The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, January 23, 1875, Image 2
Poetry
I m?t her by the eellardoro,
Hur look was cold anM stum,
Bur eyes looked dagger., intu mine,
And mine looked pit cbf oiks intu hurs. .
Fur we have lujred Mrthuo/gone.by, * -r ???
Hur father said that I might take hur,
But alas! fortny dreams or Vtfddcd'hllss.
8he got up and got with and old shoema
ker.
No more curls for me, if I knows it;
No more frawds my luv to win;
In the words of the poit, not for Joseph,
~ And ho mito havo added, not for Jim.
A Queer Suicide
AN old politician shoots iii m self??
singular coolness preceeding
the crime.
(This c&mmunity was Btartled this
morning by the announcem nt that
Samuel J. Anderson, of this city, had
committed suicide. Hushing to the
room in company with an excited mul
titude we found lytug on the ? floor the
body of a man, probably sixty years of
Age, pale and still in death, the deathly
pallor of the face presenting a frightful
contrast to thp lifo blood in whioh it
?was partly submerged. It was the bp
try of Samuel J. Anderson, formerly of
New York, but more recently of this
city. In both his hands, pointing di
rectly to his head, was a revolver,
v.hieli he had discharged into his head,
the muzzle evidently hiving :beoh plao
?d in his mouth at the time of shooting.
?The deceased was evidently reclining
ht the tim? he committed the awful
deed, and appears to have died instant
ly without n\ struggle, .still retninidg
with n/*adly geasp the deadlv^vc^on
in his httnds. The surroundings of the
oecensed, together with several commu
nications left by him, indicate that the
deed was committed after the most ma
lure deliberation, and was executed
With a coolness aud daring that scarcely
fihd a precedent in the aunals of suicide
On tho table in bis joom was found the
following communication, addressed to
popular physiciau :
Atlanta, Sunday, Dec. 20. 1874.
To Dr J ' M fJohhion?Dear Sir :
Thoughtfully, eveu cheerfully, I obey
the stern fiat of irres stable circumstau
ten, without: discussion, and without
murmer. My remarkable vigor and ac
k no v. 1 edged capacities seem utterly una
tillable for otdinary purposes. De it
.jpo.. I havo much to be thankful for to
yourself and other personal friends, and
feel no eumity or hatred against any
man. I hopo Tooinbs will so far viudi
eate himself as to protect Jorry L'-nch
from tho couscquoucos of a protest,
Which could not have boon anticipated.
To morfow morning I intend to place
the muzzle of my pistol in my mcuth
and pull*ihe trigger. I thus bluntly
State my intentions in order to - nvoid,
if possible a "odrouor's inquest, or legal
investigation. I shall dress myself, uf
ttr bathing . as usual in a suit of old'
clothes,*gaojlienough I. opino for tho
purpose in view. My better clothes
Will be of uso to my son. I hopo to be
b?tied as I full, lou will find in my
table drawer further communications a ud
6 requests. I enclose fifty odd dollars to
go toward funeral uxpenscs, and to ex
press my trunk to New York. Itcgrot
ting the abscuco of Dr. Miller, please
remember me to him, and present my
photograph herewith enclosed.
Farewell, my friend,
S JAnde?son.
uis will and testament.
Accompanying the foregoing oommu
oicntion was his will in which ho made
some remarkable bequests, as follows;
- ^ni?itfb 'AND PEU80NAti.i
T, SamuolJ Anderson, present to my
friends the following requests aud be
.quests.
To my sen, Samuel J Anderson, all
Fuch of my best clothing and effects as
^ ^an*t?tPpacbodJn my aolo leather trunk
?&wwmifci coja?wQcate With 'A H. Duw
eon, 271 Broadway, Now York, before
expressing tho trunk to him. Not buy
jog heard .from the boy for souio month
inquiry will bo neocasnry. I would ro
)y pn Mr. Dawson's information aud ad
vice in the premises. I supposo the
clothing would be of much vaduo to him
and of but little valuo to any one else.
