The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12

lin such affairs. I've got at least a dozen
unfinished courtships on hand alre lady"
Mr.. Ponder is next introduced 10 us as a
politician-his fortune becomes impaired,
and he wants an Office. But here difficulties
increase.
For who shall Peleg shout?
Behold him, as he puzzles over the returns
of The State Elections, laboring in vain to
satisfy bis mind as 10 the result of the Presi-
dental contest. Supplied by fgures-per-
picked by contradictory statemems-bother-
ed by general hurrah; what can Peleg do?
who's going TO win? That's all want
10 know, exclaimed the vexedPeleg; q don't
want 10 waste my time a blowing cut for the
wrong person, and never get a thank'ee.=
What's the use of that? There's Simpkins
says /, Simpkins, which is the party that
can't be beat? And Simpkins turns up his
nose and tells me every loolknows that-it's
bis side-so | hurrah for Simpkins's side as
hard as | can. But then come Tiimpkins-
Timpkin's side ist'other side from Simpkin's
side, and Timpkins offers 10 bet me three
@levies that his side is the side that can'tbeat.
Hurrah for Timpkin's side Land then | can't
tell which side.
As for the newspapers, that's worse still
They not only crow all round, but they cy-
pher it out so clear that both sides must win,
il there's any truth in the cyphering book,
which there ISL about election times What's
10 be done? I've tried going to all the
meetings-F'ye hurra'd for every body-I'ye
been in all the professions, and | sit a little
while in all sorts ofIead quarters. I've got
one kind Of documents in one pocket, and
t'other kind of document in t'other pocket;
and as | go home al night, | sing one sort of
song as loud as | can bawl, half the way,
and try another sort of song the rest of the
way, Just to split the difference and show
my impartialiiy. If only had two votes-a
couple of 'em, how nice it would be-
But the best thing that can be done now
guess, as my character is established both
way, is TO turn in quietly till the row is over.
Nobody win miss me when they're SO busy;
aud afterwards when we know all about il,
Just look for Peleg w. Ponder as he comes
down the streets, shaking people by the hand,
ard saying how we have used them up. ! am
not perfectly sure YET which is 'we'or which
is them.' Time enough when the election
is over.
The election canvass grows warm, and
PeEeg is banging between the two parties
now attracted by this and now by i~hat--nev-
er certainly there nor never certainly here.
He cannot make up his mind which shall
Wn-and al DE a1ylsfuEwilh his friends
ITimpkips and Simpkins, two leaders of the
opposite parties, only increase bis difficult
lies. He bethought him of voting a blank
ticket, but was afraid Of discovery--he then
thought ae would be ~slek--tieing up the
kuocker, mufIng the bell, and having a load
of tan placed before his door. In this mind
he goes 10 Timpkins:
""TImpkinls,",h he said, putting his hand 10
! to his head in. touching manner, "Timpkins
] these excitemenis-thus suffering for my
e country--does me brown. | do believe,
1 Timpkins, there is something wrong here,
/; in my upper story--my head, Timpkins, has
a an empty feel"
"Garre1s 10 let perhaps" replied limp
i kins.
e "Don't be joking, Timpkjns, 1t seem;
sometimes as fl had no head on my shout
e ders-my head you see"
"Well," said Timpkins' "there,s nothin!
in that; and if you can get along without
head, it saves has, -
n "rTe an idea, Timpkins, y@es--I know
" am going 10 be sick-at such a time, too
the loss of one vote has sometimes turne'
1.-The scale--I'd rather die than have it sal
that Peleg w. Ponder did notdo his duty"
"Good again, Ponder-you're The giny
wine Article; and it shall never be said tia
you did not vote, i their's a single puff c
breath left in yor BODY
= "Whal?'' CRIED Ponder, some what aghas
eyes, Ponder-IH see-to It-just be a
" sick as you've amind to-be as sick as yo
3 hke--haye the connipiions, or any thin
:" you please, so that your are still able to win
= and to hold ii ticket in your. fst-l1l com
? after you in a cib-we'll ride you to iii
- polls, bed and all -doctors, physic, ever
= thing to make you comfortable; and thel
when we're done with you, Peleg, why, yo
may hop the twig just asoon as it suits yol
~ convenience-it Won't make any difference
~ YOU know, after the election. IN a patro
~ ic point of view, Peleg, and that's the vie
you always take, a mans of no kind of u:
= after the election.
il ssBut won't Iketch a death of cold?n j
CURED Peleg, in detection; scold is such
nj bad Kings when they're bad colds.n
,ut "What if you do, periodically considere
whats a man in comparison 10 a vote
nj what's a bad cold compared TO glory? Yo
4 uo,-t Letch cold and ifihe worse shOu