Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-03-13
"RICE, CHALK AND PEANUTS.'
A miscellaneous Collection that Shows tn
Humorous Side of Life In Tarheelia.
From the Milton Chronicle.

From the Milton Chronicle.
A long-legged shuck headed chap
with his breeches stuck in his stocking
legs entered Bob Walkers drug store
and enquired: "Mr. have you got any
woolly- y-bully?" mo sir" "Strange!"
unused tho tramp, ruminating on one
leg, "its the allfredest dose for man
that's bursting over for an Office, and
[ need little to calm down my rising
ambishuns p "What office do you
want p ooh I've got the reg'lar shakes
for anything! I'm all in a jerk to run
for clerk. And l wouldn't keer fl
could be Sheriff. And I've sort of
ambishun'er to be a Commissioners,
while it's a tramp's human nature to
run for the Legislator" "Well, what's
your claims on the people ?" Mister,
let me shake these old shoes and roll
down my pant legs; thar's two scars
on that leg and one on that-here
hold my coat please an anchor
and a ship on that arm q can swim
eight miles down stream) and thar's a
bullet hole right under it, and thar's
another scar ON that arm, and all of
'em got under Uncle Rob Lee-Mis-
ter, amt Iqualifed?'
From, the StatesoiNe American.
We inquired of lad the other even
ing the way t. the residence of gen.
tleman /; now this is what he told us
"You go down the street till you come
to brick church without no fence
round it, then you turn to your left
till you come to another corner, then
you turn to your right till you pass
the blacksmith shop and then you are
most there" Now that is what we
| call definite, but the instructions are
rather difficult to carry out How a
man can turn to his left till he comes
to another corner, and then to his
right till he comes to a blacksmith 8
shop, is what confuses and puzzles
| us. However, of such is the time
honored directory of Statesville.
Prom the Clinteu Caucasian
That was a ludicrous as we'll as
painful scene in which one of our most
prominent citizens figured the other
day. He was having some bees hauled
in an OK cart OF course the bees
couldn't get out, but they did get out
all the same. Well, you may imagine
the sequel. Ok ran away, broke oui
of cart, spilled bees by the hive. Pass
ersby sympathized with the aforesaid
citizen and the driver, but they could
not stop to lend a helping hand.
From, the Elizabeth City Economist.
"With herrings at twenty-five cents
a canoe load, free salt to cure them
and bread at sixty cents bushel, life
for twelve months, is secure in the
Albemarle. We are safe now. w,
ask no odds of any man or woman
we can eat a shad for shilling, her
ring for halfa-cent, aud cat fish
or perch, or grindle, for the ask
ing, and we've got king-fsher for q
representative in Congress. Wht
cares ?"
From the Statewide AmerieDn.
This is the sixth week of court, ant
the mill grinds on as evenly and tn
lawyers-as gracefully and huently a
they did over month ago; the onl,
thing about the court that seems play
ed out, is horse swopping; this can be 40
counted fol. by the fact, that every mai
in the county has at sometime within tn
last six weeks owned every horse il
the county, hence the material is ex
hausted.
From tie Lo,ossuilie Or, Of Lfneointon Press.
After Mr.. S. c. Henkle had takel
off his shoes and socks the othe
night he gave the fire a last punch
whereupon coal of fire alighted be
two of his toes and stuck there till h
had kicked around for some time. III
has not been able to wear that sho
since.
From the Washington Gazette.
AS an illustration of the heathful
ness of our Eastern section, it ha
been told us that John Midyett, VIII
once lived in Hyde county was s
vigorous and musclar, that petition
was once sent to the Legislature t
have his fists declared a deadly weaE