The Southern herald., 1881-09-03
Tales Of Ye Oiden Time In
Washington City.

LsnOnOski cams to ibis country macy
years ago. and succeeded 10 Obtaining clerk
ship 10 the Poslofies department.. Accord
iug TO bis aesoun, Of himself be bad been
soldier under the 'rss, NaPalsOa. Noihiug
pleased bin better lhso to meet With an op-
pQrtuOily Of rveiiiug bis military rxPlOils.
l. is hardly DrsrssAry to say that some Di
them were marvellous and always sxsi ID a
smile Of incredibly. At length = fellow
clerk said to him;
LsmOuOski, have often heard you 6gb
over your old battles, nov ls, me give you
my sad military experiences. was 50 di-'
10 lbs Black Hawk war. In The v.ry fret
engagement l saw thrrs stalwart Indians
coming 10 lul speed after my scalp. | was
armed with an Old,isshiOned double barrsled
rhOtgun. / let her loose upou the two that
WERE 10 the lead. aud killed them ss dead as
Julius Caesar. The third cam ,usbiug upon
me with his bloody tomatswk raised abOv-
bis head. and what do you suppose happened
then Z
You killed bin, Of course
Not exactly quietly replied the Black
Hawk warrior be- killed me-
A roar Of laughter was raised among III.
bystandrrs aud poor LrmOuOski's yarus were
koOeked clear out Of him.
Gru. Jackson, about the year 1882 gave
Jimmie MShrr the appointment OF public
gardener in Washington. Salary 81 500 a
year and trimmings. The trimmings, per,
haps. amounted to much larger sun. To
keep the public grounds in proper order were
the duties to be performed. Jimmie. when
made bis acquaintance, knew every body
from Henry Clay down to Ephraim Frost.
the cOlOred hack driver. He was a warm
hearted, liberal Irisbmau. He never took \
| drink, save when be was tbhsiy, and then be
invited all the byptanders to join bin, He
pridsd himself On bis adherence 10 what hr
called DimOcraiic" principles Soms huu.
cry Wings in 1914. wanted his place. aud
Jimmie, for a while, was very uneasy. Oar
morning he met Gen. Harrison 10 the public
grounds, snd taking off his hat, be thus
addressed him;
Il presume this is Ginpral Harrison, Priz
idrnt Of tbe United States Z
| Receiving au Affirmative answer, he con,
.iuurd My name is Maher. Am pOObli,
gardener
We'll, Mr.. Maber, like the appearanc,
of these grounds; they look 10 much better
condition than they did when was SEN
ator.
Och. its me lrade was fetched up to it
but, may il plazs yOnr Honor. it's lumorec
about here that I'm to b. dismissed
| Dismissed for what =
Because | was friend TO Mr., Van Buren,,
mo, Mr.. Maber, nobody is authorized L
say that you viii bs dismissed On that &C
count
"A thousand thanks to your EEcpllpncy
You see l was acquainted with Mr.. Va
Burrn. He always treated me like g4ntl.
man and l was for bin bu; have no dout
alter We get little better acquainted | sha
b. for you.
Harrison smiled. and assured bin that b
: bad no idea Of turning him out Wherrupo
: Jimmie broke down to the place where b
bad some bands at work, and gave them
report Of bis interview. He closed it wit
this grand exclamation by Jove. boy
Prudent Harrison is rale Giueral JacksC
Of a fellow! /!
About three weeks after the nauguratiC
Of Gen. Harrison we'll dressed young ms
of some thirty summers walked into one
the hotels Of this city with fiddle on b
arm and said;
'Geutsmrn (all eyes were at o. ce turn
upon bim), have come here like thousan
Of others to see what could see and &
what ! could get but have been disa
! pointed 10 everything. got no office, 6
= out Of mOuey.a d got many miles to r.trae
. | am too hIOrst to steal, too proud TO BE-
aud concluded to come here to day Al
make little 10 an honest way
Suiting the action to tue word, be began
play lh- fiddle. This cOmical sc-pe afford
considerable amusement to the persons the
assembled. They asked bin bow mu
money it would take to carry bin home.
!, said $4O In less than ten minutes IL
snount was raised for him. Sitting do
and counting over bis money, be found Il
they bad given him SAB
By George I said be. here's surplus
NJ So Come 10, gentlemen, ell Of you. q
take something to drink
never saw nor heard Of him afterwA