The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31
For the Herald.
The Fishing Party.


beneath tic dirty waves Of SAluda for the
sole purpose Of makiEga desperate onslaught
! on the fish tribc-a task which was neither
pleasant nor profitable, as the sequel proved.
B fore going farther let me state that the
party. viii, perhaps one or two exceptions,
! (olc of y wll3m an prond 10 be which y was
composed Of the latest set Of men that could
! have been f0and b: 4 sharp detective in two
months Spyirg-tu;S is not personal, you
know. 4. would be well just here to give
you pcn-port:ait Of tie individuals COM
| posing the party. There was first our fancy
friend-whosc whi,kcrs were cut in b c
| style over his face, which was constantly
wrcathcd by grin that displayed a set Of
teeth, reminding one Of laughing hycna
when in good humor. This friend has a
nasal twaug (and buggy, too,) at the end
Of his witty sayings-whosc imagination
seems to have downward cast, roofing in
the mud AMI clay, instead Of the ordinary
imagination that scars among the stars aud
cndcayors 70 hang hats on the lovely Cod
dess Of night. In fact be reminds one Of the
| Wit Of former ages something ridiculous but
always new. This is the lazy man Of the
party. Then Cir ricuL Of fashionable de-
sign, who seems 10 have been cut ont for a
y. Y. dandy, bat unfortunately for the city,
never g1t further than Silver Spoon, S. c.
lie is a young man of boundcss Imagination
las to his looks,) ard wonderful resources
(when at linner.) Ills beard, you ought to
see it! lie thought he was aping the fash
ionable cut when lie trimmed his whiSkers,
and found he only Tcscmb!cd the Rldica
leaders. lie thought he would be recognized
as newly fed scd gentleman from the city
and was Stunned as a Loudon rough. This
i; the grumbiiug idlcr. Then, as third on
| the list is FREUD MGIcs:y-wlo would shrink
into nothingneSs if ! female woman were to
approach, and who has nothing TO say when
| laughed at, but always good stock Of
laughter on haul when others are malc the
bat of ridcule F.icud alodcsty has so few
characteristics we could not mention any if
we would. We will mention his whiskers
any way-on lis upper lip, which is nearly
barren soil, (no Wilcox X Gibbes being used
thereon, of coursc,) you find few fuzzy
| hairs thar need only TO be exposed 10 the Il cat
of a July sun to make them as dead as the
fur on sinSed cat. The gcat-tce does sure
enough remind you Of 4 Goat l. or 4 goat
or something else. Enough said for ModeSty.
Now comes our water friend. We have but
little to say of him. lie reminds you Of an
csotist and duck, given both TO boastiug
and water. His mouthStachc makes one
think of the hair Of a town fop, delightfully."-
part.,d in the middle. Then, as the last Of
the main party, we mention the gentleman Of
the sun>bronzed face, who stands six feet
| three in his stocking feet. in which condition
he frequently stanlS, (no' finding any shoes
large enough He seems to be zcalousiy ats
tempting to cultivate Il little hair on hi, up
per lin. (Which is useless undertaking un-
less he uses the Manipulated Of Wilcox,
Gibbes 4 Co } whirh very much resembles
few dirty feathers from his bed, but you
| see upon closer examination that IL nr,t be
! something else, aud you conclude he has
| merely failed TO wash his face, but 10, and
| behold it is Il miserable attempt to have Il
mouthstach,. This gentleman is the man OF
Hotel ThYe were there Frel
the Scared tat tho girls, aud Eoiyho!c the
| S,rcpy: al-o S:sacho IL, (coio-cd.) and your
correspondent, I'll Of whom bcgyar deScrp-
| ton. Our fricnl Of bi:ter experience was
too sick to accomp:n: i, With these GEM
; tlcncn i<arc ou7 water ifical) OF the first
dvc. 7 was sea- cll around tic emp fire after
! the before mentioned duties b I'd been per-
formed. We were crdcarorins to amu'c
ourselves with stories and biscuit until iimc
for the first graal rnun l, while thus waiting
we suddenly heard 4 shout AMI knew it was
from the remainder OF the party, then VIC
heard the breaking Of branches in the bot
tom as they approached more nearly the
place Of rendezvous, then we Dchclt the
Smiling countcnlnccs Of our water friend
and his guide who was I sedatc farmer tina;
had left his wife in order 10 do q Kindness
10 our party-wa<n't he kind? You could
ALWAYS bet on his heart. cO1'dn't yOu? After
the how d'vc dos o. the evening ha,l passed
and wt had impaired To them the infOrma-
lion that the poles were cut and the hooks
! were batcd YOU should have seen how clc-
waited our friend appeared to hc-conSratu-
latinr himself upon me success Of bis scheme
If remaining away until these disagreeablc
Gnties had been performed. Much TO our
ANNOYANCE he was stru;tin" about and around
| the fire constantly, commenting on Our stn-
pidity in doing the work without waiting Tor
assistance, when all at once on: friend began
TO sink, rapidly disappearing from sight, we
knew not what was the matter, unless HcaF-
en- were shifting his inSOlcncc and Earth
were opcning her immense jaws TO reccITc
! him: but our impression was soon corrected
by hearing SplashinS IS Of bridge falling
| in the water and the gasp;ng noise II So!ly,
here's the river" then we knew where our
| friend was from these circumstances, coupled
with the fact that his light colorcd hat was
inst discarnihle above the bank Of the river.
On, first duty WAS to pull him out, and this
was done bv Our ever kind farmer friend
As he water fricn'D emcrgctfrom the depths
Of Little River he 'Sno'ea ghaiilr smile
When he was safely placed on land The rcnt
I'D laughter burst forth in loNd shouts that
resou ,dcd through the forest and warncd the
Ku klux or We paid OR friend back Ill
better coin than he gave rs, which is always
right, "to render COOL for evil" The next
on the programme OF occurrences was fhc
singing Of songs by Sancho 1.-THE midHcsS
Of the scene lent additional haluty TO the
melody Of his voicc-which reminded you of
braying muel. Next in order was an in
dictncnt against our Sua-brorzcd fri"ni 70!
secretly taking stock in the Hoe! wi'h?It
informing any member Of oar MON, which
is pnni>hah!e offence knowing the CIR
cumStances Of the case better than any 9th
crs was appointed counsel for Defendant.
Hc plead guilty. but in eXtcnuotion of his
crime against the order, sIie ariful suh;le;y
of the feminine sect. Ilncw il hal been the
earnest determination Of my friend never to
commit an offence against the constitution
of tho society: he had never before commit
ied the least crime, and. therefore, he mast
have been surrounded! by extraordinary cir
rrmstanccs to induce him to commit such