The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-08-17


carry a weopin of some soart, even eff
it was ouly an umbrella.
I got tired Of all this, and Wauked
over to Whitehall for peace. A friend
! [ suppose he was friend found me
and suid he wanted to SEQ me palticn-
larly. He took mo away back aud
hauled out somo little thumb papers
| full of figures, and said he wanted me
to insure my life. That skeerd me
worse than anything, fer itlooked like
I was in danger, and be had just found
it out. I axel him if he thought there
would be fight. He explained things
to me, and l felt relieved, and declin.
ed to insure for the present. You
SEQ I felt nifty we'll, and coulden't see
the necessity. At the next corner I
met another friend, who seemed glad
to see me exceedingly. Ile held my
hand in bis several moments. He
axed me if my life was insured. He
said he was agent for the very best
company in the world. axed him
how loug man would 1.-Two under his
company. Ho then explained to me
that man might die at any time;
that they didn't undertake to keep
man frou dyin. So declined but
expressed my gratitude for his inter-
est in my welfare, and l promised to
buy policy rs soon as | got sick.
Just as left him l heard him call
some feIler dam phool.
When [ got to the hotel there was
feller waitin' for me on the same
business. He talked to mo for an
hour about the uncertainty of life and
the certainty of death. I thought,
perhaps, he was q missionary. He
seemed much concerned about my
wife and children, and onoe or twice
wiped his eyes with white pocket
handkerchief. I knowed he was
friend, and told him I would reflect
seriously about the matter.
believe that company is purely
philauthropic institution, and would
lcnd poor fellow q few dollars if he
was sufferin' [ think I will try to Dor.
row little from their agent to.mor-
row. This morning the first one came
to see me agin, and concluded I was
looking nifty bad, and axed him to
excuse me as l was not feolin' we'll.
I went to DR.. Alexander and got
dose Of salts. He axed me if l was
sick. | told him | supposed 1 was,
and the reason why. He then told
me all about it, and said there was
100 Of them fellers in town, and they
all had augurs. long augurs, and they
b"red about half an inch at the first
Interview and I'm inch at the second in
the same hole, and 50 on, until they
got to tho hollow, and the patient
give in and took a policy. l don't
know about that, but [ will say they
arc the friendliest, most sympathizen
and kindest- hearted men have ever
struck only I don'tlik so much talk
about o"flius and grave-yards. I
didu't take the salts.
But, Mr.. Ehitur, I tell you there
is trouble a brewin'. saw old Rock
and General Gordon and Col. Styles
a talking together, and old Tlge was-
eut fur off; OLE Rocks gray heard was
wagin omniously, and old Gordon's
scars was jumpin' about all over his
face Styles looked like he wanted to
eat somebody. | heard him say some-
thing about "Orgean Stablos," sup
pose that is where he keeps his war
horses Scott came up and said some.
thing about the rear guard. He's the
devel on rear guard, and the army
knows it. jim Waddell dropped in
and remarked he 'just rs leave die rs
live if old Rock said So" At this
moment feller come along singin'
| ~ feel, feel feel, feel like o Griffin
Star"
"And if ther's atin' to be, why then, why
then I'm thar
Shoe fly, don't bodder me.
The whole party looked like Gettys-
burg, and old Tige was just a waitin'
for old Rock to tree. God bless 'em
all! known they'll stand between
me and danger.
I tell you, Mr.. Editur, thar's trou"
bic a brewin'. Says I, Mr.. Mack.
whorter, you are the Speaker, you
know it all from the steeple to the
sellar ; you have capacity and sagaci-
ty, and vivacity and rspacity, and the
like Of that, a Ia 'barbacue,' that is,
from the snout to the tail---tell mo, do
you think there will be fight :"
eyes sur" said no, eyes sur; they
will fight shore. They are obliged to
fight. O!d Bonaparte can't get out
of it, and Bismark has got chin just
like Joe Johnston. Franco wants
blood lettiu' like we had" els
that fur OFF, sails ;ssI thot it was to
begin in Atlanty to-nite." ooh, no."
says he, and went on.
I got some comfort from my old
friend, Bev. Thornton. He said that
if they did get up fight, the old
soldiers wouldn't be into it much, ex-
cept tho generals, for that the original,
consistent Union men, like Josh Hill
and Dunuing, and Tom Saffold and
| old man Stawart and Ankarman