Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-03-16
Mrs. TomIxins and the Presidency.

Mrs. Iarakins just getting up in The auorning-l
Tomkins, don't believe Pm able to git breakfast.
I've got the headache and pain in the back, and
feel tremby all Yoa lconder 'chats the mat
ter Nth me, Why, last night fell asleep, and
dreamed that Injin. AT first. didn't ex-
aclly know where was but after a while, thought
| was in them terrible Florida swumps. where they
say the lnjins used tic hide; kDow'd Taylor was af-
ter me, and while | was thinking where arth |
could go to keep him from finding me, l thought |
hearn something like the barking OF dogs. | looked
about, and enough there them tarnal blood
hounds full tilt on my trail. knowd they'd tare my
heart out the moment they got to me, and what on
arh to do didn't know. At last thought I'd climb
tree, and up scrambled gst in time to git out of
their reach. There so trembling and shivcring,
and my teeth chattering like had an ague shake,
and there sot the dogs bcw-wow-wow, the whole
night long for you know time seems mighty long in
a dream.
Just as seed day peeping, hcarn gun 60 off.
Bow-wow-wow went the dogs. looked round and
there came Taylor and his men fast their feet
could carry 'em. They seed me in the tree, and all
at they stopped and leveled their guns at me.
Fire. says Taylor. Bang went the rifles. 1
screamed and walked up. There lay in bed all in a
tremble, with the sweat gist pouring off me like
water and my head aching like it would bust, and
SIGH pain in my side, couldn't turn till broad
daylight Now. Tomkins, you know always did
believe in dreams; and know that dream wasn't
for nothing. You'd like 10 kolc lchat at Sent
for! Why, gist to keep you from voting for Tay-
Tor. the old gip. Oh dear l never know'd what
them poor Injins suffered till last night and, tell
you now I'd rather vote for loky, bad as dispise
'em than for SIGH Taylor, that would.
They didn't set The blOOd-hOundS the IyinS, after
ALL Well, what if they didn't. I'm sure Taylor
tryd TO git em TO do it; and parson Smith says, the
desire to do a wicked thing is as bad as doing it, if
look at it right. Little did think. when the
wings made SIGH fuss about the bood-hounds in for
ty, and laid the whole blame on Van Buren,, and
called him every wicked name they could think of
that they would one day their own words and put
up Taylor, the very man that recommended 'em, for
President Dear me, it does seem like body can't
believe what they see, with their own eyes, after this
Van Buren, irdSn't too good to do 1t! Well, know
he's an abominablc critter. They do say he has do
ings with the evil one, himself; but, if he has, it
isn't right 10 lay Taylors sins his door; you know
it isn't Taylor said he didn't lcant 10 lcorry the In
jins Yes, know he said he only wanted to ascer-
tain where the Injns might be found: but, my good
ness, did he expect to catch old birds with SIGH chaff
as this; no, he know'd the natur of blood-hounds
well enough TO know, that if they was once sot on,
they'd tare the Injns limbess aore he could get to
'em; but Ia he didn't care who kIrd the Inlins so
he got the glory of bringing the to close. us
eight O'Clock and there's breakfast on. Well, didn't
/ oil / nhle tn hroo 10
want to get cut of my sick bed and go to cooking
but it's gist Of piece with all your treatment, ever
since you've thought of Taylor for President Susy-
Caroline, bring the campfire, honey, for do be-
leve your daddy's crazy.