Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-16


day to inspect the institution. Upon entering
he encountered man, evidently an inmate,
and be at once endeavored to explain to the
man, by making signs upon his fingers, that
he wanted to look through the place. The man
also made signs, which Jones could not com
prehend. Then Jones made other and more
elaborate motions, which set the man at work
with great violence, and for the next ten min.
utes they stood in the hall gesticulating and
twisting their fingers, without being able to
comprehend what the other meant. Finally
Jones became angry, and, in an outburst Of
wrath, exclaimed:
90, get out, you idiot! I'm tired of both.
ering with you"
Whereupon the man said, "Thats just what
| was going to say to you
80, you can speak, can you? Then why
didn't you do so, and not keep me standing mo.
tioning to you? 1 Thought you were deafand
dumb"
Il came here to inspect the asylum" said
Jones, ''and took you for patient"
"That's what 1 came here for, and ]
thought you were an attendant" said the
man.
Here Jones and the man shook hands, and
hunted up genuine attendant.
Looks VS.. LooKING.-A Frenchman, neal
the Canada line, in Vermont, sold horse tc
his Yankee neighbor, which he recommen
ded as being very sound, serviceable ami
NAL, in spite of unprepossessing appearance
TO every inquiry of the buyer respecting the
qualities of the horse, the Frenchman gave q
favorable reply, but always commenced hi;
commendaton with the deprecatory remark
"He's not look yer good"
The Yankee, caring little for the looks
of the horse, of which he could judge for him
self without the sellers assistance, and being
fully persuaded, after minute examination
that the beast was worth the moderate sun
asked for him, made his purchase and took
him. A few days afterward he returned te
to the seller in high dungeon, and declared
that he had been cheated in the quality of the
horse.
"Vat is de mattaire?' said the Frenchman
"Matterw said the Yankee; "matter enough
the horse can't see! He is as blind as bat p
"Ah," said the Frenchman, "vat vas tel
you? l vas tell you he vas not look good
be gar, don't know if he look at all p
WAsN'r FooL1NG.-A boy in St. Loui
was recently presented with jack-knite, will
which, boy-like, he cut and marked every
thing that came in his way from the dining
room table to the cats tail. A few days after
he had become the happy possessor of th'
knife, his father was startled by seeing tw'
men bringing home the young hopeful in {
very dilapitated condition. His face seemed
TO be cut and bruised and covered witt
blood The father, of course, was very mucE
alarmed, and inquired of the boy who hit him
Nothing didn't hit me, sir" the boy answer
ed, between his sobs; cit was only a mul
kicked me in the eye" "a mule kicked 20,
III ';o eye, eh ?" replied the father. "Haven'
l1iu ~ thousand times or more tha
mu'es ana H'rpowder were not fit things fo
boys to fool wlt-o What were YOU doins
to the muleS' 81 wa-,'t foolin' with i'm a
ALL" said the boy; "f .oo" So0 on,w WIN trv;na NO +,
cut my name on his back"
sar An Indiana correspondent mention. tha
at the Annual Conference Temperance A.
niversary, brother related the following: L
the Conference was a minister of small pro
portions, but whose confidence in himself wa
quite sufficient. He was called upon to bap
tize large, heavy woman by immersion
An oficious member ventured to remarl
that if he needed any assistance, he was a
his service, which was declined. In the small
man and the large woman cautiously waded
but the small man slipped on treacherou
stone, and drew the large woman down will
him. The large woman was recovered by tn
stewards, while the small man made fo
the other side of the creek. AS he graspe(
an overhanging bush to draw himself out
the water, he turned to the other shore. antt
clearing his mouth from water, exclaimed
"Erethren, sing something appropriate