The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-01-26
HOME-SPUN FUN.
SOM e OF THE HUMOROUS THINGS
OUR PEOPLE Do AND SAY.

SOM OF THE HUMOROUS THINGS
OUR PEOPLE Do AND SAY.
Wilkes County Nonssnse-The Judges
Sly Joke-A Peculiar Donation and
Henry Blount's Life-like Description
of Boy During the Guitar Period"
At certain church in this county,
"a few days ago, during the collection
for the benefit of the minister young
member ofthe congregation proposed
to give the divine rabbit gum.
Rorboro Courier.
Some fellows are ridicl,lously jeal-
Gus. A green young man had his en-
gagement with sweet girl broken be-
cause she happened to close letter
in this way: II shall have stop now,
since the arms of Morpheus await me
and | want to rest within his en-
brace" The verdant young man,
aforesaid was heard saying soon after,
that eff he ever met that man Morph-
Gus, he'd paralyze him !''-Morganton
Star
A singular courtship occurred in
this county during Christmas week.
An old batchelor by the name of Gar
mon, from Alexander county, came to
Lenoir, and took seat in store. In
little while young widow came in,
shopping for the holidays. He ap-
preached her, not having seen her be-
fore, and in few moments told her he
was hunting around for wife, that
she pleased him and he wanted to
know what she had to say. She wav
ed him off-so sudden, you know. He
left, and wandered down to the Gran
ite Falls factory ard took a seat at
one end Of the building and made
survey of the faces before him. He
selected one that pleased his fancy and
went to her and introduced himself
The foreman came around and told
him he was breaking the rules-talk-
ing to the girls. He apologized and
went back to his seat. The man wat.
ched until the foreman. was out of sight
and returned to his attraction, and
was so busily engaged in conversation
that he did not notice the approach of
the foreman until he was ON him
again. He took his seat for observa-
ton and remained until the closing
hour and accompanied the girl to her
boarding house Arrangements were
made for their marriage the next day.
She resigned her position and accom-
panied him to Lenoir where they pro-
cured marriage license and were
married in less than eighteen hours
from the time they first saw each
other,-Lenoir Correspondence Raj
eigh Ne.ys- Observer.
There is time in the life of every
boy when he is taken with the fever
to learn to play the guitar. The fever
comes on about the time that he first
falls in love and that is at the age of
II, but is only a symptom. At four
teen he is in love to such an extent
that it actually makes him tired to
carry it around. He has been reading
novels in which there is always a
Spaniard or Italian lover, dressed in
fantastic costume, who takes a guitar
and goes to serenade the girl in the
novel, and she comes to the window
and throws kiss at the lover, and
then comes down herself, and they,
lallygag OH the grass and talk foreign
love and catch cold, and the boy
thinks that is about the finest scheme
that he ever read of and decided to OBJ.
tain guitar. 1t is some days before
he would dare speak to his father
about it. His mother has noticed that
he has not seemed well lately, and as
she has watched him moping and
signing around, she has felt that he is
having his young life sapped away by
study, or that worms are feeding on
his damask stomach. The old man
who has been there knows that the
kid is in love, and his receipt would
be wedding onions, or carrying IL
coal, but the good mothers tender
heart is touched and she consents tc
the guitar scheme, and shortly after.
ward there is weird, ghostly sound
coming from the attic that is cross
between the eolian music of breeze
singing through wire screen, and 8
couple of cats tuning up for goose
berry-bush symphony in E fat with
bootjack bouquets. The guitar peri
cd is one of the most critical period:
in the life of boy. If he succeeds il
learning to play tune, and his toics
becomes trained to such an extent
that he can sing without being fright
ened at the nsise, then he is gone
From that out he becomes dude
whose sole ambition is to be called
upon to sing, and he will try to lool
sweet, and he will sing love songs a
private parties, with his hand in hi.
bosom and think the ladies yearn fol
him, when they feel as though they
would like to take him across theil
knees, and caress him with press
board. However, boy wants to b.
attended to at the guitar period, ant
shown the folly of it, or he will hat
himself forever after. When parent.
find it coming on they should consul
each other, and take prompt action
or the boy that is their pride will g
through life singing through his nose
"Odly Paddy Blossom" or "Oh
Cub, oh, cub with be, the Bood
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