Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-13
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@"nC UAO apoIS-CuO SOOO 70 De I0SC.
During the G~ubernatorial canvass of
lo4S, our now retired and most excellent
Governor, his competitor and others, were
travelling up the country. Driving up to
the door of a farmer within ten miles of a
town, on a public road, Governor M. halt
ed and in the usual bland manner of a
gentleman, and particularly of a candidate,
said " Good morning, Sir" "Mornin,"
answered the farmer, when the following
confab took place: "Fine morning, SIR
eyes, rite NICE" Gould | get a drink
of water p Why, yes, 1 reckon-Billy
run to the Spring and bring the gentleman
some good cool water, son-run." Billy
jumped the fence, and while zone, another
son came out and began to eye the horses
and barouche. Rite fine critters."-
eyes" "You don't live bout here ?'
No" "Thisis a mighty nice c~arryall."
"Tolerable." dispose you're from Fit
ginny?" "No, 1 live in Raleigh. 900,
hoo J? "Spose you would swap one of
them nags." "No Sir" The water at
this juncture arrived, (the old man all the
time sitting in his porch with his specta-
cles resting above his eyebrows,) whilst a
half dozen little fax name and tail urchins
had mounted the fence like ROSTERS after
a rain, when Governor M. addressing the
old man, said: dwell, old gentleman,
ain'tyou going out to the speaking to-day p
camp 81 say, amt you going out to
town, to hear the speaking to-day?' mo,
l hain't hearn on it. Indeed !! bills have
been posted up, and notices put in the pa
pers that there would be a public discus.
sion at l.. to-dayp 'Hoo!-I didn't hea,
nothin' about it did hear too that one
old Mr.. Taylor would be through these
parts some time the comm fall,'' anc
Frightening up with a slight elevation Of
bis chair he exclaimed" What mout
your name be, stranger" 1" Manly-I an
the wing candidate for Governor OF NORTH
Carolina At this the old man stared a
Gov. M. with perfect astonishment, anC
leaving his chair he made out to the fence
lifting as he went, his spectacles to tn,
highest degree of longitude, with both eyes
wide open, and fixed upon the stranger, b.
exclaimed in a peculiar and distinct empha
10 HU ! HUo UOU. QuOFGHSUU I'm q
up" eyes," exclaimed the candidat,
and the company left. When we refec
that a term Of four years had Intervene
since Gov. Morehead was a candidate, i
renders it altogether a rich scene, an,
proves most conclusively that the old Gen
tleman didn't, but ought to have taken til
"PAPERs."
AsheuiAe (N: CO. Messenger.
A RICH KIss.-"Ah Sally, give m
a kiss and be done with it."
81 won't, so there now"
"In take it, whether or no."
"Do it if you dare"
So at it they went rough and tumhl,
An awful destruction of starch now CON
menced. The bow of my cravat was Sous
up in half a shake. At the next hon
smash went shirt collar, and at the sam
time some of the head fastening pav
away, and down came Sally s hair ike
food in a mill-dam broke loose. carrvip
away a half dozen combs. One dig of Sa
ly's elbow, and my blooming rufHes willie
down to a dish cloth. But she had n
time to boast. Soon her neck tackling b,
gan to shiver, parted at the throat; m
whoorah came a string of white beaC
scamperlng and running races every wa
you could think of about the floor.
BY hockey, If Sally Jones amt grit there
no snakes. She fought fair however.
must admit, and neither tried to bite
scratch, and when she could fight no lon
er for the want of breath, she yielded ham
somely. Her arms fell down by her sid
her head back over the chair, her ev,
: closed, and there lay a little plump mont
ali in the air. Lord did you ever see
hawk pounce on a Robin ? or a humb
bee upon a clover top ? I say nothing
Query, who could.