Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-03-27
FOR BETTER Or FOR WORSE.

The old man BendigO keeps pretty sharp
eye on his daughter Mary; and many would
be lover has taken walk after few minutes
conversation with the hard hearted parent.
The old chap is stuck this time, however, and
cards are out for a wedding. After a lucky
young man had been sparkling Mary for six
months, the old gentleman stepped in as usual,
requested private confab, and led off with
''You seem like a. nice young man, and per-
haps you are in love with my Mary ?"
eyes, / am,' was the honest reply.
"Haven't said anything to her yet, have
your"
"Wel, no; but I think she reciprocates my
Affection
'Does ell? Well, let me tell you something.
Her mother died a lunatic, and there is
no doubt that Mary has inherited her insan-
ity."
II am willing to, take the Chances" replied
the lover
Eyes, but you see Mary has terrible tenn
per. She has twice drawn knife on me
with intent to commit murder"
"I'm used to that-got sister just like
her," was the answer.
'EAnd you should know, that have sworn
a solemn oath not to give Mary cent Of any
property" continued the father.
"Well, I'd rather start poor and build up.
There's more romance in it.
The old man had one more shot in his car
bne, and he said:
Perhaps 1 ought to tell you that Mary's
mother ran away from home with a butcher,
and that all her relations died in the poor
house. These things might be thrown up in
after years, and now warn you."
'Mr Bendigo," replied the lover, "I've
heard all this before, and also that you were
on trial for forgery, had to jump Chicago for
bgamy, and served year in the State Prison
for cattle-stealing. Pm going to marry into
your family to give you a decent reputation ?
There-no thanks-good-bye -
Mr.. Rendgo looked after the young man
with his mouth wide open, and when he could
get his jaws together he said.
'sSOme internal hyena has went and given
me away on my dodge?'
A COMEDY OF ERRoRs.-A SOlon OF the
Senate occupied the same house with a clerk
of the same name AS both are modest, ell
derly gentlemen we will call one Senator Bang
and the other Simon Bang. One has modest
little attic, and the other handsome suite OF
apartments on the ground floor. Both gen.
tlemen had ordered suits of clOthes-the Sen
ator from Timms & Co., the leading fashiOna-
ble tailor of the national capital; the clerk
from little box of an establishment that
shoulder up and march off.
AS luck would have it, the parcels contain
ing the two suits arrived nearly at the same
time, and the stupid girl, not well up in wri-
ting, mistook S. Bang for Senator Bang, and
Senator Bang for S. Bang, and so served the
clothes. The Senator is a simple-wayed old
gentleman, and donned the cOmmOn-suit un-
suspectingly, while the clerk, thinking the
stuff lie had selected made up far better than
he anticipated, did the same.
The result was the dignified solon was re-
fused admission to the floor of the House be-
cause of his common appearance, While the
clerk bloomed into a gentleman. So marked
was his appearance that widow he had been
counting for several years accepted him at
once and named the happy day.
But for the interference of Timms, the fash
ionable tailor, who getting wind of his best
customers extraordinary clothes, resolved HIM
self into a detective, the error never would
have been rectifed AS it was, the poor clerk
was arrested with his bride, Oh their way to
church, and the poor lady, so lately wed, had
to furnish the money to buy off her newly
made husband AS it was, womar-like she
got comfort from furnishing the most innocent
man of the affair. She wrOtethe unslspectlng
Senatora sarcastic note begging him to accept
her husbands clothes, which he was then wear
ing, as a present. Washington Cdp'tdI
THE VALUE OF AUTOGRAPHs.-Mr. Ma
son. the numismatist of Philadelphia, OF whom
mention was made in this column a few days
since, is also authority on the value OF auto
grapls. The letters which command the
highest prices are those which are termed ''au-
tograph letters signed" being such as are
written entirely by the signer. Of the auto
graph letters of the Presidents, those OF
Washington and Lincoln lead, washington
bringing from S. to S25, and Lincolns tromS4
to $50. The most ever paid for letter OF
Washington was S115, for one written SIX
days before his death and supposed TO De ms
last. Letters of Zachary Taylor are worth
from S. to $40; of John Adams, from IS TO
$40 of James Madison, So to 50; OF Andrew
jackson and w. H. Harrison, 81 to -; OF Jas:
X. Polk, 81. 80 to So; of Thomas Jefferson 81
to 50; of j. @. Adams, So to $3.50; OF John
TYLER, 81 to $3.50; of Franklin Pierce and
james Buchanan, S025 to 81 ; of U. 5. Grant
and r.. b. Hayes, 25 cents to 30 cents, ana Oh
Millard Fillmore, % to 30 cents. Of the sigh
ers of the Declaration of Independence. Thos.
Lynch, Jr.' autograph is the most valuable,
being worth from $50 to SlOO then George
Gwinnett's, S25 to $50; Stephen Hopkins, s2o
to S25; Lyman Halls and John lancock's,
$40 to S25, and so on, all Of them bringing
good prices, with the exception OF Robert Nor
ris'. which is quoted at from ID cents to 2O
cents. Kosciusko's signature is worth from
SIS to $40: Edward Braddock's from S4.5O to
$40: Cornwallis' from So to Sc, and Bur-
rovna,s from S3 to 81 Resides these, there