Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-05-14
The stranger treated, and fled.

Two WARSToRIEs.-AS Southern exchange
tells of colored trooper who did not fight
bravely. In fact, he ran away and was rep.
rimanded by the lieutenant, who sneeringly
asked him if he thought the country would
have missed him much if he had been killed.
The discreet darkey replied "Not much,
boss ;'dey don't miss de white folks much less
de poor nigger. But den would hab miss
myself-and dats de point wild mel" This is
reasoning worthy of old Jack Falstaff him
SELF 1t was some such practical and person
al argument as was used by peace loving
Confederate, whose story was current at the
close of the war. He belonged to an artlle-
ry company whose guns were captured by the
Federal raiders. Smarting under the disgrace
the commanding officer called upon his men
to recapture those guns or perish in the at
tempt. If any member of the company, the
captain added, was not willing to share in the
effort to retrieve their honor and loss, he
might step out of the ranks. A pale, stutter-
ing reb stepped forward, saying: "C-c-aptain,
if th-the l-loss isn't so very gr-great, why
can't we t-take up collection, and p.pay for
the d-damned old g-guns.- Chicago Times.
RATHER Soc1AL-Governor Powell, of
Kentucky, was never an orator, but his con-
versational, storytelling, and social powers
were remarkable. His great forte lay in es-
tablishing personal intimacy with every one
he met, and in this way he was powerful in
electioneering. He chewed immense quanti-
ties of tobacco, but never carried the weed
himself, and was always begging it of every
ba in HanH dor.
son, and in coming up the Ohio, by that
place, gentleman overheard characteristic
anecdote of him. A citizen of Henderson,
coming on board, fell into conversation with
a passenger, who made inquiries about Pow
ell. "He lives in your place, believe, don't
he?" Eyes, one of our oldest citizens" "
"Very sociable man, amt he ?" "Remarka-
bly, So" swell, I thought so I think he is
one of the most sociable men | ever met in
my life-wonderfully sociable. | was intro
duced to him over at Grayson Springs last
summer, and he hadn't been with me ten
minutes when he begged all the tobacco |
had, got his feet in my lap, and spit all over
me-remarkably sociable. ."-kentucky Er-
change.
Touch ON THE F1sH.-A devout clergy
man sought every opportunity to impress
upon the mind of his son the fact that God
takes care of his creatures: that the falling
sparrow attracts his attention, and that his
loving kindness is over all his works. Hap
pening one day, to see a crane wading in
quest of food, the good man pointed out to
his son the perfect adaptation of the crane to
get his living in that manner. "See," said
he, show his legs are formed for wading
What long slender bill he has! Observe
how nicely he folds his feet when putting them
in or drawing them out of the water He
does not cause the slightest ripple. He is
thus enabled to approach the fish without
giving them any notice of his arrival" "My
son," said he, "it is impossible to look at that
bird without recognizing the goodness of God
in thus providing the means Of subsistence.
"Yes," replied the boy, 81 think I see the
goodness Of God, at least so far as the crane
is concerned but after all, father, don't you
think the arrangement a little rough on the
fish,"