The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-11-06
SILHOUETTE OF WASHINGTON.

an original Silhouette OF George
Washington, which was given TO
Mr. Brown by lady of Browns
vile, in this State, in 1882, who had
received it from Washington's own
hand when little child in Alex.
andria, Virginia. This lady's son
was drowned, and after his body
was recovered Mr.. Brown made a
likeness of him which the mother
priced so highly that she gave tho
artist, who refused any pay, her
treasured picture of Washington.
Mr.. Browns book has become very
rare. The old man is poor, and
few weeks ago he took his last re-
manning copy, consisting of only
loose leaves, and started out to sell
it. The first place he entered was
the book store of Messrs. Porter
& Coates. Without moments
hesitation those gentlemen bought
it, paying the author his own
price, SIS.
The old man loves to dwell on
"reminiscences of the great men
whose pictures he made. ''In
1868" he said, II was in Washing
ton, and called on the President,
Andrew Jackson. I only saw him
about three minutes, but after I got
back to my room I made portrait
of him from memory. I took it up
and showed it to him, and he was
SO pleased with it that nothing
would do but I must take him on
horseback. So he had his horse
brought out and rode around the
ground to give me different views,
and sir" said he, with much pride,
"Major Donaldson now has that
picture at the Hermitage I made
my picture of Randolph on the day
he started from Norfolk, as Minister
to Russia, under appointment from
General jackson. He stayed in
Russia only three days. He didn't
like the climate" The old man
wandered off into recollections of
the eccentric genius Of Roanoke.
cALHoUN's FUNERAL.
When Calhoun's funeral took
place in Charleston, Mr.. Brown
was present, and ut the solicitation
of the citizens of Charleston, who
furnished all the money necessary,
Mr. Brown undertook to make n
diorama of the scene. Recounting
this labor to the Times representa-
tive he said: 1T took me nino
m months to do it. No one knows
how may boxes of tin T cut up. I
hired man to paint the figures,
and every figure aoalked.
II exhibited this diorama with
great success all through tho
South" said Mr.. Brown. ''Then I
brought it to Philadelphia, but this
was q little too far North. One
night at the United States Hotel T
heard two mon talking:
"'Going to SEQ the diorama to-
night?'
"'What diorama?'
"'Tho funeral of Calhoun!
"'Oh, Dbl Calhoun, he ought
to have been dead five hundred
years ago l was ut Natchez when
n fellow showed me the first dagucr-
reotype, which he said was taken
by a machine. "A machine, ma
chine, I said ; now any fool can be
an artist, 50 I engaged as fret clerk
on a Vicksburg and New Orleans
packet, and since then I have been
mostly steamboating and railroad
ing. I ran for a long time on the
! Philadelphia and Erie road. I have
been here since July 4, 1876, when
I came to soc the Centennial"
II am an old man, but you see my
right hand has not yet lost it's
cunning continued MI. Brown,
Bringing out from drawer in his
table the figure of Black Hussar,
mounted upon q gaily>caparisonod,
high stopping horse, several gray
uniformed members of the Second
Regiment and a number Of we'll
executed portraits Of well-known
citizens. "In my old ago have
resumed the work Of my youth and
early manhood. You would be
astonished to see the number of
visitors have daily, whose pictures
l take for very small price and
OBTAINING the subject only about
three minutes"
EyPraaidnpt Joffarano T\av;a