Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-10-16

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cen the long green leaf thrust into tn
iding places. We have seen even human
eings attracted by green objects. 1t Nigh
ave been the fresh young voices that at
acted them. We have seen even human
eings at the opera, 60 into raptures abou
,usic. to our ears not half so sweet. l
light have been desire for change
We have seen even human beings 'Juml
om the frying pan into the fire. for tn
Ike of a change. The sight of little gir
our. own kneeling in our garden, and t
lr surprise earnestly engaged IN that long
)rgotten, out of vogue amusement, recalled
ividly our own childish days, and in
alf sad, half pleasant mood, we perpetratet
nes that an eminent lawyer, a warm heart
1 man and q true gentleman, of Columbia
,as pleased to commend; and praise from
lch q source was deeply gratifying to th'
ritter, and is the incentive to reproduc
lem here, even before we relate Fats.
.nn's doodle experience.
CALLING DOODLES.
Sitting on the cool verandah,
Fronting this old home OF mine;
Oft will thought and memry wander
Back to days Of auld-lang-syne.
Fragrance from my tiny garden
Where old fashioned flowers bloom,
Soothes the heart time cannot harden,
With an ancient loved perfume.
Not bud of high pretension
Blooming on painted shelf,
Claims the botanist's attention.
All are simple like myself.
And little dear one kneeling
In the garden walk see;
Calling doodles-thus unseallng
Long closed pages now for me.
When the summer sun was shining
have knelt with cheeks afame,
Calling doodles-ne'er divinlng
Why the silly doodles came.
Days once passed in castle building,
Mem'ry now brings back to me,
DAYS when hope was grandly gliding
Mansions would neversee.
Days of. youth and days of pleasure,
Days when an unSpotted name
Was a sacred, priceless treasure,
Son from father hoped to claim.
Days when s'honor' had meaning,
Spoken by manly tongue,
Actions seldom needed screening,
Justice not from terror wrung.
Then wesaw no stylish maiden
Only lovely thro' veil,
With fantastic dry goods laden
Blades OF straw, anu TOOSteI ttii.
Then the robes were loosely flowing,
Round a form of hidden grace,
And modest bonnet showing
Just enough, pretty face.
DAYS when school girls calling doodIes,
Angled with a rod of green,
Kneeling in the garden pathway,
Like my little 1ssoline.
Now they catch handsome noodle
Angling with a rod OF gold,
And like child, and silly doodle"
Worm and angler both are 'sold.'
Calling Notwithstanding doodles,
Safe enough the childish play,
Safer far than catching noodles,
In this more enlightened day.
One hot day during recess, Patsy Ann ant
Vo schooimates knelt near the gate of tn
aground, rather apart from the rest o
ne children, and so intensely interested II
ne doodle business, that they were oblivi
us to all else. Washington Lafayette De
Ialb, returning from an errand in the neigh
orhood, spied the little girls, and being un
BILE to resist the temptation to play meal
nd cruel trick, he crept through the gate
tipped up behind the children, and sudden
= mashed all three heads to the ground
laking their noses bleed and bruising thel
ices. "Making a mash isn't always M IN
aost meritorious action in the world. In
imp fled and escaped recognition
r punishment, for although Patsy felt a Sc
ret conviction that one of her brothers ha'
Gain made Victim of her, she would no
etray him, and only grleved because ne
shared her suffering.
When she went home, her father roughl,
nouired, "What devilment she had bee
D to now?" and the loud laugh of Wash
ngton Lafayette DeKalb confirmed ne
uspicion of him. Her mother kissed he
nd put something healing on her poo
ruised face, and pinched into shape tn
title turned-up nose that had been some
7hat hattened by collision with the ground
nd ended with a gift of some silver to bu.
andy from an Italian confectioner, who's
tore was near by, and was favorite resor
f the little girl, who fancied his "pinde
andy" superior to any other made in town
At that time this man could not hav
cen long in Columbia. Not far from hin
Frenchman opened a similar establish
1ent. bringing with him a pretty littl
'rench wife. The Italian was unmarried
| rather singular story, on the truth o
,hich we do not vouch, was told of how h
emedjed that misfortune, if it was one
NE Frenchman, whose name was DuPre
7as said to be harsh to the little woman
nd one day she left him, and walking int
he store of the Italian, she abruptly en-
uired, "You got wife," NO" said he
Not in your own country?" continued she
Not in any country me got no womans,
Jas the reply. "You want me?" she Wen
a. 81 stay; 1 no like DuPre." "You cal
tay. YOU will do for me-" And the strang
ourtship was done. She staid.
DuPre called few days afterwards AM
sked if "dat womans was coming home
With fierce look the Italian replied, "No
bandoned husband cody replied, and sool
fter he drifted away.
The wife soon found out that she hat
1ade q fearful mistake. The Frenchmal
ad only been harsh-the Italian was cru
!. The former only scolded and cursed her
he latter beat her and would have killed
er, but for a stout young negro woman h
Wned who often rescued the poor littl
hing from the violence OF her master. A
.st, however, her colored protector go
'rong some way. She became, or 1elgnet
} become insane.
Being a valuable piece OF property he
wner wanted her cured, and not being will
ne to incur the expense OF doctor, n
mployed an old woman who promised t.
ire her, and perhaps did, though she tool
strange way to do it. She made him dig
ole the size of the woman's body and deel
nough to receive all but her head AM
rms, and earth was packed closely aroun'
er.
This seems an absurd remedy for any
ling. but we have heard of a case similar
[r. David Truesdale, an oyster-dealer from
ho rIocton who did business here for