The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-19
How DRoMGooLE WAS RUINED.


George c. Oromgoolc, in 1885, was one
OF the ablest men in Congress, but his fault
was dissipation 4: Remerss.for singl, act
OF folly-a iolly'then fashionable among the
chivalry-lcd him to dissipation. He had
friend, classmate at college, from whom he
was nearly inseparable. IF not blood re-
latlon he was at least connected with Gen.
Dromgoole's family by his marriage. The
two friends had slight difficulty, in which
the lie was given and the result was q chal.
lenSe to the field of (so-called) honor. At
the first fire the challenger fell pierce by a
ball OF Dromgoole's pistol, lifeless corpse.
From the moment George G. Dromgoole
saw his friend weltering in his blood he
knew no peace of mind, In the silent
watches of the night he cDuld still sec the
shastly face Of the companion of his boyish
days as he lay dead-murdered; and n ght
after night in his dreams the duel would be
repeated, and it was only when he drank
deep that he could find rest from the horrid
phantom. The victim left wife and
several small children in reduced circum
stances, and although in comfortable circum.
stances himself, Dromgoole dared not offer
relief, because he was the murderer of the
widows husband and father of her orphan
children. From that moment his resolve
was taken, and no miser boarded his resour-
ces with more of care or tried harder TO
Increase his wealth and to place it on a sure
foundation than did General Dromgoolo,
and although sorc might guess yet none ever
knew the reason, until after his death it was
found that all he possessed was given to the
heirs of his unfortunate friend. To leave
it in money might, he feared, cause,
those to whom it was. bcqueathed to rel ject it
and having fine opinion Of Ohio and of
her prosperity, he invested most of it in
lands in the counties of Pickaway and Scio>
to, whero he was certain it would rise in
Value Cincinnati Enquirer.
DRUNKARD's WIvEs.-If there be
lonely woman, amid the multitude of
lone and sorrowful women, more to be pit.
led than another, think that it is wife
looking upon he one she has promised to
honor, lying upon the bedwith his hat and
boots on. Her comforter, who swcre at her
as long as he could speak at all. Her pro.
tector, utterly unable to brush fly from
his own face. Her companion, lying in the
stupor of death with none OF its solemn
dignity. AS he is entirely unconscious, l
wonder if she never employs the slowly pass
ing moments in taking down her old idol
her ideal, from its place in her memory, and
comparing it with the broken and defaced
image before her. Ofall poor, broken idols,
scattered into fragments for tie divine pa
ticnce Of womanhood to gather together
and cement with tears, such a ruin as this
seems the most impossible to mold anew
into any form of homeiness. And if there
is commandmcnt:seemiugly imposs iblc to
obcy,..it is for a woman to love man whom
she is in deadly fear of, obey a man who
can't speak his commands inteligently.
The theory of recognizing our friends in
future world is beautiful ono, and wor-
thy of much thought,s.but. think it is
commendable to try to keep them in con-
dition to recognize us,,in this world try to
keep man while he is alive SO he will know
his wife and children, and not, as often
occurs, turn them out into storm Of win
ter midnight, or murder them in his frenzy
-AnuH.
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