The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-11-16

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hp k.s ssst yitsessea the, horirssts Of
sisseIapsIspee ! Though uv. very s,sed
Eg1.sVs saud having ssyerlived. With o.
Il Es,dltapRsTd, yet the mos, revolving spec.
stseiss ba,s ccpe audsr my observation.
The gnly IudI.n besuty whishI essr
assay 4 vas 10 ny pa.ive,oity, in'ibs days
Nays sboyhood. She was young .quaw
ssoas .eysptesa years Of aye, with I.
!. group Of travelling indiaos.. All iudians
;swhieh / bsd seea before wore aey.hinx
;.tas eap4ratios. Thoir copper color.
ashish ohsst bones, aud a"oleaply sppeae
Aoea. had made them all look ugly to
I Ny eyes, bu. here vas. one beautiful
Nsr light rich .com rlsxioo, BLACK piero-
Ing eyes, regular features. graceful
/ movement, and simple dress, attracted
/. my boyish' eyes, and l thought her the
!: lovsEest creature l. ever saw. About
: avs hours after I saw the same group Of
indians, seemingly quite excited aud in,
dagiug iu wild kind of dance I, Of
course. looked for my beauty. She was
!. there, but o shame, Where is thy blush !
!, Acroas the pavement sho lay, her head
+ .huuging off, mouth wide open with
swarm ol flies filing the cavity. the
!, liquor running in two streams from the
. corners Of her mouth towards her eyes
Z her face terribly flushed and swo len, aud
the crowd Of drunken Indians we're
moving IN savage dance around her.
) SOoh was the horrible condition Of the
: only Indian beauty I ever saw. /.
In the same city / have seen haud
some and genteclly dressed lady fall
), down drunk in the street, and when on
! attempt was made to hide her shame by
helping her into private house. have
. heard her utter oaths which might put
sailor to the blush.
l have seen man and wife so drunk
that it was impossible for them to walk
without jostling against each other, aud
! when the man attempted to strike her
Tor staggering against him, be literally
= tumb!ed over her, because so drunk,
that he could not recover from the
. force of his own blow, and bot together
rolled into the mud.
have known young girl Of one OF tho
the best families OF the State Attractive in
person, winning in conversation, and ac>
complished in manners, swig down a
halt tumbler OF whi>key, as thoush i,
were so mnch cold water, giving the
uumiStakable sign that it was only an
ordinary dose.
A. ore Of our fashionable Watering
places, | have known from eight to ten
fancy drinks sent up to the rooms of tho
ladies before breakfast, he gentlemen
getting their supply at the bar below
have seen mother whose husband
was drunkard. and who committed
suicide iu lt Of iutoxication, and
whosc only sou was confirmed in.bri-
ate, from whose drunken frenzy she
had fed more than ouce in tho niph,
TO save her life, pour out wine at a
wedding with her own hands, aud send
IL in the room to him ami others to drink
and that too, when that SON was mixing
on effort to reform, on the foolish
ground, "that man il no man. who
cannot take drink Of wine and no,
make a beast of himself"
have known mother, whose husband
was sot, whose brothers we're all ad.lict.
cd to drink, and whose father had filled
drunknrd's grave, give, for every little
ailment Of her infant son, some form of
Intoxicating liquor, as the best remedy
she could devise, us though she was
ambitious for him to imbiLe taste for
tho poisonous stuff befose he had
learned to walk or talk.
l have known physician OF intclli
gcncc aud mplishments in his pro-
fession, to warn q patient against a
habit which was creeping upon him,
and snccccd in making perfect cure ot
the perDicions habit Of drink, and vet
fall himself into q jrunkard's grave.
because he presumed upon his own abil
ity to stop when he pleased.
| have known the .nost eloquent and
gifted lawyer Of a neighboriug State,
with case in Court involving thousands
Of dollars, and he the principa; advo-
cate OF his client, slip out uf the conr
room, return intoxicated sink into hi
seat in profound drunken sleep. and
snorc 50 loud, that it became Impossible
TO proceed will, business, and the whole
court adjourned until the next day. ~
give the lawyer II chance To get sober.
This Is not all have seen aud known
Many othe;s have sceu and known