The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-17
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. SATURDAY, JULY II, $780,

by-gone days, building known as tn
"Old State House," and within il
walls Solomon Tiff opened his schoo
A seedy New England pedagogue, h
did not have the whercwith to bu
himself pair Of shoes.
On Saturday evening, two week
subsequent to the opening Of hi
school, he went to a merchant q
this august city, and selecting pal
of common shoes, remarked to him
that his patrons would settle THEN bill
at the end of the next week and H.
would call and pay for them. Throw
ing them back into the box, the mer
chant remarked to the almost disheart
ened and disconsOlate Solomon, " tina
he did not do business in that way
With II sad heart, and almost bare
footed, he turned away, but a man o
more generous impulses stepped ~
and paid for the shoes, and Solomon
went on his way rejoicing.
But school teaching did not bring in
the wealth that Solomon so much
| sought after, and in year or two, he
enscOnsed himself in u little dark
room, up stairs, on State street. AID
| stuck out his single rs Counsellor
and Attorney-at-Law.n Abstemious
in his habits, whenever he clutched a
dollar he held on to it, until it was said
in after years, that Solomon Tiff had
grown rich.
A few years after Solomon had be-
gan the practice of law, New York
firm placed in his hands an attach
ment against the very man who would
not trust him for pair Of shoes
Walking into his store, one morning,
armed with the legal document, and
accompanied by an officer, Solomon
remarked to the gentleman of the dry
goods shop, that he had come for the
purpose of enforcing the attachment
"My God Mr.. Tiff, don't do that
Wait for day or two, and / will have
the money to square up the account
Solomon looked at him for a mo-
ment, with merry twinkle in his
eye, and then remarked, "Mr. Smith, ~
1--WE call him Smith for short, 81 don't
do business in that way" and then he
reminded him of the shoes. But Sol
ONION was not hard hearted man,
and he gave his friend Smith indul-
gencc, and in few days matters were
satisfactorily arranged and he con-
tinued his business.
A RAY OF SUNSHINE.
More than thirty years ago, two
English ladies, by the name of Hale,
came to Jackson, for the purpose of
teaching school. They We're tall, fine
looking ladies, of remarkable intelli- |
gence, and said to have been nearly |
related to Chief Justice Hale, of the |
Queens Bench but of this it matters
not. Our friend Tiff, being Of sus-
reptible nature, and having in view ii
settlement and Il quiet home, paid his
addresses to one Of these ladies, and
II due time they were married. For
several years, the gloom that had set
led over Solomon Tiff was dissipated
~ ray Of sunshine, rs short and as
leeting. The marriage was crowned
With he birth of child, who grew up
/ sprightly and intelligent boy. A
hort time after the birth of the child,
he mother died, and in II few days
hereafter, the sister followed her, and
he two now sleep in vault in the
Jackson cemetery, on which think,
) inscribed upon two marble tablets,
he names of Martha Tiff and Mary
fale. Both of these ladies fell vie
inns to that dreadful scourge, the yel-
Nv fever, in 1853. For several years
hereafter, there might be seen wan ]
ering about the streets of Jackson, +
ne father, and following after him a r
leek, blue-eyed boy, both seeming as q
in quest of something-something ,
Iey could not find. {
In Il few years the war broke out, 4,
nd Solomon talked strangely of a +
,untry prostrated by secession, and of -
tier wreck and ruin. You had bet !,
r go North" his friends said, but h
2 still fingered in the State of his q
loptiOn. Early one morning in July, Il
63, at Jackson, when the very .
1avens seemed to reverbetate with ;,
e deafening roar of artillery, this E.
ritter passed up the road near Whites =
i'll, and seated under tree, MUNICH >,
g crust of corn bread, he behcld al
e veritable Solomon, who accosted to
IN with those words: Now listen III
sten! See what a condition this "
untry is brought to by secession.p OF
That summer he was arrested as a
pposed spy, and taken TO n prison in n n
)rth Carolina. EX-Gov. Henry. $. In
'ote said that he went to the prison al
e morning, to see Mr.. Tiff, and learn m
he could relieve him in any way. ~
said he found the old man sitting o.
on a stump. His shoes were full fu
holes-his clothes were seedy, and Ia
was altogether one of the most alb ="
t and fOrlorn human beings that he tn
i ever seen. a short time there fol
er he died. th
There wee many noble traits about ity
; eccentric man; but he has passed eli
ay, and | doubt if there are very IL
ny people in the city of Jackson, who -: 80
call to mind the memory Of this co
ct, inoffGnsive citizen. such is life. re.
- hi.
HE following extract is from the as
,Odville Republican, and mentions be
complimentary terms a former res an an
Mt of jackson:
IN theeveningof Thursday, the Sth. Sc
he MetOdist church, Rev. Alex +, res
.tkins delivered an excellent sermon fra
very attentive audience. Many sol