The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-06-20
Had Worked Against Him.

A gaunt man, with yellOWlsh beard
and hair that looked like hacked fax,
stood throwing stones at log meeting
house, says the Arkansaw Traveller. He
seemed to be aiming his missiles at o
small window, the only one that lighted
the house, had just thrown, with encour-
aging directness, fragment Of flint,
when man, riding horse, drew rein
and demanded the cause of the bombard
ment.
"You jest jog along, now, an let me
tend to this, will you?" he replied.
'But why are you throwing stones at
that church?"
$50 on now, I tell you. This here is
a family erfair.''
ga family afair?''
"That's whut I lowed, attempting to
dislodge stone with the heel OF bis boot.
81 must say that it is a peculiar family
affair that leads man into such sense
less performance as throwing stones ct q
church."
"I don't kere whut you must say"
He swayed his long arm drew in his hand
with jerk, squatted, stamped the ground,
and exclaimed, "I CAD, come in one iy
putin her thar that time!" He began
to poke around in a sort of nodding
saunter, looking for another stone.
sLook here, if you don't explain your
self III swear out warrant for your
arrest"
$50 ahead. You'll have mighty up
hill work arrestin' fener fur 'tendin' to
sanity erfair. Bet dollar I drap one
Nv 'em when they come out, he added,
as he found stone.
'When who comes out?"
'sMy folks-wife, Puss, the Fulgums,
Tom Welsh, and that haungry-lookin'
preacher"
''What are they doing?"
"W'y, Tom-never seed rocks so
scarce-Tom he has tuck my daughter
Puss in thar to marry her, and the others
have gone in to help, specially that
preacher whut I'm goin' to whup the fust
time I ketch him out. skeered the old
cuss so he wouldn't come over to my
house, so ne 'suaded 'em to come out
here"
"Why do you object to your daughter
marrying?"
"Wouldn't object ef she wuster marry
the right sorter man."
"Isn't Tom the right sort of mani"
ssNot by blamed sight"
"Won't he provide well for your
daughter?"
eyes, mout do that
"Dosen't he seem to care enough for
her?'
90 yas; he has putty nigh broke his
neck airter her.
"Why, then, do you object to him?''
"On account Nv his cussed meanness.
Gin what way is he mean?"
"W'y, dad blast him, he's the man that
driv whiskey from Oak Grove-tuck
around paper an had it signed so tho
county jedge wouldn't let no mo- license
beissured, that's whut's he's done. Tuck
away from the citizens Nv this here COM
munity the right Nv goin' out to the grove
Nv Saturday evenin' an havin' a little
fun, that's what's he's done. Robbed
the folks Nv a privilege give to 'em by
Washington an ole Andy Jackson an
sich men, when, cadfound him, he knows
that I've got two barrels of wild cat that
I made last fall, intendin' to pay off
mortgage on my place with it. That's
what he's done, an now, csdfond you, do
you recon want my daughter to marry
man that has worked agin me thater
way?"
ssWen, but instead Of throwing stones
at the church, why don't you 80 to
him"
s.Look here, do you reckon I wanter 60
to man that ha; done whipped me
three times, an stove in all my front
teeth? Ride on, now, and don't try to
give me advice about my family matters. "
Then, finding a stone that suited his
fancy, he added, "Bst caf I put this
right down in the Eeddin' circle"