Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-12-17

we played at the sugar'csmp, down there oy the
old man Thomases on Rogerses creek. You re-
member-'twas the time / win that feller's shirt
from over in Neigs'
you amt talkin' of that id dimocrat we heeced
the mite o the big strin~ofjist after l got my
thumb bit SO badly by that felier that 1T down on
the river last winter, are you SamY said Ty.
'OndoubtedIy am rejoned Sam. We'll the
way the picters come to rae reminded me o ihst
mite. Aces hco pair, hress, and even tlrshes,
were nothn' for me to hold. This gin ne coaf<
dence, that when l hadn't even so much as
strait was not afraid to bluff But they were all
pretty cute felIers-kept cool 3 coOcumber-
didn't fret nor say nothin but now and then-I
pass, or somethin' ndicatn' strength weakness.
As l jst said, the papers come kind to me. Pile
after pile O. the red checks found their way TO my
side o. the table. 1t went on onti got all the
counters but about pile and half o the whites,
and pile o the reds Besides, had a marker on
Col. Sharpe for a cool thousand.
begin TO think about qutin' now, but it seem
ed ongentlemany to do so, considerin' they had
treated me so kindly. So jist made up my mind
to go for the pile 1t had got sort o late by this
time, and began to weaken little-the fact is,
the ticker was teln' on me- Pun not certain but
fell asleep about now, cant say-think did though.
/ know got to dreamin; 1 dreampt that l had
cleaned the party, and gone home and bought the
Leage farm, Miller place, Smith place, mills, store
and all. And that didn't do nothin' but set in
the bank and count money from mornin' till mite.
| Twas nifty pleasant along here; don't know but
I.fet better'n did the time brother Shsart come
so nigh gitin' me down at liberty meetin' house.
! The only thing that seemed to disturb me was
fear that the old oman aud gals would get proud
and extravagant. Howsomever, this didn't d'ss
turb me much, knows l had the dough- to settle all
the bills that they would make.
had jist concluded to take the gals up to the
store and let 'em git some things TO fix up for big
meetn' that was comm on soon, over Squire
Csricks, when l heard some one say-'What DO
you do9'
The question was repeated second and third
time before l was fairly awake.
what do you do, gentlemenH said the Teller
that had just dealt the kerd'; Pass, said the one
setn' next to him on the left.
The next, still on the left said-I Pass
1t had now come to me. My hand had bin dealt
off before woke, and lay in nice little pile rite
| before me. One at a time took the herds up; as
done so, pctsr ksrd after pictsr kerd, showed
untaeiH four Queens were ookin me dead in the
eye, as peasin' and confident could be. tried
to look as onconcerned as possible, but carlessly
slid I'D pile O. reds The dealer hadn't spoke
yet. Seeiu' my pile starein' bin in the face, he
said he'd call
Pass again said the Teller on the left Five
hundred 6stter said the next. This begin to look
like gamlin' sure enough. But thinks |, here goes
for the pile; so l calls. The dealer now raised it
thousand This run all the hands off but mine
always had so much confidence in the uinuHsh that
l couldn't lay the four down that | now hit in my
hand But, when l come to count was about
three hundred sLugs short, observin that couldn't
settle the balance till mornu', pushed up what
l had, marker and all and said bisye I'd take a
sight
We'll, you rakad it down, in course rather pro-
vokngly Intercepted Ty.
'Raked what DOWN.
The money
4 re, on you'd thought didn't efyou'd secn
the sanctmoneous manner in which that old taller
faced, miuk-eyed Ferer turned over four 1hle aces
remarkein' as he did so that he was sorry to see
that luck was so agin me-
'Tha. was unfortunate said Uncle Nat.
Yes, replied Sam; and it did look little sgin
mater, yet experience proves that twart oHpossioe
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
| EDIroRs PATRIOT: With my impressions as to
the means which have been provided to build so
much of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad as
lies between Nashville and the Kentucky lne I am
at loss to determine why that portion Of the road
| s not now nearly completed. Ii | am not mistae
| ken, Davidson County has subscribed $500, 900
and Sumner County the same sum. The
distance is about 40 miles. This, therefore,
gives about So 600 per mile to grade lie road and
the State gives 81 o. 900 mile to lay darn tie iron
Besides the State gives $780, [amply sufficient
to build the Bridge across the Cumberland River
and know not how rnuch additional may have
been subscribed to the road by individuals. Yet
nothing is being done on the road! l. this not
strange? l may not precisely understand the
facts; and if so, ask for correct information; but
this i'm 2oraut road should be going ahead rapidly
and know of no piece OF road that has such am
! pie funds. A STOCKHOLDERS.
Death of Col. Henderson YOahum.
The Galveston Texas Ne1cs Of the 81
inst, says:
''Our Houston correspondent writes US that
| Col II. Yoakum, the historian of Texas, died
| in Houston, at the Capitol Hotel, on Saturday