The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-08-15

VelHer TO the rebels head, ordering him to
tic his gun to tho saddle, to dismount and
skedadlc
The old man made tracks rapidly, glad
TO escape with his life Hale took the horse
by the bride and rode OIL whislling cyan.
kcc Doodle"
lie had ridden but mile or two, when,
at a turn Of the road, he was ordered to
''halt."
The old "reb" had procured another gun
and got ahead of him ! His gun was square
ly lcvcllcd at II%le's head.
'tGct off that horse" said he.
Hale got down.
''rie that revolver to the sadlle!'
Hale did it.
"pull off your pants!"
Hale shuckcd 'cm off
"Skcdaddlc -
An order which Hale at once carried into
effect, merely saying
"Wcll, Cap. thought my shirt was COM
ing next: good bye!"
The old "rcb' went off with tho two
horses, whis,ling "Dixie," while Hale march
ed seven miles to Lexington with only his
coat and shirt on. Ills coat contained the
dispatches.
A FREEDMAN ExpLAlNs - a freed.
man explains the difference between IA
Yankee and a Sou,hcrner "thusly"
Now, white folks, Is gwinc to tell
you de difference tween Southern man
an de Yankee. Well, do Southern
man stop at dc hotel, he ax for room
he get dc key he say, "Herc. Jim, take
my valisc." When he get in the room,
he say, Jim, you black rascal, brush
my coat and boots, and be in hurry"
While | SO doing dat ho wash hissclf,
comb his har, and take drink, and
when gives him de boots he hands me
a dollar. When &c Yankee stops at tr
hotel, he say, "Mr. Johnson, please brush
my boots Mr. Johnson. please carry
dis note to Mr. Smith, a, de railr ,ad dc.
pot-Mr johnson guess III have to
trouble yon to bring me a pitcher Of wa
ter-Mr. Johnson, please carry dis mes.
sage to de telegraph oli,c-Mr. johnson
! guess | onghter to havo q cigar-run
down and get five cent one" cum,
back, and spec, Of course, he glib bout
two dollars, but stead of givim dc money
Il" AK a!r t. take a seat, and tell linn
bout my graniaddrr, my granmo,her,
my bruddrr, and my sister, and my
cousin, and my old massa and how much
Ise ma ing, and how old is, and all
sich nonsense, and len after a while he
say, "Well, Mr.. johnson, l guess III
have to give youa dime aforc l leave
here" Now white folks, dat's dc differ.
ence tween dc Southern man and de
Yankee, and it's every word truf
a nnr,ae,Son1n,t g tl,o -
Hcrald writing from Washington, has
the following item, showing the modus
Of tho Radicals:
I find "Poltical Manual for 1866"
issued by Edward Mcpherson, Clerk OF
the House of Representatives, con
tanning full record Of each brcr"' e
the Government on rcconstruct;os: fann
the accession Of Mr.. Johnson t. the
Presidency, April IS, 1865, to July 4,
1866. Tho amimus Of tho publication
is not partizan. but official. And yet I
find appended to the names OF Southern
Senators and representatives such OK
planatory memoranda as the follow.
ing:
"AVr. Perry was Confederate State
Judge"
"Mr. Manning was a volunteer aid to
Beauregard at Sumter and Manassas"
"Mr Kennedy was Colonel"
"Mr MCGOWAN, Brigadier: General
in the rebel army. Mr.. F'arrow was q
representative in the first and second
rebel Congress-"
These records indicate something and
when | say further, that thousands Of
copies Of this work (pp. 1927 are used
as campaign documents by the Radical
COMMITTEE, you may be able to appre-
ciate its mission.
The following occnred near London
Teacber---"What part Of speech is the
word egg7"
Boy (hesitatingly)-sNoun, Sir"