The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-06-14
NEWS FROM HADEs +.
How Brown1Ow Became King Of Pande-
monium and Old Nick Became
Governor Of Tennessee.

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equanimity was sorely disturbed by street
rumor of Brownlow's death, our local gave
expression to the popular belief that Brown
low has been dead for some years and that
the parsonage occupying our State Capitol
at present is no other than Old Nick. The
following communication, which we find
in the Rome (Ga.,) Commercial, throws,
some further light upon the subject:
PossUBI TRoT, GA, May is, 1867.
To JENNA SUBER.-Dear Cusin -
set myself to take my pen, to let you know
that 1 is enjoyin bad health at this time,
and hope that these few lines may find
you enjoy1n the same blessin. Dear 'ousin
1 had very distressin dream the tother
night that has excited much consarn with
me. You seed tother day in a printed
muse paper that Brownlow was dead, aud
that the feller that is at Nashville now is
the devil, and the Tennesseeans don't no
the difference, and since my dream l be-
lieve It is true, and dear cusin you will be-
lieYe it is true when you hear my dream,
for I found out persackly how it happened
that the devil got to be Gunner of Tennes-
see. and how BrownloW got to be GuYner
of h-l. Now as I sed, tother night
dreamed that had tuck a hearty supper
Of brick bats and ingons, and lay down to
sleep and that tuck the Tipod COlaram-
bus and arter few days Of suferin 1 died.
and arter died, thot [ commenced traV-
elm away from this teraquis yearth. Ar
ter goin long ways I cum to a big bot
tom, aud soon to the banks of big black
river. Thinks I, hear is Jurdin at last,
and hear I thot I would have to swim, but
hear herd some one whistlin the tune Of
the Southern flag, and on the other side 1
saw a ferry and old man at it. axed
him if he would put me across, yes, he
sed, it was his business to put folks across.
He whirled his flat and was over in no
time. I axed him as l was crossin, if
this was Jurdin and he sed no. I axed
him whar was Jurdin, he replied he didn't
no that was the river Sticks, I then axed
him his name and he sed it vas Charron.
''Stinks and Carron" sed by all the pow
ers that be, you and your river is well
named, for the smell OF sulphur is SO loud
here you could hang hat upon it. When
we got on tother side ne axed me for his
fair. pulled out roll of Confederek
(bothe old and new issue.) He axed me
what kind I had there. old him, and
the first thing I seed was his fist in my
face, sayin DON unroll that staff here.
told him would pay him in the new is
sue. He repeated, don't, don't unroll it,
fur I tell you is Lot moor of that darn
stuff on hand than would burn up ten
thousand wet dogs. He sed he tuck it time
of the war, and the darn yanks as we'll as
the cussed rebs, paid him in it, and all
told him at the end of the war, it would be
better an par, and when the war ended the
cussed yanks made the rebs confudiate it,,
and now it WASN'T worth as much 10 him as
a rotten acorn would be to a blind hog. 1
told him he would have to charge it to me
on his book. He then Strengthened up like
| a yard of pump water, and commenced
! cussin me fur trien to pass money on him,
worse than counter6t. Dear cusin, 1 have
herd cussin before and have been cussed;
but this was the worst ever herd or seed.
He cussed me up on one side and down on
the tother and through the middle. I tell
YOU he cussed me from that little curl in
the top of my head to the end Of my toes.
In a wurd he cussed me all over. Thinks
I this must be Mr.. Bill Arp's oussin man,
Mr.. Carren was gettin no better fast, and
thot had better be taken with leaven.-
! So l put out, and as long as I could here
him he was cussin, and arter travelin on
come in site of high black wall, and
seed my road went to gate. So 1 walked
on thinking of circumstances, until found
myself most up to the gate, and just lturn-
ing my eyes to the left, there squatted
one of the biggest black dogs in the world
And it had three heads. 1t looked at ms
very pleased and sed, howdy. sed how.
dy. 1t axed me my name. told it Tim
othy Tapp from Possum Trot, Chattoogs
county, Ga. Then axed it its name, i
sed Cerberus. says what place is this
it sed Hadis or Oreus. says does tn,
Sheebang belong to you it sed, no, it USED
to belong TO Mr.. Pluto. 1t axed me wha
1 was guine. sed to h-ll expect, fu
that was my notion when started. It ak
ed me how come me to lie and I told it
had been liyin on roots and fence rail spin
ters since the war, and it was that whicl
give me the Tipod Colorambus and kille,
me. It said if that was the case to 60 on
Well, jist as I got into Hadis, I seed fel
low thatlooked like he was tryin to hid
himself I axed when 1 got into speaki
distance. whar was all the folks that live
! in this place he sed they was all gone {
the big fte taxed him who was guine {
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