The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-07-11

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Mail Line, for Louisville, the other evening,
and had delightful trip. After tea thought
would
TAKE VOTE OF THE PASSENGERS.
-Thisis the period of taking votes on board
of railroad trains, steamboats,, &c, on the
Presidential question. The result is frequently
published in the newspapers as ga Straw"
though / have observed that no newspaper
ever prints straw that does not show the .po-
Gtical wind to be setting in their direction.
When essayed to take vote of the passen-
gers on the General Lytle the other night,
IHtle did I think of the embarrassments l
would encounter in securing it. lam not much
m politics, though am probably as much in
politics as politics is in me.
.7ol1 ONE VOTE FOR PIERCE.
Ibegan with the captain of the Lytle as a
starter. Captain Whitten," said l, "who is
your choice for President ?"
"Well, y replied the bold commander, coolly,
Captain Pierce has been as good president
as the old mail line ever had. Reckon he'll do
for several years yet"
He thought I was talking about the Presi-
dency Of the Louisville mail line, but put
down one vote for Pierce.
gs THE MATE GOES FOR ME.
sTnext tackled the mate, who was below, su-
perintending some perplexing maneuvers in
freight.
"Mate," said 1 cheerily, trying to get out of
the way of his men, and getting. in their way
worse than ever, as a matter of course, "who
are you going for? ?''
"Who am I going for?" roared the mate,
angrily, 'Tm going for you if you don't get
I got out Immediately. had to do it, or
become his mate
FAvoRING HORACE.
Iascended to the cabin. A scholarly-look-
ing man was reading by q table. (He was
reading by lamp, more properly; yet ne was
by q table too.)
.ssNy' friend,a remarked blandly, as pro-
duced notebook and pencil, "do you favor
Horace?" (He did favor him a little in his
t'That is q fair question:" said the scholarly
boxing man, laying down his book, which
perceived was latin work of some Kind, "and
will answer it without undue circumlocution.
While many of the odes of Horace are unex-
eelled, either in his own or any other language,
vet his verses lack the heroic ring which true
Tyre gives forth when Virgil sweeps the
strings"
Irfold. him that Virgil might sweep the
strings, but could he sweep the South? That
was the question.
"Your language, my friend" said l, "satis-
fes ME that you are in reality Greeley mar" :"
elbow so? ?'' inquired the man OF letters.
'"You call Virgil poetic lyre."
Down went the scholarly man for Horace.
A MAN OF LETTERS.
am a man of letters, as this letter will
show IF she shows anything else, why letter.
1t may not be generally known, by the way,
that letters were invented in Ph@nicia, but
they were. That is the reason you can't
Phanicia an education without them. tSee
L? Finish ye, Ell? How's that? Ha
,-.cr ANYBODY TO BEAT GRANT.
while i was gathering up my straws, two
somewhat intoxicated individuals got very
much excited in discussing the relative fitness
of Grant and Greeley for the Presidency.
While one insisted that Grant knew nothing
whatever about farming, the other inquired
contemptuously, "What Greeley know bout
war? He never fred (hic) two-horse lumber
wagnw He seemed to think that settled
Horace.
"My friends,"s said I, "let us have peace.
Why this strife, this contention, this bitterness
of spirit? And all, as Shakespeare says, "for
Hecuba What is Hecuba to you or you to
Hecuba?"
a"Oh thic) you be id" said the man of
gin, anybody to beat Grant"
=, HOW THE LADIES GO.
My next experiment was among the ladies.
] approached dark-eyed daughter of Ken
tucky, and in father and motherly way,
which the difference in Our ages warranted,
said, Daughter, if you could be Grant or
Greeley, which would you be-"
"B. Gratz Brown" she replied with proud
toss Of her head
There is something I admire in the Ken
lucky women-they never go back on native
T am for Adams, cried an angular old maid
IN shrill voice, "Adams is my man." The
ladies ought certainly to favor the Adams
movement since Mother Eve was the original
Adams woman.
HE WOULDN'T SUPPORT RELATIONS.
81 support Grant" put in brawny hoosier
farmer. dand the country will support him, too u
HWell." returned sinister chap, "the coun-
trv NAV support Grant, but you cant expect
the country to support all of Grants relations
into the bargain, can you? This relation bus
mess is played out"
7 afterwards ascertained that the sinister
chap had recently ran away from wife and
six children in the east. He don't believe in
taking care Of relations, he don't.
"I am waiting for the Baltimore Conven-
ton" said a man who l remembered to have
seen at fairs, with fascinating little game
called three card monte. l told him that he
needn't wait for the Baltimore Convention, he
might pick up little game atthe Philadelphia,
Convention, if he would 60 there. Lots OF
folks to ego for" in Philadelphia Thinking
to mollify him, for he scowled fearfully, | said,
aCome, old high ball, tell me who shall put
you down for" 49,.
He moved angrily away, and I heard him
mutter remark about putting somebody down
eifor id fool" but don't think he meant
me.
SUMMING UP.
When got through taking the vote it
summed up as follows:
For
For Greeley Frequently.