Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-03-17
A Southern Poet

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-. seek his fortune. An older hrolllp
located in Columbus, Miss. had SCI
tor him to come down and learn Il
~ watch repairing aud jew rIry bu>ine.
Is IN his establishment, Tins was To
Ie favorable an opportunity TO be reject
ed, and though more of u student tn,
IS Il mechanic, he was nothing 10th to &C
Il cept this offer, which in his youthful
enthusiasm, opened to him u faScina
ting picture of Il new and broader life
G The voyage though lengthy, was unc
!, ventful; but an amusing cp..ole oc.
-. Cured on his arrival. His brother.
business partner had gone down to
Mobile tor the establishment. and re.
manned to meet the young stranger
and escort him to Columbus. Never
having seen his expected charge, he
relisd ulou his partner. description
of The lad Tor Il recognition. Thi,
was given in three words, IA cooked
eyed chap" 1t happened that rs this
gentlemen stepped on deck when the
vessel came into the wharf, \ Young
man, with eyes very much crossed.
WAS one OF the persons he saw. With
out n moments hesitation, he np-
preached him with a cordial greeting ,
OF welcome, when TO his CONSERVATION,
he was answered with Il voIlev OF
o%atfs. He had evidently mistaken
ms man. The real object of his search
was soon found in the person OF Il tall.
tai. scholarly looking Young man.
the scarcely p%crcepiable cast OF whose
ewes had been 50 magnitied by his
older brother. In after time. this ill.,.
lie incident was a matter of Joke and
related "itli great gusto by the gen
ticman Just mentioned.
lAfe IN the South was not all sun.
SHINE to the Northern boy. Missi,s.
lppl, at that time n border state. was
inhabited by many men of reckless
mud daring character. Some of his
letters 10 his home contained re-. |
ports OF personal encounters between {
men, often with fatal results. Once II
nan was shat lnu.u e., r. a
,rntLo,,. .,nra ' uci, ~ o"l o h!' +,
yos styr,Iing xnnniano nt ""H' rus :.
ii in ,Io nnio, p's".I " oiIe rear i
Connecticut. BY degrees he became b
accustomed 10 the new lite abont him. {
nj though always reserved and quipt 4
general society, with his intimate W
9'"'"' anu pheasant "
4 moo, hr ,o,,uo /,
eouslv os tho hiri, "'oio spoh'a- n,
ncce.s:ty of his HAM, oTt"'se oi &c
itu,,o1 who,n ~ o1i.E' IN" ue oeeh ~
hln ho wo"I,i Lot were ItVof- ~,
nv career. Which frdm H. !" I1cri So
nd Scholarly tainn,o,, '' Gcn'u' ana al
have f,iiod ~ ,"',' .'"ni 'IaFa- ~.
!. subsconont ro,,nrnI ",,,' IN
arriaoe win ,''i' ",ni,. ~ uacon hl' m
. hnnr, Inh io''i! young ladY, ~
a Of ,an,;I,. CIV 'p''tlon' t'ie rear, go
ei,o ,o,,a,t n1"' nc u''otcu "
.,nnanion in th,, ,Ian ,"' .'a'" % MS ,do
Ind i,s ina""nn ""tN 1.,1le vi war; nh
~yivi,t H.. n';,,l ~ P'tNcH' nun an
,irh no mns 4."e ""rk or H.
l~f.ornhoraI .,G,jliao" n''''. 10 MS -,
became f.thnranj n, LIN ,'i't ,I''ie tiv
. s]trong,h oftL" "'o'ncf nhl'lhg caI
"a Of tho a,Ion wy ""' vac tenocl- a,,,
/, ynors W. ""'''is "l' nose Try cIr
hn;I, +. . t nun III ms go
Lis u,rrinl ljn '",lS 'a!s hn,
:. in tho bnsnm ~ 'Ihii ~" us even fin.
isting flo Ja"aL ~, ',.,'e ia''II'' fin"
Is, amnsing do 7, i'v', "''il 'ilelr les MI,
thnir eorrr,n, I u 'o"N'lS al H.
ycr to mako thon Go MI IN M wa,
| sensitive bo h.. r'Ppl, lroui ,;y,
oIoh nnrrr,, ,ho, Struggled fro,
thern tam;ti. ''"' ,",''e 10 % many nio'
n''1''IeSi hha though at "'''
~ ", a",t luz once OF m n",,
Liu yooun,, ." ''c''-"lhhcr ,o,
dinn;t,. - .I'''' Nv hCNcI SANK Nv
hr drn loo '"' s'"'''''l"h III that in"
mnn Laro 49,,
liet wav or hannn ',o'c Iero'c III ml,
viii, greotor ~ ,.u 'GFeF'es OF no
il onnna, ''',''e' W
Jovo'in "'',, .ne DEACON ne nor"'
and hi. oo,tn15 al1lc lll'le TO the ~,
'ton ''"i'"s were oileh g..
nh b,vn hoa, onou''s'aiccs tha' az
for such man, INSURE" ,no "''"Vor' mon
momI,or ~, a. vi ,oai
y nono nniarnd ~ russ Assocla. 49,
ions mora all. ,no,, unhual con. co,,.
Jus more iuIiy tlan Mr.. Ward of 'our
, write, wh;'a ms nrs. poems ,ua
nm Odd Ea,'"n '"'''ns ,hat paper; ~ p" {,
elf in finn, nu "'s'lhguished mo;I
,r,tor and ""'1a.ioh pom as "'a
cssos and po." ms occasional "E
orJi, "m. po.;'' pe'ns OF more so;j
vera NV, "e',. an. ms sifmpa. L n :,
h hn was , WIN .nc orier, OF ,n;,'
i, VOW. ""' 'onN's'eh' member for pn'ns
WI ro. an"n,'
,acld Co,n, "o,n W ~L'lchhcld, O"H
lso9 I'M" ~, oohhec'ic''' IN Au- sou u
i,Iio., nc was inc Youngest sou e., o'
IL, ".i "lt; charlotte Ward, and 'hiril
Ia, ',ne, CHRISTIAN name, worl'
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