The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-10-30
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
For The Mi,sissirpii Creole.
SLEEPY HoLLER, Der. 90, l847.

,M'aah ~ SLEEPY HoLLER, OcT. 20, l847.
Mr.. Editor: AS had been hard at work al
this year, l concluded would take asleetl,
festin spell, and go round and hear the candi
!. dates speak on the mighty questions they hat
brought before the people, for thought as how
they loved the dear people SO much that they
surely would teach 'em how to get a livir
without such tarnal hard work for 1t. hnt
hearn Of Col. Melville as mighty strong, and
mighty poor mans lovin sort Of afe!low, ant
feltall over in a fever to hear him. ~
So, one cool bright mornin not long ago,
says to my wife, Kate, says !, am gwyne te
hear that Col. Melville to-day. I want my
clean shirt, my lincy-woolsy sout, my home
made hat and shoes. Now, you must know
this pleased Kate mightly, for all the clothes
were of her maxim, and she had no doub
when went to hear Col. Melville and show.
ed him my home-spun clothes, and telled him
they were the work Of Kate, that the Colonel
would kind o. praise her, a thing which neither
Kate nor any of the other women kind dis
like. 1agoiasoy4 .M{5 Id e raj
Well, got to the speakin ground nigh unto
an hour afore the candidates did, and employ
ed myself talkin with the neighbors about
crops, worms, and SIGH like, keepin one eye
skint for the candidates, and the other occa-
sionally viewin my span new pants, which
looked SO comfortable and nice. However,
presently here came Singleton and Col. Nc
Willie. So soon as seed Singleton began
to prepare myself for hug, just as materially
as gal FUCKERS her lips for a kiss when she
sees her sweetheart comm. So, / swelled
nv breast out like unto toad-frog, and squar-
ed myself for aregularset to, and sure enough
Singleton was mighty awful glad to see me,
and threw his arms around me, slapin me in
the back, and SIGH an afeciionate hug haint
received afore since was young man and
used to kiss and court. AFTER he had got
through his huggin spell, says he, "Col. Nc
Willie let me introduce you to my very parti-
cular friend Ben Jonsing, Of Sleepy FIoller, a
real Jeffersonian Democratic at that Colonel
Melville shook me by the hand and said some
mighty nice things about his havin hearn of
me afore, and BY way Of pintin 1T off, said
somethin in poetry abou. ssbold peasantry,"
but as | haint studied any, poetry since my
courtin days, cannot .recollectit, but if you
will ak the Col. he can give il to y,u, and a
heap more, for he is as full OF poetry, AS fox
is of fleas. AFTER while, the Col commence
ed shakin hands with the, boys, those that he
knew, calm 'em by name, and those that he
did not know, he looked just like he did know
'em, but didn't think it worth while to call
names, but only to ak after the health OF their
wives and little babies. Now seed the Col.
gwyne towards Pete Pringle, regular out and
out old bachelor; his face looks as sanctifed
as a camp-meetin, and his shirt collar is as
stiff as clap-board, and sits right bolt up un-
der his ears, SO if he turns his head quick he
will nearly saw 'em off; all the milk Of human
kindness that ever was in Pete's soul has sour
ed long since, and given his mouth sort o
cork-screw bachelor twist. really think il
would be about as hard for Pete to fall in love
as to climb a creased may pole feet foremost.
However, Pete not long afore had gone over to
see the widow Waggoner, and dined with her
the dinner or settin up behavin himself, or
something else, gave Pete the cholic, and the
large drops o. sweat began to roll off Pete's
forehead, much to his embarrassment, but
more to the widows, for Pete had gone over
there on sneakin exploit, lowin if he felt
anything Of the tender passion, to say somethin
soft to the widow, and the widow seein Pete's
face more sanctiied, and his shirt collar sitter
than common, began to look out and see il she
could hear anything pop; SO, when Pete felt
the cholic comm on he thought il was love,
just swellin his buzzum, and he made up his
mind Just then to ak the widow to marry him,
% ne screwed himself up and said, ''Mrs.
Waggoner,n when pop went, not the question,
but a button off Pete's pants, ..yes,p says the
widow, thinkin it was the question she heard
pop, When the button broke it eased Pete SO
much that he too, at first thought he had popped
he question, but arter he went home, and mis-
'ed his button, and the cholic had clean left
aim, he began to think it was mot sure enough
love he felt, and has been tryin ever since to
back out, and is therefore very tender on that
pint. Now ahavin told you Pete's situation,
you can better understand the meetin betwixt .
him and Col. Melville; show are you % says
he Col, takinlPete by the hand just like he I
xnOwed him, show is your old lady and Jour
little ones to-day'" Pete, you see, thought I
nat the Col. in passin about had seen him al ]
he widows, and thought the widow and all her {
children were BIZ 50 he flushed up like !
turkey cock at red handkerchief, and leete {
more to have sawed his ears off with bis shirt {
collar. "Them Far children amt mine, nor the I
Did lady either, for its all no, so, it was only
ny button that popeG,r The Col. havin never i
iearn the story, began to look queer and blush,
or he seed Pete was TEDIOUS as a skined cat, {
IN the subject Of the old lady and little ones I
70 after the Col. had blushed spell he turned
Z OF by AKIN after his crop. sf1oe "
Soon the speakin commenced, and sure I
enough ] found he Col. quite taIker; he
|;snds Up like hsy-stsek, and the words flow
ks water out Of RUG. Il I
Tim the Col was most