Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-10-25

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whole system and plan of operations Of the Abo-
litionists, North and South.
The Duke Of wellington, & the Kentucky Isl.
Among the thousands of Americans who have
visited the Worlds Fair-the Chrystal Palace
| is friend of ours, a brusk gay, good natured,
/ honest kentuckian, whom we can best describe by
calling him the Prince of Good FeLiorS--a gen
/ tleman IN every sense of the word, yet one who
knows little, and cares less, for the conventional
rules of class society-one who regards himself as
a sovereign among sovereigns, and man among
men-one
/ ''WhO would talk to a King and call him mister
! And stand by his side with his old felt hat on
| Who'd kiss the Queen till he'd raise blister
And ask her the price of the throne she sat on :"
On the Fourth of July he visited the Chrystal
/ Palace, IN company with some countrymen of his.
| They had just dned-it was a select party-at
the Prince Adelaide, and after dinner they qUaffed
a few bottles of Heidseck, to ''the day we cele-
brate," and other kindred toasts. In starting for
the Fair they were all in good humor with them
selves and ''the rest of mankind" The spirits
of our friend, whom we shall call Jones' were
pleasant and patriotically exuberant on the occa-
sion. But, as the old ballad has it
"Whan they got into the Fair,
They were all in puff for fresh air.;
For the Fair very soon, was as full the moon.
Such crowds upon crowds there were there =
Il say, boys" says Jones, wiping the perspi-
ration off his face, which, like editors of the slang
whang order, coming out strong, This place
is getting little too ID hot for me- besides, it's
id mean-fung place, any way you can fix it.
Why, curse me if | haven't seen greater wonders
in travelling menagerie in old Louisville. HI
If | was in Walkers, now, imbibing one Of them
jueps, wouldn't feel at home But, talking Of
Walkers could we raise a drink in this oYergrown
caravansary of Heathens and Hottentots,, Mon
sieurs Malay's, and great, universal gumbo Of
all creation 20
His friend replied negatively, by shake Of the
head.
..Then I'm blam ," said Jones, ''if this place
amt meaner than game Of niger chuck a-luck,
or Cincinnati sausages.'
But Jones'" said one of the company, = tell
YOU what you can have here; you can have glass
Of soda water, orlemonade, and, by the by, there,
yonder is the Duke of Wellington making right
for the stand where it is sold, and if you hurry
up, you viii have it to say when You return, that
you hebnobbed with the Duke"
Good idea, by jenliny," said Jones' and up
he went.
Jones, We would remark bears strong rcsem-
blance to the hero Of Waterloo, when be was It's
hero. His nose is altogether Weingtonian He
was dressed in a fine blue cloth GOAT with gilt
buttons. a white vest and Nankins pantaloons, a
lavOrte costume with Jones, and tavorite dress
with the English nobility also. 1t may be, then,
that the Duke mistook our friend Jones" for one
of his order, and it may be that this made him
unbend himself to our friend, in the first instance
for the general cold aud rigid character Of the
Iron Duke is proyerbial. But without further
speculation on this point, let us proceed.
''Madam,'' said Jones, "a female being the al
tendant, let me have glass of lemonade; and
then turning round to the hero of hundred fights
as if he were an every day acquaintance, he care
lessly said How do you do my Lord Duke, how
do ye 90
The Duke, if he said anything, spoke very low
he however, bowed-''Very wei, thank YOU"
''Your Grace is taking lemonade, sec" said
Jones. The Duke bowed another affirmative re-
ply.
"Anything important before the Committee ii
the Lower House, this forenoon?'' said the Duke
for the fact was, he took Jones to be country
member of Parliament
| Jones not exactly understanding the meaning Of
/ the question, interpreted it in his own way, and
replied: go, dang the Committees, | wouldn't
sit on one with which that dirty-sh abolitonist
Horace Greeley, would have anything to do. I'm
told they made him chairman Of one of EN-. But
tell me Duke said Jones, would you not like a
stick in your lemonade ?"
"a stick - said the Duke Strengthening him
self up and extending the lids of his sunken eyes,
'sa stick a sugar stick No, sir. Field Mar
shall, the Duke of Wellington uses the article in
no shape, not even in his coffee
Duke" said Jones, 'you misunderstood me.
/ mean throwing in dash of brandy, just an
anti-dote to the cholera
''Bless my souln' said the Duke, ''a stick of
brandy! !'
"Wen Duke" said Jones, ''what objection
have you to brandy? You amt one of the Sons,
are you? 20
'No, SIR said the Duke, and he spoke as if
the conversation was beginning to get irksome.
'"Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, is a
Father
Jones-But you don't drink sperits
/ Duke-Not drop.
JoneS-Nor ever tasted julep?
Duke-Never.
Jones-Nor a ''smash 90
Duke-Never.
/ JoneS-Nor ''stone fence ?''
Duke-What, sir,-why you're beginning to
get mpertnent. Swallow stone fencei Why.
d-m me, sir, | believe you imagine that Field
Marshal, the Duke of Wellington, has the swal-
low of boa constructor and the digestion of an
ostrich"
Jones-No, no. my Lord Duke, | only wanted
to ascertain if an English Duke was not more ig-
norant--of choice drinks at least-than an Ameri
can sovereign! | don't impute any blame to you
Duke, however; | attribute it to neglect in your
early education. Why don't you take a run oyel
to Kentucky? if it were only to see the Mammoth
Cave. Talk of Worlds Fairs and Chrystal Pal
aces,--why, Duke, they are no more to the Ken
Cava a poSSurn iS 70 hot ffai cir