Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-19
for inc for5quirer.
TO "LAUGHlTzz1En -

~ IzZlE." .-
Aessrs. Editors: 'Las Lizzie has been
pleased to declare to yoiy readers that she
Is sure that l am some \, laughter-loying
young girl; that ! have chosen the nom
de plume, under which 4 to screen myseli
from the public eye, becsdo not wish to be
known by everybody.
Your correspondent-wA resnect to .Liz.
zie'-would not notice ssahcnrd nub,;ca.
ton, had he not heard the ln;n;on ernress.
cd by others. Many Of my Aal friends who
know me only by my reae are laborinp
under the same mistake HE. :, and yerv
many Of my own relative no idea who
willie Lightheart is. 4
Now, I fancy the present tunity an ex.
cellent one to undecsive the in this little
affair; but before attempsto. Laughing
Lizzie is very politely infoHhat the good
people of Yorkvil!e and suing country.
-'NFN6 SS~A' y y
know very well whether am br woman,
Almost any editor in South Csb sbcap furnisb
ike information' II Lizzie Is ilarly curl
GUS about the matter. Il
was born in Charleston, sol, "a ooo On
the banks Of the ever-beautifall and IN
the proper time, named after dour most
distinguished divines in this glo old State
of ours. Now, when I was so Nd vas the
general impression Of those who me hest.
that was delicate little boy. Ii been a
girl, fancy that would have a pirps
nsme at the baptismal font. Attle bows
do-unless they die-I grew up Ind more
every year. I used to hunt, Is;r +ons
throw somersets, stand on my Hv boats
ty kites and play TOUGHER. i ssed inst
Ike other boys-cap, jacket, ispts and
loots. I very often cut my fna aaised nv
ihins, caught my hair aAre, 500 dny hand
ind tore my pants, as boys do nd|o how 7
bved to read !--hov I gloried in IN alma
just 70 scrioole Oil xmas Oh ooyisn nse
AT tne age OF nfteeni 1 "ro'e . y ppich &C.
cupied Two copy oooKs' ent''ieo 10 Inno-
sence,' which has long since BEEN stued to
the flames. In my eighteenth yeaSr il ve
tsSoz!-l wrote 'biasted hoPes' treason
Why l did so, was because darlins blns.
eyed girl, whom Iloyed ever 80 detus not
allowed to correspond with me on lot trs as
she was only about thirteen years Of
Boy as was, that fair angel-chila he'd a
' VI INC PureS'' noAeS' 1--WE ".'N y ttoung
ne"i. anu 'ne lfagrance VI nef "1nory
still ingers about my life. I have lot ice
loved with mightier and more enoblI We
but, ever and anon find the heart back
to th4 far away flower time, and hinu
vhereis she now? Well, let that pasAa Aaa ve
allhadour boyhood's sweet-hearts-out tps
God bliss them, wherever they are now
Biased Hopes Of course was neVetsb-
ed; and, if the hand Of Time has not g The
bright composition, it's tear-blotted pfu
rustic in the winter wind in some far-a. or
ner Of or land.
Many,very many were the obituaries I
wrote-ery many were the simple yer b.
lished inthe Sunday School Visitor uh BY
initials. Kind friends encouraged me to De
these boIsh efforts, and indulgent editor rsd
kindly upon my manuscript. Il
In my nineteenth year-perhaps itttt
er-I sem an article to the Evening /
scarcely daring to expect to see it in print. 3
my first attempt at anything like sentil
poetry; aid you have no idea how an1if
awaited thy appearance of the next paper1
paper CANT; and upon the very first coluu
my dear, fist brain-born child. Oil how
|py felt t!-how I blessed the editor Afte
time, Ibed anne an almost regular contribu
the columns Of the News;' most of the
being published under the nom de plume q
Johnnie 'aelodeon,' Nitric Acid and Il
tials ofmy zeal name, .... ssss,