Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-22
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What would you say to see a man toll.
ebly well dressed wearing primrose
unity in his button hole, down upon
s knees, scooping remnants OF apples,
bbages, very cold potatoes, &c, oat
I'm the cutters. and devourlpg them
venously7 Profnptad By charity you
ight perhaps offer him two bits, to go
d get something approaching square
cal With, but he weuld repulse you an
ily. This is an every day sight with
There are two beings here known as
tter-snipes. One ID an old FRENCH
IN, wearing an old and patched oiIskin
NJ, q glazed slouched hat, and panta>
ms too old and far gone to mention.
dirt upon his face and hands 10 the
stimulation Of years. He has not wash
himself properly for ten years. His
hangs around bis face IN matted
Ks And such q picture of penury
! squalidness 1 venture to say was
'er before presented ON earth. He
cps in q hollow tree away out in the
I'd hills, refuses all offers of assistance
food, but may daily be seen clubbing
Nynd in the guttersfor garbage, which
greedily devourg OF course he Is
zy. He never addresses ahuman be.
never pays the slightest attention
Wat is said to him; and is so permit
to indulgs his disgusting idiosyncar-
/. In any other city in the world I
iure to say that he would be put into
Afe asylum very speedily. There is g
y current that be had lost a little
une by the breaking Of some bank
became misanthropic. / should
K Sc. Do you know / never see him
lOut thinking of Diogenes, and i'm
ling that Diogenes must have been
much such another being7 Who
VS. that this dirty old Innate will not
ONE distant day be made to figure
istory as philosopher
{ the other peripatetic Ihave already
zen. He il more clearly in his per-
than the hermit, and has the air of
who has seen better days. There 10
abby genteelness in his dress. His
aloons come but little below his
Is, and his coat is buttoned to con-
the absence Of linen; but his hat is
Us set rakishly on one aide, and he
riably wears the before mentioned
liose in bis button hole. He ogles
aides as they pass him and evidently
iders that his dangerous days are
pet done. Were it not for seeing
make an occasional and studded
into the cutters you might think
dilapidated BrummeL
ave you ever heard Of Emperor
on"-Norton l., as he styles himself |
Q State docnmen:s2 He, too, like
, the before mentioned characters,
rench. Once commission mer-
Tin Front street, he lost his ak
rs and his reason at the same time,
yet up "a an Emperor on his own
int He uelled himself Emperor
United States Of North America,
ssues bulletins whenever anything
RANT trsnspires in the social or
cal world. These bulletins be car
round to different newspapers, and
upon their publication, under
snalty, in event of noncompliance
his wishes, Of a suppression of the
:. Formerly they printed them,
low the fun of the thing has become
He is a large, powerfulIy-buiIt
and dresses in uniform-of the
,st, dirtiest kind, but always mount
q Brigadier Generals star. 1t
emily happens that the officers Of a
IN man-of-was salute him under the |
sssion that be ia indeed dignitary
nix. he carries ponderous knot
me, and has all the air of an EN-
were it not for bis distress His
10 immense, and upon the end Of Il
scattering chapparel of hair,
does not add to his personal
liness. Helves around at the free
tables, occasionally picking up a
1t piece from some charitable dis
person. If he has any place to
it is mere than any one positively
.. There be those who say be ID
razy at all, but simply adopts bis
tricities as an easy way of getting
ng Indeed, there is deal Of
ID in his madness M1AN M
had another character, but shipped
aS.st to you some month ago. His
was Coombs, and he was popularity
as "Uncle Freddy" OF Wash-
the Second" Formerly he was
ologist, and at one time stood high
employ Of FouIsr & Wells. What
4 his head / do not know, but some
down 20 personal vanity. He is a
Ierly handsome old man, with long
& white hair Ike the pictures Of
Itionary heroes, and he prides him
his resemblance to Washington.
-semblancs to Franklin is Indeed
'kable. he is scrupulousIy neat
person, wearing knee-breaches
lterating between q suit of black
and one of buckskin. He carries
ner, wherson he advertises himself
The Free D.scher and Original
monisl Promoter" also proclaim
He gave like Prince to live like
gar" He is very vain of his per-
appearance, and will stand Tor
Patting the calf of his leg-of
he indeed has reason to be proud
smiling like o gratifed cherub il
lets glance fsil upon him for a
instant.