But if they arc not uvailablo to him,
after inquiry, 1 would beg that the same
may bo forwarded to my son, He nry
Bladsell Anderson about fourteen years
'of agoJ?t SpringGold, Erie county, New
York vIIc can be writton to aud easily
found by addressing John C Strong, at
toruey, Buffalo, N Y
To Dr Miller?The furniture of my
room, according to bill in loft hand bu
rcau drawers, is Dr Miller's property
Also box of coal of Miller & Johnson
To Jerry Lyuch?A new pair of paut
wrapped in papsr Returned because I
am Unable to pay for them
To Matilda Harris, my honest and
faithful washerwoman?Tho followiug
trifles. Coal Bcuttle, trunk aud Btrap;
writing table, umbrella, pin box, broom
aud towels She will pack my trunk
and dispose of old clothes, &c, as she
pleases
To Ed Hardy?My valiso and con
tents; also cigara
To R Toombs (not private)?Wy pis
tol with my recommendation that he
rid the world of his presonco by imita
ting my example
For Burial?I think shirt, drawers
and socks with my big cloak wrapped
around me, will be quite sufficient I
have tried to save money euough to bu
ry me and express my trunk, &c I
shall have about S?O in my pantaloons
pocket
S T Anderson
Atlanta, December 1G, 1874
To DrS Miller and Johnson
Mr Anderson,'who had reached the
ago of sixty two years, has been rrjucb
in public lifo .Howaeoue of the old
iu his opinions," aud somewhat crratio in
his religious views Tho reference to
Ceu. Toombs, in his bequest, needs somo
explanation For a long time Mr An
derson's financial condition has been
none of the b st and it seems that ho
has been the recipient of the favors of
several of his old associates, whom lie
knew in "better days Some three or
four months ago, being out of employ
ment, he made known his necessities to
Gen Toombs, aud that gentleman gave
him employment by engaging to help
prepare the evidence and papers in cer
tain important suits then pending be
fore the courts, and to circumstancos
growing out of this engagement is at
tributed diecctly his death Gen Toombs
gave him $125 per month, and cashed
several drafts that were sent him About,
the 1st of December, hovovor, he gave
Jerry Lynch, of this oify, a draft on
Gen Toombs, which General Toombs
permitted to go to protest lor non pay
ment, and wrote a uotc to doeoased that
he owed him no money Anderson
thought that his engagement with
Toombs was pcrtnotieut, aud the refusal
ol Gen Toombs to honor his draft
caused tho keenest and bitterest disap
cointmcut anil chagrin?So mortified
was he determined to kill himself, Which
he did quickly, and in a manner that
exhibited wonderful nerve
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Och; and sure Mishtress iMurfroc,
and how docs yc do this foin morn
irig'
?None the bother for seeing ye, yo
blackguard'
'Don't be so cruel, me foin lady, tell
mca what is the inathor with ye's'
May the devil take yo if yea must
know, 1 have a boil'
'Upon my soul, Mishtress Murfrec,
'Not one h'apetn of it upon my soul,
dou't yo sco the blithorin thing upon
mea ucok*
-
Belle Boyd, who made considerable
notoriety during the late w?r as a Con
federate spy, bus been very ubiquitous
of late. The stopped at hotels in Roino
Ga., and Watcrtown N. Y., iu ouo day
reccutly.
Jn a Paris advertising sheet the fol
loWing ocourtr?'An orphan aged nine
teen, possesccd ofv fourteen millions,
wishes to marry a Frenoh prince. An
s wer, postpaid, &c.
??UMP ? ? . <? ? -
Never sport with pain or povorty.
SHOULDERS Oil HIPS?
Delicate Suggestions kor the
Ladies?Information for Mascu
line Paul I'rys.
Mrs. Swissheliu is not to have things
all her own way among the dross reform
ers. There .is another Mrs. Richmond
in tho field, iu tho person ot a Mrs.
Woolsou, who has written a book in
regard to the manuor in which the gar
menIs should be .supported. The sub
jcet is too delieatc a one to be hau died
otherwise than gingerly, though loving
ly, by the Eocning ICcpuplican, but
what follows from a corresp uideut of
the ^ew York Tribune is both proper
and interesting :
With the earnest and well-intention
od work of an earnest and good woman
like Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson,one
should at least deal thoughtfully and
respectfully, however one differs from
her. It is therefore io be hoped that
Mis. Woolson's new volume on '"Dress
Reform," which Huberts Druthers arc
about to publish, will not be met by th? \
pert flippan witli which crusty
bacheiers and light-minded mails have
been want to treat a work of this sort.
Mrs. Woolsnu's &tok is entitled to a
f'uir hearing. It is composed of lectures
delivered iu Boston, during the Spring
of iho present year; four of them by
well known and successful lady phys-i
cians, and the other by Mrs. Woolson,
herself. It is another attempt to set
tho world right ou a matter iu which
the wicked world seems very obstinate,
ly determined to go wrong; and it will
probably couviuee few, save those who
u.o always ready for sedition, nlw.iys
prepare 1 to beliove that the jicw is
thatl^^ffi&fly?BgJl
between tho Venus of Mil > an.l a mod
< ru belie.
