The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
DIdn't Want Advice From strauRers.
The AFTERNOON Of Thanksgiving day wa

Inc alteruoon OF lhankeRlving day wa.
ol<that dreary, hazy, nonpareil charactei
when the atflnent gtories Of soft I,aliar
rain were slowly fading into the autumna
tints OF blue norther that came atreaklul
down from the bald SUBMITS Of the r yck,
Mountains, and cast Its chilling shadows
on the shingle roof OF the City Hotel al
Brenham, Texas. Our scene opens IN
this famous hostelry.
Five solitary drummers were lying
around the stove, and in picturesque
groups, hut IN obedience to ihe natural
instinct all drummers seem to have tc
impart aNfctltious expansion to the
truth. They had been lying 90 much If
professional capacity that 1t was q trea
to them to have little 20 as you please
lying match with each other On general
principles. The subjects under discus.
sion, or rather under prevarication, were
fishing, hunting and field sports gener-
ally. They told such fearful lies that the
very stove turned red, which stove they
had surrounded as completely as If It
was country merchant who needed
goods.
Inc Youngest commercial cmissary in
Inc delegation was Il youth named Levi
jacobson, who was ralding on Il, xas in
The interest of Baltimore house in the
boot, shoe and clothing line. lie did
not join tho conversation, and there was
really no reason for him to do 80, as
tho sacred cause Of truth was suffering
| abundant mutilatIon as 1t were, at the hands
| of the other inquisitors. The reason
| Levi Jacobson did not volunteer to help
was because there were other topics IN
| which he could do better. II they had
| talked about the drama, or of female
loneliness. he would not have been found
without something to say, for was he not
critic and a master of the mashcrs?
lie prlded himself on being ono of the
knowing ones; but having lived all his
life In cities or on the road he was some
what lost when the talk was of quail,
trout. deer, and of tho rival merits of
choke bore, centre fire, 10 .calibre, etc.,
ETC.. etc.
Snipe wcre mentioned, and some one
made an allusion to that hackncyed old
practical joke about catching snipe in O
SACK, never suppuslng for moment that
there was any one alive on earth who did
not know the joke. jacobson, however,
was ignorant, as he demonstrated by 1e-
marking that 'thrse snipe must be stupld.
ike that ostrich was, u put their head IN
bag"
1t was nuts to the other drummers to
find at last 'the most innocent man on the
road"
enipe hunt was at once proposed, Mr..
jacobson to take the leading rolo and
carry the sack and the lantern.
III 1 CHI sGi5 thsff rs he m9s from
creeks, through woods swamps. Unfit
they came to what the u. said was a
nd anil,
IN path with a lantern III one hand and
the sack Ia tho other. The rest Of the
party were to scatter out for some distance,
and then to gradually close in and return
back to Jacobson, driving the sripe before
them. The leading man IN the company
waa instructed how to kill tho snipe when
he Captured the full of the bag, and how
to set his trap and wait for more. Then
the other drummers vent bowling out into
the darkness III pursuit OF snipe.
Dir jacobson walled.
Holding the sack made his arms acte.
Bulfrogs croaked.
jacobson continued to wait.
Owls h0OtGd.
The night grew on apace and found
jacobson still waiting for the snlpo to
come out of the darkness.
1t was midnight.
Around tho same stove four solitary
drummers were gathered. They were
full of mirth and gaycty, and they
laughed loud and long.
Suddenly the laugh died away on their
lips, tie merry joke was chopped off in it's
uttcrance and al unripe pun Was hastily
thrown under the stove by tue long
legged drummer, for there in the donr-
a nd NJ al,
remnant all that was mortal OF Jacob
son, the snipe huptcr.
He said: "My vrends, you thought dot
was a good joke, but l vas acquainted
With dot joke sefen years ago. / stayed
out With dot bag there just TO see if you
was 30 mean as to blay dose tricks on
stranger, and wants nodings moro to
do with you"
He refused all overtures looking to-
ward reconciliation. and went to bed
swearing he would leave the plaoe on
the next days evening tram. He stayed
IN his room all of the next morning. The
joke got over town. hlr. Moses Solo
mons, leading merchant OF the place,
thought 1t was decidedly wrong to have
treated Jacobson 30 badly, and called to
make his acquaintance and extend his
81 sjmpathies.
When he was admitted to Mr. J.'s
room the latter sald
"Vat you vants9 Guess you would like
to 60 bear-hunting With me and -four
sack; or do you want TO have some fun
driving jack-rabbits into mosquito net,
CHI"
MIR. Solomons explained that he had
heard that the boys had treated Dir. Jacob
son rather roughly. and that ho had threat
encd to leave the city without showing his
samples. He merely called, he said, to
say that the citizens should not be blamed,
and to advise that MIR. J should change
his intention and prosecute his business as
ii nothing had happened.
u don't want any advice from strangers.
vas treated paddy In this town, and /
leaves 1t right away. There vas no shen-
t.emans In this blace."
Dir. SolOmons has great deal Of pride
In the social and 1nanancial standing Of
the people of Bronham
When Dir. jacobson was dragged from
under Mr.. Solomons 1t was found nacos.
cary to adjust his scattered Abrahamic
co1ntanance with about yard of COURT
plaster. He Is now travelling In Western
Louisiana, and he tells the merchants with
whom he does business that he was run
over by u hand-car on the Central Railroad.
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