
out of the window lat once jumped
over the fence, to secure it, and had
just got my fingers upon it, when 1 be-
came aware of the proximity of a
good specimen Of the genus CAMS,
species Bull, who exhibited such, hos
tile symptoms, that it became neccssa-
ry to display my agility by jumping
the fences. i succeeded in getting
over all but my coat tail, Which the
internal dog got hold of, and held to
with genuine bull tenacity, keeping
me suspended in rather painful po-
sition, while my friends below, and tho
girls above shouted with laughter at
my ridiculous appearance, anything
but ridiculous to me, however. Af-
ter various frantic but vain struggles
on my part, to get loose, M. picked
up stick and punched the dog with it
SO hard, that the beast let me go and
seized it, and then M. let go and the
animulc left. | had kept hold of, the
bundle all the time, so that when I
landed on terra .frma, it was all safe.
After this little episode, we all sang
another song with great applause, and
received another bundle, which fell
outside the fence this time. so that no
trouble was undergone to get it. AS
we started to sing a third there was
some little commotion in the academy,
and dreading q row, we became scarce.
just about there. Bringing up about
a hundred yards below, we divided the
spoils, took horn, and proceeded else
where, Going into the heart of the
village we stopped at small house,
and treated the inmates to two series
OF the howls, grunts and groans which
were considered to represent songs.
They thereupon furnished lis with two
bouquets of flowers, growing out of to-
bacco pouches, filed with tobacco,
these we drew lots for and they didn't
fall to me. Two more horns a piece
were then served out, and on we went
by the time we geaohod another house
which we intended to bore, we were
all pretty we'll how-camc-you-so, and
we agreed to try the operate style.
This in our opinions consisted in each
man singing a separate song at the top
of his voice with few yells by way
of variation. We had no sooner fin
ished the first few lines, than the illib-
eral inmates, instead of receiving us
with favor, commenced fire with a
boot-jack which struck M, on the shin,
putting him hoss de combat at once, and
eliciting a volley of oaths that. would