Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-16

At length, after many vain attempts to
sever these pleasant pleasures, the trapspor-
ted lovers found that they were bound to
each other by more sticking bonds than low
er's vows The hot sun had melted the
pitch, and after sitting 80 long, and the
night air having cooled the resinous mat
ter, they found they were both stuck fast. ,
The young gentleman first attempted to dis.
engage himself, but found, like Aunt Je-
mima's plaster, "the more you try to pull
it off, the tighter it sticks the faster. -
The young lady then attempted to get up,
which she did, minus the skirt of her dress,
and her under. clothes.as far as the "tilters."
In this plight she attemptcd'to relieve her
discousolate partner, but it was of no use
be couldn't come.
After some parley, he came to the con-
clusion he could manage it by slipping out
of bis pants Accordingly he asked Of his
companion is she could lend him pair of
pants until he could go home She thought
her ps's would do, if they we're not too
long With this informass;;ccaa he slipped of
bis boots, and loosing his suspenders, drew
himself ont of his pants as easily as possi-
Bile, and the discousolate couple took them
selves down stairs 10 a very blushiug man.
ner. and looking very much like our first
parents when they discovered that they were
human. The lady procured, as quietly as
possible, pair of her fathers pants, which
were run into pretty quick, and the Adonis
decamped with his pants rolled up about
six inches The joke was too good to be
kept; by little and little it leaked out, un-
til the truth had to come to exculpate the
happy innocents.
Memphis argus, June 20:
NOT A STRAaGLER.-Onth the morning
after the great battle of Manassas Plains.
Sergeant -, of Go. A. Sixteenth Missis.
sippi regiment, being barefooted, struggled
off from his command, traversing the bat.
tie field in pursuit of pair of shoes which
some frightened Yankee might have thrown
away in his fight. After looking for a
long time in vain, be at last saw pretty
good pair on the pedal extremities of dead
Yankee He sat down at the feet of the
dead Yankee, pulled on his shoes and put
them on his own..feet Aduiriug the fit, and
complimenting himself upon this addition
to his marching abilities, he arose and with
kuapsack on his back and gun iu his hand,
was about starting to overtske his regiment,
when be observed coming towards him
small squadron of cavalry, all of whom, as
it was drizzling rain, were wrapped in their
large rubber or oil cloth overcoats 1t will
be remembered that the cavalry are frequent
ly assigned to the duty of picking up strag
lers, and hence there as no good feeling be-
tween the infantry and cavalry. As they
approached Sergeant -, the foremost one,
asked: "Wbat are you doing here, sir, a.
way from your command"
"That's none of your business" answer
ed the Sergeant.
"You are a straggler, sir, and deserve
the severest punishment"
..Its lie, sir-I am not straggler-I
only left my regiment few moments ago,
to hunt me pair of shoes. I went ell through
the fight yesterday, and that's more than
you can say-for where were you yesterday
when Gen. s.nar. wanted your cavalry to
charge the Yankees after We put 'em rrn
uing? You we're 'ying hack in the pine
tt,ckets and couldn't be found but to. 'ay,
when there's no danger, you can come out
and charge other men with stragging"
The cslvaryman, instead of getting mad,
seemed to enjoy this rakius over from the
plucky little Sergeant, and as he rode on,
laughed heartily at it. As the squadron
was filing near past the Sergeant one of
them remarked: "Do you know who you are
talking to ?''
"Yes-to a cowardly Virginia cavalry
maD."
"No sir-tbat's Gen. Stuart"
"What?"
"Aud bis staff"
uThuuderation." With this exclamation
the Sergeant pulled off his hat, and read
iustiug it over his eyes, struck double
quick on the straightest line for bis regi
ment.