The Venus Vietrix stands there, i 1
the changeless grtioo of* h:r etcrn 11
silence, just as she was in the v< ry first
picture of tli- soiv. Hut the northern
belie changes her ndoruuicuts in every
successive plate; and marly always for
tho better, l'eally she looks very pret
ty. even here, whero she is posing a- an
illustration of naughtiness; only her
dies? with its long train is a house dress
and should not be billed by tho coquet
tish little hat parched upon the dully
hair. Tho Venus io evident ly not dress
cd for the street, cither; so ma letnoi
seile's hat is altogether unnecessary to
the contrast. Now every modern belle
would no doubt be u Venus if she could
? the trouble is that she can't; and so
she must coutont herself by trying to
be a piotty girl. But,says Mrs Wool
son, let her be pretty an.l healthy at
the same time. Certainly, gentle lady;
1 agree with you there; and unless slio
is .reasonably healthy slid will not lone;
be pretty. But how is this marvellous
combination of happy anil healthy and
handsome to be beat attained ? There
is the question which .Mrs. Wuolson has
tried finally to settle, and there is
where we arc forced to t ike issue with
her.
Arc women's shoulders made of cast
iron any more than their lips ? Lfyou
overweight them shall they not ache 'I
I think the easts of the female figure in
a museum of tuintomy would convince
any unprejudiced observer that fern in
ino hips are quite as well calculated to
bear burdens as letuiuiuo shoulders are.
But in one respect Mrs. Woolsou ami
her sister reformers tire unquestionably
right; and that is that a reasonable wo
man should not allow her dress to be
cumbered by such a weight of trimming
that her freedom of locomotion is im
peded by it, aid walking unoudu rably
fatiguing. One would not care to be
more healthy than the average English
woman, unless one desires to be a
wandering Jew and outlive aU one's
friends; and yet tho average English
woman dresses, save in two important
particulars, precisely aftor tho model of
her Amorieau sister, except that hur
tnstc in the nrrangement ol the dress is
infinitely poorer. The English woman's
walkiDg-dresscs arc simpler and le.^.i
heavily trimmed, and her boots are
thicker aud looser aud broader in the
boIo. It may bccui a startling propo
sition, but I assort that nothing will
make a woman's back ache quicker than
wealing tight boots. If I were an M.
1)., I could no doubt enter into a
learned explanation of this .fact?as it
is I simply state it. Let any woman
wear tho clothes of the prescht time,
made suitably fur tho occasion, and I
venture to believe that her costume will
be as healthful as air, thing can be,
short of coats and pantaloons.
1 don't- myself think that coats aud
pantaloon; would make women a y
stronger, more healthy; but I. dare
not s, eak'V/ith undue positivctiess about
an experiment I have never tried. One
brings to^'the fiout Dr. Clarke, the au
thor of "tVjx in Education," with a cer
tain hesitation, because to Mrs. SYo A
son and She earnest aud thoughtful wo
men. who share her views, tie is such a
bete nqiiS but. low be it spoken, the ex
pericuco |f countless other wo.no n
proves hiju to be a good physician; and
to my iftmd there was much force in
something he said th : other day to a
young la // of my acquaintance Look
ing over WSf attire of tast fu! skirt, and
has jue, aivil ovcrskirt, heavy frieze walk
ing jacket aud solt Ich hat, he said :
"I see notfung harmful here ? [ have no
fault to Snd. It could scarcely be
better."
"But the corsets," sai 1 she; "must we
give up thjOjc ?*'
'I>y oo.Lnoaus," wa-i th?> reply; ;,l con
si lor thoi$j.;.'a nccs'-ary and useful sup
port. Bcj&usc they can ho'abused; be
cause a Woman who weighs to hundred
em use jMieai to lace herself into defer
mity, it is, no sig i that t!i >y are bal in
themselves
But Comets are one special object of
tho aUiiuSivcTsiotH of the d.-jss reform
__cra. '!'????:.. ii ivi- ?? ..ne io the cane!usi in
Hflfctntenoui ruvoluti m n femin
j have
so i
they have undertaken thai th r -s'ial!
be a certain outward conformity to the
M ainmon of unrightc lusnoss, while they
work all possi Ida changes underneath
I will not d\:eil upon subtleties ot the
internal arrangements suggested in this
volume, the bewildering; combinations j
of I nitons und button-holes, of eyelets
and lacings, upon garments which shall
)0 nameless in my letter, though they
i new aud myatcriaus nonicnokt
lure in Mr.-. Woolsou's hoik. Tin
pages of her appendix are not for the
perusal of masculine Paul Prys?indeed,
uo man could understand '.hem whose
acquaintance with women was not as
scieuliSc as Worth's or as extensive a;>
Brigh mi Young's.
