The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-10
SUIT. Lovengood's Dream. Playing "Old
S,y-.fg sicd:;o' for tho Presidency.

sui. hoVehSoeos Dream. .RinyihB "oh
sy-.5g sIcdso" for tho Presidency. M
swell, Sut, what was your dream? tell us.
If you ever dreamed any thing smart, your
friends ought to know it, for the benefit Of
your character; for cuss me ii you ever thought
of any thing smart awake
Thus buntered, Snt leaned against the
rough board counter of the doggery, with %
tumbier OF whisky in one hand, while the other
sounded for the bottom Of q hole in his breech-
es, by courtesy called pocket, took q small
sip, and began to tell his dream. Hear him,
reader, speak for himself:
"Gen,emen, dreamed an unpossibiity Inst
night, wur in Washington City, MI know
| never will be thar onlcss they take me thar
to hang or cruelty me for drinkn more nor my
sheer Of f" the peoples drink" old rot-gut. But
in my dream ! was thar an no mistake sartiii
sure--at u laundering big tavern, whar they
rung little bells TO keep from hoefing arter
the niggers, an maxim u noise, an whar they
called you to your mush by rattln on q big
stil!bottom jest for the sake Of the noise an
whnr they took thirty dimes IL duy for doin
nothin for ynu; an whar they gin you sass
enough TO make you fight (at home) for nothin
ut all Darn the scat Of government, al darn
every body, Isay!" g5A s4
"Iell your dream before you get drunk, You
long.leggcd cuss you, or let somebody tell it
for you" z,a, ,--e
thus reproyed, sut. shecrcd into the channel
again:
Well, arter supper q while, nosed round
ontil | got inter room whar seed light,
an thar set three fellcrs II playing Of 'old
sledge.' "
| "Old what?"
| "sevcn up, you 'd,rottcd wcazelskinned,
frog-'egsed son of kangaroo!
"They war playin seven up, with bran new
kerds, spank span new, an no MARKS every TEL
Ter for hissef seemingly. Now, gentlemen, |
blccye ken smell kerds, er they ar in motion,
as fur as from here to the springer how the
| devil did happen to hit onto that room whar
| gamblin war gwine on? But thar did 80 by
| instink, reckon, an the three lcllers wur no
/ body on yearth but Bucl-cannon, Fillmore an
Fremount; an they wur playin q single game
of seven up for the Presidents cheer OF these
free an awful United Il Pluribus States, thirty
lone in number, an kiverin the whole yearth
Thar wur another chap inter that room, with
one hand under his coat tail al tother strokil
of his chin, a wakiu about sorter keerless like
bnt fust "a luokin inter F'illmpre's hand and then
inter Fremount's, IN then winkin and n
rownin, fust at Que OF them an then at to'her
! Then he'd tiptoc an try to peep inter Bucks
hand. Bat tho old feller hlt it under tht
shadler Of ile table, IN sortcr looked ut i
sideways hiyself, an was watchin the pecplI
q ieor too, all the while, right close. His nam
was Hell ward, or Sca-ward, or soinethln o
that sort---no matter what.
Nsw, gentlemen, ! kin play old sledg'
right peart an when 1 seed that it war [
game Of two pluck oDe,' an that Buck.cannol
was bound 10 be skinned eff his hide did n,
rrow fast to his bones, ! rot tts mad as be-
= n swarm time an jest thought (mind, ses
/ nothing that ! d like to knock enough of Q
that chaps skull to make u bullet-lalle, ct
\ tlard TO- He Is darncd snaDe Nc "roa'
a sure.
swell, arthcr they
\. hands, Mr. Bu '-enp'
y lpefiiAe las%