The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-06-02

"a OANE OF 1OlsONlNG.-A little after noon
to-day monday the 2dj moaning noise
was heard in the picture frame shop of Mr..
Richard Platt, on Illinois street. The front
and back doors were locked, but after con-
siderable trouble entrance was obtained and
Mr. Plat was found on the floor in spasms.
When he was found, entrance to the room wac
first obtained by some one who thrust an arm
through broken pane Of glass and unboltcd
the door, but Mr.. Plat, although lying on
the floor, succeeded in slamming the door to-
sether and for a while preventing entrance
Medical aid was called and it was asce,-
tanned that he had poisoned himself with
strychnne. The partly burned paper which
contained 1t was found on the floor
a sealed letter addressed as follows was
found on the table: "To my wife. If there
is any honor in man, deliver it to her un
opened"
Another sealed letter directed to Mr.. Flu
cas-, was also found.
Also the following, in Mr.. pla,ts hand
writing, lay on the table open:
g." To be or not to be ?--dlatis the question,
| have suffered the stings and arrows of oat,agl.
o,T fortune,
And now takeup arms against sea oftroublcs,
And by opposing, cd HGH
For Wt0 would bear the whips and scorns Of time
When he might his q"ictpS make
With bare bodkin?'
BY the time this comes to sight | will be on
my way To-
THAT undiscovered country, from whose
bourne no traveller returns"-
1t is an awlM plunge! Yet how miserable
is life when not being able to h0noyQJiy live
My warmest hopes are JLighted by the cold
realities of life.
Money makes the man, the want Of it. the
fellow" Pope was mistaken when he said
worth"
An empty pocket is the worst of crimes
If a man is down, give him a thrust
Trample the beggar into dust
Prcsumpt"ouS poverty 5 quite appalling.
Knock him over kick Inn for falling
If Il man is up, oh lift him higher!
Your souls for sale, and he's a buyer"
If his heart be large and tender
SndVswiIl his means be slender:
Everlasting duns will push him:
wv - wiz ''"''p anu 'lhHli NM
A man has no business to have a soul in this |
world. He must shut his ey es and ears to the |
cries Of mercy and humanity worship the
Almighty dollar--gct wealth, no matter how
obtained.
"Stcal by night, and steal by day,
Doinqh all II, a hgI rayi
Join the church and nccr forsake her,
Learn to cant and insult your maker;
Be hgp"rr;ie, liar, kaarc and fool
But DON'T BE POOR--rcmembcr the rule
then he will be sure to be worshipped. HON.
age will be paid him at every corner of the
street, no matter how great IN ass
Lite is a buthen--l feel OF no more use to .
any one around me. The very feelings arts
ing from my situation only makes every mis-
cradle for whose sake would wish to live
and those feelings are imputed to wrong
cause
For the sake Of my family have struggled
on, though fate has been against me. Yes,
Fate for die a confirmed FataIist. God .
know how have lored my family, and even
now, when am about to swallow the fatal
dose, feel somewhat tenacious of life for the
sake Of my dear, little innocent chttdren
Oh, God | must stop thought or 90 crozy
but | can be Of no more use to my family, ,
therefore, to the mercy OF God commit
them and if there is Just and an omnisci-
ent God. to him commit myself, for he knows .
my feeling and intentions through life.
Hope, the last thing that forsakes the hui /
man breast, IS gone--tite is q blank.
die with the hope that there will BE a
post mortem examination Of my b0dy-my .
heart taken out and sent to New York, and !
buried IN my mothers grave--my body may !
be given to the doctors, or even the dogs, if ,
1t would be OF any use: for it would be great
consolation to know, in my dying moments,
that would be OF some use, at ahy time.
Farewell. | have swallowe! the "sweet
otlivious antdote' to
Cleanse the stuf'd bosom Of that perilous
stuff which weighs upon the heart will