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

mind is whence the boys originally OBJ
tanned their barbarous methods OF
counting pus for g " catcher" sfox,p
or any Of those pleasant juvenile games
requiring f3Retness of foot and a score
tive disposition. For instance q lot
of boys VI get together to play at
some of their games. He will 90
through n great rigamarole of words,
applying ono word to each as he desig-
mates him lsya tap on the breast. and
the last one 30 honored is cit" as they
call the toatcher, as thus
"Oners, ORGY, Ickory, Ann,
Fillislns FolliHun, Nicholas, John,
Ivy, Qnnvy.
Inglish Navy, q.
Stinkium, Stankulum, Buck!"
Now, thege are those who would like
to know whit sense there is in all that,
and what tho mystery connected with
these portehsous words. And also in
this, anoth6E mode of counting ont
0cca, bocca,
s Bona, crncka, 4 s
Occa, bocca, truee ~ IS
Or in this, which Ia considerably less
elegant, Though possibly more sienifi.i
can't than The two preceding
tiak, pink, s a
How You do stink! 9
The fntl tlas9 bell les of tho Queen city.
it must be confessed, use the. same say.
age methods in making their election.
of Who's it?" etc. The girls have
also q good many incomprehensible
chants and songs of their own. The
starting point is, of course, "ring
around the rosy spot" for it is nm 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 favorite
song is:
"Greon gravel,
Green graycl
How green the grass grows;
And all tho creation
Is ashamed to bo seen.
Dear Annie, dear AMMO,
Your true love is dead
He sent you letter,
So turn back your head"
Whereupon the dear Annie in uues-
tion reverses her top knot to the balance
OF the circle and continues to go round
in that position until tho dreadful It'd
ings OF tho decease of the true love of
"Dear Lizzie, %" Dear Louie" ETC.. is
conveyed to them respectively, and
they, in turn, reverse themselves in
honor of the 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, tho circling performance
never ceasing for an instant:
Little Minnie Tm,
| A sitting in the sun,
weeping and crying for young man;
Rise, Minnie rise, Minnie,
Wipe away your tears;
Look to the East and look to tho Weat
And look to tho ono thatyou love the best.'
And Minnie Immediately casts lam
gushing look upon some young shaver
among the boys (; who, in response, as
quickly assumes melancholy mir,
breathes hard n couple of times, and
attempts simultaneous display Of all
his jewelry.
But this is getting off the main sub
ject-boys. The lives of most of the
great heroes, philosophers and statesmen
that have figured in the worlds history
have been written, the "self-made''
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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 are many
gentlemen of celebrity in this vicinity
whose jnvinile experiences 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 "bcrn aud raised.
Tie colonel admits having been thC
wickenest boy in Cincinnati. He was q
Lock street boy, and fond of the canal
He was also fond of ginger cake, and OF
one occasion abstracted the grocery
pass-book from beneath the paterua
roof, and obtained twelve sections O
that substantial and spicy creature com
fnrt for tho hapaGI ne Lsa &C b,