Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1866-12-06
l.. ID. Sine--HiS AdventureS--LOSeS his
Sight, and becomes the Successful
Manager of Gift Enterprises

II. u. Slne-- HIS Adventures Loses his
Sight, and becomes the Successful
Manager of Gift Enterprises,
Many of the citizens of Woodstock will
recollect that, some twenty years ago, the
gentleman above named, Familiarity known
as dow Sine" performed the important
functions of ''devip' in the ''TENTH LIE
GloN'' office, of which the Senior of this
paper was proprietor. His faithfulness and
truthfulness were only equalled by the
amiableness Of his disposition and urbanity
of his manners. These characteristics of
course made friends of all who knew him.
Fond of adventure, and wishing to see
more of the world than the s'cribbed. cab
ined and confined" limits of a printing Of
/ fee afforded him, he determined to travel.
And he did travel.
For the benefit of his numerous friends
here and elsewhere, we propose to give a
brief sketch Of Mr.. Sine's adventures.
After leaving Woodstock and ''bobbing
around for short time among his friends,
he obtained sit in the Charlestown
Free Press Office, where he remained
some eighteen months. But he must see
more of the world; and in obedience to the
ruling passion, he enlisted in the T. S.
army few months before the close Of the
war with Mexico, to fight the battles of
his country Here he had an ample field
for the qualification Of his sightseeing
propensity; and he not only saw things in
many new and interesting phases, but we
have reason to believe that he obtained
very satisfactory view of the elephant"
with his huge ears, monstrous proboscs.
and unsightly CONFORMATION at any rates,
at the expiration of his term of service,
he returned to his former occupation-con-
WINGED that the shooting stick of the
printing Office is not so dangerous an in
strument as the shooting iron" of the
army. After his discharge from the army
he spent one year in Romney, and on the
2Sth of Aug. 1S49, left that place to seek
his fortune in the West, intending to make
Cincinnati his future home He obtained
a situation in the ''Gazette'' Office Of that
city until the 25th of April, 1851 Here
he met with terrible misfortune. 1t is
customary to clean out the Aues of the
steam printing machines by placing pow
der, enveloped in paper, in the furnace
and letting it explode. He was engaged
in thus cleaning out the hue of the engine,
when the paper of powder prematurely
exploded in his face, putting out both his
eyes This dreadful accident caused him
much bodily pain and suffering, and the
future of the poor blind printer was dreary
and gloomy enough. He was comforted
and nursed during his painful affection by
a noble young lady with whom he had
formed an acquaintance and between whom
an ardent attachment existed. She, like
ministering angel, became to him his
earthly aH-light to the sightless eye and
comfort to the desolate heart. Her image
was engraved upon his very "heart of
heart more indillibly and irradicably than
human art could have accomplished. Be-
ing naturally Of a sanguine and hopeful
temperament, he united his destinies with
the pure-hearted being who had not for
saken him in the dark hour Of his Attic
ton, and assisted by his sympathisng
friends, he embarked in the Gift Enter
prise" which has made his name as famil-
lar to the western people as household
words. And whilst thus dispensing his
munifcence to thousands, he has accumu~
lated handsome fortune for himself
If any of BOWS" old friends desire to
obtain tickets in his sGrand Annual Nam
moth Gift Enterprise % to be drawn the
first of January next, or in any of his
Monthly Enterprises, we will cheerfully
secure them for them