The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-06


How SQUIRE SKAaos GOT SKINNED
By THE "PHARAoH MEN. You ssr, !"
said the squire, pitching his voice to
an exegetical altitude, ''it- wuz sorser
this way. Last Chuosluy wuz week
ago, sailed down from Gwinnett to
Atlanty, with seven bags of cotton.
Arter sold 'em kicdor loafed roun'
lookin' at things in general nn f,,eIin'
just as happy as you please, when who
should run agin but Kurnel Blascn-
game. Me au' the Kurnel used to be
boys together, an we wuz as thick as
five kittens in rug basket. We drunk
outsn the same gourd, au' we gov the
lint snatchea outen us by the same
bandy-leggcl school-teacher. I wuz
gitten AS IoneeGine as u ruin crow, afore
[ struck up with the KIrnel. au' I was
glad to see him-durncd glad. We
knocked 'roun' town right smurtually,
nn' the kurnel interiucua me 10 i.
whole raft Of fellers-mighty nice boys
they wuz, t)o. Arter supper, tue
kurnel says:
"'oseggs, says hc. '!cs:. go To my
room, whar W. kin talk over tn. ole
times sortrr cum!ortuu,e an unl.,.
turU.d like"
'Gteeube, says [, au we walked Il
slnar or 50, au turned into "A alley an
walaed up narrer par OF stars rne
Auruei gin Il little rap at Il i;recn door,
an slick .lookin' merluttcr popped
ont an axed Us III. lie wuz the dura.
dest perlitest nlgger you ever seeu
He Jest got up an spun aroun iikt. IL
H,,t A Inn PM
was as fine as u tillie an full OF pic
turs an sofy-, wn' the cneers wnz ~.
saft Us lambs wool. au' thunght to
ne-eii That the kIrne xnx :. illgsn
RANT cuss. Thar wuZ IL ln, Ut mighty
NICE feilers sc Uttered roam, Iulliu ;au ;
t-taliiu' quite soshable like Ape.
rlen,, the kuruel wuz:n't much .ui
hack, fer lie surtur laifc.l to n,m.,:lf,
an then he sayc:
Boy-. says hr, I hev ie,ch-.l UP Il.
fren'. Judge H,Shtovcr, this Is Squire
Skaggs, OF Gwiuuett; .lujer Briggs,
Squire SkaggS, an SO on. all 'rouu.
Then the kurnel turns to me an says:
"'Reely. / wuZent e1pectin' cum
pany. SkAggs, hut the members Of The
Young Mems Christun Sosashan make
ups an nays wuz mighty gIni to
meet the boys. used to be Il prema- :
tiv' Bnptis myself afore got to cussiu
the Yankees, an I hov always had ~
sorter hAnkeriu' urter pious folks
They all laffsd nu' shuck bans over
agiu, nu' we sot thar smokin' au' !.
chawin Jest AS muchual US you please
1 Gisre IN ember how il come up but
presently MHjsr Briggs gifts up M
says:
"'kurnel, what about that new par
lor game you got out tho other duy?'
"'Oh, says the kurnel, lookiu'
sorter sheeplsh. that was humbug.
can't make no head nor tail onten it
"Ill bet l kin manage it, says
Judge Hightower, quite animated like.
"'1'll show you how, Jedye with
pleasure, suys the Aurnel, an' then he
went to table, unlocked box. au
tuck out deck OF keerlls uu' VIII ole
lot Of little wl.atyoumaycullcms. simi
lurly to horn buttons, some white an
some red.
Squire SIaggs paused aud supplied
his tireless jaws with fresh qnid OF
tobacco.
.It niut no use to tell you any
more. When them fellers got don.
laruin' me that game l didn't have
money enough to take me down stars.
l lay | looked u !eetle wild, for when
the Jedge closed the box he said:
1--WE hev had pleasant eyenin'
Squire. You'll tiud the kurnel wuitin
for you on the steps. an he'll give you
your money back"
II ain't never laid eyes on the Kur.
| mel sence, an when l do thar's goin' Ia
be case for the Kurriner-you mind
my words. seed Rufs Lester nex,
day-you know Rufe; he's in the Le
gisiature nov. but used to give hin
popcorn when be wnzen't so high
l seed Rufe, an he sed I wuz tuck III
by the Pharaoh men. Tuck in ain''
no name for it. Dsrned If l didn't Ho
to the bottom an git skinned alive"
At the recent State dinner to tho
Emperor OF Russia, in London, "wheL
the squeal OF the bugpipes first rose IL
the ball. the Gar WAS apparently per
picked ns to the origin of tho sound
aud the other Russians looked ut ont
another in amazement. Yet the pip,
must have been familiar toa gooC
many Russian ears III the Crimen
where the men in petticoAts mad.
their mark in the great war. The frs
| shrill notes prulually SWellrd into ,