Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-29
PUMPKINS.

sippi, discourses as follows of Lincoln
and its belongings taking our friend
Loyan's pumpkin as a text AS a
prelude to the extract, we may men
ton that he isin error in one particu-
lar, and correction would be in Or
der: Lincoln has never surrendered,
| for the simple reason that she has
never been excelled. When other
Localities have done their best, after
the bait we may have thrown out,
then Lincoln steps in and distances
them all. We can, therefore, adopt
friend Keates' remark, With a slight
variation-Hereafter, we will throw
down the gage to all the world, oktib-
beha incladed:- e He. : 30
We are fully satisfied that Lincoln
is a glorious country, and her citizens
great people. We have enjoyed
their genuine hospitality, and have a
slight acquaintance with their natural
resources. We have spent many a
happy hour in the refined society of
her fair daughters, and we can testify
to their many virtues and their ex-
quisite loneliness; and most sssuredly
Lincoln has no greater adnlirer than
ourself. We have wandered over her
mountains, roamed through her val
leys, lolled beneath her outspreading
beech trees, glided gracefully OVER
the CLASSY surface of her rivers, list
ened for hours to the sweet murmur-
ings other laughing brooks and pearly
rivulets, and quafed deep draughts of
love and inspired poetic fire from the
dark eyes Of her lovely daughters.
But, friend Wallace must be more
temperate in bestowing praise upon
his pumpkins; he must put the check
rein upon his enthusiasm; he must
not take on in such an extravagant
manner. Why, something might
happen, and the thunder would be to
pay. Remember the command, "be
We temperate in all things" More
over, 0ktibbeha is in the field, and
she herself is a little pumpkins: she
has kinder leaning that way. The
Observer has right to boast of great
ness in any other line, but the pump
kin line; that is our peculiar sphere,
and We allow no one to make any en-
enactment upon it. When we saw
the caption of the Observers article,
we thought that be really did have
pumpkin as is a pumpkin, such an
one as we grow down here; and we
were perfectly astonished that cur
friend would make such big fuss
over such little pumpkin. Our
readers will be perfectly astonished to
learn that our friends in Lincoln call
an ordinary pumpkin weighing los
lbs. a big one; and above all to go to
bOasting and Dragging about it; such
ones excite no surprise down here;
they are considered common. Why,
Capt. Cooper sent into town the other
day, a small specimen of his present
crop, in the shape Of an ordinary
pumpkin; and our readers viii be as
tonished, that the Captain should have
thought of sending in a pumpkin
which only weighed l32 lbs. But in
justification Of our friend the Captain,
we would say that the pumpkin was
sent in some weeks ago, when they
had hardly gotten their growth. Our
Fair comes of, two weeks hence; when
the large ones will be brought to town.
Friend Wallace, come down and en-
joy the luxury of pumpkin pie, and
some other good things too numerous
to mention. We would inform our
lady readers, that the Colonel is a
good looking gentleman, and use to
s0as single gent, when we knew him,
and have never heard Of his quitting
the Hrealms of single blessedness."
Perhaps the Colonel might find bis |
better half down in this land, where
the pumpkin grows. No one, we are
sure, can definitely speak upon that |
point. In conclusion, we will say that /
we can excuse the Colonel's great 9zo-
yiJfcation over his little pumpkin, since
be had forgotten that Oktibbeha was
in the ring. Hereafter, he will throw
1ewn the gage to all the world, Ok
tibbeha excepted.
S@ The Leavenworth Territorial