Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-14

gest w0ru speit @heh was tii''een yea'' Wv
was b a.ba.ker, ker, baker. straight OLD
quaker tuck me to schooling at last. and come
along pretty cute; now do you think he got his
pay?-I tell YOU, gentlemen. it's as true as gns
pel,-I school'd with him four days out 0i the
week. and worked two to pay for it.
Some time after settled do"n in the Cane. on
the Choe taw purchase. forty miles from any white
settiement-I clear'd my grounds and had toler.
able craps-penty of bear hunts and all that kind
of thing at which. you know, I'm not sIo" One
day went to the nearest settlement With horse
load Of skins. and was told that was appoint.
ed magistrate-l couldn't believe it-but my
friend showed me the first newspaper I'D ever
seed and there it was, sure enough. G-ntle-
men, IFS gospel truth. could j's. write " David
Crocket'-and pretty tough work at that: so
was in a pretty fix-bui, III tell you, had a
monstrous cute constable che fiil'd out the writs,
and signed 'em. He's now a member Of the
Legisatur-but I've always kept " ahead" of
him-aud intend to. Gentlemen-Im crea.
ture Of chance; never asked any Objects al.
ways been thrown 10 my way, for I'd rather be
politically damned than hypocriicaHy immortal
ized-it's as true as gospel After awhile they
brought me out for the Legislator. and walked
in without flinchns My friend Mr.. D. one
day said to me - Well, Colonel-we are likely
to have change in the Judiciary."-" Very
likely" says ]. walking away to avoid converse
ton, for the fact is. dld'ut kno" what judiciary
meant. went TO tine Legslatur fWice-and was
likewise. elected Colonel by a handsome vote -
After awhile they put me up tor Congress. with.
| out my asking any iavUfs-it's gospel truth, gen
tlenen, aud walked into it not slow. One day
General 4 aud met on an electioneering
the General spoke long while about the gov.
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word about me-he took no notice of me at all
perhaps he thought me not worth notice -
Whilst he was speaking flock of guinea fowls
kept making devllsh noise, and lie asked some.
bndy wouldn't drive 'em away?-I said I'd do it.
and so | did. When he'd finished, and had
gone his death on every thing bnt me. got up
and said to him. says |, " General, you havn't
condescended 10 allude 10 me in your speech, but
to show sou how we'll Pm known IN these parts,
the guinea fowls got mad and KEEP, holIeIlng out
to you ..Crockett! Crockett! Crockett."-He
lost the ton. as all of you gentlemen what
| prints papers knows.
Gentlemen. its gospel truth, when first went
TO the Legislature, was requested TO hand in ii l.,
| Lord knows what it vas about, didn't. They
called on the for a speech, and - got up, aud at.
Ter turning and twisting about for awhile, says
gentlemen" says |. {" I'm not much Of a
SPEAKER. but can tell you joke. Going along
the road awhile ago, seed'd man beating with
his fist upon the the head of barrel; asked him
what he was DUNG tina, fors He said there had
been some cider in that barrel few days before.
and he wanted to know if there was any yet. So,
gentlemen, there's something in here, (pointing
to his head the members on the Opposite side has
been beating away long while to find it out,
here il 49,
The Colonel spun out his speech to consider.
able ex'ent-aluding to the measures Of the pre-
sent administration, his cause for forsaking
President Jackson. the Indian bill, the Tariff,
thu United States Bank, and his friend Major
Jack Downing whom he - considered the honest.
est politician of the present DAY" On the whole
it was an interesting display Of backwood's orato.
~. and we might have been more minute. and
perhaps more faithful in report, had he not SO
frequently disressed from the thread Of his dis.
course. He was heartily appIauded bv all par
ties, including the venerable Mr Niles, whom
he rubbed a little on the Tariff question.