The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-02
Our Visitor.

ing was that of man with settled
purpose in view.
81 want to see," said he, "the man
that puts things into this paper"
We intimated that several of us earned
a frugal livelihood in that way.
-"Well, l want to see tie man which
cribs things out of tho other papers.
The follow who writes mostly with shears
you understand.
We explained to himthat there were
seasons when the most gifted among us
driven to frenzy by tho scarcity of ideas
and events, and by,thss clamorous de-
mandS of am ipsatiabl. public, in mo
n:ents of emotional, Insanity, plunged
the glittoring shears h.,e our exchange $
lie went off calmly, but in voice tremu
lous with suppressed feeling and iudis
tlnct through the recent loss Of half a
dozen or so Of his frent teeth.
"Just SO. l presume so. | don't
know much about this business, but |
want to see n man, the man that printed
that little piece about pouring cold water
down drunken mans spine of his
back, and making him Instantly sober.
If you please want toisee that man. |
would like to talk with him."
Then he leaned his stick against our
desk and spit on his serviccable hand.
and resumed his hold OH the stick as
though he was weighing it. After
studying the stick minute. he added
in somewhat louder tone.
"Alistcr, came here to see that ere
man. | want to see him bad"
Just SO. ! presume So They told
me before come thatlthe ma wanted
to SEQ wouldn't be. as Vinere. I'll wal,
for him. live up north, and I've
walked seven miles to converse with
that man. | guess Ill si. down and
wait"
He sat down by tho door and raflec
lively pounded the floor ith his stick
but his feelings would not allow him to
keep still.
81 suppose none ofyou didn't ever
pour much cold water down any drunken
mans back to make him Instantly sober,
perhaps"
None of us in the Office had ever tried
the experiment.
Just so. l thought Just rs like as
not you had not. Well, mister, | have.
l tried i: yesterday, aud l have come
seven miles on foot to see the man that
printed that piece. 1t wasn't much of
p'ece, | don't think but [ want to
see the man that printed it, Just few
minutes You see, John Smith, he lives
next door to my house, whom I'm at
nome, and he gets how coma you so eve
ry little period. Now, when he's sober
he's all right if you keep out of his way
but when he's drunk ho goes home and
breaks dishes and tips over the stove
and throws hardware around and make
1t inconvenient for his wife, aud some
times he gifts his man and goss cul
calling on his ncishbors, anil il a; >,
pleasant.
9 s,,;,h I' '"'' ~ "Ant :, say anything about
':" Out. me and my wife don't think
nc .ught to do so. He came homo
drunk lately, and broke all the kitchen
windows out Of his house, and followed
his wife round with c,rying knife,
talking about her liver and after a while
he lay down by my fence aud went to
sleep. | had been reading that little
piece it wasn't much Of a piece, aud
thought if l could pour some water
down his spine, on his back, and make
him sober it would be more comforla
BILE for his. wife, and n square thing to
do all around. Sol poured bucket
of spring water down John Smith s spine
Of his dack."
"Wcll." said we, as our visitor paused
"did it make him sober?"-
Our visitor took firmer hold of his
stick and replied with increased emo
ton.
just SO. 1 suppose it did make him
as sober as jndgc in less time than
you could say Jack Robinson, but; mis-
ter it made him mad. 1t made him the
maddest man | ever saw, and Mister
John Smith is bigger man than me and
stouter. He is o good deal stouter.
Bic bless him, | never knew he wa,
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