Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-14

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BYs--L ov rEsxrssxr
"Wsll, Sat, what was yoa, dream p
Tell % Il yoa ever dreamed anything
smart yonv friends ought 70 kAow IL foi
we ososat OF your oAasaeese, for euse
avake."
Thus bsntsrsd, Sut Leaned assinst the
, rough board countss Of The doeeery =,
With tunblsr OF whisksy in one bend,
.. while the other sounded for tAs bottom
o. hole in his brssches, BY courtesy
called pocket; took email zip, and
began 20 tell bic dream. Hssr him, sea-
der, spesk for himself
"Geotlemen dresmpt an impossi-
bility last mite. wur in Washington
city so' know never will be thar, on
less they take me thur tn hang u1 cruci-
y me for drinkin' rot got in my dream
! Was thar, en- no missske-ssrtin sure.
st thunderin' big tavern. whsr they
rung lsetle bells to keep from hollerin'
after tho niggers an maxim . noise ao'
wbAr they called ~ to your mush By rat
tim on : big still bottom jest for the
SIX Of tho noise an whsr they took
thirty dimes day for doin' nothin' fur
you an whar they gin you sass enuf to
make IN iits ct homs) fur noshin' as al
Darn the seet Of government-sn' darn
everybody, l say"
"Tsll your dreams before You Ret
drunk, you long.legged eass you, or
somsbody tell it for you"
Thus rsproved, Sut sheered into the
channel sgsin
"Well, srter supper swhils, l nossd
around until got inter soom whar
seed light an thar son three fsllers
plsyin' ov old sledgs."
"Old what ?H
Seuen up you drotted, weasel. skin.
ned, frog legged con Of . kangaroo"
lThis was addressed to young speci.
men Of the order intensimus Bmericanus
anti Popestibus mudlsusimus, who shone
rcsplendont from c., in Tights,
email osne, watch ribbon, and had .
lsudsble desire to learn something OF tho
hidden mysteries Of 'old tlsdge.' lie
played only on asthmstic tfombones and
'schess' when in the scity.l
"They wur plsyin' seven up With
bran new kerds, spsnk span now, and no
marks, every Teller for himself, seeminly
Now, geo.lemen, l believe KIN smsi |
kerds, II they are 10 motion, % far % |
from here to the spring, or how tho devil
did happen to bit onto that room whore |
gambling wur gwios on !? But thar l |
| did 60 BY instink, rsokin, an The |
three fellers wur nobody in yeorth but
Buck cannon, Fillmore and FremouHt,
az they we're . playin' single game Of |
seven up for tho Presidents cheer ov |
these FREQ and awful United E Pluribus
States, thirty one in numper, and kiver-
in the whole yearth. Thar war an 9th.
or Chap inter that room, with ono hand
under bis coat tail an tother Q strokin'
ov his chin, wslkin' about sorter keer.
lees like, but fust ct one Of them Or
then tother. Then he'd tiptoe an try to
peep into Bucks hand. But the old TEL
ler hilt it under the shadder OF the table,
and sorter looked ct it sideways his self,
and was wstchin' tho peepin Teller too,
oil the while right clost. Ais name wss
Seward or Hellward, or sumthin' oy that
sort, no matter which. Nov, gentlemen
kin play old sledge myself right pesrt,
and when ! seed that It was game OF
two pluck one, and that Buck cannon
Was bound TO be skinned Of his hide
didn't grow fast onto bis bones, got
mae % bse in . swarmin' time, an |
jist thought, (mind l sed nuthin9 Pa
like to knock enough ov that chaps skull
to make built ladle, Of | dared tu
lie 70 dsrned snake in the grsss, sure.
well, after thes had played out their
hands, Mister Buck cannon SEE, bowin'
nifty purlite, 'believe, gentlemen, stand
high, jack, and that hes cot mo six, ell
amt mistaken Then both on em, Fill.
more and Fremont, spresd oil all o.
Bucks out oncer tho tabls, till they saw
his acc OF trumps an the jack ov trumps
which he had cotch from Fillmore with
the king and then they agreed that be
was six. Seward said, sYes, no reckon
cd that was the state Of tho game.'
Fillmore, then, ~ modest 40 fifteen
year old gal, said, Il made low; you
kotoh my juice with your old ace, Mr..
Buck'cannon, and that sits mo three.,-
All agreed on that count; and Eremount,
leaning on his cheer. back, whispered be.
hind bis hand tn me- And ID low il
was too, don't you think 90? and his
black must- touchous twisted up like in
to cork.screws; but all agreed that Fill.
more was three an no mistake. Ere.
mount then sod, Il made game. and that
sot me six with you, Mister Buck cannon.
Buck bowed again tu that; bus Fillmore
sej, SIR, I'll count game with you
this 10 not adzactly scoor,iiu' tn our on
derstandin' SIR and for tho fuet time he
looked like he mout be made to fite.-
Sea.wsrd frowned, shook his head, wink.
ed. and sweated nightly. Fremount
did so, too, an all at old Fillmore, but
it warn't NO use, count game be would
and FremOant beat him one, So that
got the game-Buck six, Fremouut six,
an' Fillmore three, an Buok's deal aud
FremCunt' beg or Stand.
'Buok licked bic thumb an dealt 'sm
nifty slow and keerful. looked at Fill
mors's kerds % he got 'em from tho
deal. and it liked to knock mo down
There was the zoe, tho king, the jack,
the an the ''juice' Of trumps! Thinks
|. o Lordy! and then l looked at him,
and than :he old fellow sot, bic belly
kivering the cheer al over. an nearly
out to his knees, % solemn, % big a.
about % wise % 90 old Dutch squire
tryin' OF bsstardy case With good proof
sgin the daddy. tell 20 boys, hs look
cd jist like he bad his fust big horn Of
whisky for the mite, an DO felt il in his
boots. l tho't 0 Lordy again.
Buck never turned up bic hand, but
sxed Fromount what be ment tn do. He
looked st bis kerds, sorted 'em, then
looked ct 'em again. then up at the lamp,
then q Buck, scratched his ear, shot up
bic eyes, an verey slowly ssd-l-bee.
By the juupin' Jshosephat! Buck run
'em quick, an sho't no harm 20 take
another look q old Fill. He sotoh .
low collicky sort OF gruut and then hs
blowsd. swsr the wind cone outsn his
nose, mouth. eyes an ssrs, and like 10
put the lamp ont.
Il lodged, an took . peep inter Ere
mount's hand, and l now swear, that
when . man 10 ok on big game Of sev-
on up, never seed jist sic6 kerds. He
hilt'tothsr three aces, bound TO be high,
let what would cum-an' out. an'out
President ct that. Thinks /, O Lordy,
Buck! 0 Lordy, Fillmore! an watched
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