Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-07-20
Personal Recollections.

give personal "reminiscences of distin-
guished men, [ beg to be allowed to
give few ofmy earlier acquafntaEc ces,
and hope that the fashion will be kept
up after l have departed for parts both
unknown and extremely doubtful, that
the hundreds of friends have may do
the same toward me.
Daniel Webster was a bosom friend
of mine, and used to chew nv tobacco.
did him a favor once which he could
not forget. He was troubled with
bunions and asked me how to get
them out. I advised him to cut holes
in his boots and the bunions would
come out themselves. He always con-
! sidered me his natural benefactor.-
He never could tolerate a hole in the
heel of his stocking any more than a
flaw in his political principles, and I
| have often heard him darn them him
self. His magnanimous heart was not
above eating beans. l used to help
him with my advice and assist him in
writing his speeches. Dan will always
remember me. sd
When Julius Cesar heard I was in
Rome he Immediately sent for me,
made a good deal over me, and assign
ed the Coliseum to me as a residence
julie always looked well in plug hat,
but he never liked paper collars. I
don't remember OF ever having to kick
him, for we always got along very well
together. julie preferred his with ice
and straw in it, and I remember one
night we were out together when he
took too much straw in it and was
obliged to assist him to his lodgings.
Not being very firm on his fet t he often
went to the ground, and l thought so
much of him that l always went with
him, for I'd stick to him to the last
My head was very clear and knew
the streets of Rome from Mulberry to
Main, and felt confidence that I could
take him right home. He would often
stop and throw his arm around me
and exclaim, sole fellar; you'll never
leave meI' and I'd throw my arm s
around his neck, with ''Yer right, julie,
/ I'm yer fr'en' 'slong as drop of old
Rye flows IN these Yeins!' and then we
would sit down on our hats and cry.
! Somehow in taking him straight home
1 got him outside the city limits, but
I couldn't account tor it the next morn
ing julie said he WAS glad that mod
ern historians did so much honor to
| his memory, and spoke often of Jim
Fisk, Jr., Horace Greeley and George
Francis Train.
His nose crossed the Rubieon before
he did.
He used to wear my shirts when his
were in the wash, and was SO fond of
me that he had me for dinner and sup
per every day in preference to any
| thing else on the table.
Many's the dime I've loaned him.
When left we exchanged tooth brush
es and shed many groans. He after
ward died from the severest cutting he
ever received from his friends.
Alexard der, the Great, enjoyed the
honor of my friendship. In several of
his great battles he wore my boots
which accounts for the fact that he
never ran. Aleck had always a good
deal to say of his horse, Bucephalus,
| and thought that Bonner had nothing
finer in his stables. He always pre-
ferred the ancient to the modern mode
of warfare, and wouldn't allow gun
powder to be used in his army-noth-
ing but double -barreled swords, breech-
loading spears and fiery chariots. I
used to be one of the contents of his
contented tents, and was with him
when he cut the celebrated Gordian
knot, which got in his shoestring, and
: l loaned him my knife 10 cut it with
We never had but one little difficulty,
and licked him for that, and we were
better friends than ever after that-he
had made the ungarded remark in
my presence that there were no more
worlds to conquer except the United
T States, and that he didn't care to 60
there to conquer it, for he said as
he would land il New York the snobs
would unhitch the horses from his
carriage and make q fool of themselves
at their own oxDense-I knew this was
false and was obliged to knock him
ldown.
Aleck was fond of the native Ken
lucky wine of the Bourbon dynasty,
and frequently couldn't tell the stopper
from the bottle, for he would fill his
bowl very high indeed, and then go
there himself He ALWAYS thought so
much of me that he would never allow
me to be out of his sight for fear that
he wouldn't see me when he looked at
me, and for fear he would miss me
| nltCu uC hA0ll I DltNk A1lS LlG WAS AOnl
of Baltimore oysters, and never stop
ped for the shells. He finally threw
himself away in whisky sling, and I
was appointed to administrate on his
affairs (no little job for he was an
extensive landholder) and to write
these memories of him,
Pharaoh, the unfortunate King of
Egypt, showed his greatness by think
ing there was nobody like me, and he
would often run away from his wife
and come down to my lodgings and
stay all night, talking of the Atlantic
cable, the last Fenian raid, Andy John
son and gum boils, with which he was
favored let him have my fine-tooth
comb during a certain plague, which
he used with good deal of license.
He was fesrfully troubled with
snakes. Poor fellow. stood on the
shore and saw him expire, when he
died of drinking good deal more
water than he wanted. He was large
hearted man and loved mustard poul>
tices on his bread
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