The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-12-01
Seleftea Mgisfellanp.
From Harper's Weekly.l
AnecdOte Of President Johnson.

AmecuOte Gk RfeShOeht JOnnSOM
"Isay, say, General Jackson, for feal
you should think had some axe to grind
because try so hard to keep you at my
poor house all night, will agree to enter
tain you free of expensei" expostulated
the landlord Of the only inn in the village
of Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina
to General jackson, late one eveEing in the
autumn of le--, rs he entered hiB carriage
to pursue his journey toward Tennessee
" The Blue Ridge, sir, Is infested with
banditti, and you will certainly be robbed,
and possibly murdered before morning.
beseech you stay 7"
"You are very kind, sir, and l thank
you" replied the General, " but shall pro-
ceed, and try and reach the Tennessee line
of all events. have no fears of being mo
Tested. Drive on, Ned, briskly. Adieu
gentlemen all! aud the old hero drove of
at rapid pace.
"HilIoa there, youngster cried the
landlord to slim, wiry, haXen'headed strip
ling standing in the motley crowd in front
of the tavern, if you are going to Ten,
nessee, you had better jump up behind aud
go along with the General its as cheap
riding as walking" I.,
"Sure enough; reckon I'd better. and
thank you replied the young man, jump
ing up behind the coach as it drove od.
They rode on quietly for some hours un-
til they began to ascend the mountain, when
the General, hearing slight cough behind,
called out, sternly;
"Who thatP"
"It's me, sir-Andrew Johnson. | am a
traveller on my way to Tennessee, and
thought might get lift on your carriage,
sir. / beg your paI don. sir"
"You are quite welcome, sir, to my car
riage. Come forward and take seat with
me-"
THANK you, sir; bat as the mountain is
rather steep here, III jump OF and walk
up"
He walked forward mp the mountain
side, in advance OF the carriage, but had
not gone far before he saw q man ahead of
him ascending the mountain. He appeared
to be intoxicated. He lurched this way and
the other way, staggering backward and
forward now his knees would double up,
and he would miss step, as II the earth
had suddenly vanished before him then he
wonld cross his legs, and lurch would
send him diag0naly across the read. He
stopped ana braosd himself up 80 as nearly
10 fall backward, and then drifted helpless.
~ dlOubs AASoSdhJ uO httuOu au III
the road and was out of sight.
THAT man is beastly drunk remarked
the General. 'H tN
g Drunk kl--not much, sir" laughed the
young man "he's no moro drunk than
am. Hes playing pos sum- and means mis-.
chief. Look there hs's lying in the rGsd.'
As they drove mp he raised himself lazi
Iy and hailed thom. "Hiel all Ill say
gentlemen, can't you give man liftl
-I-hic can't walk; I'm loaded too Leavi
ly with id mean whisky"
"Then stay where you are and get rid Of
it," replied the General, sternly.
'"The devil" exclaimed the man, spring
ing to his. feet with the agility Of cat lie
gave keen whistle and planted himself ~
front Of the coach. Three men sprung oui
from the bushes aud made rush at the
carriage.
QaicE as thought the General sprang mp
on one Of them, and they rolled over IN the
road together. A dnli. crushing sound wa
ne1e heard over the counict, and a second
one rolled over IN the dust, propelled 10y
tue loaded whip in the powerful bands o.