Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-02
The Daager !of EIeetioneering.

Liz ~. ". fSd} uHc 1CJoieCS III OLO
possession of a live Yankee as cor
respondent, who having wandered as
far south as Louisiana peddling no.
tons, has settled down somewhere in
the Caddo country, or some other
undiscovered region of the State, and
there concluded to run for Congress.
The following extract Of a letter to
tile editor OF the Picayune, desert
bling one of his electiopeering tours,
isIa specimen Of the luck he had in
this delightful business:
'Well,l pltup with a firstTate, good
In4tured tellers that | met at billiard
table ] went in, and was introduced
TO his wife, a fine fat woman, who
looked as though she lived on Eal1in;
her-face was SO full of fun. After
whiIe--afser we'd talked about my
gal, and about the garden, and about
the weather, and so ori in came
I ;1hree or four children, latin and skip
lpin as merry as crickets. There
WASH t n . candle lit, but | could see
they were fine looking fellows, and l
| started for my saddle bags, in which
/ had put a lot of sugar candy for
tie Children, as went along. Come
here, said !, you little rogue, come
along here, and tell me what your
name is. The oldest then come up
10 me. and says he:
My name IS Peter Smith, sir
and What is your name, sir. said l.
Bob Smith, SIR
The next said his name was Bill
Smith, and the fourth said his name
was Tommy Smith. Well, / gave
EN- sugar candy, and old Miss Smith
Twas 50 tickled that she laughed all
the time. Mr.. Smith looked on, but
didn't sa y much why says !,
Miss Smith, wouldn't take Il good
deal for them four boys, if [ had EN-,
they re 50 beautiful and sl0g4tly.'
No says she, latin, Il seta good
deal Of store by EN-, but We spoil EN-
4 too much.
oh, no, says I, they re all well
/, behaved children; and by gracious,
Says |, ahe eyes, mouth, forehead, are
# a perfect picture of you, sir saysI,
i tipping the Oldest ON the pate.
/ thought Miss Smith would have died
4 a Latin at that; her arms fell down
IIby her side, aud her head fell back,
Ialkd size shook the hull house latin.
II DO you think SO, Col. Jolses?' says
Isle; aud she looked towdrds Mr.
!. Smith, and | thought she'd go off in
4 "a lit.
4 YES, says I, 4 do really think so.
'ii4, hal ha-how-wl' says Mr.. Smith,
lEnder hall laffin, you're too hard on
ME now, with your Jokes.
/ i amt jokin at ALL says /,
I'they re handsum children, and they
do look wonderfully like you
j Just then gal brought in light,
! and III De darned if the little brats
J didll't tula out to be mulattoes, ey-
iefy one Of EN-, and their hairSas as
IcErly-as the blacklist nigger's. Mrs
Smith never had any children, and
they sort ofpetted them little niggers
= play things. | never felt SO
s1reaized as / did when / see how
things stood. III hadn't kissed the
fttl1asty things, could a got oyel
u; bat kissing on EN- showed that
VI as III airnest (though | was soft
s4aping on EN- all the time;) how to
FgFt OUT of.the sempe ] didn t know
Mrs smith LATED 50 hard when she
s@e low cBhfased- | was, that she al
moss sullecated. a little while after
v Frtl5 there was whole family of re-
. ldtions arrived from the city, and
t'sltned the matter off; butnext morn
ing I could see Mr.. Smith did not
.like the remembrance Of what [ said,
;fhd | doaIt believe hell vote for me
!. When the election comes on. / 'spect
Miss Smith kept the old fellow under
taiat joke for some time. i