The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-11-15
! TERMS 90 IN ADVANCE.
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NShiPNt"SO bVtH iu chl-
my anu drllklnS.. have heard him
say that single glass OF whiskey and
M M's'e[ taken at night by prescription of
.as III ptnyslcian, would give him mead
'N,lv ny s sne next Gay. 3 is tss
| Soaes SVnee Mas nus iaToritestimiilant, but
S uo nos .hink ne used it to excess. He
,'stii "al ~ ioiu " II That he would not rest
J.ii III nc i'u tauSht ms pet terriers to
vi s.El, I'm ~. ilese dogs-"Frank" and
unny welc tleir names, believe
daIi.htu' iyreu' pue ~ MS own Iashioh. lie
tha ~ leasing anu worrying
',,'.ii = hmouiu piiieh ana pun thelr ears
~ ~uneii ~.hey !eiped With PAIN, ana was
aiesei aSa more pieased IMAM When ne sue
sSeuou ~ gettdlig up mid hght be-
Sas. s"oon .ieI,'' Luis was not easy TO DO,
oee'use amy was FRANZ s moth
'anu, Wneh ne was set upon her, went
70 %orh with rather bad grace, while
s; ne oore NE ATTACKS Win exemplary pa
"hen DANIEL got tired OF play
i;S Titl ms pets, VINO were devoted 10
~: Int ile "ouid drlye them away with
rs, iseWlnp. let ne never laid on
WIN Mt.ii .ne itiil weight OF his hapd. lie
naa cruei 10 them, at times, but never
oiutai, @ d iF 1nA
asAeu MN, one day, II his solitary
nioue VI iile dld not make nm snfler
iioili gnau'. es, SAID he, YEARLY.
'ut - am USED 10 IT,.
-, Hoht you hiiu solitary Ieeding Ia
~ Jttileys .o,your heaith9 tired it once
~ coiiege3 ana, Withlh a Week l was
iiiaoe positive'y SICK by 1t, /"
iou are right, ne repiied.p IL 1T
Iiany qestroys the apPetite. IN Iurin,
l ehipioy Gu an italian count as my
cfel ue CUISINE lie was really an artist
III MS pIoiessioil anu eXerted an his
poNIis W piease me- ne nad carte
osaHsn as W eApehse auu sent me up
10y tno mus 'eu'p.ihg aisnes'-
eouia taste .ieiu--tnat was al. !
iicsei eiiJoy eu u nneai Ut nome. Where-
a. nHgu infl.ed to uine IN tine country
witha Pheasant party OF ladies and gen
eiei'..n o,la you DeiieFe its would
sohie',,hes DC helped tifee times to
meat, -.
asketi MN, then, as mad often done
psiore' Wily ne diu not marry. lie was
,tlNa9 Pieaseu Wheh thes subject was
oloaencu, and Iaih sure we must nave
li.su' q, ~ - anu las,, aoozen conversations
~ 'nio 'oPie aioie. Atef discussing
.ie PtoS anu eo7ts, ne gehefaily wound
up Wy ueciarilS tiiat, III ne ever married.
~ y, mus. pe Win tiie expiiclt understan-
uliig thlt hiniseii anu MS Wtfe should
osfupy separaieflot 10 TINS END, he
oie1n uhfeateiieu TO puy Che mouse next
.oits own anu nave uoof cut IN the
Ps.lti}on wall, the key. OF Whlch ne
Ho,le heep III MS own POCKET. "Ihe
NOISY Vi cilliareii aii1 the gapple OF a
Woii'ah WIN ner ia'iy ifiehds, was some :
liiihg Whicii ne could not anu would not
staIo. u = -
ne Was,a warm auhirer OF the female
sex, put MS opinion Oh them was not
tiie most eXalted. social life ON the
coltlnehC oid not tend TO weaken his
iiat,uai preJudlce against mankind, and
ptooaply iesseileG MS esteem Tor the
ialrer poTtion OF humanity. over the
hahtle-sheii III MS chamber, hung an
eNguisite immature ON ivory. The lace
was peyond question, tne most Dealit1-
ltii nave ever seen and the execution
was worthy OF tile su3Ject; rms pic
turt was presented 10 MN by the iady
, VINO pliiiteo l'r'and III was hef own
liheiless' heeofdihg TO MS account,
sue Mns tl,teu, ricn' hlarveilouSly ae-
eoihpilsheu III music paiiitihg ana poe
tIs' eceelitIlc, rechIess, alike OF herseii
ana OF OlIers. Her name ne would
HeNcr Ieli me: ne confessed 10 othef
,'lhcles whiie III EUROPE, Dut did NOT ae-
khoWledge, ana Delieve, dtd iiet nave,
serious aiiair during tiie Whole seven
Years ol ms residence abroad. IL 1t SAID
tilat ihs heaft was never touched but
once, ana thenD beautiful Vlrginlan-
llhs was before ne ieIt "A meriea. lie
told me frequently, that IL was lmpossi-
pie iof nm 10 loVe girl VINO was not
pretty, ana yet lie would shudder at the
thought OF uhitlhS hli1iself 10 "a pretty
Iool. II was 10 no purpose lIlat IN
sisted that true beauty was OF the soul
alone lie nooted at tlils doctrine as
IA staie lle. Beauty OF lace, nc might
possibly dispense with, but beauty OF
IorIn--Deaiity QI some sort-a graceful
ngure ana 'lgh-Dred manner were aD-
soluteiy essential. happening, one
evening, TO express IN ms nearing my
regret that'l was not acquainted with
some young lazy IN hichmond, VINO
played wen on the piano, ne started al
most as IL had STABBED nm and gave
vent 10 an eXcEshasion OF the most m
tense disguse-as ii the Dare IDEA OF 2
p!aho-piaying young mdy hauseated
hiln' Hls tleofy ABOUT the manage
ment OF women was simple ana origin
al. "Ihere are, nc Wouid say, "put
TWO ways 10 manage q Wolnan-to cluD
her or to freeze her"
His nenage in '63-4 consisted of three
servants, all males-a cook, an Qstler
and ayalet, who also acted as MS dln-
ingroom servant. MS manner towards
the boy who waited IN the mouse was
rough even TO harsihess. lie liked ms
ostler, ana spoke kindly TO MN, When
ever 4 happened TO see them together.
L do not wonder that ms shouse-serNants
ran away from him. lie lost two with
III as many years. one was caught,
/ punished and immediately sold. The
other, for whom ne offered reward OF
5000, made good MS escape. After
that he bought 9 very likely woman,
nearly white. who remained with him