Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-07-01

The present Attorney General of tn
onited States Is very peculiar man. 81
Is very short and thick set. When he wa
quite youth. SO the story goes. he ha,
tne misfortune 10 fall onto led hot stove
anc before his mother or any one else coul,
come to his assistance his face and hand
were badly burned. Young Brewae
raised great ou,cry on tins occasion
everything Was done to quiet him tia
Was possible. The result OF this acciden,
was that Brewster's face was horrib,
Scared for lfe. Oae side of his face y
shfivelec up, while the other side tries te
keep the defects Of this side by looping
| over and forming a sort of ridge or divid-
leg hne between the two sides. Both OF
ha-. eyes ale Get in folding wreathe of skin.
,.sle---,-f oi which defies description. rhev
nave haoit OF rowing about In his head.
and looking almost everywhere but at the
person he is addressing. His hair is iron
gray, and is combed back straight over his
head His face is cleanly shaven ard eve, y
defect Is thus brought cut strong as dav
Brewsters style OF dress, however. ia q
matter that requires column description
TO do 1t full credit He tries very hard
by wearing the most outlandish clothes
imaginable, to make people forget to look
at his face. 1t has the contrary effect
however, for he only attracts more atten.
ZION. he cannot take walk out unvwher,
Out what ne is followed by throng of
small boys who make it pleasant for our
Attorney General by calling out in loud
tones:
Shoot the ha,!''
'Ge. into those cuffs"
who's your Ia lori" etc.
In tie early days of. spring, Brewster
came out III very large old fashioned
white hat, such as were probably worn in
the early days Of Napoleon, in france
Inc balance OF his dress is in keeping with
the hat His coat fits him all over. and IA
cut after very old pattern. Washington
might have worn such coat when he was
very young, but the chances are that he
dld not have the temerity to do 40 even
then. HIS shoes are adorned with large
and highly polished silver buckles. and
show OIL to great advantage underneath a
pair OF light, loosely fitting trousers. A
large diamond pin struggles for q show in
the midst OF labyrinth of lace ruffles that
cover his SHIRT front: His neck scarfs are
Of flaming red color, Itis
startling fact that Brewster attracts more
attention on the street than did Oscar
" lice. the founder of the aesthetic school
Dy bus oddities in dress. There Is one
TACT however, that should be laid up to the
Attorney Generals credit, that Is, he is the
only person among all of the numerous
beads OF departments and bureaus A~.
ernment expense, too. Brewster's carriage
is as odd as its owner. 1t looks as II 1t
had been invented by some OF the occu-
pants of the May flower. A large design
something after the English style among
high class people, OF having coat -of-arms
on their carriages. lie has colored dri.
yer. who Is dressed up in very cloud
manner. Brass buttons cover the darkey
SO completely that one is compelled TO LOOK
twice at him before they can be sure that
he is rot an advance agent for some brass
foundry.
The old attorney generals office was
filled with chairs and books and papers.
Tables ranged around on all sides- AS
soon a. Brewster came into power, how
ever, he changed all this. he had the
room, which Is quite large one al
cleaned out. Then he bought bright
colored carpet, a large fat desk, and
drop light with an argand burner on
the table be placed red plush spread and
a very artistic lnkstand These slmple
adornments with the addition OF small
library case filed with books complete tn'
furniture OF the room. Brewster Is yer,
conceited man, be once said
.'If can have five minutes conversatlo
with any woman, l don't care who she ie
| can make her forget my face"
Ne seems to have succeeded in dom
tbi. in the case Of his wife, who is yer
beautiful woman, and possessed OF NOR
than the ordinary run OF talent.