The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-23
OLD pAyY CROCKETT, N. c.
TIE MAN WHO SAID HE cooI0
WHIP HIS WEIGHT IN WILDCATS


buuter and member o. congress
In looking through an old scrap 'ooA
today found several copies of The ARIEL
a literary and critical gazette p"o'S"eo
- ph;ladelphia. The number OF Jan
Fl, ,1A, contains tine foi'owinS S'ory Vi
Davy Crockett, which may not ven"
interesting just at this time
Davy Crockett "A Tennessee member
Of congress The facctlouS Mr IL. OF
Ohio. tells good story IN which TINS
congressman from the wild woods OF
Tennessee figures "a the hero. Inc
reader will suppose Davy returned from
,he first session he had the honor OF
representing the people In congress lie
is to suppose. further, that Davy has
fallen i'm with n number Of his cons'itn-
ents at raising. and IL telling then OF
his visit 10 the pr sident
DINNER At TIE WHITE HOUSE.
The first thing did said Dayy'
"nfter got 10 Washington was TO go to
tbe presidents house Thinks !. who's
afraid If | didn't wish may be shot
Saws |. Mr.. Adams. am Mr.. Crockett.
from Tennessee. Sos SAYS he. how do
YOU do. Mr.. Crockett and be- shook me
by the hand. although he knowed went
the whole hog for Jackson. II didni
wish NAV be shot, Not only that
but he sent me printed ticket To dine
with him I've got it in my pocket yet
II haven't wish | may be shot
Here the printed ticket was exhibited
for the admiration Of the whole com
panvD Il went TO dinner" said Davy.
and walked around the long table look
ing for something that liked. At last
took my seat Just beside fat goose.
and / helped myself To az much as
wanted. Bat hadn't took three bites
when looked away mp the table at q
man called fash lattachol lie was talk
ing French 10 a woman on tother side Of
the table. he lodged his head and she
lodged hers. and they got to drinking
wine across the table. n they didn't
wish NAV be shot. But when | looked
back again my plate was gone. goose
and all. So | iist cast my eyes down t.
t'other end Of the table. and sure enough
seed a white man walking OIL with my
plate. Says |, 'IIelloo, mister. bring
back my plate. He fetched 10 back ID a
hurry, as YOU may suppose. and when he
set il down before me how do YOU think
it was? Licked as clean rs my hand.
n it wasn't wish may bee shot Says
he, What will You have. sir:' And SAYS
[. You may well say that after stealing
my goose. ami he began 10 laugh. II he
.lidn't wish may be shot Then says
I. Mister laugh if you please, hut don't
half like such tricks upon travellers. If
do wish may bee shot. then filled
my plate with bacon and greens. and
whenever looked up or down the table
I held my plate with my left hand. If
didn't wish may be- shot When we
were all done eating they cleared every
thing off the table and took away the
table cloth. and what do YOU Think
there was another table cloth under IT, I
II there wasn't | wish ! may be shot /
Then saw man coming along carry .
ing a great glass thing with a glass han /
Il below, full Of little glass cups with |
something in them that looked good e.
eat Says /. Mister. bring that here.
Thinks |. let's taste EN- first They were
mighty sweet and good. and so took
six Of EN-. II ldi4n't wish may be
shot
HIS WAY OF ElrCTIONEERING.
The Ariel Of Feb. = 1929. contains the I
following: The Hon David Crockett /
member Of congress from Tennessee. who /
has been made the hero Of n most laugh /
able story by a waggish Kentucky editor.
has taken that matter so seriously to
heart as to publish certificates Of his CON
duct on the occasion alluded 70. Nh
Clark, Of Kentucky. and Mr. Nerplank.
New York. have both certified that his +
conduct at the presidents house was
marked with tho strictest propriety.'
We are told that Mr.. Crockett is a sem
-ible man. but suppose that II is true that
he has something Of the half horse, hall
alligator" in his manners. The Middle /
sex Gazette. noticing him in the follow
ing manner. gives something betwixt a
caricature and q true picture Of Mr I
Crockett and a large portion Of bis con /
,tituents:
"In some OF the western states great /
muscular force is an Indispensable rc /
quisite in a successful candidate for pub /
lie favor. This Mr. Crockett-or, as be- !
IS familiarly termed, Dayy-possessed a. /
an extraordinary degree; and, while hi. |
competitor was telling the people 81 bis /
great merits, Davy was giving practical /
evidence - his by grubbing up a stump /
which two ordinary men would hay, /
abandoned in despair This striking do /
monstration 81 statcsmauliAe quall-ic- /
was irresistible to the yeomanry II Ten /
nessee. and the election Of our worthy I
Dayy was by reclamation.
while on his way 10 Washington h. /
assured hscompanion that he could wad, |
the Mississippi with a steamboat on hi |
back, whip his weight in wildcats. anu
ride a streak Of lightning bare backed. !
Davy is the man who proposed to whil |
all the animals in a menagerie. consist
ing Of lion. parcel Of monkeys and
zebra. On certain occasion he said b,
intended to speak in the house Of repre-
sentatives. for he saw no reason # bcin.
diiiident. as he could flog any Man IN Il.
The fact that Davy produced evidence
in refutation OF the CHARGES made againsl
him by the good Mr. X. Of Ohio doc
not detract from the interest Of the story
Nashville fTenn.) American.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Mrs. VI. \. JENKINS. Marion. Mass.
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