Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-05-19
Danger. Of Electjoneers~<.


The New Orleans Picayune rcjoices in
The possession Of live Yankee as cor
respondent. who, having wandered as far
south as Louisiana, pe.dl'ng notions, has
settled down somewhere in the Caddo
country, or some other undiscovered por-
ton OF the State, and there concluded 10
run for Congress. The following extract
from letter to The editor Of The Picayune.
describing one Of his elecloneering tours.
is specimen Of The luck he had in that
delightful bu-mess.
We'll. put up with FIRST rate. good
na,ured old Teller that ! met with at bill
lard room. and when we got To his house
twas dark. We went in, and was in
,roduced 10 his wife. fine fit woman.
tina. looked as if she got fat al latin. her
face was so full Of fun. Arler awhile
ar.er we had talked little about my gal,
and bout the garden and SO on-in came
.hree or four child,en, latin and skippin a
long as merry as cricke.s. There warn.
no candle lit. bu. could see they were
fine looking fe!lers, and l started for the
saddle bags. in which had pp. lot Of
sugar candy for the babies as wen. along
- Come here says l, you lille rogues.
come along here and tell me what your
name is The oldest came UP to me and
says he. my name is Peter Smith. SIR
And what is your name, sir !! says TO
the next.
Bob Smith. SIR
The next said his name was Bill Smith,
and The fourth said his name was Tommy
Smith. Well. go. 'en up on my knees
and kissed 'em over and zover again. and
give IN 10. Of sugar candy, and old Miss
Smith was so uckled that she LATED all the
time. Mr.. Smith looked on but did not
say much. Why says |, - Miss Smith.
l wouldn't take good deal for them four
boys, if had 'em-.hey're SO beautiful
and sprigh,ly.'
No says she latin, set good deal
by 'em. bu. we spite 'em too much
'Oh no. says l, the: re ra'al well be
haved children, and by grashus.' says |.
pretending to be startled by some sudden
idea, what striking resemblance tween
them boys and their father!' and look
ed a, Mr.. Smith. Il never did see any
thing equal to it, says I-'your eyes,
mouth. forehead, perfect pic,ur on you,
SIR says l. tapping the Oldest on the pate.
| thought Miss Smith would have died
latin at thai. her arms fell down by her
side. and her head fell back, and she shook
HE hui! house latin.
DO you think so, Knrncl = says she,
and she looked towards Mr. Smith. and l
,l,o't she'd go off in a fil.' ~
Yes says l, Il do rally now'
Ha. ha. haw-aw-w.' says Mrs. S..
kinder half latin, you are too hard on me
now with your jokes
I Il ain, a jokin a, ALL says I, they're
l,ansum children. and they do Look Won
deriully like YOU
Jus, then gal brought in light. and
Ill be darned if the little brat< didn'. urn
out TO be muloffoes. every one Of 'e'n.
and their heads as curly AS the blacklist
lnigger's! Mr. and Miss never had any
children, and they sor,er pe,,ed. them li,>
lie niggers as play things. never Eel. So
alo, erisI, in my life AS lid when ! see
how things s,o..d. If hadn't kissed
The lille nasty things could a got over IL;
bu. kissen on 'em showed that was in
airnest. (,hough was sof-soapm ON 'em
as ,hough. all The while. ~ how 70 get
out of HE scrape didn'tknow Miss
Smith LATED so hard when she see how
confused looked. that she most sufioca-
ted. lille while afterwards there was
hull family Of relations arrived from the
city, and turned the matter Of : but the
next mornin could see Mr. Smith didn't
| like the rememhranra "a q - III. and