Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-24
Artemus Wards Panorama
CHOICE EXTRACTS.

| CHOICE EXTRACTS.
We mako tho following extracts
from Artcmus Wards "Panorama,"
ijust published in London:
Ills ARTISTIC CAREER.
could draw on wood ut q very
tender age. When q mere child,
once drew small cart-load Of raw
turnips over n wooden bridge. Tho
The people of the village noticed nc.
L drew their attention. They said I
had future before me. Up to that
time L had an idea that it was behind
| me.
Time passed on. 1t always does,
by the way. You may possibly have
noticed that time always docs. 1t is
| 4 kind of way time has.
became Il man. l haven't di>tin-
guishcd myself at all Us IN artist; but
| have always been moro or less mix
! cd up with art. I have an uncle who
takes photographs. and l have ser
Want who-takcs anything he can get
his hands on.
HIS MUSICAL IDEA"
like music. I can't sing. As a
singist | am not SUCCESS. / am sad
dcst when l sing SO arc those who
are near me. They arc saddcr even
! than am.
The other night some silvcr-voiccd
young men camc under my window
and sang "Comc where my Iovo lies
dreaming" didn't go. l didn't
think it was correct.
l. found music very soothing when
lay ill with fever in Utah; and
was very ill; was fearfully wasted.
My face was hewn down to nothing,
and my nose was so sharp I didn't
dare stick it into other peoples bust
ncss-for fear it would stay there and
L should never get it again. And in
those dismal days Mormon lady
she was married, though not 50 much
SO MS her husband; he had fifteen
other wivcs-sho used to sing ballad
commencing, "Swcct bird, do not fly
away" and told her would not.
She played the ACCORDION divincly-
accordconly praised her.
TIE STEAMER ARIEL.
went to California on the steamer
Ariel. This is the steamer Ariel.
Obligc me by calmly gazing on tho
s.oalhcr Ariel anu wien Jeu 20 70.
California be sure and go on some
other steamer, because the Ariel isn't
very good one.
THE PICTURE OF THE GREAT DESERT.
This picture is great work of art.
1t is an oil painting done in petro-
lcum. 1t is by the old masters. 1t
was the last thing they did before
dying. They did this and then they
cXpiroI.
The most celebrated artists in Lon
don arc so delighted with this picture
that they como to the hall every day
to gaze at it. wish you wcrc near
or to it-so you could sec it better.
L wish could take it to your resi-
dcnces, and let you sec it by daylight.
Some of the greatest artists come
here every morning before daylight
with lanterns to look at it. They
say they never saw anything like it
beforehand they hope they never
shall again.
When first showed this picture in
New York, tho audience wcro so OIL
thusi"stic i'll admiration OF tho pic
,turc that they called for the artist
and when he appeared they threw
brickbats at him.
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Brigham Young has two hundred
wives. Just think Of that. Obligo
me by thinking Of that. That is
he has eighty actual wives and he is
spiritually married to one hundred
and twenty more. So VIC say ho has
two hundred wives. 1Ic loves not
wisely, but two hundred well. lie is
dreadfulIy married. He's tho most
married man l ever saw in my lfe.
saw his mother-in-law while L was
there. I can't exactly tell you how
many there is Of hor, but it's q good
deal. It strikes mo that one mother
in-law is about enough to have in one
family-unlcss You're very fond of
excitement.
MORMON PRosELYTIsM. >:
I regret to say that efforts were
made to make Mormon of me while
I was in Utah. E
( 1t was leap year when I was there,
and seventeen young widows, the
wives of deceased Mormon, offerod
mo their hearts and hands. I called