Anecdote Of Jefferson

A party, Mr. Jefferson, the President nmong tlicni, wcre out riding. A smnrt Blower liad f'illen dnrinií tlie foreuoon, and w! on ihcy :ot back to Mooi's Creck the H;itor wna ruuning 11 p to the saddie trir'hs of a horee. An ordinary Western lO'ikmg ni!m was sitting on thc bank W't'n n saddlu in bis hands. He vatei uiitil all the pirty liad entered tbo strcam hut Mr. Jeffers'.m and tlien iisked bim for a ride across, To ri de np to ii stone, suffer him to mount en cronpe and carry bim to tlie oppi s te liHpk, woa a r.iatter of course. Iu a few minutes the party in tho reír, who had witne-sed tliu sÍFair overlook our bosaddli-d pedestrian, xtretobin; away a' a steady paco aow the foot of Carler's mouutain. : I s;iy I" quuth a junior, "what niade you let iho young meu pas and usk thal gentleman to carry you over tho cieek 'í ' "Well," said Kentueky, iu broid pstois, ' if you waot to know, III tell you ; I reukou a íu.iu oarriea yes or no 11 bis fuco - tho ybung chips' faotí no - tlie oíd 'uti's fiiid yes." "It su "t every man tliat wnuM hae asked the Pre-ideiit of tlie Unjtfcd Status for a ride behitid íiim," said the other, c n ciing, porh'ips, to Mank the b'ihl visage of Kontueky. If such wos bis objuct, huwever, lianas very much mistaken. "Ycu don't fny tbat was Tom Jeffor son. do you V was ilie rcply, lid he im(tiediatelv added, "be's a fiue fcüow, a:iy way." "Tliat was tbe President,'' was the responso. Kei.tucky looked up and looked iirouud, ihe loculity wcll known to th: traveler at ouce carrving convicliou to bia mind. lie appeared ti be in a lirown study for a moment, thetnasñve feaCureí then relaxed, ho burst iuto a loud ín ot' laogbter, and theu he Bpoke : "What d you suppofe my wifo, Polly will eay v lien I get back to Hoone Coonty nnd toll her l'va been beliind oíd Jetrersou ? She'll say I rpted for 1, be ritht man ƒ"