Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-15
LETTER FROM SMOKER WRYTCUT,
NO. 3-BY NAID-SANIME TRIES TO VOTE.
EUNGuOGL


| My DEAR EDITOR:
| Election day has como and gone, and
| it is with an cXuberance of the feeling of
| qualification that / write to you this
epistle. Congratulate me, my dear Sir,
congratulate me. I have been elected by
an overwhelming majority. Such was
the confidence the people of Bunghoglyn
expressed in me through tho ballot box,
that received three moro votes than my
opponent, who, by the way, was Col.
Dionysius De Guy Yueltonkinlzybryn.
Our election was held in the simplest
and most primitive manner. Every voter
wrote the name of his candidate on q slip
of brown paper, with u lead-pencil, and
then deposited it in an empty soap box.
When the result of the election was made
known, heard q depraved individual
maliciously insinuate, that the only
reason why was elected was because my
! name was easier to write than tho
Colonel's, but Of course, my dear sir, he
| was wrong.
| Samuel, who think have previously
| informed you, has reached the mature ago
| 'ohh
ton day and attempted to vote. When
! he was demonstrated with, he said that
! he guessed he could vote Us much as he
| pleased, being as it was his father was
| running for Office.
| Now as the eyes Of tic puerie popula-
| ton was upon him, Sam Didn't like it u
bit being refused, ana hen his great
~ 1ol
! out scornfully as he walked away from
! the poll, "Ha-a-yah-a-a! cotton-hcad
| wanted to vote! it did not tend very
much to alleviate his injured feelings.
Now Samucls hair is of q very light
color, and from the look of iierceness that
came over his countenance, he evidently
did not approve of the comparison be-
| tween his head and the great Southern
staple.
Casting a look of witheripS contempt
at the fiery red head cover of Rrockey's,
he shifted dist'ain, and said,
~ smell fire, something's burning.''
ooh yer do, do yer!" replied BrocIzey.
"How many crops Of cotton does yer
rather make q year on yer hcad9"
comb it, exclaimed Samuel, with a mag
nihcent frown. sAnl when I go to bed
my ma doesn't have to tic wet rag
around my head to keep me from setting
| the pillows u fire."
This was too much for Broclley to stand.
It seemed to drive hla frantic for he went
| dancing around the street until he found
Il chip. After splitting on it, he placed it
| on his shoulder, and implorc1 Samuel to
knock it OF.
Now, in juvenile phraseology, my dear
sir, this is delicate way of inviting you
| to a little fisticuff exercise, and as Sammy
is Il thorough rig htout Wrytout he,
greatly to the deli ght of his youthful
friends that had gathered around, walked
magnilicently up to Brockcy, and sent
that all important chip whirling ont of
sight, and then, t. quote q remark Of ono
of tho lockers on, "wcnt for him"
Now, sir, was Il witness to this all the
time, and thought it was about time to
interfere, especially as both seemed to be
doing tleir best to role each otEcr in tho
dust, and Sammy was underneath. SO l
desist.
sOn Lis way home lie thanked mo IN
this strain:
ssYourc u nice old plum, amt you?
What did you want to como snoozing
around for anyhow: You just had to stick
in your oar when I was Just going to
maui him.
ct,-ot to1 et1-n,
were underneath and thought you were
getting the worst of it,"
sGettiug tho worst, ch'" s lutting one
eye and noddiug his head know ingly,
"Al, me boy, me boy, you just ought to
have waltdd while and seen me give
him the giant hug. You'd q heard HIN
sQueal. Why l just got underneath him
on purpose. I wanted to try q new
dodge on him.
l looked at Samny's eye just entering
the first stages of modification aud
wondered why it was that when black
eyes were being distributed around pro-
miscuously, he did not dodge tho receipt
of one of them. IIo Scver, my dear sir, l
did rot vent my thoughts in words for
fear ofinjuring Sammy's feelings.
Samuel says he is going to lick that
Drockey WehoN yet, and when l insinu-
atcd that the physical development Of
that young mans corporosity might scri-
ously interfere with his plans he said
was another.
don't think am raising Samuel quite
right l will mention the subject to Mrs.
~, it,-
Xuhrs sorrowfullS,