As we say in this country, he could "carry corn" We have said that "Gascon" is often used in connection with boasting or gasconading.
But the term was in no way applicable to Jasmin.

He left the echo of praises behind him, and returned to Agen to enjoy the comforts of his fireside.
He was not, however, without tempters to wean him from his home and his ordinary pursuits.

In 1836, the year after his triumphal reception at Bordeaux, some of his friends urged him to go to Paris--the centre of light and leading--in order to "make his fortune." But no! he had never contemplated the idea of leaving his native town.
A rich wine merchant of Toulouse was one of his tempters.

He advised Jasmin to go to the great metropolis, where genius alone was recognised.
Jasmin answered him in a charming letter, setting forth the reasons which determined him to remain at home, principally because his tastes were modest and his desires were homely.
"You too," he said, "without regard to troubling my days and my nights, have written to ask me to carry my guitar and my dressing-comb to the great city of kings, because there, you say, my poetical humour and my well-known verses will bring torrents of crowns to my purse.

Oh, you may well boast to me of this shower of gold and its clinking stream.