The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1854-01-26
NUMBER A
From the New York Dutchmsn.

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Few men have ever gone TO Congress
!. with more fun and popularity than the
Hon. Leslie Coonbs Of Kentucky. In
! the way Of anecdotes, he is unequallsd,
while his mode Of telling stories imparts
: tone TO them that no one can appreciate
who has not made his acquaintance.
Among the "characters" that Mr..
! Coombs knows like book, is old Major
Luckey. whose taste for Dragging a.
mounts at times, to the sublime. When.
ever the Major has stranger in the neigh.
borhood, he "opens wide and spreads
himself' and with success that leaves
US nothing 10 desire. The following
scene took place between the Major and
Col. Peters, "a late arrival" from Illinois.
"Major, | understand from General
Coombs, that shortly after the Revolution
you visited England; how did you like
the jauGt?"
Ca Ptally, had not been in London
five hours before Rex sent for me to PLAY
whist, and devil of time we had Of it."
REX! what Rexl
why, Rex the king-George the
third-gan1e came off at Winsor Castle
Rex and | played against Billy Pitt
and Ed. Burke--and resulted rather
comically."
show so 2" ~
"As We we're playing the last game.
Rex, said, in rather a familiar manner,
"Major, | suppose you know Charles
Washington, do you not l""No sir, said
|, 81 DO not; but tell you who | do know,
George Washington the Father of his
country" Father be DID," said
he, "he was a cursed rebel, and had
served him right, he would have been
hung long ago" This, Of coarse, riled
me, and to that degree, that just drew
back. and gave him blow between the
eyes that felled him like bullock. The
next moment Pitt and Burke mounted me,
and in less than ten minutes my shirt and
breeches were so torn and tattered. that
| looked like Lazarus. This gave me
rather distaste for English society. so
that next morning set SET sail for Ameri.
ca. Six weeks afterwards landed at
Washington. The first person met, after
entering the city, was O."
"a what @ I"
"Why, that I'D old federalis,.
Quincy Adams. He wanted me to play
ninepins with him. and did 80. Won
5000 AZ two shilings game, and then had
row."
"About what 7"
"He wanted to pay me off in Conti-
mental money, worth about shilling
peck. got angry. and knocked him in.
to spittoon. Whilst still had him
down. Jim, came in and dragged me off to
the "White house."
"What Jim o. ... .-.,
"Why, Jim Madison. | went, played
euchre for two hours. when "Tom'' came
in and insisted that should go home with
him."
"What Tom l' , "a.
"Why, Tom Jefferson. jim, however,
would not listen to it, and the conse.
luence was that they went into fight
N the midst of it they fell over the banis!
ers, and dropped about fifty feet. When
left, they were giving each other hell in
he cellar. How il terminated | never
could learn. as just then Martha ran in
md said must accompany her up to
Mount Vernon 10 see George" -
"What Martha do you mean I"
"Marlha w Washington, wife of George,
he old boy that gave jessy 10 the Hessi.
ms" -
About here, Coombs said the stranger
'egan 10 discover that he was ''swalow.
ng things. The next stage that came
long, he took passage in for an adjacent
own. The Major, we believe, is still
wing and still believes that the wallop.
ng he gave Louis the Eighteenth is the
: dest best thing on record.