I for o':e certainly think that if wo
men will but wear the present modes
sensibly, not cramping their feet in
tight boots; not using their c.uvets for
tight hieing, not overloading their skirts
with trimmings and not walking iu
dresses designed for the carriage or tho
salon, tlu-y can hardly, uu ler any system .
dress better or more health!'illy tha i it
is in their power to dress now. But
there seems to be in tho inquiring and
mutinous human mini a lunging for
cnange, a restlessness which demands
revolution; The form is not enough,
they mus: form. Men, with this be
setting tendency, free slaves, overturn
governments, uiiko nu.v lawi; shill w t.
deny to w >men the lesser pleasure of a
revolution in corsets and petticoits, a
triumph iu button holes? And if, iu
deed, anybody prefers g inn eats with
the new names to tho old, orthodox flg
leaves of our grandmothers, they could
i.et do belter than to follow Mrs. Wool
son's leal. Ller book is we!l an 1 deli
cutely writte"u?if to mo it .-eo ns a work
of supererogation, thore arc others, no
iloubt. who will welcome it as tho her
aid of a nc?v and better dispensation.
??> ? ? ? <rw
Dio Lewis has Leen heard from again
lie says that codfish gravy is the best
food for deponent persons as it im
parts cheert uluess. Pass the codfish
IS r a vy ? ^ _
A polite young lady recently asserted
I that she bad lived near a baru ynrdj arid
that it was impossible for her to sleep
in tbe morning, on account of the out
cry made by a gentleman lieu.
-? i i mtm-. ? ? j?ii i
Peru has more dogs than any other
country ol its size, licuccthe Peruvitn
burk.
A Notable Affair.
The centennial tea party, hold last
week in the capitol at "VN Kshington, was
a great success. ?T-ho rotunda of the
oapitol was dirideoo iut> thirteen sec
liens, ?o represent, tho original.!States .
Bach table was. beneath a historical
painting. The dotue was decorated
with Hags to it.s topmost height, turd a
rope was stretched across the lower por
tion, whicK was gorgeous with banners.
Bvcry table had appropriate mottoes
and devices. The entire country was
ransacked for interesting relics of Revo
lutinnary days. All of the old tea p its
aud kittles were brought forth. Crack
cd china and old-time things wore at a
high premium. The most artistic and
beautiful tables were those of Georgia
au I South Carolina. The former was a
temple with six columns and covered
with a roof of ferns. The columns wore
wound with samples of cotton in bloom,
rice straw, green sugar cane and ferns
In this temple were baskets and bou
(juets of flowers for sale All the ladies
at the tables wore original or imitation
dresses of a huudredyeirs ago. The
South Carolina table was adorned with
palmetto troes, lilies, flowers, and fruit,
and some rare rid chin i. Mrs. Sen it .r
Roberts in, of South Carol; ua. Was
among the ladies at this tables. The
Virgin a table was also full of interest.
Kvery one who bad a grand, or what
was better, a great grandfather, had an
oppportuuity of airing their pedigreo.
It was as if the call had been made of
"Speak now, forever alter" boi ling year
tongue." Any lady who sported a
miniature as large as a break fast plate
of a man with a white tablecloth a^o^V
his neck, and powdered hair Mejrw'itti
black ribbon, was. cposicorcd toj
jeot o( a p.et'a' interest
^-S^hfni?J SSSUsJlt .least OUOj
years old fondly supposed that, if they1
bunched up the oldest dress they owned,
an 1 made an apron of muslin, with a
frill, pinned a square handkerchief over
their bosom, powdered the face, and
stuck bits of black court plaster in spots,
turne I the hair back from the face, pow
?lercd it, and added a jaunty cap . t '.:
ribbons of fldvrors, they were as gooJ as
the genuine article. The style of drO:S,
either from its novelty or beauty, is cor
tainly more be touting than the dross of
the present day, for the ladies all look
d handsome. There were a great
many things sohl as souvenirs. Tiny
tea-chests and leUs, made out of the
wocd of old Independence Hall, cups
and saucers, manufactured for the oc
casion, with! the dates 177-1- .and 1S7-1,
and the wor 1 Centennial.
>e a sut
? ?L?? ? - ? ?TBE
Lily Dale.
