Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-19


We are very much gral6ed to learn that our friend
john SoMERs, ESQ has been nominated by the
Democracy of Weakly to represent that sterling
Democratic county il The next Legislature. Mr.
sONERs is nan of fine talents, and wall exercise
powerful and wholesome influence id the legislation
If next winter.
sat Lovingood's LOve-fes,st OF varmInts
held at Nashville, March e8sh and eOta.
Yoa never hearn, George, how got iato big
meetin owe varuinis 10 Nashville, an low durnd nj
cum gitin Owe myself fzt for happiness an halalu
jah beyant The grave fur gaiue smung EN-. Ke'ch
me ever mixin myself up Agaia with pole cats,
coors groun-hOgs, minks, Aaase-eats, hoss-ca's,
hell-eas weazals, mus-rats, wharf r4ts bull-blts,
owls, buzzards, vaer-dogs, wild boars, bell wealth,
ers, possums, no!es, grubworms an tumb!e>bugs;
when they's in heat an holdin love-feast, when
all ar ekal the squar, and every cussed wun
owe em actin hits natter in hits NOS onsanotifel
parts. kOtch big skser what haint over yet
Look at that ar feot how hit rembles, tbodnr out
his long leg wright augles hit shakes yet like ouu
green gall when feller thretens tn waller her at
qultin. Oh durn these quarterly meetins owe per-
miscus varmints, owe the sneakin an stealth sort
whar good dogs, steel traps, an guns ANT allowed
| tn cum. Sum infurnel dsvlm1nt s agwine u cum
! owe lit sartin. Ise studied the mater owe beastes
mOnsous well, particular the mean kind owe var
minis, Gaze spose they5 sorter in tu me, an l tell
you, sure es you're born, when they meets by wag-
| gin loads tn hold pow>WoE, hit doRt mean eny
good tn euy critter out thar SETS. I had followed
terbacker Vaughn to Nashville al sot IN tn slungin
roun in The opepest pars owe town, whsr I'd have
room tn run in case eny imedjut vexashua owe spirit
overtuck re. Thar wer a big taylin en- wun side
owe open lot an they hadn't tuck the scafln down
yet from the trent an hits bin thar nj ontu forty
years, an on luther side the let yer mousous long
shed an big at the ainds like ontu silkwum what
youse pulled in two lefa haugin by the gut, an in
the middle wer a orful big griste mill ur a erback-
ersteuery deserted, an hit ef III take keer owe hits
sef like unto mos things in this yere yeath am.
Well, when got in site eve the tavin 1 never
seed jist sch site in all ny bOrnd days, all that ar
scaffolin wer kiyersd with all the varmnts I've no.
rated tn you, clmbin the pos,es, hangin by thar
tails from the winder shutters, q sittin on thar
| etarns in The winders racin playia on the
ruff, rastlin and sham fl in ontu the pavement,
stckin tn the door posts Tusbin tugether arttr a
piece eve cold chicken flung into the back yard, an
then tin over HIT evry varnint usin ove his natral
wepuns; Iidin Wun anuther dowa Stars, a smeilin
peoples co.eals runnin thar FIRE paws inter the
! ever coat pockets what q hapgin outu the wall
| an alookn luther way al! the time
! Groun hogs piokin the dirt ou'en thar tails cn
! a slidin on thar hine aiad aIross The rune Moles
tryn tn bore holes il the walls owe he tayrin; mnks
] tIc oLT
/ lin at possurs about the respective size beau
! ty, an Troporshuns owe thar tales rats a smeniI'
around the corners owe peoples har trunks an a
/ eatn the paste outen the Powered callicker what
ki7ered the walls; cats a smelln o7o thar tails an
a maxim passes at the rate, when ole coon, mon
sous grey ole that the rings ontu his tail he'd al
most faded out, would jump atSeen EN-, wash his
face with his paws as much as 10 say Io G,in'
among his friea's at a loEe-fcas'. lie he'd n
bell tied roun his mack al hit Gnck'ed when he'd
rack rcun the room They softer wer fesrd eve him
never did see jist sich kerrion On in all my bcrnd
days. They had tuck psrseshuu owe she tayrin
bodily, an you could see EN- rackin' in an out o-e
/ Almost eyry house in tow, an owe all the hungry
| devils you could skeer up il weeks ravil among
the sand hills, they the hupgrest not durned
wun owe 'em he'd tasted norsel since 1852. an you
may jist guess how they looked. Why they wer
| plumb crazy, eff they amt fed purity soon SUN
/ Orful calamity will cum; they all says So
Now all these shines an kerrins on tuck place in
broad day lite, so you may know how they did when
! night cum on. As that is the varmiuts dsv time
they poured outen tavrin in n solid sluce, an OBJ
sarved that amost every coon ioted another varmDt
owe sort Ontu his back, obey loves u ride coons
an amin fur the terbacker semmery cut in the mid
die owe the lot So sorter sncCked in arter them
Well thar they wer, redy fur work, an know you
wont believe me, but understood the most thew
Pse been mixed up with wild beastes ali 1ay life,
an so l jst listened tu lurn eff l could what the
devil this inuadashun owe the varaints meant GA 2
how. An ole rusty he grounhog sat up on aiud on
a winder sill, and sed that he now'd mOns,rOus well
how thar tastes fur Wills differed. Is The coon thar
IA pintiu to the ole Bull teller with the bell on
lcves ole hens monsous we'll" Here the bell coon
intorfered tn say " ne did Ike ole hens bu. dam
thar oackliH ard scraehin, he jist wanted tn make
his record right" an sot down.
The groun hog then went on tn ssy that the postum
he'd a weakness fur simmons; the rat loved cheese
aud meal, the mink went in fur pulers blood, an he
might ada the weasel as agreeing with the possum
on that pint The skunk loved strong diet, an the
buzzard Didn't care dam what he ct so bit he'd been
dead long enough before hand, he mou. show that
every aDinil il thlt rune differed III what they
loved IL cat, but all Tcr alike in Iowa tn eat sumhn
or luther an he Wer rely to sWar that not VIVA owe
EN- he'd tasted bite fur seven years. They wus
starvin an he'd met here tn plan out way to get
sum vittels, they ment tu he7 hit; an he hoped
sum one would Cifer some plan what could be kerrid
out tn the gitlin thar belys full-an he pulled
up with his tail roun lis nose. A varmint then
climbed up ontu g box tu make talk, an durn me
eff ever 1 hev been SO bothered in all my life III
make out what hit was. At fust tuck hit fur 6 ole
billy goat frum hits gray beard an wore-out looks
happened tu look away fur mint az hit he'd
changed PORful; hits bar wer es black es a mink an
all scked up, an hit ver shaped like Ontu coon.
In fac hit changed shape color every time looked
away. Hit gin me q sorter skeer, hit wer SO many
beasts at onct. That hit were beastes owe sum sort
kuowed by his Fcor wish jist nowd what
sort owe bait would catch it. Barnum 'ud gin me
forty barri!ls whiskey fur hit an make at that
How would bar trap DO baited with an oman or a
lat Office / mean tn try the experiment.
Well while hit yer in bits black an slincy shape,