The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-02-10
MAGISTRATES CoURr.-Esouire Kin.

ard sat in judgment on Monday on
prosecution for payment Of wages-coi-
ored man VS.. j. w., Esq. Counter
charge-services not rendered the old
story that the colored man wont work be-
ing proven, the prosecution fell to the
ground, and j. W. sustained. The de-
fendant, it is stated by one of the jury
men, elatcd at the result brought about
by the law and the evidence, took bee
line for somewhere, which this eminent
iuryman could not get clue to, and
left the party who did him such service,
high and dry. The hope of "wetting
their whistles" after so arduous a sitting,
was nipped in the bud. The defendant
"hadn't oughter gone" and acted thus;
common gratitude demanded better treat
ment. No doubt he intended it as a
good joke, but the jurymen failed to see
the ''pinx" and missed the hope of a
quart at least of the best; well, such is
life.
WHERE DID THEY. CONE FKoA.-The
boys, we mean; the boys composing the
School of Capt Pifer? Where did so
many of them come from? We always
have thought that there was a number
of them here, more or less, having two
very juvenile specimens at home our
selves, but only now begin to realize the
extent of the institution, since Capt. P.
has opened his temple of fame. Did he
call them from the vastly deep,or did they
Just come? No matter, their number is
an indefinite legion, and during hours
Of recess when turned from under the
magic influence of the Captains eye,
and the wave of his arm,. ''nervish"
man ould think Bedlam knocked into
several pieces. We used to think just
after the surrender, when this peculiar
institution came under the old sanctum
window on the corner, (now burned
DOWN to play ''knucks," "a game in
vented by the devil to annoy US with)
that the entire collapsed confederacy
had turned the boys over to safe.keep-
ing in Newberry..i "Knucks - what a
villainous game it was, and how thank
full are we that it has been discontinued.
TO such pitch did they carry it, that
on a Summers afternoon, our limited
supply of good nature gave out; and no
wonder, 1T was hot, hot enough to melt
the last button on Gabe's coat the per.
spiratian flowed in streams, while
."knucks, "knucks,"' from astreet full
of throats, representing every variety OF
sound from the shrii treble Of the four
year old, to the rough bass of the ffteener
howled into the open window. Ugh, it
was soul.trying time. Well a basin OF
slops stood in the cbrrer, and old Nick,
the invtntor of tbegame, who happened
by the way to be about just then, tax
ing pity on US, suggested that we upset
the soapy, black compound on their de-
voted =hsad+, errathor, pointing to- the
basin with his forked tail, said i've it
to 'em" and we did give. it TO 'em, and
they did git up and git, and knucks was
no more heard around our corner, no,
never more. What ever became of these
interesting youths, We have never dis
covered, perhaps some of them are oi
Capt. P's. number, and have reformed,
quit their behavishncss, and now. with
ambitions longings look forward to the
time: when the world will be electrified
by their eloquence, and the spread of
their fame. Now what has this reminis-
cence Of 1866 to do with Capt. P's.
school, or the great number who attend ?
Well, simply this, that we are glad to
see so many well behaved boys atten-
ding school, andrejoice as much on their
account as on that of their worthy and
efficient principal, to whom be all honor
and praise, and further rejoice that the
game of kuucks does not constitute one
of their amusements. AS to the CUES
ton where did they come from, we are
unable to answer. .. - .' i'''.'