Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-11-15
MOUNTAIN HOME, Nov. 8, 1856.

MOUNTAIN HoME, Nov. 8, 1856.
Gentlemen Of the Onion and American
AS the canvass has closed, and as the telegraph, !
the cannon upon Thousand hills, and the peans
of triumph announce the success of the democratic
party, propose to relate to the numerous ladies'
aud gentlemen who read your elegant sheet, ripe
Snake, Wagon and Buck story-egad story did
we say! Ii was a dream. We will not anticipate,
however.
Then, know ye, to wit, ladies and gentlemen,
that some where in the mountains OF E. Tennessee
there lives our friend H., a :" limb of the law by
profession and az essential constituent of the bar
where he practices. II. is noted for his love of
no nds and the chase. Among the lovers of fun
and sunshine, he is decidedly more famous for bis
big hunting stories which occurred up in the
| mountains, rich yarns, and laughable humor gen.
orally, than was ever Simon Sweetapple, Esq, in
his pamiest days, or any of his tribe; so much 30
that when he makes his appearance, on any occa-
sion, partizsns forget their prejudice and come in
for share of the fun. H. is reported to have
won various hounds on the election, but as to the
/ truth of this we are not fully prepared to state
facts. But to the dream as we go along.
A few days after the election, when 81. had
been advised of the heavy democratic gains in
Tennessee and Kentucky, he left home to attend
one of the Courts in the circuit of his practice
| On his arrival at the Court House great many
anxious listeners were gathered about him to hear
the news; among whom was lawyer g., and than
whom no one in the district had sounded louder
on the drumhesd of the late s'grest American
party" during the canvass. After the news had
all been given H. went on about as follows
"Well, gentlemen, had some very remarkable
dreams last night, and feel satisfied in my own
mind they'll all come true. In 1874 dreamt
thst saw coon climbing up tree, till he came
to where there was a yeowjackets' nest. They
commenced singing him; he fell off the tree and
was caught by dog. / knew tnen Polk was
elected. (Cheers) And appeal o. (B here
if have not always told him that my dreams
nearly always come true"
B. nodded assent.
"Well, continued h, ~ dreamt of seeing one
OF the most beautiful ladies' thought, that it was
ever my fortune to look at. Her features were
full and regular. The rose bloomed upon her
cheek. The diamond sparkled in her eye. The
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the morning star. Her toilet was complete. l
stepped forward 10 embrace her--you know, gen.
tlemen, | always admired the ladies-and what
do you think it turned out to be? A real old
Buckl CHEERS, prolongedD Perfectly tame and
gentle; it would lay its head up to mine; smooth
horns; sleek and fat and one of the finest animals
you ever saw. (Cheers) by Jupiter, BUCHAN-
ANS elected northumberland here awoke be-
ing SO much excited and gratfed."
-"B But this isn't all" continued H., after the
noise and merriment had somewhat subsidized
"When l fell asleep again, 1 dreamt, as thought,
that saw splendid new wagon. was so much
attracted by its appearance that went up to ex-
anime it. But on examination l found it to be On
old wagon that had just been Te.paiated It
looked like it had been in use for great many
years, in rough country, without much greasing
A pair of horses, spawned and wind-brokep, were
hitched to it. Two men stood by. 1 asked the
driver, mulatto boy, what his name was He
| told me it was SAM (Cheers) Directly they
started of W ith the wagon, but hadn't gone far
| till it broke down. They succeeded in patching it
| up, however, and again started on their way, but
only went little piece, when wheel struck big
| rock in the road and gave way. One man cried;
the other one cursed most bitterly. They pulled
| of their coats and went to work with all their
might, and finally succeeded in whiting and patch
! ing up the old wagon and started on l followed
on after them. Soon they reached the declivity
| Of a steep hill. When kad turned the summit.
| the old wagon and team were tumbling head over
heels down the hill at the rate Of about twenty
| miles an hour. At the bottom of the hin, where
the read made turn, they shot off into muddy
| pond Of water, in the edge of dismal swamp,
near the waters of Sal Riveri (Cheers) Then
I heard voice, saying, Thus persheth the great
American party alias Know Nothingism, alias
Abolition Dark Lanternism." (Cheers)
| H. continued bis dreaming:
"But, dresmt again. l thought l was in a
large room, and saw huge snake lying on the
| floor N coil, and in an attitude to strike. TIE
frat thing knew was getting away from it, for
l was always afraid of snakes. But just then
some one called to me to stop, and said, Why,
don't you the muzzle on this serpent2 it can't
hurt you 1 turned then and looked, and sure
enough the snake had leather muzzle drawn
tightly over its head with no chance to either see
or bite. l kicked the id thing, but it only |
trembled about the tail. (Cheers) Then heard
another voice which said, Here lies the emblem |
of the Abolition, or Black Republican party of
the North. Learn, 0, man! lesson Know thy. |
self and be true to it. Be thou carried away no
more by an ideal philanthropy
YOUNG PATTY.