Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-16

has way of exposing shams with kind
of sting that is sometimes exasperating.
The newspaper man had never hap
pened in DR.. Barnett's neighborhood
along about nightfall before. But it was
a mile or more to the river. There are
some long, steep hills on the other side,
and the prospects Of trying to ascend
them after dark on, or with, bicycle,
was anything but pleasant. But the doc
tor was at home, and approaching. with
out undue ceremony, the newspaper man
propounded a question:
"Suppose a man would come along here
about dark, having ridden all the way
from Yorkville on bicycle; and suppose
that man was tired and hungry and did
not know where he was going to sleep
that night, what would you do about ?"
The question brought somewhat hum
orous twinkle 20 the DOCTORS eye; but
with gravity that would have done
credit to judge in pronouncing sentence,
he put on his specs. looked the newspaper
man critically in the face, and asked:
"Ain't you connected with that paper
up there at Yorkville which is always in
the minority as to circulation?"
'That is right" the newspaper man ad-
United.
"Well, I'll tell you. have been read
ing that paper ever since 1 have been old
enough to read any paper. I read it all
through the war, and don't believe
was ever at place where it failed to find
me, or I it. I don't think I have ever
missed number. Since the war have
been reading it by exchanging other pa
pers with the neighbors but not long ago
I decided that I would not read it at your
expense any longer, and so I subscribed.
1t is the best and fairest paper ever saw,
and if you want to, you can just say that
I said So"
IAN right, doctor thank you, and"
"And what would say under the cir
cumstances you have just described?
Why I would say that there is only one
set of circumstances imaginable under
which would tell man that could not
take him, and those circumstances have
not existed here for several months.
Here, son, take the gentleman's horse and
put him up"
~ am afraid he might kick me-" said
the little fellow, rs he caught hold Of the
handlebars and led the bicycle into the
piazza.
DR.. Barnett introduced the newspaper
man to bis mother, to Mrs. Barnett, Jr.,
to eight children, and explained that there
were quite q number of children who
were not at home; but afterward got
down to actual facts and admitted that
his family, all told, consisted of only l5-
his mother, his wife, himself and II SONS
and daughters. Then he set himself
about making the newspaper mans
short sojourn enjoyable, and succeeded
to an extent that his fortunate guest will
not soon forget. The doctor is game
chicken breeder, he has some fine bronze
turkeys, q number of white, black and
colored rabbits, quite flock Of sheep,
and various other domestic animals. Dur :
ing the evening he told the newspaper
man of having raised 80 bushels Of oats
and $50 bushels of rutabaga turnips on
three-quarters of all acre of ground the
same year, and the newspaper man OBJ
served about the premises and the home,
many things to indicate that the doctor is
one of those farmers who operates his
farm in a way to make, II not so many
dollars and cents, all the comforts and
lluxuries that dollars and cents may be
expected to buy.
DIR. Barnett Is known as the monkey
i maker. He makes monkeys out of peach
seeds with pocket knife, and the indi-
vidual who would fail to at once divine
the intent of his limitations is to be pitied.
At different times he has gotten up great
schools of peach seed monkeys, illustra-
tive of various political events. In the
constitutional convention and county di-
vision fights, he had schools of monkeys
representing different characters who fig
ured, including Mr.. Hull, w. B. Wilson,
j. s. Brice and others. The only repre-
sentation of the kind be has now is "Till-
mans Tale of Woe" at Tirzah. Tillman
is represented as nursing his tail, which
is supposed to be the dispensary. Allth
other monkeys, of which.there are quite
number, are represented as looking on
in sympathy. That is, all but Iiby. Poor
Irby is glued down to the cardboard upon
which the scene is shown, and IS repre-
sented as dead monkey. After showing
the funny representation, the doctor gave
the newspaper man the privilege OF Sc
lecting any monkey in the lot except
Tillman or Irby. The newspaper man
made q selection, and the doctor clipped
off the monkey but who that particular
monkey represented, he would not say.
Next morning, after good breakfast,
n 81,
bis bicycle, across the river, and pro-
ceeding down on the other side, the
newspaper man made several views at
and in the vicinity of Neely sferry. These
views may be published after awhile,
and they may not be. It will depend
upon circumstances.
From Neely's ferry, the trip led up
high hills and along good road by way OF
Philadelphia Methodist church, Gold
Hill school house, the residences OF
Messrs. c. P. Blankenship and G. L.
Crook, and on to Fort Mill with quite
number of pictures taken along the way.
Fort Mill was reached at II o'clock Sat-
urday morning. Here pictures were
taken of the old White homestead, the
first brick house built in the county out
side of Yorkville, the Fort Mill Manu-
featuring company's buildings, and the
different church buildings in Fort Mill.
From Fort Mill, the trip led down the
C. C. Il A. railroad to Rock Hill, and
from there back to Yorkville, which was
reached at about o'clock Saturday night.
Some of the views taken along the trip,
along with incidents of more or less in