Polynesian., 1851-12-27
HUMORS OF ELECTIONEERING.

WE GIVE 1T UP.-We have in our time met will
some good electiOneerists. In this our good OLE
county OF Tuscaloosa we have some that are hart
to beat We have seen some of them walk into q
large crowd, and in less than ten minutes shake
hands with every man present. inquire afectionate.
into the state of his health and that of eacf
member OF his family, and express the deepes
sympathy on account of the ''long dry spell which
was injuring his crop. Nor was this ali; for while
the candidate was thus sympathizing with one Of
the sovereigns on account of his misfortunes, he
would, almost In the same breath, succeed in con
vlncng another constituent that upon his election
depended the question whether or not plank roaf
should be made to pass close by the said constitu
ents door, and whether or not the valueless six
teenth section in that township should be enriched
by an equalization of the school fund We have
often wondered how on earth the people are evel
able to decide who to vote for, when all the can.
didates are such clever fellows, and all make such
fine promises.
Some years ago, before the State of Palmetto
had determined to secede, we had occasion to pay
visit to the pleasant village of Carrollton. The
weather being quite warm, we concluded to stop
during the heat of the day, at the house of an old
Florida fellow-soldier whom we had not seen fol
many years. He had retired upon his laurels, and
having got married, had, we understood, been re-
igously fulfilling one of the most important ofthe
f1axen-headen little fellows, almost in a state OF
nudity, were playing about the yard, and we had
not been long under the roof of our hospitable
friend before he caught and dragged up before us
the largest and apparently the Oldest of the group
The little fellow came forward very reluctantly,
and, as he was tightly held by the collar of his on
ly garment his struggles caused it to cover rather
less of his person than strict propriety required
AS soon as the yOungster was brought in the father
exclaimed: "Look here at this boy, Squire, and
see what's curious about him." The first thing, of
course, which struck US was the curtailed state of
his wardrobe, but this evidently was not the point
to which our friend wished to direct attention.
The next peculiarly which we noticed was a very
complete and darkly defined circle quite visible
around the circumference of the little fellows face.
This We presumed had been caused by hasty eff
fort to wash him, the result of which was that the
dusty PARTICLES which had been ACCOMPLISHING upon
his face all day were removed from the central
part around the nose and eyes, and had been snug
ly and symmetrically arranged into the aforesaid
circle. We no doubt looked somewhat puzzled,
and were about to remark that we thought the lit
tie fellow had very comical expression Of coun-
tenance, when luckily we were cut short by the
fathers remarking, "Ah, Squire, see you don't
know any thing about furnoiogy Why, it amt
no longer than last week that Squire P-tnow
one of the ornaments of our circuit bench) came
along here, and he hadn't more'n got into the yard
before he says to me, R. says he, bring that
little fellow here. What's his name? Absalom
is it? Well, it's good scripture name, and
might almost have guessed that was it, because
his hair has growed out so long R, have you
ever had this boys head examined p" swell" :"
continued R, "this sort took me back, cause
didn't exactly know what the Squire meant by
having his head exammed.' So l told him be-
lieved the old woman tended to that. He laughed
right out at this, and then told him he meant er-
amined fornologie0lly He then took Absalom
there, in his lap and after feelin round his head
for bumps, as he called em, he says tome, R.
says he, do good part by this boy; he's bound
to make man if you give him half chance, for
he's got head Just exactly like Bonaparte and
General Washington spll tell you what i is, :"
said R., addressing us very emphathetcally,
it's my opinion that Squire r b about the smart
est man we've got running for the Legislator and
he'll get my vote, sure We left ou friend soon
after, determining in our mind that before We ven
tured to become candidate for any Office vel
would have to take some lessons IN .fszneio-
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