The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-02
Our Visitor.

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purpose in view.
81 want to seo," said he, "the man
that puts things into this paper"
We intimated that several of us earned
frugal livelihood in tbatway.
swell, | want to see tie .t!!::ss2;iia man which
cribs things out of the other papers.
The fellow who writes mostly with shcars
you understand.
We explained to himthat there were
seasons when the most gifted among us
driven to frenzy by the scarcity of ideas
and events, and by, the clamotous de-
"nnds of am insatiobl. public, in mo
neots Of emotional, iiisauity, plunged
the giittorng shears into our exchanges
lie went off calmly, butin voice tremu
lous with suppressed feeling and iudis
tInct through the recent loss of half a
dozen or so of his front teeth.
'Just so. presume so. don't
know much about this business, but |
wInt to zee man, the man that printed
that little piece about pouring cold water
down drunken mans spine of his
back, and making him Instantly sober.
If you please want tosec that man. |
would like to talk with him"
Then he leaned his stick against our
desk aud spit on his serviccable hand
and resumed his hold on the stick as
though he was weighing it. After
studying the stick minute, he added
IN somewhat louder tone
"AliStcr, came here to see that ere
man. | want to see him bad"
just SO. presume SO. hey told
me before come thatll.he ma | wanted
to see wouldn't be- ywi,ere. I'll wait
fer him. l live up north, and I've
walked seven miles to converse with
that man. | guess I'll sit down and
wait"
lie sat down by the door and rahec
lively pounded the floor With his stick
but his feelings would not allow him 10
keep still
81 suppose none of.you didn't ever
pour much cold water down any drunken
man S back to make him Instantly sober,
perhaps
None of us in the office hAd eyer tried
the experiment
Just so. thought Just as like as
not you had not. Well mister, have.
tried it yesterday, aud | have come
seven miles on foot to see the mptb,,
printed that piece. 1t wasn't much Of
p'ece, | don't think but want to
see the man that printed it, Just a few
minutes. You see, john Smith, he lives
next door to my house, whom I'm At
home, and he gets how .coms YOU 50 eve
ry little period. Now, when he's sober
he's all right if you keep out of his way
but when he's drunk he goes home and
breaks dishes and tips over the stove
aud throws hardware around and make
1t inconvenicnt for his wife, and some
times he gifts his man and co.s On,
calling on his ncis cishbors, apl It \; ;,
pleasant.
6 u' '""' "'nt - say anything about
: "'!' out. me and my wife don t think
"c .ught to do so. He came home
drunk lately, and broke all the kitchen
windows out of his house, and followed
his wife round with a carving knife.
talking about her liver and aftera while
he lay down by my fence and went to
sleep. had been reading that little
piece: it wasn't much Of piece, aud |
thought if l could pour some water
down his spine, on his back, and make
him sober it would be more comforta
BILE for his wife, and square thing to
do all around Sol poured bucket
of spring water down John Smith spine
Of his dack."
"Wcll." said We, as cur visitor paused
"did it make him sober?"-
Our visitor took frmor hold of his
stick aud replied With increased emo
ton.
Just so. 1 suppose it did make him
as sober as judge in less time than
you could say Jack Robinson, but; mis-
ter it made him mad. 1t made him the
maddest man l ever saw, aud Mister
John Smith is bigger man than me and
etouter. He is good deal stouter.
Bic bless him, | never knew he was