The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-02-19

will BET very good calf to drain, by his inces-
SAINT talbin, "0a Brjndle" Of every drop
O. mint drop') she has to give.
Thee was also a member from TippaH, who
spoke frequently, and who seemed to think
whenev he got UP every bodies mouth must
fly opea for a laugh. In his speech he scatters
like my old shot gun, and like it in another
respect; it frequently hurts the Ii ,lder worse
than the Thing aimed at; forif he cann,t make
any one else ridiculous, he at least has the sat-
i%sfaction Of maxim himself SO.
Pete and | sot there nigh unto three or four
hours listnin at lhir speeches, expectin every
mint to hear something for the advancement
Of the interest OF the people; butnot a bit did
we hear, and as | did not see any good bein
done, neither could ] hear tell Of any, | natter
ally concluded they were waistin the peoples
money for nothin, 50 thinkin on these things ]
got SO vexed that | jist picked up my cap to
leave, and swore right out If had my way /
would take my hickory stick and smash these
b%uncombe talkin members into cush. sYou
would not make much by that,' said q Teller
sitin by, " for they would all then be cash me-
(Cushman) and you would then have speakin
from one years. end to the other" In roin ont
and bluslerin probably made more noise than
ought, "Order," / heard some one say, and
looktn behind me, ! saw a little didapper look
IN Teller bobin up and down in the stand, like a
cat on a cork line, at the same time whackin
the table with a wooden hammer. Whose
that? says ! to Pete, after we got out. Whv.
i is the Speaker, who did you think it was!
did not know, says /, uthe'looks very much
like my idea Of the little impudcnt, cunning,
cute, keen Jew Banker, that Ex-Gov. McNutt
used to speak Of, who did not weigh more than
sixteen pounds to the quarter. elbow do Won
reckon he got to be speakers" said Pete, WHY.
says 4, reckon accoldin to this log rolIin. mill
gotn, caucus holdin rule Of the democrats; ii
came his time to hold the office, just as it will
be the time for som other Of the clique to hold
il next session.
Lot US step into the Senate, says /, and sec
singleton a mint. How are you, Ben and
Pete; just take This seat Of mine, said SINGLE
ton What have you been at, says i, haint
hearn much Of you through the papers. sob,
nothin of much Impotence, e~xceptin votin the
democratic measures and lookin after the in
terest Of my constituents, with one eye slight
y skint for the next Democratic nomination
tor Congress for this District. VERY sensible
idea not TO speak much, says i; but you had
better keep a good watch on Col. Melville,
the present candidate for Elector, for he has d
sneehin notion that way, and SO soon as vege-
tatlon comes out, intends feedin on horse rad
lshes and honey, TO spit the essence Of one at
his opponents, with the other to hoasy Gssele
his alnirers.
But, says ], who in the world & thBs zssakin
now! pintin at a hide feller who Jacks Ike he
got his lips caught in the gale when he was
boy, and thereby pulled oat very poutin and
long. That is Mr.. Lasaava, ssgs he. Jis,
thonI seed Pete cta@5Gn 44s handkerchief in
his MOUTH what's tie aartsr! says to him;
but he was 50 awful aiekia8 be could not tell
me- So for fear We might be called to order
again, proposed gwine ont. Then, says be.
Ben, that French Eellat1g name, and manner 40
exactly agree, tlar 9 bike to have busted with
laughter, Ia BpuHepH- in French, the Etle
bullock, sesasr0 5s t~zactly the name that lit
tie teller EPelkia ppgaat 10 have. / dor 0 know
any thing aboa' your French, but from lie
way be paws ia,qut and bats his eyes, / think
there - . gpoa deal Of buly in him.
AFier we bad iefi the Senate Pete and / con-
cluded va would 90 and see the Governor. bu,
| have before hinted neither Of us knew him.
| nave heaFn say, says ], he is a plane, well
digger loOkin sort Of a man, and / reckon we
can guess him from his looks. So we axed
The way 70 his room and were told it was ii the
East end Of the State House, " good sign,n
says Pete, wise men came from the East.s
We went on lookin in at every door expectin
every mint to see him, we had got to the last
aoor on the right side, before we saw any one
all, Ilst then we seed a tall, raw boned, gray
nalfed gentleman, with sky blue pants, black
coat and vest and long fured white hat. Who
40 you reckon that is, said | to Pete. A fur
I'm bond holder, reckon, says he. Well, as
not a little anxious TO see how he acted in
lnls repudiatin State. SO we set to watchin
as movements and dress, to see if we could
where he was from; but as ! did not
Know any thing about SIGH persons, | depended
~ Pete's book larnin to find out the matter.
'Wel',' says Pete, /" think he is a Chinese
lor you see his pants are celestial blue, and the
Chinese call their country the celestial EN-
pre-, andi would not be at all supprisedi if that
'unE we heard SO much about did not bring
over" And then lookin again he said,
! almost know be is, for from the way =
sucks his hands in those empty pockets Of
nlsen, ! bet my life lie is thinkin Of the money
We hlched out Of them by false pretenses; be-