Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21


I'D gentleman dead. He then rushed
,ut Of the store, sprang upon his horse,
made off, and was never heard of in
Little Rock again.
DELIGHTS OF JOURNALISM.
The State Gazette supported Clay in
1874, and the Democrats started the
arkansas Banner in opposition, with
Scion BOrland as editor Between him
and B. G. Borden-a witty writer on
the G0zette-a war of words at once
began, which eliminated in a duel, in
which Borden was wounded. The |
between editorial wri-
ters upon the Gazette and others, in |
which mortal wounds were not inflicted,
were altogether too numerous to name. |
That style of settling verbal disputes |
has not yet gone out of fashion alto
gether south of Mason and Dixon's line. |
Yesterday, while talking with Charles
Matthews, editor of the Hot Springs
Sentinel, he asked me to pinch his arm,
and, doing SO, felt a pistol. bullet under
the skin. He said he had three of them
in his body, all put there couple of
years ago by Mayor Linde, of Hot
Springs, who, while thus engaged, per-
forated couple of spectators that were
enjoying the scene. Mr.. Matthews also
carries scar on his upper lip. which
marked the passage of bullet fired by
the well. known desperate Ben. Thomp-
son, of Austin.
One day in the winter of 1886 Mr..
Woodruff observed rough-looking in
dividual who had ridden into Little
Rock that day and had stopped at the
onel Davy Crockett, of Tennessee; and
being invited to address the citizens, he
agreed to do SO. The old Town Hall
was crammed, and the eccentric ex-
congressman gave the delighted crowd
one of his characteristic speeches, in
which he detailed with some bitterness
his experienceinp politics. The next day
he resumed his journey to Texas, where
he persisted, with Colonies Travis, Bow
lie, and the $50 Texans. at the bloody
and immortal Alamo.
The Gazette reached its lowest ebb in
1850, when Mr.. Woodruff, who had re-
linquished his interest, repurchased it
and set it on its feet again. When Cen
eral Steele occupied Little Rock, in
September, 1868, the paper suspended
until the war closed. It appeared as
daily in April, 1865, with four columns
to a page. 1t has now nine coldmns,
and is one of the most successful and
best conducted papers in the Southwest.
Mr.. Woodruff withdrew forever from
the paper in 1858. In its issue of No
vember 20, 1877, the Gazette published
history of itself, with representation
of the little old log cabin where it was
born, and. by way of contrast, an en-
craving of the present handsome quar-.
ters. It also sent out to every subscriber
a fac sinaile of the first number, which
appeared first fifty eight years before.
| Mr.. Woodruff married in 1927, and
had eleven children, of whom eight are
living. At the wedding of his daughter,
some years ago, one of his esteemed
guests was the famous Colonel Faulk-
ner, the Arkansas planter. During the
evening. a violin was sent for, and Col
onel Faulkner, taking it in hand, by
request, gave an account OF q journey
up the Arkansas river, when he went
ashore and asked for nights lodging.
Then followed what may be called the
immortal colloquy between the travel
Ter and the settler, who was saving
away upon the first portion of the tune
known as 1.-THE Arkansas Traveller"
followed by the execution of the turn, F"
or the whole tune by the Colonel, who
thereupon was made enthusiastically
welcome by the owner of the log cabin.
| NOlOACl L dulhA CI O1O GAO tAAA6 Will
inimitable skill, as he composed both
tune and colloquy, though he admitted
he heard the germ of the tune first played
by a well-known character named Ball.
J E. S. E..
DIR. JOHNSON. More and
her sister visited London in 1878 or IVA,
and were the guests of Garrick. They
were received with favor by johnson,
Reynolds, and Burke. Hannah More's
sister has thus described their first inter-
view with DIR. johnson 1--WE have paid
another visit to Miss Reynolds; she
Collection, now you know him-quite q
sprightly modern, instead of rusty
antique, as I expected. He was nc
sooner gone, than the most amiable and
obliging of women, Miss Reynolds, Or
dered the coach to take us to DR.. John.
sons very own house. Yes, Abyssinian
Johnson! Dictionary Johnson! Ram
blers, Idlers, and Irene johnson! Can
you picture to yourselves the palpitation
of our hearts as We approached his
mansion? The conversation turned
upon a new work of his just going tc
the press, the Tour to the Hebrides. and
his old friend Richardson. Mrs. Will
liams. the blind poetess, who lives with
him, was introduced to us. She is en-
gaging in her manners, her conversation
lively and entertaining. Miss Reynolds
told the doctor of all our rapturous ex-
CARNATIONS on the road. He shook his
scientific head at Hannah, and said she
was "a silly thing When our visit was
ended, he called for his hat, as it rained
| to attend US down very long entry te
our coach; and not Rasselas could have
| onCniffod hi self o<ra,ryYSoas ~
, DR.. Johnson's wigs were in genera
! very shabby, and their fore parts were
burned away by the near approach tt
the candle which his short-sightedness
, rendered necessary in reading. Al
Streatdam, Mr.. Thrale's butler always
had wig ready and as johnson passed
from the drawing room, when dinner
was announced, the servant would re
move the ordinary wig, and replace j
with the newer one; and this ludicrou'
ceremony was performed every day.
THE EARLY RISING DELUs1oN.-Fo
farmers and those who live in localitie
where people can retire at eight or MIN
s. o'clock in the evening, the old notion
about early rising is still appropriate
| But he who is kept up till ten or clever
or twelve o'clock, and then rises at fiv'
or six, because of the teachings of SOM
old ditty about "early to rise," is com
hitting a sin against his own soul
There is not one man in ten thousaut
who can afford tt do without seven o.
eight hours sleep. All the stuff writer
about great man who slept only thre'
or four hours night, is apocryphal
They have been put upon such small
allowance occasionally and prospered
but no man ever kept healthy in body
and mind for a number of years will
! less than seven hours sleep. If you
can get to bed early, then rise early; j
you cannot get to bed till late. then ris'
late. It may be as proper for one mar
to rise at eight as it is for another t.
rise at five. Let the rousing bell b.
rung by at least thirty minutes before
your public appearance. Physicians
say that sudden jump out of bed give
irregular motion to the pulses. It takes
hours to get+over too sudden rising
It is barbarous to expect children tx
land on the center of the floor at tn.
call of their nurses, the thermometer