Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-10-13
From the Charleston Courier.
The Presidential Election.
III % SAM BILLINGS.'

The Presidential Election.
BY &C SAM BILLINGS"
| Well, boys, duz you blecvc in dreams? |
duz. You all member that dream had bout
jim, being elected?
"Jim who, Sam 2'
Jim Buchanan, of course Who else p
Why dremt saw him an Fillmore and Ere.
mont all playin sevcn-up and when Jim an
Fillmore was both six and six what duz Jim
do but turn up Jack, and git out The very
mex thing we heerd ator that wuz that jim
wuz lccted. [ rotc to Jim bout it, but he
forgot to anscr my letter tell YOU BOYS,
its no use tawking. | knows whats what, an
ct you only knowed what drcmt laso mite
you'd know more than you knows now
lake drink, Sam, and tell us about it.
Don't kecr cf | do. We'll, you see atcr
left you boys, last mite, wuz Jest as sober
as ever wuz. You all knows that, cause
never drinks, ccpt on spcshul occashuns.
did stumble a loctle-icSt a eetc--but that
wuz cause [ wuz thinking so hard on what
Bill thar had sod bout us gcttin Cuber cf old
Brcck wuz lcctcd, an how nice it would be to
put such fc!lorS rs us down thar to take kccr
OF the Dons an Scnoritcrs. 1t wuz too much
trubbe to shuck my coat or pull off my butcs,
so laid down jest us | wuz Lets take n
drink
We'll, as soon as Morfus had rapt me in
sleep, | begun to droom. | thort n CRATE
big teller, with cooked hat an a sword by
hls side, techcd me on the shoulder an axcd
me ct wouldn't go to the race. tole him
wood 90 cnywhar fur fun, an axed him to
pltch ahed. AS soon as We got to the dore
thar stood wun uf the finest carriis YOU ov
i;to 20 S""t !. '"' N Tn nc nqu'reS doht hold
mo ~ ~, ~ -; ~" "Ss,eruS s,, conuuGter a%ed
u'o w. w. III T!l v',ep 'oi0rGu h'sscit' After
We W"" Il" ! didn say nothin, an he didn't
mu'rio'' "iu 80 we ooth |uz SIent' The
J ',9o VIZ n'"y liS'' an IN about an hour
m 1"u a nii. we SL9P', l forgot to menshun
' '''"V s"". WIZ o''cN ool''e tween the cush-
g. ,'r"n "' '',"' "9s" Ut Ut" tucN several drinks,
W. w. a'o'o D"Ss' ie'S !"No "un now
49, I,S ~ o''. u '"e c'[r'E'c on 10 Tue grown,
~ tho";to to rou'u us. ~ lruhV' Out little
r"5, c.~ ,'rS' w." ''Io p'S wl't' mousse an the
''",,i ~, ''o S|tc "u| 50 nT' th"t you Good
'' an ~ ~ 'no uo'c rum airy S'a' yo" plesSd. =
,,,no %iS n,5, '.,''u Tu" "o9uV quarter I'll a
nin ,ho nu" Iu'"eN rpun" 10 iooK at tlle pee
f. III H. P;to %to =, ,,'', ln'y WI" ABOUT twenty
e NI;s,ar R"ah D. i,u"' WV olh'
-I's'er D"Ghan"n, scs the man who
''o.'ir !" pDh""'r, ~ ."o' ".low me 70 To- &,
ourf IT,, u,o Ano"S hl'' wen
hin, an nnnn, ."I ''."" az T.,aI aono $" mnch t1r
vou do olo f,iior2 inm> ,N'io""" i'o.. ''o| "'
q fto1n'. III 'r, 'J ,,ow "'N you Dfoh
az |i,' r,, "nu "I,'V 'lc news
r., II iu! rate ''ahk you, scs he, sm-
y" I';u "o"';, ~, "l'y Perl'tc now all to
m0h no'ro u, . 49, r.
to mo ,,lio,4;a, %'a ,SP'y, 'IS ol'I' SPGeNlh low
von 70 'oo"'a n''ay Soip'', a" sent Tor
nnw anJ lnt =" ,o ~. ;toS I"" Doa'S "a" 9,onS
Air. nnsn I "G G,.o i"teiunoi f,1S you 10 '1e ioks
d;L,tns >, @ t''0 '0''0'S III ''e 'o"u inc can
w " Go H. H..
thar ia tbc;r f.nr,,, 1 an 'Ienl H,.' ol"er men out
we air Gan,H,',' ""m III D'oNo'S nu' mere
NV norticulor frnnd M;St"r PHI;, '"VoIGuoc NI;
Uon.ton W;a.a. OH; 70 hISter 1.
ter BiIln@a. SIr i;nD5In 1,I;pL M; Del G5i,; Is
M;stcr Dnnoiaa N;.,a o,;i I,;n; 'l."'er n'li.hSS
inridro Mister Blinao Miater n;I;.o. i niocn- io
tilme5 viii take b;s siSnJ "I@, "n i'a,';,s 1 gen
bccts the rocc Evcmso n,o 'n c, ""u iu?e WHY
mus SEQ If tho tranl - ,ino," i' u''"i' "S
"It seems 70 mo I,wo ,,,ot o,,.,
fore Mister RiI;nna ooa S;u yiu p'ii DC
vourn i, q focc whai o,,,'t 10 ''t ' nol' q"
al don't rocollcct y so,T "e;S. eS
he was oter "i' '0' '0o" "pa'
"Itm must be so. SOS no uorI.vo hn,ouo.u
whar tlrouob tbis o,loro,,. III nv T,. o'oly
rious Unio3 Mr. T,o"o T;Il;na'a u",oi,, ms sl3-
an the cnolc mns bor. Il, 9. mus ~ ptos?rVeu'
pinyuns tIe bannor IS i'o ~ VI, @ "Sp"n,'nouS
defiance ot the vnIatora ~ f ',I,S' I,' an shrsem
Constitution" y Wv 'p''"''"'
uI,n.oMi l.