Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-02-28
ssRICE. CHALK AND PEANUTS.''
Miscellaneous Collection that Shows the
Humorous side of Life in Tarhcelia.
From the Milton Chronicle.


There is an old soldier living in Or
ange who takes periodical spells of
wild insanity, dresses up in his
old uniform and wanders about the
country making speeches to every two
or three he may find about some cross
roads store Recently, he took the
tariff as his subject for enlightenment.
He told the people there was mighty
fuss being made over it and not one
man in hundred knew anything
about it or had ever seen man that
did. Why, he said it was nothing to
make such a. mighty ado about, Il
know all about it, I've seen it, and it's
burned little bitter thing, no big
germ a flying squirrel !" This old
soldier may have been little off but
we question if he isn't better informed
on the tariff to-day than the average
candidate for the Legislature will be
this summer.
From the Gastonia Gazette.
An old Seth Thomas s.clock, rests
upon the mantel of an old citizen who
lives near Pleasant Ridge. 1t has not
been running for fifteen years. A few
days ago clock fxer in examining it
to make necessary repairs found that
the striking weight was suspended in
stocking He found that the hook
to which the cord should have been
fastened had been broken off, and they
| came to the conclusion that the one
who mended the clock fifteen years
previous, having no place to attach
the cord, struck upon the happy idea
of putting the weight into the stock
ing and then tied the cord around it
just above the weight, where it has re-
manned unmolested ever since.
From. the Gastonia Gazette
A farmer went to one of the mer-
chants at Glover, S. c., and laid in a
good healthly supply of provisions
and arranged them satisfactorily in
his wagon. A chattel mortgage was
drawn up and just as the man was
about to sign his name, the horse broke
loose and put for home with all his
might Of course the owner dropped
the pen and ran after the horse, the
! merchant at the same time hallowing
at the top of his voice, | say, | say.
come back and sign your name! We
have not been informed whether the
name has yet been signed.
From the Milton Chronicle.
The phrase "Brindle Taip' has
come into popular dispute-we see
that Mr.. Geo. Lea dubbed it on to
Mayor johnson of Danville, with the
prefix adjective of "Brindle Tail. y
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the Hon.
Joe Turner of the Raleigh Sentinel
manufactured that word. He's a poor
man now. And when he did his hea-
West writing the North was too much
engaged with its carpet-baggers to at
tend to his words. But Joe's the boy
that got off that term, "Brindle Tail .
From, the Milton Chronicle
An eastern Magistrate in every case
used to ask where was the woman
On one occasion man fell off house
and was picked up in the street, his
leg and arm both broken, and the
magistrate enquired where was the
woman in this, there was bound to be
one somewhere, and sure enough the
fellow admitted he was on the house
top and had turned to look at wo.
man when his foot slipped.
From the Carriage Gazette
A negro preacher was, a few days
since, put in Jail here, and as they
proceeded to lock him up some one
suggested that he convert the many
prisoners in there and let all come ou
with their many dark sins cleared
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