The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-01-25
SUIT LoVENGooD's DOG.

When / wer boy, and my legs not longer than
John Wentworth's dad totohed home dad
drapped, wuthless, NANCY, ea-bitten, gray old fox
houn good for nuthin but tn swaller up what orter
lined the bowels owe us brats. w ell naturally
tuck sdistaste to him. and had sorter hankerin
arter hurtin his feelins and discumfertin owe him
every time dads back turued. This sorter
kept big skeer alters before his eyes, and orfA
yell in his throat reddy to pore out the fust mo-
shun he seed me make, So he larnt to syaller
things as he run, and alters kept his laig we'll
ouder himself. for he never knowd how soon he
mought want to EN- in totng his trfng carcus
beyone the reach owe a CRATE Ayin rock. He
knowd the whiz of rock in moshun as well, and
he stopped tu see who flung hit, but jist let
his head fly open tn gin howl--room to CUM
and sot his lags tn gwine the way his nose hap
pencd to be pintin. He'd shy roun every rock
he seed in the road, for he looked on hit cal
amity tn cum arter him sum day. Eff he left
home sum nabors dog tanned his hide, and eff he
stade at home, alters arter hit, tn tan hit;
he dident see much more peace owe mind nur a
suckit rider dus in Baptist naburhood at sacra-
ment time when the river am up in good dippin
order. And in all my born days never seed him
agwine the same way wuz; he made that an on
brakabil ruil / think | got my fust noledgc ovo
gettn way frum imaginary trobul and common
tribulashun, from him. and with the vantage owe
holesum par owe laigs and the power owe usin EN-
quick, alters found his plan tu work well. l tell
you, Georgy, that runnin am the greatest inven-
shun on yearth when used carefully Wizard / a
bin by this time eff 1 hadn't relyed ontu these yare
laigs? Dye see EN-? Don't they mind you owe
u par owe cumpusses made to divide mile into
quarters? They'll do I'll be crcumstanshuly
dad -drapped ef they don't.
Well, one day. tuck pigs bladder nj ontu
the size owe duck aig and filed it with powder
and korked hit up with piece owe spunk, rolled
hit up in thin sculp meat, and sot the spunk
afire and flung hit out; he swallercd hit at one
yerk and sot in tu gittin away for doin hit. I
hearn noise Ike sumthin Dustin, and his tail lit
atop owe my hat His head wer way down the
hill and had tuck deth holt onter roof His
fore laigs wer fifty feet up the road maxim runnn
moshuns, and his hine ones straddil owe tho
fence His inncrds wer hangin in links ontu the
cabin chimbly, sept about yard IN MANS bussum
As tu the dog hisself, as dog, / never seed
him agin. WE'LL dad flung FIVE or six hundred
onder my shurt with the dried skin ofen bulls
tail, and gin me the remaindur next day with
waggin whip what he borrowed frum feller while
lie wcr a watterin his hosses; the wagginer got
sorry fur and hollered tn me to turn my begin
and squealin ntu f1st rate runnin which imejut-
ly did, and the last lick missed me bout ten fut.
" ..' ----~-~-~------
ELECTED ON THE FIRST BALLoT.-The Louis
vile Journal says that during the election for
United States Senators in South Carolina, one for
the long tcrm and the other for the unexpired
term of Judge Evans, there were many ballotings
and much excitement A gay, dashing young
widow of great personal attraction was in Colum-
bia at the time and the nephew of one of the con-
testants became so confused between the calls Of
love and the lobby, that he actually declared
himself to the lady as a candidate for the unex-
pired term Of her late husband y The Journal
says he elected to the vacancy on the first
ballot. iTa' .A+.