The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-12
Nasty.
.ographl.al slet.h. wirh Portrait. Of Nr. Ns.s,.
Posi- OFFis. CoSFEDRIF y RoADs.)
(Which : in tie >czit Nv Kentucky
july 10. lS6-.

oAAN -. ACPsr
E1.-oz TotEDo B-,pz-Srz Enclosed find
ph7;9-Gd " myself, e you des-red-Io make
: stEikin picter iuny myself into the atitoOd
and ssSnomcc the eXp-cshCu wlca mite hey bin
observed oEtJ Hy caSiSle countenancs when IN
the act " deive-in my justly celebrated sermon.
" The wages Nv SIN i Deth-' The 500 wich
yoo remi;Jci 70 kivcT tie c1St nv the picier, wuE.
l re-rct T. say. insui>hent. The TicUer COS; -
cents. and il took Sl,jO worth uv Ba>com's
newest T. stidiy nv nerves - the pint Nv under
suin tie agony w sitiin ) minits in front NV the
Photographer. / need not say THAR lie = - lDccn-
diary from Massachusetts. + lie deceased
Elder Gayit;s son lssaker. hcz expressed burnin
desire 70 V->>c>> h> apparatus. It's probable that
public safety viii very shortly require the expul-
zion Nv the inceniiary. Bat | he'd nav revenge
in his pockit i none Nv my postal curroacy.-
Sckoorin the picser, l told him l wood take it
home. and Ell my intimi; friends, those who knowd
me-. sho.d decide /; WIZ = portrait. | Wood call
and pay for II atorc he left the Corners. VIII |
10 II: VIII tins picicr-takin Ablishnist ever
more behold me? Eko au>ers.
700 may remit the odd twenty-five cents, either
by draft ON Moo York or money order. at my reSk.
wuz born IN the Year $500. ut | Will not say
where. / hcv reasons for concccin my BIRTH
Place. don't want 10 set any town in that State
up in bizuiS. That town hcz gone loonatic and
gives AbliShn majoriJieS fritc.Ul 70 contemplate,
and ! dom, want To benefit il by givin tia nashuel
reputashen. | don't want To double the price NV
it, prOperty-to be the means NV crectiu n dozen
or sich a matter Nv first class hotels 70 IN
date the crowds ~ wood make prilgrimages
thiiher TO visit my birthplace. The present
owner NV the house into witch | first opened my
eyes onto n world nv sin. Is 4 Ablishnist NV the
darkest dive. and | hey no desire 10 enrich him.
Never by a word NV mine, shell he cut THAI house
up into walkin sticks and b~uzzum-pins.
My boyhood wuz spent in the pursoot Nv knoll
lege and muskrats, mostly the latter. / wuz
early a promisin child.-My parence wuz both
Democrats Nv the stricteSt kind, my mother in
Vartikclcr. She hatid eny one that wuZut Dim
ocratic, with a hatred that | never saw exalted.
When l say that she woodent borrer tea and
sugar and sich NV Wing nabers, the length and
depth Nv her DImocrasy will be understood.
u nv childhood. l know but little. Ny
father wuz a leadin man in the humble speer in
witch he moved. holdin ut different times, the
various Offices in the town up 10 constable. the
successive steps bein road supervisor and pound
master. He wuz elected constable and mite
probably hev gone higher, bnt for an accident
that occurred to him the first month. He col
lected a judgement for SIS, and the money WIZ
paid To him. Tie good man wuz a talented
collector, but wuz singlerly careless in payin
over wat he collected.
E showin the pekoolyer bent Nv the genius Nv
the old man, | repeet a conyersashen | wunst
heeri. y man who he'd an account 70 collect.
wuz consultin one who knowd my father well, ez
to the safety NV putin a claim into his hands:
-. + he a good collector? 20 askt the man.
splendid" sed the naber.
is he a man NV responsibility " askt the
man.
Sir" sei tine naber, :. he hez the ability,
but WOOL find when yoo try u git yOOr money
out NV his hands that he lacks the response"
Good Their hev n a more techin triboot to
genius?
lie wuz like all men NV genius, unbalanced.
His ability WIZ ali on one siie.-Tte groyelin
who didn't admire sicl cratic fiites
n ruckshen about the paltry sum, and my
father
.Fqliel hi. ten, Ike the Arab,
From that time out. the old gentleman migrated
in fact, he lived mostly on the road. He
movin eZ = perfeshun. and a very profit
able one he made " il. When his boss died,
the Majors rather than not hev him move, wood
,hip in and raise HIM anuther. Appreshiatin the
compliment they rade him he aIluz went. l
these pekoolariIies w my ancestor
The lives Nv all crate men remind Is
We may make cur i've sabine:
Ef our talent runs in that direckshun, ez many
iebts ez me did, though it does require espesbel
genius.
This he'd its iniOoence upon my youthful mind.
saw not only = great deal NV JEe country, but
much Nv mankind, and acquired that adapta-
iility 10 circumstances witch hez ever distinguished
ne. Even to this day, ef | cant git gin | kin
whiskey, without a murmur and without
wv IA4lAAlA" Z tFE kAi b4AANNAAt4l- GAA Il
nay say, without egotism, l hev bin a yooseful
member Uy that party. | voted Tor jackson
ightcen times. and for every sUcccedin Dino
ratio candidate, ez many times ca possible. For
lick Lelan. / only got in four votes. | didn't
.ppTOyc NV the nOmihasnen and WIZ not overly
calOus. He'd lie bin elected, wat wood it hey
walled me? He he'd enuff dismist army officers
ollerin him. u hcv filed every offs in his gait,
nd | he'd at that time become too Old TO fOller
,ollytix for the amoozeInent it afforded, or for
he benefit Nv any cause. ,
But this is a depression.
Ny Dimocrisy wuzn't pariikerly confirmed, in
/ wuZ not a Dimekrat from any speechl
rinciple but more becoz those in the speer IN ;
iich / moved wuz, until | arrived at the age Nv d.
xentv-four. Nv father wuz infinitely acquaint-
d with me, and knowd all my carakteIistics ez {;
ez tho he he'd bin the friend Nv my buzzum. :.
Inc day. ez | WIZ q layin on my back under a
rec. ~contemplatIn the beauties Nv nacher, my 1
aren't seq he:
:. Pete, (Which is short for my name), eff yoo !
yer marry, marry a milliner?' '
= Why? father Nv mine" replied l, openin |
" ewes. "
:. Becoz. my son. sed he, 'sheIl hey a trade c
ichu support 700, otherwise yooI die Nv starv- !,
.hen when I'm gone 4
| thot the idea WIZ a good one. Thro woman l
cuss come into the world, witch cuss wuz labor, :
I'd l wuz determined that ez woman he'd bin the {
q Wv requirin somebody u sweat for the bread !
II. woman shOod do that sweatin. Than mite | !
erpOscd 10 a milliner in the village and she u
iectid my SCOT. | offered myself IN rapid sue "
,shun 70 a wilder, who wuz a washerwOman. :
III % a woman who he'd boys old enufi to work, n
ith the same result, when, feelin that suthin wuz IL
.ssry 70 be done 70 sekoor n peryision for lie, | "
arried a niger washerwoman witch didn't feel I
ne. Wood VOC bleeve 1t? Within an hour Il
ter the ceremony wuz pronounst, she sold pers- n
! property, consistin w q tub and board and a :,
Nv soap. and inyestin the proceeds in :,
rel calico dress and a pair Nv car rings, insisted II
my goin to work 10 support her, and the town y
ip authorities not only maintained her in her 10
nnacr- hnr reusal ~ eNteni releef To- me ON the h