Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-03-27
ssRICE CHALK AND PEANUTS.'
A Miscellaneous Collection that Shows the
Humorous Side of Life in Tarhee
From the Ne,oton Enterprise.

A young goslin fellow, hearing all
of our farmers say that the best way
to produce luxuriant crops, was to use
fertilizers, concluded to try the artic-
lie on his downy whiskers, and so he
made liberal use of it to his face,
and then started out to see his-well,
we had better not tell her name. Things
went on finely until his filiations were
attracted by her lips for collision,
and as they were SO near, what else
could he do but smack them, and her
talking machine commence to get up
steam and move usly-"John you
are drinking" "No [ amt" Yes
you are John?" "How can you tell ?"
.Whv, l tasted some of that old pop
skull whiskey they make around here
on your lips that's how know"
From the Milton Chronicle.
AS last Saturdays freight train No.
19, Capt. Grim, conductor, and Cross,
engineer, was rafting % miles an
hour down that long grade near Dan
vile, an old negro woman who
had been out to gather wood stepped
just off the track to ''let her go by"
The old woman had bundle of wood
on her head and one of the sticks was
rather long pole that stuck out in
front-of course she was bound to
turn her head to look at the train be-
fore it passed her, and as she did, the end
of the pole ran smack into the pilot
bars and the engine thundered ahead
carrying off the old woman's whole
turn of wood. She strained her eyes
at it and stood stock still for full five
minutes, but she amt saen her wood
"till yet
From tie Cagterct Telephone.
In the summer of 1881, while Capt.
Eugene Yeamons was on New River
cutting posts, he discovered a deer ly-
ing under the shade of a tree, and
called to Chas. to bring him his gun.
Before Charles got to him Thomas
Styron frightend the deer, and he ran
so close to Capt. Yeamons that he
raised his foot and gave him a kick,
killing him almost instantly. Chall S
arrived in the meantime and with look
of astonishment, first at the deer and
then at the Capt and his deadly weap-
on, he, exclaimed "Why Cap. you's
got him, haint you ?'' The party had
fresh venison for dinner.
Jones County Cor. in Ne,o Be,ne journal.
1 heard an old citizen say that his
wife hal been after him to subscribe
for the Journal. I told him that
would gladly send in his subscription
any time, that | thought it was as gooo
an investment as he could make, that
it would be worth quarters schooling
for his children. He said none of his
family could read-did not want it tc
read-the old Oman needed lot O.
bonnet stiffenings and he thought he
would subscribe for paper to supply
them.
From tie Ne,0 Bernc Journal
For one to go to his turkey bait anc
wait all day without seeing birc
is trying to the patience, to go ant
find that the bait has been gobblec
up by the gobblers just one half houl
before is disappointing, but to be there
empty gun and not kill turkey i
provoking.
From the Dan5ury Reporter.
Can't we get up another mad dos
scare, and get off a few more of ou
worthless ours? Itwould be a fine thin!
if a large invoice could be sent to tn,
happy hunting ground where bone
abound and the wicked flea cease,
from troubling.
From the iStatesrtIle american.
Quite an excited crowd gathere,
near the town scales at the intersec
tirn of Broad and Centre Streets OF
Wednesday morning last. The cen
tre of attraction was horse auction
Twelve dollars captured the nobl
Bucephalus.