Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-02-14
AN ELECTICNEERING INCIDENT.

The following extract of letter from can1
date for Congress III the Western District of Lou
isani to the editor OF the New OH.ars Picavune,
describing of his elrclion.,ring tours gives Il
pretty good specimen Of the luck which att nIed
his patriotic eXertons:
Well put mp with first rate good nainred
filler that ] met with at II billiard room. and WAS
introduced 10 his wife, On" fat woman that look
ed as # she got il by latin her face was so full Of
fun AFTER while. arter we'd talked about the
garden, and so on in come three or four children,
lailin aud skipping along as merry as crick,,s -
There ware nj NJ candle III, hut | could see they
were 6n- looking Ellows and | started for the
saddlr-bigs. IN which had put lot of sugar can
dy for the babies as | went along. Come here,
says yor little rogue-conc along here and tell
M what yonr name is The olls one came up
to me-, and says he-"my names Peter Smith
sir"
And what's your name says TO the noxt-
| Bob Smith, sir The next said his name was
Bill Smith and the fourth said his name was
Tommy Smith. Well gotten on nv knees,
aud kissed them over and over again and Gin EN-
lpt of sugar candy and old Mis-, Smith wa. so
tickcd that she kept l1fin the whole time Mr.
Smith looked on hut diI'ut say much why
snys. Miss Smith wouI,n't take good deal
for them four boys if | had EN-, they're beautiful
and sprigh.ly'
No. says she laffin Il 81, good deal by en-
but we Spite em too much
oh no says |. rhryre rn'al well behaved
! children; AMI By erasmus SAYS pretending TO he
started with new idea what a s,rikin' rrscm
blance tween them boys and their father . and
looked at Mr. Smiih-incver did see nohn e
quail it, says Your eyes mouth. forrad q
perfcc! picture of you sir SAYS rappln the old
est on the pate thought NJ IS Smith would 4
died la laflin at that her arms fell down by hei
side and her head fell back and she shook IN,
hull house llfn
DO yon think so, Carmel JoncsT says she
,n1 she looked toward Mr. Smith and | really
thought she would a gone off in n ft
Yes SAYS l. Il du really now
fa Ia. hawp says Nj Smith kinder half lai
Fin, you're too hard on me Carmel, with You're
Jokes
4 ami iokin' at all saws l. thcv'e han1som
r children and they look wonderfully like YOU
JUS then girl broueh, in light, and I'll b
dam'd il he Iiulr bra,s diIut ,trn nu, to he M
Ia'tos every one on 'crn AMI their heads a, cur
. " as the hlackesi nlqgrr's Nj an
Mrs Smith never had no chiilr,n and they kin
. O. p-td them llll" uiggcrs hr play things.
never fiji so srcak.d in all nv life a
, lid when saw how things stood IL | had'r
k;ssrf tho MISTY things could have 90, owe
i, bat kissu on en- showed lhrl was in carr
81 Though | WAS soil soapin' on I'm rs though
, all thr while ani how 10 ut oq, Of the scrap"
d. lnt know Mss : NTH lfcl 81 hard win
she see how confused looked that she c,ns
p mos, spf,cated 4 liul whll- n;ter there was
/, hull family Of relations arrived from the cil'
which turned the matter of'-bn the next mornlI
Ic,nl s.e thai Meer Snrh 4 In't ike the r.
m mbrance ont all ant don't brlicve he
vote for me when the 'l.c,ion comes on 'spo
p Miss Smith will keep the oil man under wii
. that Joke long time