Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-09-10

peg" or Played leap-frog," can nc
count for tlitm TO the entire satisfaction
Of any impartial inquirer. rs
What really is puzzling to the adult
mind is whence the boys originally OBJ
tanned their barbarons methods of
counting out for " catcher" ssfox," !"
or any of tllose pleasant juvenile games
requiring feetness of foot and q secre-
tive disposition. For instance a lot
of boys WI get together to play at
some of tAeir games. He will go
through reat rigamarole of words,
applying one word to each as he desig-
mates him lsya tap on the breast, and
the last ono qso honored is (" it." as they
call the g cAtcher, as thus 4
onerf ORGY. Ickory, Ann,
Fillistn, Follsun, Nicholas, John,
Esy, Quayy.
Ingiish Navy,
Stinkilum, Stankulum, Buck!"
Now, there are those who would like
to know what sen5e there is In all TINT.
and what the mystery connected with
these porteA tons words. And also i'm
this, anotllr mode of counting out:
occa, bocca, s&.
s < Bona, croclSa, n !.
Coca bocca, truce .
Or in thig which is considerably less
elegant, though possibly more signifi-,
cant than the two preceding
Won ss You goa do atinls.,,
The fntas belles:of the QRcen city.l
1T muBt be confessed, use the, same say
age methods in making their election.
of Who's it?" etc. The girls have
also good many incomprehensible
chants and songs of their own. The
starting point is, of course, "riup
around the rosy spot" for it is an utter
impossibility for girls-that is. small
and real girls-to play anything very
long that does not require clapping
of hands and their circling about with
some outlandish chant. Their fayorite
song is:
"Green gravel,
Green gravel,
How green the grass grows:
And all the creation
Is ashamed to bo seen.
Dear Annie, dear AMMO,
Your true love is dead
He sent you n letter,
So turn back your head"
Whereupon the dear Annie in aues-
tion reverses her top-knot to the balance
of the circle and continues to GO round
in that position until the dreadful It'd.
ings of tte decease of tho true love of
Dear Lizzie" Dear Louie" etc., is
conveyed to them respectively, and
they, In turn, reverse themselves in
honor of tho departed. When the
whole list of names in the circle is ex-
hausted, aud the bereaved objects of so
much pure affection are in mourning
together, tho game is playe over
again.
II there chance to be any youthful
representatives of the male sex about
with whom the young ladies are on
good terms, the chant is sometimes
varied thus, the circling performance
never ceasing fer an instant:
"Littlo Minnie Tun,
A sitting in tho sun,
A weeping and crying for young man;
Rise, Minnie; rise Mimic,
Wipe away your tears;
Look to the East and look to tho Wost,
And look to the one thatyou love the best. u
And Minnie Immediately casts Ian
gushing look upon some young shaver
among the boys who, in response, as
quickly assumes melancholy mir,
breathcs hard couple of times, and
attempts simultaneous display of all
his jewelry.
But this is getting off the main sub.
Ject--Doys. The lives of most of the
great heroes, philosophers and statesmen
that have figured in the worlds history
have been written, the "self-mada'
men OF the country have been run
through Hoe press several thousand
times, and the future Of promising
youths throughout the land has been
horoscoped somewhat extensively. But
who shall write up the youth of our
distinguished soldiers and statesmen,
and moneyed men? There arc many
gentlemen of celebrity in this vicinity
whose juyinilo experie noes would pan
out handsomely, but we are afraid none
of them would be SO frank and outspo
ken on the subject as Col. Richard Hol.
land, now of Harrodsburg. Kentucky
but Cincinnatian born ana raised.'
The colonel admits having been tho
wickentst boy in Cincinnati. He was i
Lock street boy, and fond of tho canal
He WAS also fond of ginger cake, aud OF
one occasion abstracted the grocery
pass-book from beneath the paterua
roof, and obtained twelve sections o
that substantial and spicy creature com
/ fort for the benefit of bia Ucrowd