Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-10-19

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her family-two of her sisters having attained
their Goth year, longevity common to the old
inhabitants of Louisiana, and particularly those
born on our sea-coast.
D%FEw MEN have ever gone to Congress with
more fun and popularity than the Hon. Leslie
Coombs, of Kentucky. In the way of anecdote,
he is upequaled, while his mode of telling stories
imparts tone to them that no one can appre-
ciate, who has not made his acquaintance
Among the characters, that Mr. Coombs knows
like book, is old Major Luckey, whose taste for
Dragging amounts at times, to the sublimes.-
Whenever the Major has stranger in the neigh
borhood, he "opens wide, and spreads himself,'
and with success that leaves nothing to DESIRE
The following scene took place between the Ma
ior and Col. Peters, ga late arrival' from Hi
nos.
"Major understand from Gen Coombs, that
shortly after the Revolution you visited England;
how did you like the jaunt!"
Capitally! had not been in London five
hours before Rex sent for me to play whist, and
devil of time we had ofit.''
"Rex! what Rex!''
"Why Rex the King-George the third. The
game came off at Windsor Castle-Rex and
playing against Billy Pitt and Edward Burke
and resulted rather comically.'
"How so?''
GAS we were playing the last game. Rex said,
4 in rather a familiar manner, "Major,' suppose,
you know Charles Washington, do you not!'
mo sir, says I, 4 do not but tell you who do
know, George Washington, the Father of his
Country sFather be DID, says he, she was
cursed rebel, and served him right, he would
l have been hung long ago. This, of course, ril
ed me- and to that degree, that just drew back
and gave him blow between the eyes, that fellee
!. him like bullock. The next moment Pitt ant
Burke mounted me, and in less than ten minutes
: my shirt and breeches were SO torn and tattered
o that looked like Lazarus. This gave me rath
d er distaste for English society, SO the mex
r morning l set sail for America. Six weeks af
/ terwards landed at Washington. The first per
e son met after entering the city, was O."
60! what Q!''
"Why, that id old federalist, Quincy Ad
: ans. He wanted me to play nine pins with him
" and did so, won 5000 at two shillings game
<, and then had row."
J. "About what!'
Is "He wanted to pay me off in Continental mon
e ey, worth about one shilling peck. I got ar
cry. and knocked him into spittoon. While
D. still had him down, sJim came in and dragged m
50 off to the white House,
1e ssWhat, Jim Madison. I went, played euch
I'd for two hours, when TOM came in and insiste
at that should go home with him.
I'D "What Tom!'
Is "Why, Tom Jefferson. Jim, however, woul
r not listen to it, and the consequence was the
is went into fight. In the midst of it they fe
of over the banisters, and dropped about fifty fee
Id When left, they were giving each other h,
~ the coal cellar How it terminated never cou
IS learn, as just then Martha ran in, and said
s. must accompany her up to Mount Vernon, to sc
ut George"
On "Martha Washington, wife to George, the O.
IN boy that gave jessy to the Hessians.''
2, About, here, Coombs said the stranger bega
er to discover that he was "swalIowing things
n The next stage that came along he took passag
)e in for an adjacent town. The Major, we belle,
in is still living, and still believes that the wallo
mt ing he gave Louis XVIII is ''the d-dest be
n thing on record ~. Y. Dutchmaa.
hi KEEN REToRr.-At one of our hotels, your
and fully moustached dandy, from Philadelphi
as was seated at the tea table at rather late hot