The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-08-22
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Robert Stimson, ESQ,
ny JULIUS.
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SS'ss.4. ~ ny JULIUS.
@ @,SS Bob was a Gothamitc, the third son
land The ninth child, Joint production
lof a staunchssold sKnickerbocker' and
70 West Indian Creole, rather sin
sgnlar union, but decidedly prolific
sone. Stimson, senior, being in what pa.
ragraphists term 'easy circumstances,
remarkable fecundi.y Of Mrs. S. was the
not bemoaued as d misfortune.
~ Bob had six sisters, short and fat,
good natured aud loquacous. Ian.
gaage was large throughout tho fami.
sily; fully up; to chronological IL tax.
ing that figure as The maximum of the
ratio of: comparison. 'Mirth' and
gsTune, especially, the latter, were also
very generally and powerfully dcvele D.
ed on the dark haired craniums of the
Junior Stimsons. They we're all sing
ters, any of the ncighbors would have
given you that piece Of information
without the slightest hesitation, "a reg
alar family choir any little impcrfec-
tons in whose performance were ccr-
tainly not attributable to inusitation.
They were cmphatically amusical fam
ily,-lineal descendants from the son
Calliope.' practically familiar with
fhe use of every known musical i,istru.
.ment from o jews-harp' to n 'bassoon
or ororehestral serpent, ,'-bcginning. Gas
Bob said, early and taking to it. ma.
turally This WIS not Ue,y surprising,
although the pertinacity aud utter dis,
regard cfstime and place evinced in the
indulgence Of the family propensity
certainly soas remarkable, so much SO
that there was ordinarily an immense
amount of 'moying' going on in Slim.
sons vicinity every Mayday. It was
sacliief misfortune Of theirs ard stand.
ing subject for remark with them, that
they we're forever surrounded by u7,.
musical people, creatures who had nc
taste for music, who had even gone SC
far as to demonstrate against what one
brute had denominated as their sinfern
ealshullaballoo.'
s They were familiarly known in the
neighborhood as the 'noisy nine!' a sim
iltude doubtless intended to be applied
to othe unfortunate daughters of 'Pier
os, who failed in their contest with
the Muses. and were cruelty transform
ed into AIagpies therefor,) rather than
tkelegitimate Nine of classical noto.
riety This, however, they bore with
exemplary equanin1ity. Truly, as Bob
said was Of no use getting angry at
sainan who was SO musically obtuse as
70 call % scientific execution of the
Battle of Prague on six different in.
strnments, % laundering r.uisance,' as
did one neighbor, upon o certain occa.
sion, whofhad hallooed himself hoarse
from an opposite window in demanding
an immediate cessation of what he was
pleased to term the 'cursed uproar,
sapon pain of a complaint to the mayor
Jon the following morning.
But our business is with Bob, no,
with Ills sisters or their accomplish
ments. In addition to the musical ia
Guilty Of the inherent power of which
he would state, ,-in illustration, that
when but three years old he could, up
on common consb, covered with thir
paper, produce sounds 50 closcly rcsem
bling those Of violin and perform Ger
tain tunes with such power and accura
cyFas to induce an old blind gentleman
IN an opposite dwelling incontncntly t
throw out pennies from his chamber
window in the belief that it was thu
performance Of some street minstrel
with ayiewto aims, This, Bob woule