Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-01-22
Anmpruas department,
FIGHTING A HIRED MAN.


living in one of our suburban towns. Born
Of poor parents, by industry and perseverance
he had become possessed of one Of the finest
farms in that section, of which he was justly
proud but no prouder was he of it than of
his own physical strength and agility, that
had assisted him in accumulating his proper
ty, and made him most excellent boxer and
wrestler, and he had corresponding contempt
for men of inferior powers One spring, when
help was unusually plenty, he determined to
have the farm run that year by strong team.
So when man presented himself and asked
for work. after inquiring Of the man as to his
habits, etc., he would finish up by asking him
to fight In this way he disposed of quite
number of applicants, and was beginning to
despair of his "strong team" when, one NOR
ming as he was standing in the barn door, q
young man came up the road, and, seeing him,
called out:
"Good morning, sir."
Good morning" he said, gruf1y.
"Do you want to hire hand to work on
your farm, sir?'
perhaps so; want to hire out ?"
eyes, sir; l am looking for job"
"What can you do ?"
call kinds of work, sir; I was born on a
farm"
"Can you fght?"
"What, sir p
"Can you fight, say can you lick me"
81 don't know, sir, whether can or not !;
but Ican try"
And he did try. The first thing Kelley
knew he was on his back on the floor, with
two teeth down his throat the next, the man
was astride his stomach, with fist in each
eye, and his nose was bleeding. Then he let
him up, and was just picking up his bundle
to start off when he was called back and put
to work, and he proved to be as trusty and
industrious as he was brave. The farmers
daughter needed just such man for hus-
band, and now he may be seen, any day, su.
perintending the work on the farm, while
Father Kelley sits in the armchair and tells
to his grandchildren the story of his last
6ght.-Concord People.
A TEN ACRE W1FE.-The other day SOL
omon Glass, colored man whose agricultu'
raj experience has enlightened his neighbor.
hood. came to town with view of getting a
divorce from his wife. When asked upon
what grounds, he replied:
Sufficient is de grounds OBJ dis occasion.
When | rented ten acres and worked one
mule, married 'omar suitable for de occa-
sion. Now | rent sixty acres of Ian and
work FIVE mules. My first wife is mighty
good ten acre wife, but she don't suit de occa-
sion oh sixty acres. ! needs oman who
can spread more"
When told by lawyer that the grounds
were not sufficient, he remarked:
81 kin produce de histry to show whar I'm
careck. Is learned man and can read clear
aroun' de majority OBJ colored gentlemen an
great many white fellers De reasons be
longs ter de French history, an though I
doesn't speak French, l talks about it. You
know Napoleon fust married Josephine de
Beauharis."
"Yes," said the lawyer, "but you may be-
come triAe too historically opulent if you
proceed much further"
"Dat's all right. An you know dat when
he got to de head of de gubernment an had
charge ob all de commisiaries, he wanted a
wife what would spread more, an he got a
dispensation from Josephine and hitched on
to Maria Louisa, case she could spread more.
Dar's de history an dar's de precedent, an eff
a man can't gita dispensation on desc groun's,
: whars yer cOurthouses an whars yer law ?"
Little Rock (Ark.) Gasette.
pd- He came up little late, stepped in
without ringing, and striding softly into the
parlor, dropped into an easy chair with the
careless grace of young man who is accus-
toned to the programme. "By Jove," he
said to the figure sitting in the dim obscurity
of the sofa. "By Jove, I thought was nev-
er going to see you alone again. Your moth.
er never goes away from the house nowadays,
does she, Minnie ?" "Well, not amazingly
frequently" cheerfully replied the old lady,
from the sofa. "Minnie is away so much of
the time now that have to stay in" In the
old hickory, at the end of the house, the mo-
usual style, the katydids never sang more
clearly, and the plaintive cry of the whip
poor-will filled the night with poetry, but he
didn't hear any of it, all the same. "And, by
George" he said to friend, fifteen minutes
later, "if didn't leave my hat on the piano,
and my cane in the hall, I'm goat Think
of 'em? Forget 'em? Strike me blind if
knew l had any clothes on at all. What l
wanted was fresh air, and 1 wanted about
thirty acres of it, and mighty quick too"
She Took HIM AT HIS WoRD.-A capital
story is told of Kentucky girl who had
agreed to elope with lover whom her pa.
rents had refused to admit to the house. She
descended the ladder in the night and started
with him on horseback.
"Now you are sure how much love-" she
said, "you will always be true and kind hus-
band, won't your"
He grufHy answered, "Perhaps I may and
perhaps not"
She rode in silence for few minutes, when
she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, what shall we
do? l have left my money behind me in my
room."
"Then," said he, "we must'go back and
fetch it."
They were soon again at the house, the lad.
der was again replaced, the lady remounted,
while the illnatured lover remained below.
But she delayed to come and he gently call
ed out, "Are you comingi when she looked
out of the window and said, "Perhaps I may
and perhaps not" and then shut down the
window.
s8~ "See," said a gentleman, "here is an il.
lustration. At one time should have sworn
awfully at this hy-but, look now." Raising
his hand, he said, gently, "Go away, fly, 60
away" But the fly only tickled his nose the
more. The gentleman, raising his hand with
some vehemence, made grab at the offender,