The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-10-02
WANTED TO SEE JEFF DAVIS.
A Noted Character who Had "Never

A Noted Character who Had Never
Laid Eyes on Him."
Col. Ogden gave me an amusing instance
of the effects of this semi-omniscence on
an untutored native of the southern
swamps. Nick Ducheneville has hunt
ing lodge near the east end of Lake Point
chartrain, and is a noted character in this
region. He is an expert on dogs, hunting,
and fishing, and all accessories to these
sports, and is good-hearted fellow, who
will, now then, or oftener, get on howl
ing spree, and is always grotesquely pro
fame Out on cunning expedition with
him three or four weeks ago, Col. Ogden
happened to mention JEFF Davis. Nick
said: That airs man l want to see.
want TO see. l was In his war four years,
an / amt never laid eyes on him yit
What kin o. man is ne, colonelp
"Col Ogden replied; Nick, Mr.. Davis is
n great man, very great man. There Is
nothing he doesn't know Why, Nick, he
knows more about medicine than any doc
tor you ever saw, and more about horses
than any of your sporting men. He can
tell you more about hunting and fishing
than any of our hunters and fishermen.
He can sail boat or put on fly better
than either of us. Why, Nick, he knows
more about boats and guns and dogs than
both of us put together
"Nick's eyes had been gradually swelling
during this eulogium, and here he burst
out with: BY gum, colonel, he must be
great mani Know more about dogs than
do. Lord what whale he must be. I'd
give dollar jist to look at him; by gump
about week later Mr.. Davis was sit
ting In the Office of one Of the little lake.
side hotels with party Of gentlemen who
were out on a duckshooting excursion.
One of them had handsome blue setter,
and the confederate ex-chieftaln was ex-
planning how that particular strain of dogs
originated In this country, stating, think,
that the ancestral CANNES were presented
TO John Jay when he was in Europe, about
the first of this century, and entering into
an elaborate disquisition on the various
breeds of hunting dogs, their qualities and
characteristics, the modes of training
them, and their value for different pur-
poses Col. Ogden's friend Nick, pretty
drunk, had entered the room during the
talking, and, learning who this marvellous
discourser on dogs was, had listened In
open-eyed and open-mouthed amazement,
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, Mr.. Davis, want to shake
hands with you I'll be damned If you
amt the greatest man ever seed, sir BY
gum, sir, man that knows more about
dogs than me and Col. Ogden is the great
est man in the world, sirl He's bigger
than George Washington an Napoleon
Bonaparte, sir Mr.. Davis, want you to
come on to my place an stay week, an
it shant cost you cent, sir; not damned
cent, sirl BY gum Mr. Davis, you're jist
the man we 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 Mr..
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. Cor New York Sun.