The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-07-16
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OUR VISITOR.
BY U. H.

point in one eye, and with stick
in one hand. One eye was cover
ed with a handkerchief and one
arm was in q sling. His bearing
was that Of man with settled
purpose IN view.
81 want to see," said he, "the
man that puts things into this pa
per-"
We intimated that several of
US earned frugal livelihood that
way.
"Well, I want to see the man
which cribs things out OF other pa.
pers. The fellow who writes
mostly with shears, you under
stand"
We explained TO him that there
were seasons when the most gift
cd among us were driven to frenzy
by the scarcity Of ideas and events,
and by the clamorous demands of
an Unsuitable public, in moments
of emotional insanity plunged the
glittering shears into our cx-
changes. He went on, calmly, buo
in voice tremulous with suppress
sed feeling, and indistinct utter
ance through the recent loss Of
halt O dozen or so Of his front
teeth.
"Just so. presume so. [ don't
know much about this business,
but I want to sec q man, the man
that printed that little piece about
pouring cold water down drunk
Gu mans spine Of his back, and
making him instantly sober. If
you please, L want to see that
man. Ishould like to talk to him."
Then he leaned his stick against
our desk, and spit on his service
able hand, and resumed his hold
on the stick as though he was
weighing it.. After studying the
stick q minute he added in a some
what louder tone:
"Mister, l came here to see that
ERE man. | want to sec him bad"
We told him that particular
man was not IN.
"Just so. I presume so. They
told me before come that the
man l wanted to see wouldn't be
anywhere. III wait for him. l
live in Hyde county and I've walk
ed several miles TO converse with
that man. I guess Ill sit down
and wait"
lie sat down by the door and re-
hectively pounded the floor with
his stick, but his feelings could
not allow him to keep still.
II suppose none of you didn'tev-
er pour much cold water down
any drunken mans back to make
him instantly sober perhaps !"
None Of Us in the Office had ev.
er tried the experiment.
"Just so. l thought that just as
like as not you had not. Well,
mister, I have. I tried it yester
day, and / have come seven miles
on foot to sec the man that print
ed that piece. I want much Of q
piece, l don't think, but | want to
sec the man that printed it, just a
few. minutes. You see, John
Smith, he lives next door to my
house, when I'm home, and he
gets how-come-you-so every little
period. Now, when he's sober,
he's all right, if you keep out of his
way; but which he's drunk, he goes
home and breaks dishes, and tips
over the stove, and throws hard
ware around, and makes it incon-
venient for his wife, and some
times he gets his gun and goes
out calling on his neighbors, and
it amt pleasant"
"Not that l want to say any
thing about Smith; but me and my
wife don't think be ought to do
so. He came home drunk yester-
day and broke all the kitchen win
dows out ofhis house, and follow
ed his wife around with the carv-
ing knife talking about her liver,
and after while he lay down by
my fence and went to sleep. l had
read that piece; it want much
Of a piece, and | thought i'll could
pour some cold water down the
spine of his back, and make him
sober, it would be more comfortable
for his wife, and square thing to
do all around. So poured buck
ct of water down John Smith
spine of back"
"Well," said we, as our visitor
paused, "did it make him sober %
Our visitor took frmer hold OF
his STICK and replled WIN IN
creased emotion:
"Just so. / suppose IL did make
him as sober as q judge in less
time than you could say Jack
Robinson; but mister, it made him
mad. 1t made him the maddest
man l ever see, and Mister John
Smith is a bigger than me and
stouter. He is good deal stout
er. Bla-bless him never knew
be was half so stout till yesterday,
and he's handy with his fists too.
I should suppose he is the hand.
lest man With his fists ever saw. "
"Then be went for you, did hep
we asked innocently.
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