Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-08
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There is no denying that there is class o.
individuals who seem to think that there Il
nothing in life so desirable as being Intimate
ly acquainted with prominent public charac
ters. We have read Of many such, but MAJ
Luckey, as described in the following, is
most decidedly just "huckleberry above
the persimmon" of many of them.
Whenever the Major has stranger in the
neighborhood, he opens wide and "spreads
himself" and with q success that leaves US
nothing to desire. The following scene took
place between the Ma or and Colonel Peters
late arrival" from Vermont
"Major, I understand from Gen. Coombs
that shortly after the revolution you visited
England. How did you like the jaunt?"
"Capitally 1 hadn't been in London five
hours before Rex sent for me to play whist,
and deuced of a time l had of it."
Rex What Rex?"
"Why, Rex the King-George the Third.
The game came off at Windsor Castle. Rex
and / played against Billy Pitt and Ned
Burk, and it resulted rather comlcally.'
How so ?"
"As we were playing the last game, Rex
said in rather familiar manner, major |
suppose you are acquainted WITH Charles
Washington, are you nott =
"No siree," said I, Il am not-but tell
YOU who l am acquainted with-George
Washington, the Father of his Country"
Father of Rebels!" says he. "He was a
cursed rebel, and had served him right, |
would have hung him long ago"
"This, Of course, riled me to that degree
that just drew back and gave him blow
between the eyes, that feled him like bull
lock. The next moment Burk and Pitt
mounted me, and in less than ten minutes
nv shirt and breeches we're so torn and tattered
that | looked like Lazarus. This gave me
rather dstaste for English society, so the
next morning | set sail for America. Six
weeks after, | landed at Washington. The first
person | met after entering the city was o.
Q!-what @ p
why, that old Federalist, Quincy Adams
He wanted me to play nine-pins with him. |
did so, and won $780, at two shillings game,
and then had a row."
About what"
"He wanted to pay me off in Continental
money, worth shilling peck. got angry,
and Knocked him into spittoon. While l
still had him down, Jim came III anu urag
sed me off to the White House"
"What Jim?'
"Why, jim Madison. went and played
euchre for two hours, when Tom came in,
and insisted that should 60 home with him"
"What Tom?"
"Why, Tom Jefferson. Jim, however,
would not listen to it, and the consequence
was that they went into fight. In the
midst of it they fell over the banister, and
dropped about fifty feet. When l LETT they
were giving each other fits" in the coal
cellar. How it terminated | never could
learn, as Just then Martha ran in and said l
must accompany her to Mount Vernon to
see George"
what Martha ?"
Martha Washington, the wife OF George
Washington. the old boy that gave Jessey to
the Bloody Hessians."
About here, Coombs said the stranger be-
gan to discover that he was swallowing things.
The next stage that came along he took pas
sage for an adjacent town: The Major, we
believe, is still living, and still insists that
the walloping he gave George Rex is "the
greatest and best thing on record