The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-10-19

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1t is next to impossible for writer 3,
use the common abreviations and mispro
nunciations of every day converse aihon,
uneducated men; without wearying th'
reader; and especially i'll q sustained ,iat
ration. 1t has been done, in rare instan
ces, by men of actual genius, surh as
alas! lay no claim to. "A delightful In
staiice of this infrequent suctess is the sto
~ of skipper George in "The New
:, York Prilst." otherwise narrow--I had
almost said ififaiitous-and bigpled work
Still another, ,,and more charming example
is the story of ..Eben Jackson dare
not attempt 10 follow in footsteps made by
such shining feet; so will turn the Zou
er language, trusting that tmay gain mor'
by the simplicity of art than it will lose O
the simplicity, OF nature. .f..s E.
Philip and Thomas Gandereau wer,
brothers of remote French ex xtraction, borr
i'm Maryland. The family had been q
wealthy one, but had suffered reverses fol
several generations, and the two boys. 10.
sing their parents when about eight or ten
years of age found themselves left to their
own resources. ."'1..'' '.''" .. ''''
Philip, bright, black-eyed little rascal
full Of fun and mischief, was adopted by
a well to-do merchant Of Baltimore, and
Immediately put i'm training to make a
worthy heir and brilliant man.
| Thomas, two years his senior, was slow.
good natufed and thoughtful. He had
, immense self-reIiance. and was not afraid
to. look his fortune i'm the face. On his
tefith birthday. then. he rolled up his Sec
! ond suit in handkerchief. and bade his
brother farewell, and engaged to work his
! passage on an oyster sloop 10 New York.
| Here he found work as All office boy in the
counting hotise of n large foundry, and
having gained the good will of his employ
ers, apprenticed himself to them, in order
! to learn the machinist's trade, -.
Every summer Philip and hi. guardian
visited New York, and never failed tn give
| tia young mechanic day Of excellent en-
| Itertainment. which kent alive the ffaternal
sentiment of the two brothnrs. As they
grew older, however. the difference ha-
tween their characters. intensified and eN-
pressed hv education, became more and
more apparent. Philip did not altogether
| relish the idea Of having workman for a
brother. man who had TO handle iron.
and tools. and oil: who habitual|v wore
overalls and a paper can. To, he sure his
father was only q small farmer. and nm
successful at that: hut the youth rem-n,-
beretl the traditions Of old family wealth
and respectablitv. grown more imposing
with time. and felt that his brothers estate
was not what was due to tho name and
blood Of uandereau. NJ ........ .,.,r . . 's'
Thomas, however, would not allow that
He was q practical Democrat. and believed
that If man was honest and well behaved
il was all that could he desired. He good
humoredlv rapelled the witty and sarcas-
tic nnots thet Philip showered upon him at
times. and went his own way TRANQUILITY.
without fearing that pair of oil-spotted
overalls and paper TAP could keep just
man out of the kingdom Of heaven. "'
Still. his brother made him uncotfiforta-
bic. Philip wis sds,nart, so handsome. so
full of sdpior foire and easy grace; while
Thomas was as slow TO understand. and
sn old fashioned i'm his way of thinking
He felt that he was mechanic. and not
clever man Of the world. like Philip: and
now and then vague wish stole into his
heart that he had also been smart and
bright. or that his brother had been able to
love him lust as wellin his humble sphere.
For, with Thomas, the affectiorate and So
cial nature was stronger than the intellect
ual Unseifsh, and thoughtful Of others
10 the EXTREMIST degree. he could contrib
ute nothing to light and sparkling con-
versation. Indefatigably laborious and
perseverine. he found il impossible to mas
ter. a good handwriting, or scholarly
knowledge OF Language. OF the loftiest,
most sensitive honor. he failed tn impress
others with any emotion Of respect, save
the most cominon and undignified.
With Philip. the converse was true. al
most He was agvrandizing himself. in
one way or another He decorated his
mind with accom- nplishments, as u yonne
and vain girl decorates her body with lew
els. Knowledge seemed to stick to him.
and to present itself, ready for use, at the
right moment exactly. His honor was
treated by him like a delicate piece OF
glassware, to ne shattered hv a touch, vet
Hlwavs to ia thrown into the teeth of his
enemies. His record showed that he alone
80. a1xy IN
proach him without IA semi-involuntary
feeling. born Of his air and presence, that
the blood of the Gandereaus was a sacred
and precious flood, and that he was a Gan
dereaFi. ssa . r.lf a.s.sr. g...a#..
Thomas thought Philip we'll nigh perfect.
He laughed at all his Jokes (some of them
wcte clever, too). be Iistered, almost open
mouthed, to mis- fne drawn fiisqnisitions
on ethics and aesthetics, subtle and fantas-
tic as a tale by Hoffman; he nearly wept
at the ssts Htfie songs PhilipsanS, so sweet
ly. and appealed to him on every matter
above thp commcn affairs OF trade or every
hday existencei TE#-sFEi a"E er.....
But when the question Of secession arose.
Thomas began To think for himself. and
Philip and he parted, at the New York
| Hotel on the day of the row between some
Southerners and Wide Awake procession
| in front of that hotel, in the heat Of the
first quarrel. t.an syT8Jsr saG 90,
The young merchanic still loved his
brother, however, and wrote him q long
| letter. He ereceived no reply, and inter-
course ceased between them. gu la..s Be-
Then came the Union uprising. The