The Cedar Co. news-letter. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1853, 1853-11-12
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El5~ Fewmen have ever GORE TO Con-
gress with mere fun and popularity than
the Hon, Leslie Ceamhs, Of Kentucky.
In the way OF anecdote, he is unequaled,
while his mode Of telling stories nnparts
a tone to them that ne one can appreciate
who has no, made his Acquaintance.
Among the characters that Mr.
Coombs knows like little book, is old
Major Lucky, whose taste for Dragging
'amounts, at times, TO the sublime.---
Whenever the Major has stranger in
the neighhofhood, he "opens wide, and
spreads himself" and with success that
lca~es us nothing to desire. The follow
.ns scene took place between the Major
land Col. Peters, "a late arrival" from
| Illinois;
Major, | understand from Gen.
Coo,nbs, that shortly after the Revolution
you visited England; how did you Like
the jaunt Z"
"Capitally. had not been in London
five hours before Rex sen, for me to play
whist, and devil OF time we had
of IT,"
"Rex what Rex2"
"Why, Rex the King-George tho
Third. The game came off a, Windsor
Castle-Rex and played against Billy
Pitt and Ed. Buke---and resulted rath-
Ter comicaiy."
"How so!"
"As we were playing the last game.
Rex sald, III rather a familiar manner,
I"MaJor, | suppose you know Charles
Washington, do You not :" NO sir"
says l, Il do not, but | tell you who [
do know, George Washington, the Faith.
er Of his Country" Father be d---d.'
says he, "he was cursed rebel and had
served him right, he would have been
hung long ago" This, Of course, riled
me, and to that degree, that | Jus, drew
back, and gave him blow between tho
eyes that fellcd hun like a bullock. The
next moment PITT and Burke mounted me,
I and in less than ten minutes my shirt and
breeches was so tern and ,attered, that
| looked like Lazarus. This gave me
rather distaste for English society, So
the next morning SET sail for America.
! Six weeks aiterwars landed at WASH
ing'on. The first person met after en-
| tering the city was c."
"Q what o."
!, "Nhy, that id old EadcYalist,
| Quincy Adams. He wanted me oplay
, ninepins with him, and did 80. Won
, 500 at two shillings game, and then
) had a row."
r "Abou what? :"
} "He wanted to pay me Off in Cont
/ mental money, worth about shilling 4
: lpeck. | got angry. and knocked him in
! to a spittoon. Wills, still had him
| down, Jim came in and dragged me of
, 10 the White House.
"What JIM"
: why, Jim Madison. went, PLAYED
euehre for two hours, when Tom came in
and insisted tina, should go homo with
him"
"What Tom,'
"Why, Tom Jefferson. Jim however,
would not listen to it, and the consequence
was that they wen, into fight. In the
midst Of il they fell over the banisters,
and dropped about fifty feet. When |
, left, they were giving each other hell in
the coal cellar. How il terminated |
never could learn, as jus, then Martha
ran In, and said must accompany her
up to Mount Vernon to sea George -
"What Martha do you naan?'
"Martha Washington, wife to George,
the old boy that gave jessy to the Hes.
) sans
About here. Cooabs said the stranger
began to discover that he was Swallow
; ing things" The next stage that came
along, he took passage in for an adjacent
; town. The Major, we believe, is still
living, and still believes that the whalop-
ing he gave Louis the Eighteenth is the
id--dcst best ;hing on record.--[N. Y.
i~hman.