Southern shield., 1852-05-22
Successful Electi0neering.


 We give up. We have in our time met with some good electioneerers. In this our good old county of Tuscaloosa, we have some that are hard to beat. We have seen some of them walk into large crowd, and in less than ten minutes shake hands with every man present, inquire atlectlonateIy into the state of his health and that of each member Of his family, and express the deep est sympathy on account of the "long dry spell" which was niuring the crops. Nor was this all; for, while the candidate was thus sympafhsing with one sovereign on account of his mistortunes, he would almost in the same breath, succeed in convincing another "constituent" that upon his cleo tion depended the question whether or not plank road should be made to pass by the said constituents door, and whether or not the valueleSs sixteenth section in the town ship, should be enriched by an equalization of the school fund. We have often won- dered how on earth the people are ever able to decide who to vote for, when all the candidates are snch clever fellows, and all make suGh fine promises.
 Some years before the Palmetto State had determined to secede, we had occasion to pay visit to the pleasant village of Car roIton. The weather being quite warm, we concluded 10 stop, during the heat of the day, at the house of an old Florida fel- low soldier, whom we had not seen for many years. He had retired upon his lau- rels, and having got married, had, we un- ders ,,nod, been faithfully filing one of the most importcnt of the scripturaI injunctions. Three or four cthuGGhv. faxen-headed little brats, almost in a state oi Iudi'y. were play ing about the yard, and we had not Heen long under the roof of our hoSpitable friend, before he caught and dragged up before us the the largest and apparently the oldest of the group. The little fellow came for ward very reluctantly, and as he was tight ly held by the collar of his only garment, his struggles caused it to cover rather less of his person than strict proprlety required. As soon as the youngeler 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 curtaIed state of his wardrobe, but this was evidently not the point to which our friend wished to direct our atten- ton.
 The next peculiarity which we noticed, was very complete and darkly defined circle, quite visible around the circumter- ence of the little fellows face. This, we presumed had been caused by nasty ef- fort to wash him, the result of which was that the dusty particles had been removed from the central part around the eyes and nose, and had been snugly aud symmetri- calIy arranged into the aforesaid circle.- We no doubt looked somewhat puzzled, and were about to remark that we thought the little fellow had very comical express sion of countenance, when luckily we were cut short by the fathers remarkng-
 "Ah, Squire. see you don't know any thing about furno'0gy. Why, it ain't no longer ago than last week that Squire P came along here, and he hadn't more'n got into the yard when he says to me, Russell says he, 'bring that little fellow here.- What's his name! AbSaom, is it7 We'll it's good scripture name, might almost have guessed that was it. because his hair has grown out so long. RuS>eI, have you ever had this boys head examinedr'
 "WeII," continued RuSsel, "lhis sort a took me back cause didn't exactly know what the Squire meant by having his head examined. So said believed the old wo- man tended to that. He laughed right out at this and said he meant furnologicaIiv- He then took Absalom, there, in his lap, and feeling around his head for bumps, as he called em, he says to me Russell says he, do good part by this boy; he's bound to make a man if you give him half a chance, for he's got head just exactly like Bona parte and Gen. Washington
 ''I tell you what it is," said Russel, ad- dressing US very emphatically, cit is my opinion that Squire P-- is about the smartest man we've got running for the Legislature, and he'll get my vote sure r'
 We left our friend soon after, determin- ing in onr mind that before we ventured to become a candidate for any office, we would have 10 take lesson in "furnology."
 
 ETIouETrE-Th Intelligencer has cor respondent who proposes series of num- bers on this subject. We shall try to con- dense into commands what he demonstrates by argument Some of these commands may be true:
 |. Before you bow to lady in the street, permit her to decide whether you may do so or not by at least look of re- cognition.
 3. Excuse my glove" is an unnecessa- " apology; for the glove should not be l withdrawn to shake hands.
 g. When your companion bows to la dv, you should do so also. When gen. teman bows to a lady in your company T ;o