The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-01
Absence Of Mind.


mind may bo SO Intensely occu
pied with lofty munitions aud
inspirations that his senses, seem
ingIy, arc scarcely awake to the
realities of the tangible world.
a certain Scottish professor was
not more remarkable for his writ
lug on political economy than for
hlD frequent Inconsistencies of
what passed before him. His ab.
scncc of mind was SO remarkable
that his wiio onco wagcrcd that
sho would uccost him in tho street,
inquire after the health Of her.
self and family, and that he would
not recognize her. Sho actually
, won tho wager. The professor
WAS once taking u solitary walk
On tl'" banks of II canal, into
! which, IN hi" abstraction, I:c walk
Ell. When within II yard Of the
, centre. an honest woman, wash.
ing clothes behind him, bawlcd
! out: "Comc DOT, como DOT, tulr
body, or yen be droon't." These
warning sounds invading the
tympanum Of his professional ear,
had the effect Of making him turn
right about, and forthwith re-
cover the dr;' lHnh. The good
woman concluding him to lie at
idiot, sympatheticaIIy exclaimed: ::
"Puir body, atwreI they hac
mucklc to answer for that lc:s We
gang yer lanc.'
y young fellow employed in Il
store on K street WAS one day
sent into the cellar to draw Il ral
lon Of sperm oil. While waiting
he snatchrd up Il piece Of chalk,
and in Il minute Was absorbed in
skrtch'n% the proprirtor's profile.
The profile on the hoSShcnl was
capital, but while the young a tisl
WAS absorbed in its pursuit, tn"
oil pursued its way over the cellar
ilour. lie was Informed he would
not 40 for n merchant, but lust
MoW he Is y frs: class New Eorl;
artist
1t is said Of Sir Isaac Newtoa
that he often forgot to eat his
| dinner, which his houScllrepcr
was accustomed to leave in closet
near his study door. Ills head
WAS too much in the hrav-
ems to mind tho earth; so II
friend, knowing his pccl!iaritv
one day slipped his dinner out OF
tie basket and alto it up. When
ut last tho philosopher c::u,c ont
and greeted his friend, Ire asked
to be excused till he took his lunch
On looking into tic basket and
! finding it gone, he simply cx,
, claimed, much to his friend 5
amusement, ooh, | forgot | ha"
eaten my dinner -
An abscnt.nlindcl man. Mr.
A------, receives II letter he
knows the hand riting; he wants
to read it in haste it is already
dark ho strikes II light, tuars /.
paper, lights lamp but the letter
IL gonc-hc has used it to light
the lamp.
Thorc is a late striking instance
given OF prrc Grutry, who hn,
Just been nominated Director ol
The Academy in Paris. Onc lay
when going to the Sorbonnr, whcr,
he lccturcd on Theology, he Imagined
ho had forgotten his watch, nnd
took it out Of his pocket to see i
nc had time to so home and tctri
! il.
1t is said Of Ncandcr, the learn
cd lecturer and ecclesiastical hi>
ton ian Of Germany, that his sis,r,
had to watch him daily to sc,
that he did not start to the univcr
aity with hia night.cap on, o,
with his study-gown aud slippers
and IL was not uncommon for him
when moving aside from the jnst
ling crowd in the street, to slry
into the gutter, where he walked
| ON and on, seemingly unconscious
where he was stepping.
An unknown man met with &
singular death in New Orleans, or
the lst. lie volunteered bis as
si,tancc to several workmrn, VIII,
were engaged in putting mp al,
immense piece or glass, when til,
glass slipped and fell across the
strangers "rcI:, killing him al
most instantly.
"Pu," said II lad to his father
81 had have oltrn rruI nC ,,orrI,