In the years gone by an old Michigan
I quill dliver uamed lllak?, who wub
killed at l\t\it Oaks, came into Detroit
on business, he being thou connected
wi'h a paper in the western pirf of the
State. He got pretty full by evening,
but was invited into the ladies' parlor
'>f the hotel, with others, to heir a
young lady initatc a new piano; After
she had played several tunes Blake
asked her to play 'Lily Dale.' Sho
complied, and ho sat down in a chair
and cried, excusing Iiis action by sayin g
to the crowd : "It's n bad soug, and it
always puts me in min 1 of my dead
mother'' It was played again, and
Dlakc went to bed with "Lily Dale"
ringing iu his cars. He occupied the
same bed with a merchant's clerk, tho
hotel being crowded, an 1 soon after
turning inn dog commenced to howl in
the back yard. "YVoooo llOO-hoo !"
I "Git out?it's only a dog howling," ro
plied thoc!crk. "Stranger," said iil.ik c?
as he tuned his head, "ssruuger, if
you'd lo t your poor old mother and felt
as bad as 1 do, you'd bet fifty dollars tn
livo that it was "Lily Dale." Yes, it's
that same song, and L'vo got to ory
again P And he r,ot up and pat down
on tho lid bi a che.-t at.d wtpt profusely
? Detroit Frrr JWss.
Wendell phillips having written a let
lor to Secctary Delknup thanking the ad
ministration for tho course taken in
Louisiana, and declaring Suoridan'a
?entirely correct.'
A Long-Su(r<;iing Editor. _
? ?, - ' . ? i jtl
t happciVe'd to Ho in tho Argils office
tlio other day, talkiirg with Colonel
Bangs, the editor, when a red whisker
cd man entered and valued the Colonel
by throwing a chair at hirnj Then fyq
seized Brfngs by tlic hair, bumped his,
head against the table three or four
times, aud then kicked him on the shins.
When this exhilarating nxcrciso Was
over, the visitor shook his fist very close
to the Colonel's nose, and aaid :;'fY|-P3
mutton-headed outcast, if you don't put
that notice iu.to morrow, I'll come round
ycr and smash you up ! Do you here
me?'' Then ho cuffed Bangs'ears a
couple of times, kicked him some more,
emptied the inkstand over his head,
poured the Band from tho sand box in
the same pla^e, knocked over the table
aud went out. During all this time tho
Colonel sat still with a sickly kind of a
smile upon his lace and never uttered a
word. When the man left, Bangs pick
cd up the table, wiped the ink and sand
from his face, aud turning to me said :
"(Jus will have his little fuu, you
sec !"
"lie is a somewhat exuberant humor
ist." I replied . u A hat was tho object oY
?'. i joke l''' - ?' ' ?! V 'Mi
"Well, he's going to Bell his furniture
at auction, and I promised to notice.tfio
fact in to day's Argus, but I forgot it
and he called to remind me of it/'
"Do all of your friends refresh your
memory in that vivid manner 7 If i'd
been in your place, Pd have knocked
him down."
"No you wouldn't,"said Bangs; "no
you wouldn't. Gus is sheriff, and ho
controls two thousand dollars worth of
official advertising. I'd sooner he'd
bumps and a sore Bhia or two along
of all that fatness ? No, sir, ho can hay
all the fun he wants out of me."
The Argus, 1 believe, is particularly
proud of the fact that it exists in a land
where the press is free and independent.
?Max Adder in the Danburi/ News.
Hems.
Beauty is tho flowering of virtue.
Reckless youth makes rueful age.
Sorrows best antidote is cmplopmont.
Confidence is the companion of sue
cess.
The faculty ef ge.ius is the power! of
lighting its own firo*
Silcut deeds are better than unprofita
ble words. .
Indolence is the rust of mind and the
mlet of vice.
f . J'
A faithful friend is tho medicine of
life. ' VV N'<m ? 4
Who spends b'efdre ?ho thrives 'will
beg before he thinKs.
Life is a morsel of frankincense, barn
ing in tho halls of oternity, \ r |
Never buy what it. useless because it
is cheap.
As you sow in tho Spring, in the Au
tumn you'll roap.
Spinner has been Treasurer fourteen
ycara.
Some thoughts always finds U3 young
a id keeps us so. Such a thought is the
love of the universal and ctornal boau
(y.
Not much eating gives strength, but
digesting our food, So knowledge is
power for good or evil.
A French lady, who held in her hand
a glass of cold water, said : "Oh 1 tif it
we ro only wicked to drink this, how
nice it would hol1'
Two important objects?Tho disoov
cry of what is t rue, and tho practice of
?. hut is ' J, aud tho two most impor
taut objects of life.
A waggish editor says that the street*
of ono of tho western cities aro to be
lighted with red-headed girls. We'd
like to hug tho lamp-posts.
Tho Duke of Norfolk England, who
is about renouncing nil worthy lilies to
enter holy orders, is but twenty seven
years of ?go. He is tho hereditary
Ea--1 Marshal of the ki lgdont,