The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-10-20

An old lady who knew the late George D.
Prentice as school-boy, once described him as
a round-faced, rosy-cheeked lad, with bright,
hazel gray eyes, and chestnut ringlets; equally
fond Of the girls and of his books, and equally
successful in his intercourse with both not
robust, but rotund; active as gymnast and
pedestrian, but preferring the companionship
of young ladies to young gentlemen. He was
an intense student from wonderful early
period, and continued to apply himself with
unwearied assiduity to classical and literary
pursuits until he became actively engaged as a
politician, journalist, and man of the world.
Later in life, his reading was confined to the
newspapers, which he actually devoured, going
carefully through the bulk of the exchanges
every day; but he never permitted his un-
abridged dictionary to be taken out of hisroom.
1t was his friend and standby. He consulted
itfor the slightest point in photography, syntax
and etymology. With him, the unvarying rule
was, "when in doubt, take the dictionary" As
he ripened into manhood the boyishness did
not disappear. He continued to show the ford
freshness of New England, bright-eyed and
as handsome, being somewhat too full and
round, his person was as attractive to women as
his manners were always to both women and
men. AS he grew older, however, the traces of
wear and tear displaced the blooms and dimples
he allowed his hair and beard to grow at will /;
neither turned gray, though they ceased to be
glossy, and as they grew abundantly, and he
was rather careless, they gave his appearance
an age and decrepitude which did not cores
pond with his mental or physical condition ;
for, at a time when visitors went away to de-
scribe him as wreck, and to speak only in
terms of pity and regret, he was rising at six
o'clock, working steadily for fifteen hours, and
doing more than half of the active young
bloods of the press in this or any country. He
never tired of newspaper work. 1t was in the
beginning a labor Of love to him, and in the
end it became second nature.
- Josh Billings has this advice for those
misguided females who 60 about seeking their
rights: "Eve yure gratist grandmother, COM
mitted mistake, good deal bigger than the
one which yu are anxius tu commit, but there
il a remote similarity in the mistakes. She
wanted tew kno and hav hand it awl was q
going on, and the Devil offered tew teach her,
and you have heard what the result wuz. Mi
advise tew yu IL tew stay right where yu are
yu hav power now that never kan be less if
yu hold on to it, but if you spit on yure hands
tew git better holt you ma lose yure grip en-
tirely"
Joe Meek, the Oregon trapper, went to
Washington as territorial messenger. His
good looks and relationship to President Polk
made him great favorite with the ladies'
While promenading one evening, a lady in
quired whether he had been married. eyes"
Joe said, T have wife and six children"
ooh, la p' continued his friend, 'and isn't Mrs.
Meek afraid of the Indians Z" "Afraid of the
Indiansp replied the frontiersman. II guess
not; why, she's an Indian herself"
For one thing, Mr.. Voorhees, is very
striking man, with his graceful figure, tawny
hair and beard, and Anglo -Mongolian face.
His hair is worn long, and thrown back from
his face with proud, disdainful motion, not
unlike the "bridling" of horse. He has more
mesmerism in his voice and manner than any
speaker in the West. As an illustration of this
quality, may be cited the crowded galleries
that always attend his speeches in Congress.
He is thoroughly popular in his district, and
indeed, throughout the State of Indiana.