Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-01
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CURIOUS FACTS ARoUr BLIND oM.-Bliad
Tens birthplace is Georgia, aud he began to
excite attention as musician at the age OF
four years. All sounds aft rd him delight;
even the crying OF child eau 'es him TO dance
about 10 state Of ec;tasy. When at home be
otteu Iii; aGd piuchcd his brothers and sisters
10 IN kc them emit cries Of pain Ii kept away
from piano, he will beat against the wall,
drag chairs about the roon, and make all s'rts
of noises When iu London a flute was pro-
cured for him Of a very complicated pattero,
and having twenty Two keys. He frequently
rises up at night ADD plays this instrument,
Initiating upon it all SORTS Of sounds which ne
may hear at the time. Urce wheo the ageut
attempted to make him stop playing the piano
10 q high toned hotel at three o'clock 10 the
moruiog. Tom seized him aud threw him
through the door. lu Washington he threw u
mau dowu stairs who came into his room.
When at home III Georgia he lives IL q build
ing abcut two hundred yards from the house,
and there remains alone with his piano. play
lug all day and night, like one possessed wish
maduesS. Bad weather has au effect upon his
music La cloudy, rainy seasoDs he plays SOU
tre music 10 ulnor chords; and when tic sun
Shines aud the birds siup, he INDUCES, 10 waltzts
aud liz ht music. Sometimes he will hammer
away Tor hours, producing the mos: horrible
discord5 imaginable. Suldenly Il change cou"s
over him. aud be INDUCES 10 magnificent burS'
of harmony sakcn from the best productions ot
the masters Since his chiidhu0d he has bccn
an idiot. and be played yearly as we'll at the
age OF seven as he docs now; but DOW bis re-
pertoire Is much larger, as he clup play anything
he has ever heard He cow plays about 1000
md, II 70 Oy,as
is curious f,ct that he will uot play any Suu
day school mus,c ii he eau help it. having a
great dlslk. for it.
The New York Graphic sayS:-''The fact is
tha, Governor rildcD is the strongest candidate
the democrats could pu into the field, and the
strongest they have nominated since james
Buchaoau. lie minds his own business, keeps
his own council, scId ,m Stops over, makes few
mistakes, and has as clear and sharp au eye TO
Sc what ought to DC doue a. any man 10 Am-
erica, while IN cxrcutiv force he has lew equals
and no superior He doubtless knows a. we'll
what he is doing aud why he is doing it and
villa, he mraos to do next as any editorial
guessing machue n the country. The demo-
cracy mcan success, aud are determined to win
it il they possibly can d, 20; and they are TOO
r,wd to qulrre, 100 plucky to turn the white
feather. and too hungry. to abandon chance
50 long as the gam Is IN sight. Aud the re-
pubilcapS may as well make up their minds
first as last that they have got to beat by hard
woik or be beaten, and nothlGg short OF the
hardest sort of work aud the greatest possible
union aud harmony will prevent their being
very handsomely whipped.
A SENSIBLE YOUNG MAN. The sensible
young man is COW living near Council Bluffs,
Iowa. Not long ago he became involved 10 a
quarrel with 10 less than FIVE different men,
aud challenged each one OF them TO mortal
combat ALI accepted, and were upon the
yr und at once. rben tie hero OF the affair
sali he wouldn't fight them all at once, but
would fight the best man first rhe five began
discussing the question of who was the best
mau, and got to tghtiog. They struggled over
the subject for about quarter OF an hour, the
champion sitting ou u log as umpire, and whep
the question was finally settled, the "bcs' man"
c,uld have been whipped by anybody,aud wASu't
ready to fight. The challenger walked of with
all the honor5, aud was proud aud happy. / his
l. the story, aud is probably a lie.
A CONTRAST. Tue Richmond State says:
Negroes iu the South may commit rape, pill
layc farm houses, burn barns, aud perpetrate
all mauncr of crimes. and yet there Is 90 VOID
of coudcmnali 10 from radical newspapers; tu
let white man, or body Of white, be guilty
of crime, aud Immediately all the wnlte peo
PIE of the South, who have suffered long, ami
who have endured without raising a hand
wrongs that wou! have made less patient
y ople rebel, are charged with being diSloyal
to the government. And these papers arc cnu
trol.ed by white meu who for mouey aud othct
are wiling to elevate the negro to supreme
c1utru and drag down good men OF their own
race into the very dust.
Lord Amberly's posthumous book, "Au Ana
lys!s of Rein" U H-..u,. is cr,atiag Il great
scasati,n in Loudou. The liberals claim that
it is ,hc srvcrest blow Christianity has received
Sluc, the days OF Tom Paiae, owing It's inice
more to the fact that it emauatcs from au En--
sh uobrmau THAI To its inrluslc weight. Two
+ glish dukes have recently prepared similar
attack, upon the Christian system. But tie
orthodox m,kc light Of Lord Amberly aud his
b, k. rhc London Times says that he Was
but "a highly educated child, aud that he
had only skinned over the questions he had
assumed to s,lVe.
4 WOMAN Two ARGUMENTS. Among the
passengers on the train was lady who carried
large basket. The conductor decided thai
TIE bagyas was entirely too cumbersome to be
allowed in the car. and politely Informed her
that she W ,ud be Obliged to remove 1t to the
baggage r.r As he was about Seiz,og the bas-
Sct the laiy showed hun picture, the sight oil
which had magic ytfrc, iu producing change
In hS feeling. Before him We're a pair OF twins
few mouthS old, vino >e,med TO be supremacy
happy IN their basket bed.
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IS KING STREET Ei COR. ROYAL
Alexandria, Virgns.
We hay, on hand Y Lot of snuerinr quality