The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
WANTED TO SEE JEFF. DAVIS,
Ioorr, New York Sun.

Colonel Ogden gave me an amusing instance of the effects of this semi-om- niscence on an untutored native of the southern swamps, Nick Ducheneville has hunting lodge near the east end of Lake Pontchartrain, and is noted character in this region. He is an ex- pert on dogs. hunting, and fishing, and all accessories to these sports, and is a good-hearted fellow, who will, now and then. or oftener, get on bowling spree, and Is always grotesQuely protane. Out on gunning expedition with him three or four weeks ago, Colonel Ogden hap pened to mention Jeff Davis. Nick said: That airs a man l want to see. l was in his war four years, an ain't never laid eyes on him wit, What kin o man is he, colonel?
 Colonel Ogden replied: Nick. Mfr Davis is a great man. very great man There is nothing he doesn't know Why, Nick, he knows more about medicine than any doctor you ever saw, and more about horses than any of your sporting men He can tell you more about hunt ing and fishing than any of our hunters and fishermen. He can sail boat ar pu: cn fly hotter than either of us. Why Nick he knows more about boats and guns and dogs than both of Us put together
 "Nicks eyes had been gradually swelling during this eulegium and here he burst out with Ky gum, colonel, he must be great man Know more about dogs than do. Lord what a whale he must be I'd give dollar iist to lngl, at him. l,V ,ttIO,
 About a week later Mir. Davis was sitting in the office of one of the little lakeside hotels with party of gentle men who were out on a duck-shooting excursion One of them had hand some blue setter, and the Confederate cX-chiettain was explaining how that 1 particular strain of dogs originated in 1 this country, stating, think, that the ancestral canineS were presented to 1 John Jay when he was in Europe about 1 the first of this century. and entering into an elaborate disquisition oil the various breeds of hunting dogs their qualities and characteristics the modes 1 of training them, and their value for different purposes Colonel Ogden < friend Nick, pretty drunk, had entered l the room during the talking and, learn ing who this marvellous diScourscr on dogs was, had listened in opeu-eyed and open-mouthed amaIement, and at last, swept away by his enthusiasm rushed up to Mr Davis, and, sticking out his huge, grimy hand, exclaimed in tones that could be heard quarter of mile
 By gum. sir, Mir Davis want to ehak . hands with youl I'll be damned if you ain't the greatest man eyer seed, sir! By gum, sir Il man that knows more about dogs than me and Colonel Ogden Is the greatest man in the world, siri He's bigger than George Washington an Napoleon Bonaparte, sir Mir Davis, l want you to come on to my place an stay week, an 1t sha nt cost yeu n cent, sir; not damned cent sir By gum, Mir. Davis, you're jist the man wo want for governor sir! A man that knows as much about dogs as you do could beat all hell, sirl
 Nick, understand, is still solid for Mir Davis first, last, and at all the time, for governor of Mississippi Louisiana, or any other state into which his rough diamond admirers nomadic pursuits may take him