Show A good story r fathe following admirable story of a boasting old fellow named major lucky is told by the hon leslie combs of kentucky the scene seene is said to have taken place between the major 2 and a colonel peters of illinois major I 1 understand from general combs that shortly after the revolution yon visited england how did you like the jaunt Capi capital tall tail I 1 had not been in london five hours before rex sent for me to come and play whist with him and a first rate time we had bad I 1 tell you rex what rex why rex the king george the third the game came off at windsor castle rex and I 1 playing against billy pitt and ed burke and it resulted rather comically how so why you see ag as we wa played the last game rex said to me in his familiar manner jmajor major I 1 suppose you know charles washington inet n dont you wo no sir air said 1 I 1 I dont but ill tell you who I 1 do know I 1 know george washington the th father of his country 11 10 0 said rex I 1 know him too he was an infernal rebel and if it I 1 had served him right hod hed been hung long iong on ago this riled ailed me a and n d I 1 just s it drawled back and gave him a blow light right ve between tween the eyes and he dropped like a bullock the next minute billy pitt and ed burke mounted me ine and in less than jhan ten minutes my shirt and breeches so torn and that I 1 looked like lazarus this thib gave me rather a distaste for en english lish 90 society c lety so the next morning I 1 set sail for america six weeks afterwards I 1 landed at washington ton the first man I 1 met was Q 11 IQ why old quincy adams that blasted old federalist adams he wanted me to pl play ay ninepins nine pins pina with him and I 1 did I 1 won two hundred dollar dollars sp at two shillings a game and then there was a row y OA A row about what why be wanted to pay me off in continental money worth about a shilling a peck I 1 got mad at tha tand knocked him into a spittoon while I 1 had him down jim came in and dragged me off to the white house calm caim jim what jim why jim madison I 1 went and played euchre with him for two hours when tom came in and nothing 0 to do but I 1 must go home with him what tom do you mean why tom jefferson who do you spose I 1 meant but jim listen to it and the consequence was they got into a reg regular calfi fight 0 lit in ane P midst of it they fell over the banisters and dropped about fifty feet and when I 1 left they were pounding each other in the coal cellar celiar 21 how it terminated I 1 never could learn as just jhen then martha run in and said I 1 must go down to mount vernon with her to see george 11 what martha are you speaking 0 of major not to interrupt you why martha washington the wife of the old oid boy that gave jessie jessiel to the hessians about here said mr combs the stranger began to have faint suspicion that he was swallowing the thi things n 2 and in the next stage staga coach that came a along on he took passage foran adjacent abent town 11 ethe the ithe I 1 ima Ika major jory jorl is said to be still living and believes to this day that the walloping be he gave rex is the very best thing on record |