The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-10-09
LETTER r FROM. !: IepwaabEssvH1mEEEE & i EEE
Random Thoughts-Lorenzo Dow-TG
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LoWNpEsyMLn. Sept s28th, 1877.

- LowNDssyhLA Septs98tb, 1872,
Editor A6bevIle Pressaadi iBdnner:
DEAR Sir: 1 have nothing to do
today but autuse myself, no One to
talk to bat Sam Right and Elisha
Griffin, and, they complain, Of being
tired picking cotton, and I have no
books to read but the BANNER AND
PRESS, and I have read that. over four
timcs-adyertise and all-from
Perry's nomination to John Enright'a
Agency, and the history of Lorenzo
Dow and his writings, and his wife
Peggy, and I dou't believe lever read
SO much foolishness in my life before,
as in Dorenzo Dow's works. But
it may be I am the fool, for the
publisher says he has,sold twenty-four
thousand copies 70 1854 when the
edition I now read was published,
The publisher says who, has not
heard of Lorenzo Dow? who that
has heard of him has not felt an anx.
iety to:see and hear him speak S No
doubt about that; man is, curious and
likes to see strange sights. A boy
will give his only. half dollar TO. see a
monkey-show, and a woman will
walk twenty miles to see a man hang
ed. I am not surprised at any of
these things, but I am <astonished: at
seven hundred pages of such stuff as
"some nights.I sleep sound and some
nights I, didn't" A little, further on
he speaks Of putting himself to death,
q little further ON he ;is. convicted Of
sin by a. dream, alittIe farther{on be-
ing moved by. spirit be- proposed
to marry Peggy, before he had spoken
a word to her. But Lam now viola:
ting my golden rule never to speak Of
a man, or book, or anything I despise,
since, there is plenty Of room in +, I this
world for them and me.
I will now begin my letter. I live
away up in the North West corner Of
Abbeville District, Il believe they call
it County at the Cpurt Houses, but you
must excuse me, 4or Have eh ways
and cannot shake them off, twenty
five miles from the Court House, and
five miles from Lownd esville, where
Hiliiard Harper, one N of MY men, gets
the PRESS AND BANNERevery Friday,
provided it doesn't rain, and proyided
the mail rider does not get drunk
and lis in this same town Of Lown.
desville that I get my supply Of TO-
bacco and whiskey.i I am forced tee
make a remark right here. ]
have heard speakers declaim against
chewing tobacco, it's uselessness, its
injuriousness, its ilthinoss, &c.; now
sir, if you really wish oquit the tex
travagant, nasty habit, just buy yohl
tobacco in Lowndesvilie, and the
thing is done. I do not say or Re-
motely insinuate, that the people
here drink whiskey, not sa bit zof it
for every man, woman and child here
is member! Of the church., but two
one Of these I have some faint, very
faint hopes of, the other ] have aene
Mr.. Daniel said years ago. he was.
God-forsaken man; and there is bu
one small, very small dram-shop here
and you are welcome to that if yot
will send up and move it to you:
town. .-.3 ~.'jd-' tra.. ! q. 5:,ui
But I am off the track again.
began this letter to toll you abou
matters and things generally, so I vii
confne myself to the subject. Their
has been a great deal of sickness il
this neighborhood; the first attacke'
were tho chickens; and they all died
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