The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-09-29

awake. Eph. is a singulsr-loox-
ing old negro anyway; and gou
can't make. the other darkies of
Fox Grapes believe but what ne
is a 'scungyrer.' The old man
has an evil eye, with patch of
white wool on each side and one
on the back of his head, while
the rest Of his skull is a dirty
bald. Aroused from a nap after
mopping the lemonade out of has
face with a suspicious-looklng
rag, which he dropped into the re-
mains of what was once o beaver
nat by his chair, Eph. would
strike up with "old gray horss,'
or "Biily IN the low grounds
much to the chagrin ofJako Ham
meBlager and others who were
dying to waltz. "Oh, play us a
waltz, Eph.; that's what you were
paid for" yelled Jake. "AliI
right, boss; ies wait tel ! tchuneI
my inlxstermen, says Il phi
While the fiddleis beng tuned,
Jake stands in the latest waltz
position, 0earnad in New OHeans)
with the sylph-like Miss Louis
lana Baegins. Having worked
with his fiddle some minutes,
Eph. at last strikes up u brand
new waltz 10 the air OF sfCa'line,
Ca'line, can't you dance the pea
yinsH H
This was a little too much.
Jake ,Hammerslager and his par
ticular sell thereupon held coun-
ell of war, and resolved, with
MRS. Binksa consent, they would
waltz and polk 10 the parlor, TO-
the music Of the 1898 piano,
manipulated BY the pretty. jewel
ed fingers. of Jake Hammer
siager 5 sister, Miss Carrie, In
this coterie were Jake and "the
beautiful and accompllshedpQ Qrom
the aWhistler" Miss Louisiana
Bagging, the daughter Of the big
Fox Grapes merchant; Beauty
Spotwood aud the 'syivacious and
interesting from the rWhis-
tier, MISS Mary Ann Ties;
Charley Sweetsmell, who clerks
for old Hammeralager, and MISS
Emeline Turnkey, the daughter
Of the 'schiyalroas and dashing
High Sheriff frem the "Whis-
tier Of this. Gtoobcr county and
last, but not least, s'thati rising
! younglawyer,'' from theI"Whls-
tier" just admitted to the Fox
Grapes bar, Casey Brazentace,
ESD, and the ssintellectual and
cultured7 .trom the & Whistler }
/ Miss Belva iSwitchgoods The Eox
/ Grapes schoolnistGessa Nss d
! With dancing ria ID modc,"
(taily niode,l saysilsgnile Bmks)
aHds'a La 60 ms yonplease; the
notes of the piano resembling
The pattef of hailstones on tin
4 pan; the rythmie knocking Of
! Uncle Eplas Nosa12cright foot
land the wbeezing Of hls aged I'D
i die 10 the elihing.halI; themellow
moon, (nihe deyil's ii the moon,n
i Byron says,) meanwhile slowly
creeping down the west esquire
4 Binks peacefully ssawing gourds''
| inhisiFoon, and Mrs Binksy as
sisted by Mrs. Paawiiser, lifting
the last heezeg Of fise-crealh iinlc
bis china sshccfs, 'ssassei's,
says the Sqtiife,) with scenes II
peizih on them; everything 10
deed-to use d pet qUothiion AMI
Ia line over of othe WInstler's
upon occasions like this -
tHent ,nettyas aisrtia9e bdii:
Batbnllii Emtla ddep sound strikes lils
tt 4 rising speif9 Td ial p
1t was the ery Of '.F'ive ! ffen
Squire Binkss SHE sprang dewl
: the haIl-waysshis Understanding gI
end and full Of feathersswlth or
bootgoR, another 10 his srigh
hand, and q lslop bucket N. hi
lcfto nSYheres Where2's 81
Q asked 10 the. same breath byn
! dozen persons at ones, asg the
& rush outof the parlor and'dinin
) lhal. Carrie Hammeus.ager give
Z one piercing shrek and falli
3 fainlirg. upon The floor. She
e hurriedIy placed on the sofa >
s Jake. Miss EneIlne TuYnke
! bets anything IT'S the jail 81
4 skips down the cedar-lined wal
4 Ito the picket fence and Climbs U
d for q better view, She can Sc
d fno sign of a FIRE, however. III
4 gentlemen nave all gone in II
j. wake Df Squire Binks, and Il
IS ladies are aleDe. Mrs Puffwrit'
t starts for tbs stairway and cal
a after the Others 10 follow. Mr
il Binks, who aeEer loses her pre-
e enee Of mind remains below WI
n Miss Carrie, and bathes the pos