The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-25

nals' tho name Ferdinand Burton
appears 1t should be Bartee. He
died in Virginia, in Company B, 1st
Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade,
He had brother, a Baptist preacher,
who -during,.the last total eclipse was
hunting cattle III the Big Thicket.
AS the sky darkened, he bolted for
home throughsthe brush, tearing off
his clothes, saying he was going
home and going to heaven with his
wife. He has not yet gone.
Some anecdotes of Arthur p. Brol-
ly, a kind hearted, ambitious little
Irishman, who had boon stone
mason. He was admitted to the. bar
and became a magistrate. Another
lrishman brought suit before him in
which he was much Interested. 1
defended. I had Billy Moore for q
witness, who knocked the Irishman's.
case into cooked hat RrolIy, not
liking it said to him: "Now, Misther
Moore, can you prove that" Billy,
not noticing tho innuendo, replied in
his quick, nervous way. with an oath:
eyes, if l can find John Holman"
Brolly brought suit for one Moore,
who lived near Luke Morgan's old
place, for the valuo of dog. In
trying to establish the character Of
the dog, his questions were objected
to and objections sustained. A
young lawyer, in a spirit Of fun, sug-
gested to him to ask the witness the
usual question: care you acquainted
with the dogs general reputation for
truth and veracity in the nelghbor-
hood in which he lived?" On the
spur Of the moment he propounded
it, laugh VAS raised at his expense,
and when he looked around for the
young lawyer he was mon est" and
kept out Of Brolly's way until his
good humor was restored.
He brought suit for On Irishman
against Wash Floyd for cutting
stone steps. He proved all around
his case, except the number Of steps.
The judge (I think it was Butler)
suggested to him to prove that.
Bro]ly replied: "May it place your
Honor, I'll prove that by argument"
Mention is made in the "Annals" Of
Andy Wicker as clerk fort Antonio
Gilbal Gil had sold q barrel Of
liquor and caused Andy to water
it. Suit was brought; Andy witness
He was asked if no had not watered
the liquor by Gil's direction. 70
honest and pure to tell lie and fear-
ing to offend Gil, he was, perplexed
and strove to avoid answering. Gil,
excited, jumped up in the court room
and exclaimed: "Tole him yes, An
dy! D-n him, tole him yes!"
Old Gil was thrown from his
horse, and had some Of his ribs
broken. The mischievoua fellows
recommended boneset as sovereign
remedy. Gil took it, and upon vom-
iting, exclaimed: "It.is not do bone
set; it is do id bonv ,>rJkew
Who that lived in Newberry in
those days docs not remember that
kind hearted giant of whom DR..
Ruff wrote--Big Andy? All the
boys looked on him as a prodigious
hero. He came to Newberry with a
circus that exhibited on the lot in
rear Of where wo lived. T yet re-
member tho chorus to one of their
songs:
"Pretty Polly, Polly Hopkins,
How do You do, how do you do?"
| "None the better Tom - Tommy Tom
kins,
None the the better Of you; mono the
better OF YOU"
A certain strong, angry man, IN.
justly offended at that grand, noble
hearted, Christian gentleman, Dray-
ton Nance, was speaking roughly to
h1m, when big Andy stepped up and
said that 1t was his affair. Whore
upon the offended gentleman retired
in good order, and Andy had quiet
laugh.
Samuel Spence (the tailor) my
grand. d.uncle, was impressed in the
Highlands of Scotland; put aboard a
man ofwar. At Charleston he gave
them legbail, and hied himself to