The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-29
NORF CA'LINY WAYS"
ODDITIES OF TARHEEL CIVILI-
ZATION.

Incidents That Could Happen Nowhere
Else Rut I'm Tarheelia-- Fishing for
Rats - An Old-Fashioned Turtle
Fight-Possum Wine-The Rabbits
Foot.
Our esteemed friend the Whining
ton Star, as will be seen by reference
to our State news column, believes
that there is virtue in the left hindfoot
of graveyard rabbit. Well, maybe
there be, but one of the compositors in
this office, Mr. Fred St. E. Rolfe,
don't think So He traded for one
last Sunday week in the hope of draw
ing fifteen thousand dollars in the
Louisiana State Lottery by virtue
| thereof, and was in consequence very
sanguine up till the arrival of the Star
yesterday, when he found that his
ticket was water haul. He is our
authority for saying that there is no
virtue in the pedal appendage afore-
said.-G Gotdsboro argus.
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A party from Bennettsville was
selling patent broom in Town last
week. As he was about to depart, he
inquiringly remarked, Fayetteville
must be mighty unhealthy place. y
"Why?'' asked his friend. Because,
l called at about thirty residences and
when l asked for the lady of the
house the servants almost all, she is
sick" The friend suggests that it
would be more frank and less hurtful
to our town, to say mot at home" 1t
is inferred that the plea of "sick' was
to evade the undesired visit, for it is
we'll known that our town is health
full one.-Neacs.
A young gentleman of our acquaint-
ance desired to call upon a member
of the gentler sex. Not having a
messenger boy convenient to carry
the note, he, in a joking way offered a
gentleman friend dime to carry it
for him. His friend, entering into
the spirit of the thing accepted the
offer, carried the note and before Civ
ing it to the young lady, requested
the pleasure Of calling that night him.
self, (cheek unutterableD which the
lady accorded, he then presented his
friends note, and of course the lady
was compelled to return "a previou.
ETC., prevents. .'-Fdyetteuille Nc,cs.
The new "reform name for it. A
few days ago a pretty tough customer
from Harnett was before U. S. officer
here on charge of illicit distilling
He was asked if he did not have q
still. He said no, he had some large
pots. Another query. "What was
in one of those large potts." .licited the
response, g Postum wine." That was
a puzzler. Nobody liked to appear
ignorant of what 'possum wine wa.
but yet nobody knew. Finally he wa.
asked. !" What is 'possum wine.
WE'LL" said he, some folks calls i
'simmon beer. Raleigh Neacs- Obser
teer. f
l. m'1 Sos = = eai
There was as an old fashioned Stur
tie fight at Mr.. Peterson's store. Oh
Monday last Mr.. Peterson bough
about one hundred loggerhead turtlel
of different sizes and different temper
ament. They were all turned ZOOS,
in an adjoining room and such :
clinching, swapping, knocking ane
boxing has seldom been Witnessed
| Washington Gazette.
New Berne proposes to have al
"oyster fair" next winter. Not one O
the old church kind-oceans Of thiI
soup and, lonesome blvalve now anc
then, but an exhibition of oysters in
tended to encourage ard develop the
industry in North Carolina Orforc
Torchlight.
A young man from the countr,
walked into the county court room OF
Yesterday and seeing chair behine
the judges stand, remarked, that he
thought the judge 'tsat ON the bench
and not on a chair.-Raleigh Visitor.
Among other items furnished in {
recent issue of the Concord Times
from Harrisburg, Cabarrus county, i,
one to the effect that "Mr. j. w
Hancock had IA pair of chiils las
week"
Letters in a Watermelon.
From tie Wilmington Star
Ken Hamilton, a vender in the
market, tells of a watermelon that up
on being cut exhibited two white let
ters-"A n ON the red meat of the
fruit. The letters were plainly dis