Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-09
ONE o. TIE STRONG MINDED.

estIng sketch, and positively the last"
Of Miss Pr. Mary +. Walker, of whom
perhaps all of our readers havo heard.
tand whom scarcely ono Of them
would Gaze to sec. .)--thc samc who
has bsca worrying Grant and kis Cab
met for some time past, for Govern
mcnt appointment, and whom all the
tho friends Of women rights, (for the
clciit CT their cGusc,) arc hoping may
be sent to Alaska, Kan.s;hatka, or
some ether distant point.
The editors aforesaid made her ac-
qraintancc, vi: en- she YVES yet uh known
to fame, and caIned her gratitude
and secured her confidence by defend
ing her against the structures of certain
other ttiitors, who objected TO the short
ness Of her dresses at the bottom :;
and carried "tho war into Afri Il :" bv
criticising the dresses Of their own
ladies. as equally scant at the top.
Firstly. We arc told that Miss Wal
kcr is not hadsomc, neither is she
homcly-of medium size, slightly Vi
vac,ors, sometimes graceful, ant. al
ways buoyant. She is just Of the size
and figure that bloomcr costume be-
comes. Had she been Il fraction sl,or-
ter G: little taller, this perhaps would
not have been lie case, and the world
would have been lost--wc will not say
how muchl At least Miss Walker
would not have been Il Dloomcvi,e.
Srcoadly. She is an inccssant t talkcr.
She exercises the privilege Of the sex,
in "having the last word," and some
times the ::rst one toe. Her expert
ences varied a2i cventtul, furnish
'plenty Of NJ atcrial for COLO
qnial purposes; and her facile fancy,
fluent tongue, and easy assurance cna-
bio her to turn them to the best ac-
count. She seems 10 have been "cvery-
thing by turns, and nothing long -
five years o teacher in a common
school-fve years in q semlnary-fivc
years milcncr-Gve years printer
five years associate editor Of a
literary MaSazinc-fvc years in the
study and practice Of medicine Of the
Irregular" schoo!-Gye years an il,val-
;id-flve years a watcr-cure doctor
five years this, and five years that
until by aggrcga:ing the time spent
in her various occupations, it would
seem that she had attained the juvcn.
ilo ago Of one hundred and twenty
years. In! this however she fell far
{ short of one Solomon George Wash.
| ington Dill, (now deceased,) once q
resident of our village, and known per
, sonalIy to some, and by reputation tc
many of our rcaders-whose expert
, cnces were so evcntful and protracted
f.; that it is said that the age of Mcthusc
lah could not have embraced them all
Thirdly. Miss Walker is said to be
more literary in her tastes, and aspi
rations, than in her requirements
e She sometimes borrows an idea
+ and sometimes a. whole poem o,
essay, sends it to the printer, and for
gets to give credit, In matters O.
. grammar, punctuation, &c., in teach
ing, medicine and kindred subjects
t she differs widely from the receive,
authorities, IF that be law" sale
;. Lerd Mansfield to an advocate, I will
t burn my books" Better read them,
9 was the surly reply. We may say th'
t same here, without justifyipg the re
, sponse: If Miss Walker be right
. Webster and some others hayo livce
/ in vain. .:- .rf9 4a59 -
: FourtAly and lastly. Miss Wake
9 was once married, and was 90 little
). pleased with the institution, she soor
, applied for divorce, but her husban,
) forestalied her by getting one the frs
b --by some three weeks. Her mod,
> Of proceeding was peculiar. She pro
Q posed to make two witnesses Of her
Y self-in her two-fold capacity O
married and single, and sosproposei
10 her attorney. He .demured, AM
/ sho retired inS disgust But as W,
q have said the divorce was obtained
I and Miss Walker hassince then "bee,
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