Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-12

and III borrow dipper somewhere"
She "sot," and it was ell of an hour and
half before he again succeeded in getting bis
arm around her.-Free Press
OLD ST. Has NO FAITH IN THE GREEN.
BACKERs.-"Dere amt no use bodderin' wild
me-" said old ST to Amos: 81 smell wood
round in dis naborhood an Use gwine ter
feed my saw on hit fore sundown."
"But anser the queschin," urged Amos.
"Well, Amos, look heah, boy, Use bin outen
town an hain't been readin' de labils on de
pollytishuns lately. Fl on'erstan's yer, you is
one OBJ desc Greenbackers ?"
Oats de kline of frackshunable kurrency
/ isw
cant ez furder on'erstan's, dey is prepozin'
ter run 'ginst de reeg'lar Dimmocrat nomy-
nee?"
"Dat's de trale he's on p
can he's tryin' ter suppress on de 'publl-
cans de needcessity oh waltzin up to de poles
an 'sportin' OBJ him for ter beat de Dlmmo'
Gratis ?"
"Anything ter beat dem!'
"Well, now, fore I'd 60 inter dat range
ment, I'd like ter bab de pedigree oh dat
Greenbacker er little mo- sartin dan Use got
it now. Use feer'd he's one ob desc crosses
frum er independent outen er sorehead. l
likes thererbred scrub p
"Yas, but he's wild US now, sho p
"Wid yer now2 But whar are he gwlne
ter be arter de 'lecshun ? When yer comes
to ak him fer ter stan on yer stress warrint
till next week, whor'll yer tree i'm at? Now,
lemme tell YER desc new branded Greenback-
ers is like unto desc summer lizzerds-dey's
green on de grass but when yer runs 'em onto
er rale dey's ez grey ez Confederlt jeans An
dey's got no chance 'ginst de Dimmocrat par
ty. Yer heah me! Hits like b'ar-meat-de
mo- yer chaws on hit de bigger hit swells"
And the old man felt of his saw and ambled
away.-Ahanta Constitution.
The PHILOSOPHY OF STRIKEs.-"Where
are you going with the puppies, my little
man?' asked a gentleman of small boy
whom he met with three pups in basket.
"Goin to drown them,'' was the reply.
81 want a pup for my little boy tc play
with what do you say to letting me take
one of them?"
"I'll sell you one" spoke up the boy with
true American enterprise.
"I'll sell you this yaller one for half dol
lar, the black one for Is cents, and the spot.
ted one is worth dollar"
81 think my boy would like the spotted
one best, but you ask too much for it. You
had intended drowning all of them. But III
give you 25 cents and save you the trouble
of drowning the spotted one" -,
twenty-five cents for that spotted pup!'
exclaimed the boy; II can't stand it; taxes
is high; rent is high; groceries is high oil
is down and going lower-oh, no; can't
take less than dollar"
"But you intend to drown"
"Take the black one at rs cents.'
"My little boy wouldn't like the black
one."
take the yaller one at half dollar, and
he's dog cheap"
81 don't like his color"
"Well, then, you'd better tell your little
boy to play with his toes" and he continued
on his way to the river, remarking that "No
party can dead beat his way on me these hard
times"
A WAY PAssENGER.-He was "culle'd
tramp" and approached Conductor Jase Phil
lips as the train hauled up at Pewee. "ls
you de captin' OBJ de kears?" eyes," replied
Jase. "Don't want fo' to hire any deck
hands, dug ye2" "No! I'm not running a
steamboat" "'Zac'ly Mout I ride straddle
OBJ de cow-snatcher to de mex landin'-Ise
busted an a long ways from home" "Get
on! All aboard" and the negro straddled
the "cow-snatcher" Ed. Gilligan pulled out
the throttle wide open, and the train had not
gone more than half minute before the en-
CINE collided with COW, throwing it over a
fence into corn6eld, and the negro after the
COW. Next day, coming down, the negro
!imped up to Jase at the same depot and said a:
"Boss, didn't ride fur with you on dat COW.
snatcher. Kase you see de cow wanted to
ride dar, too, an dar want room fo' bofe of
US, so we got off togedder up here in con:
field fo' to rest. De mex time I rides wild
you I'll freeze to de tail-gates OBJ de wagon
hits safer."-LoussviNe Courier Journal.
ONE ExcEPTIoN.-He was an old physi-
clan, and he was declaiming the other day
against the propensity of eating unripe fruit
and vegetables. Said he, "There is not a
fruit or vegetable growing in our gardens
that is not best when arrived at maturity, and
most of them are positively injurious unless
fully ripe" II know one thing that amt 80
good when it's ripe as tits when green," inter
rupted little boy, in very confident but
modest manner. whats thatf" sharply
said the physician, vexed at having his prin-
ciple disputed by mere boy. "A cucum-
ber," replied the lad.
bg- We read of Pennsylvania man who
cured himself of dyspepsia by chasing chro-
mo agent over mountain nine miles high ;
but there is man in the Valley Of Virginia
who for forty years has enjoyed, with an ever
increasing relish, setting pack Of hounds on
every lightning.rod man and book agent who
has stopped at his gate. This, he says, has
contributed to his amusement and good
health.
sg~ Snodgrass says the prettiest sewing ma
chine he ever saw was about seventeen years
old, with short sleeves, low-neck dress and