Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-01-31

sSr The old fashion in Virginia for negroes,
was to wear long tails of Grape tied round
their hats, and to hang down their backs.
A planter one day met a strange negro on
the road, decked out with a superabundant
amount of Grape that reached almost to his
heels.
"Who do you belong to?" asked the plan.
ter.
"Mrs. -, of Albemarle," replied Cesar.
"Where are you going?"
ITO Massa IS furnace I've been hired
out to work dar."
"You have lost some of your friends, 1
see"
"Yes, Massa."
"Was it a near or distant relatives"
"Wall, pretty distant"-'bout twenty five
miles,"
a@ The celebrated violinist, Joachim, du-
ring winter residence in North Germany,
was in the habit of watching the skaters on a
fine piece of water beneath his windows, until
one day it occurred to him to try the exercise
himself. AS he had never yet donned pair
of skates, he put himself into the hands of a
man who provided skates and instructions in
the art, on the brink of the water, and was
soon equipped and started on the ice, the mas
ter leading his pupil. Finding no difficulty in
keeping bis balance under these circumstan-
ces, Joachim feeling sure he could 60 alone,
desired his leader to leave him, and the next
minute was sprawling on the ice, on his back.
"Aha !" said the teacher, triumphantly, as he
raised bis PROSTATE pupil, "you see it is not
quite so easy as playing the fiddler
p~ A New Orleans Judge, riding in the cars
recently, from a single glance at the coun-
tepance of lady by his side, imagined he
knew her, and ventured to remark that the
day was pleasant She only remarked,
"Yes." "Why do you wear veil" "Lest
Iattract gentlemen" ut is the province of
gentlemen to ADMIRE" replied the gallant
man of law. "Not when they are married"
"But am not" Indeed! p "Oh, no; I'm
bachelor" The lady quietly removed her
veil, disclosing to the astonished magistrate
the face of his mother.in.law. He has been
raving maniac ever since.
HIS Loss.-Old Mr.. Meredin had been
married forty.three years, when his wife died,
last week. He didn't appear to miss her very
stuck out his foot for somebody to come and
pull off his boot. And then, when his son-
in.law coldly handed him the bootjack, the
full weight of the irreparable loss he had sus-
tanned broke upon the old man, and he gave
way to food Of tears. As for the bootjack,
it had been 80 long since he had seen one, he
didn't know how to use it.
ha5- A gentleman who visited public
school in Oswego, N. Y, taught by young
lady, the other day, at her request, made an
address to the scholars, and astounded them
and overwhelmed the teacher at the end of
his remarks, by saying that he was very glad
to see them doing so well, and hoped that
they would all prize and love their teacher as
he loved her. The result is not known.
~ Some men are born great. A treasury
clerk was murmuring softly in his sleep, the
other night, "Kate Kate!" His wife, whose
name is Sussnnah, soon woke him by cross
examination which would astonish the safe
burglars. "Oh never mind, Susan" he mild
ly exclaimed, "twasn't woman it was only
the syndicate I was talking about"
p@ If you are troubled with warts, steal a
piece of your neighbor's dish rag, rub the
wart gently, and repeat in a solemn voice the
following incantatien cana mana memo
mike para Iona bona strike, hare ware walla
wack, haico balico we no wack." The wart
will 60 away-when you do.
p@A travelling dentist invaded Burlington
OIL H.