Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-05-01

A miscellaneous Collection that Shows the
Humorous Side of Life in Tarheeiia.
From. the Milton Chronicle.


The moon was simply glorious
and the stars seemed singing an an
them, it was night for melody. A
party of young men planned a sere-
made at certain residence where the
tenor is sweet ON the old mans darling,
and knowing she would have two or
three lady friends to stay with her
that night, he sent word by her little
| bud in the evening, ''to look out they
were coming" Now this little ras-
cal concluded he'd have some fun and
| he went to work and caught about a
dozen cats and tied their tails togeth-
er and soused them into bag. About
midnight, the tenor with a guitar and
his two friends with first and second
violin opened fire under the girls
window on the "Rose Haliz." 1t was
we'll and faithfully executed, heyouth
with the guitar patting both feet as he
abandoned his whole so;ii into the ac-
Compartment And then they sang
"Come where My Love Lies Dream
ing" the tenor fairly tiptoeing to shoot
the high potes as fine as horse hair
through his nose. And now came the
urchin's time He remembered that
his sister was very fond Of Over the
Garden Wall, and just as they had
finished he threw a note from the
window. The tenor jumped for it and
struck match 1t said: delightful.
O what a voice! Please do sing
Cover the Garden WALL" and oblige
the young ladies'" All, thought the
tenor-its her favorite. He cleared
| Il
But they hadn't more than climbed
the chorus bar to the garden wall
when zip! came the cats, and they
seemed to know what was expected of
them. for they fought and spit and
screamed all around the heels of the
musicians, and the old man ran his
head out of the window and cried,
"Scat you hussies !" but the racket
: grew wilder and wilder until the ten
, or hopelessly exclaimed, Boys let's
4 run p and they left in a lope. But the
t best of it was that while the young la
!. dies were screaming up stairs, and the
l old man was out trailing among the cats
!, and untying their tails, his wife staid
$ in bed and stood to it there was moth.
ing the matter, that it was nothing
| but the serenaders for they mostly
t have Il voice like a cat, she sal t..
> From the Weldon Ncos.
Isaa Liggin, colored, became of
:, Tended at something Jim Sipers, col
} ored, had said or done. Isaac is small
= and Jim of Jumboic dimensions
= Isaac concluded that in a rough ant
= tumble fight Jim would break hi
bones to pieces. So to satisfy ant
t make whole his wounded honor lsaa
1t challenged jim to mortal combat. jim
r accepted and chose shot guns us th
l. weapons They chose their second
s. and repaired to the bank of the rag
'e ing canal where they were made read
er for the fray amid host Of mutua
n friends. Jim began to show OF Gavin
4 in as the seconds made ready for th
e. fatal combat And after beholdin
n the murderous looking implements {
G war for a short time longer, Jim il
Is formed his second and the crowd ger
st orally that he chad wife and chillu
o. at home and want ready to die no ho
3. and want gwine to fight nuther' an
e, he left for a more congenial nelghbo
h hood. So ended the fight. 1t W;
id afterwards discovered that Isaac ha
III on two overcoats and piece of shee
ne iron for protection.
is-
:, From the Weldon Neecs.
or A parson of the colored persuasit
,r- approached one of our ticket agen
Mt some time ago and inquired VIII
ne would be the fare across the bridg
3ss The agent smiled all over his face al
told the astonished inquirer that Tic
cts were sold for no less distance thu
Garyburg. The anxious clergym;
was debating whether to buy or not
ba buy, VIXEN gentleman standing ne
he approached the window and suggest
taI to the would-be ticket buyer to board t
hn train without a ticket and the conduct
hv would come around just about the til
y the train had crossed the bridge.
being without ticket, of cour
would be put off and without mon
and without price," he would be. j.
81 where he wanted to be. ode Lord
nv ~ do know dat's what 1 am gwine to d.
nd and straightway he left a puzzled a
,ot blank ticket agent and the treasu
b;s off corporation twenty-five cents po
-, er than it would have been.