The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-04-07
The Tilt0llS.


The Till0nS.
~ TIL THEODORE AND ELIzABEru-A
o.. LAcHRYNACHRISrAL FAIR OF KIT.
TENS.
If | were called upon to account
for Theodore Titon's apotheos.s in
this $canl i, [ should fill out the fol-.
lowing notes: A pretornaturally
good boy, resembling tho heroes Of
tie Sunday school books, with long
leg, nnl hair brushed back from
his nai!cn temples. lIe has no bad
hc h"riorS, and reads unneo cssarily
+. Der books, aud exclaimed once, to
thc su'pri,e Of bis mother, 81 will
. be II preacher of tho gospel !" He
works up at school without fighting
is sometimes called "si:sy" BY ycry
la / boys, oschcws b, tn tobacco and
bad words, and poses for literature.
1t Is 10 news that he has joined the
church early, and aspircs to teach IL
Eih!r cas-, or that he escorts tho
clc"fyman's daughters to parties.
and wca:s serious intentions in his
face and gait. lie learns to go out
of hi1 way to rcbuke swearing, and
at';ic$ OF with indignation ut bad
manners i'll his company. lie grows
sub lma'cd, sedate, fond Of tho com.
r~ny OF his cldcrs, and is moral
3'"otmu. Boys who have no devil
II them early entertain him una.
wares latcr.in life. Tho young girls
around the churoh, who arc taught
above all things in marrying a man
not to marry n"wlld" one, but 10
Get some demurc fircsidc saint Of
twenty or twenty-five, who can lead
hJ nm or say "srace" at the table.
tl'eSe behold Apollo Adonis, the
y"utiIful david and the deceased
abel, in"Dory" Tilton. There ia
cen petition for him. Prccocious in
n"oi!ity as in gravity, he murrios at
twenty al older woman than him.
self, AS he has siroo frequently said
IN 1cr oath, with 81 iteful split. Il
was mean to marry al old girl and
take advantage of her, but meanor
to tell it.
This senior wife had all the re-
sroh>ible emotions. She sublimatrd
a"I spooned over her engagement,
and has ever siuco uot been satisfied
"';h doing anything until, like tho
w'man who washed her Lords fco =.
she also wiped them with hor hair.
Mis-. Tittou has been in state of
conru|Sivo disAudiNc for tho unneces.
sary duration other days. Theodore
I:i;on submitted to havo his feet
wiped. She was the champion fond.
Ter, and he the champion fondlod for
htcon years. Conceive s.aruc of
lorg-leggod man, cold aud lunruid.
r,rrctualiy licked by cat which is
po'petually kittcning, and you SOC
THIS lachrymachliStaI family. They
'o' jus",ed the verb "to weep" in
Their daily rounds, and tho woman
made o fool Of the mlu, who had a
strong disposition to DO u tyrant of
himself. Other woman assisted IN
the business. Theodore TiItou was
the idol Of that part of BROOKLYN
Heights which regards Mr.. Bcechcr
rs above tho earth. Ho was fattor.
q into sordid cake of sclf.contom
/ 'ion, aud still his graccs and
na'r"al Ficty disguised tho ossific,..
ton. lie grew moro worldly with.
out losing his precooious moral idcnti.
ty. With one long leg on tho altar
.&of,fel elision, BIO spannod the wide
d's'"n,o to politics, and put tho
other leg in newspaper Office. AS
an editor, he dealt with every pub
!io man as if ho,, was disciplinlng
him IN n dcacoms meeting. lie
& cAlm!y handed lawyers, working out
their clients causes. over to the
stake. He bul.icl his minister in
his own 20 pit and behind his
ha>" !" ;lv press, and like TOO many
1c'of".ci$, grew onragcd with his
''"'c> E'om wLGt he knew of him
ST. "il ~l", no did not know Of
"'">r l.:It*. Headlong, rapidly,
h~'o-',, .",' latent dcvel, suppressed
IL. IT," '",%, Hroke out in the man.
lie ~ 49, from an illusion of great.
n'"' /" a reality of contempt q
II""v'' "earlhs.ono and departed
"'i>, The vail of children and the
"'>!,'at Of his times Gath, in IAila.
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