The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-02
JIOBSON'S CHOICE.

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When eighty years of age, he sill, every
week, took the road with his vain AND hor.
srs as he had don" siAty wears before: max
ing his journey from Cambridge to the
Bull Inn, liiohorsatc street, London, and
thence back again; carrying letters and
parcels, and sometimes stray passengers
and delivering them both ways. All
through Sl'akc>rcarc's life IIobson's cart.
o"is had tinklcd, lIobson himself ri,liuo
III the cart or trudying by the side of it
along the London and Calnbridye road
lie had driven the team as "a grown lad f,,
his father before Shakespeare WAS born
! aud now. eight Years after Sllakcspcarc's
ooncs hail been laid under the pavement il,
S,raltorl Church. he was still halo in his
old vocation. Nor, though only II carrie,
driving llIs own vain, WI, he Il person OF
siight consequence. There WAS many {:
square, round about Cambridge, whom old
il"!son could have bought and sold. H..
ginning life Oh his own account viii, ::
G""''ly property left him hv his father in.
| Guiding III" vain he u~",l to drive. ,i.,;,
team horses and u "a", he had. hv his rr,,.
dencc "n" honesty, G,a,.,;a!!y Increased
! tins property, til, besides paving the cx-
ren>.s of Il lar=: family, hc was one of the
we"i'h'">t citizens Of Cambridge. lie
owned several houses in The town, and L;r)
much land r"unl. This increase Of ln,
tune lac owed in part to his in!.;.
m"nt in co'nhnn" other kind, of Lusi.
hess, such us farming, naItiny and
inn keeping, with his trade rs u car
rrr.
I'nt his great stroke in life had been the
idea ct letting on: horses on hire. lie
Wis, III l'ci, ;,ccur,.imy to all tradition. the
very first man III the island who let ont
hackney ho,>:, ; bu', having no ,comrc:i
ton III the trade, he carried it on in his
own way. lie lla'l i stable Of forty u,ol
cattle always ready anl fit for TRAVELLING ::
hut when amy scholar or other customer
whoever he might be. came fora horse. he
wi:S obliged To take Inc ono that ,hancc.l
! I" stand next the stable door. Hence the
wci'-kn"wn ph"vcri, 'llpbson's choice -
this or nothing the honest carriers rrin-
crlc being that every customer should he
justly served, and every horse Justly ridden
IN his tnln. Sumo oI IIolson's horses
wcr" let out to 20 as far us London: and
Oh these occa>i.ns it WAS Ilul,sun's hali,,
out OF regard for his cattle. to impress upon
scholars when hc saw ,I,rm (" III n. Il
great pace, that they would come time
enough to London if they did not ride too
last"
Lar" |''h" H"%"X w Washington.
Ihc first volume of Tile Life and Times Of
Charles .9ancs F"x,' by Lord John Eus>.M.
has just Appeared i'll England. Tie Lon
do" papers say his lprlship has dealt will!
s''s subject in fra=mcnlarv, almost incn-
hcrcnt manner. His first volum. is a COM
'nrniary, and l;liic more. As Il curnlncn-
tary, however, it is characteristic, and the
conclu'lin" passage is, perhaps, the mos,
characteristic Of al!
''l'rforc taking leave of the American
war, u few words may he allowed! ON :. top
'c where there can l" but little difference oc
opinion. George Wa>lin"to without the
genius OF julius t"sar or Napoleon Bona.
part", has "A far prrcr fame, as his a,nLrion
WAS of higher and ho!icr nature. In.
stead OF seeking to raise his own name. or
seize supreme power he devoted lis whole
talents, military and civil, to the establish.
mcnt Of the independence and rcrpetni,y
OF the liberties Of his own County. In
modern history no man has done such great
thing, wilhou: the soil Of scli,hncss or thc
STAN "i SrovclIins ambition. Cr~ar, Crom.
well, Napoleon, attained higher elevation
but the love Of dominion WAS the spur that
drove them Oh. John Ila.nIuIcn, William
Russell, ,\lgcrnon Sadn"y may have had
motives us pure and ambition rs uns;aircl,
but they fell. To George Washington,
nearly alone in modem times, has i, been
given to accomplish wonderful revolution.
hnl yet to remain, 10 ail future times, the
theme Of "pcoplc's gratitude and nm exam.
pI" OF virtuous and hcnciiccn. power
|"|""h/c duioW"phs-Thcrc arc at
present three, and so far rs is known only
three, complete sets Of autographs Of the
NIGncrs OF the Declaration of Indepeu,lcucc.
these belong TO Rev. DR.. Spraucc, of Al.
hany, Rev. DIR. Ealllcs, OF Liverpool, and a
south Carolina gentleman. They were
completed by curious piece Of good luck
Some years since, each Of these gentlemen
lacked one autograph, Which was nowhere
to b" found. l'ut in settling an estate, the
South Carolina collector came across three
receipts of bills signed by this very iud,
v'I"aI. One he kept for himself, and sert