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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1888
From the Evening Phet].
THE OLD MAH’S Jill IDE.
IT MRS. L. L. DEMIXG.
Os what arc you thinking to-night, Athlcne ?
Os what nro you thinking to-night ?
My hair is white, I know 1 ain old,
Yet, hare I not jewels, have 1 not gold
For you, my beautiful queen,
Athhse !
For what are you sighing, to-uiglit, Athlcne ?
For what arc you sighing to night ?
A queen herself might be pleased to "smo
To dwell in euch a magnificent home
As this I have given to thee,
Athlcne '
Why turn from my proffered caress, Athlcne ?
Why turn from my proffered caress ?
You cannot expeot a palsied old man
Could pet and caress as younger men can ;
Yet I love you, rny beautiful queen,
Athlcne !
I remember when you were a child, Athtenc—-
Years ago, when you were a child
You said if Heaven should spare iny life,
Pome day you would be my beautiful wife,
I was younger, I know, Athlcne,
Yet I never forget, my queen.
This morning they gave you to me, Athletic,
This morning they gave you to me ;
Though the fervor and strength of my life i:
gone,
I will lovo you forever, my beautiful on<,
And nothing shall part us,
Athlcne.
Y'ou are strangely quiet, Athletic.
Have you no word for rne ?
Come nearer, my love, to the old man's side,
Let him gaze on the face of liis lovely bride,
Atbleuc.
Now give me your hand, my wife,
White us the fallen snow,
And cold as the ice on tbo frozen stream,
-My God, do I wake from a life-long dream 1
You never have loved me,
Athlene !
Ob, is it for this I have lived,
Breaking your heart at last,
Chilling your life witii sorrow and tears ;
Killing a lovo 1 havo cherished I t years ;
Forgive me, lorgive me,
Athlcne.
It will not bo long, Athlcne,
For the sands of uiy life run low ;
Only the fall of a withered oak,
Only a sigii from a heart, that broke -
Tbo end, Athlene,
Os a weary dream.
A leaf from the shore of Time,
A wavo from the sea of life ;
Only, Athlcno, my name to bear;
Only a widow's garb to wear
I shall ucver ho old up tliero,
Athlcno.
There you will love me, my wifi*.
Softly, silently into the room
Shadows arc creeping, Athlene;
Tbo care and sorrow oi'lifo aro o’er,
An Angel waits at the open door ;
The old man sleeps ; ho will gaze no inoro
On your beautiful face,
Athlene.
[From the Galaxy.]
(JEM Ell A 1. WASHINGTON'S NEGIIO
BODY-SERVANT.
The stirring part of this ccloliralcil colored
man’s life properly begun with his death—
that is to say, the notable features of his
biography begin with the first time bodied.
He had been little heard of up to that time,
but since then we have never censed to hear
of hint; we have never ceased to hear of him
at stated, unlading intervals, llis was a
most remarkably eaieer, and 1 have thought
that its history would make a valuable addi
tion to our biographical literature. There
fore, 1 have curelnlly collated the matt rials
_ Toi v si!c!i a work, from authentic sourees, and
amTlTere present them to the public. 1 have
rigidly excluded from these pages every
thing of a doubtful character, with the ob
ject in view of introducing my work into the
schools for the instruction of the youth of my
country.
The name of the famous body -servant of
General Washington was George. After
serving his illustrious master faithfully for
half a century, and enjoying throughout this
long term his high regard and confidence,
it became his sorrowful duly at l»st, to lay
that beloved master to rest in his peaceful
grave by the Potomac. Ten years after
wards—in 1809—full of years and honors,
be died himself, mourned by till who knew
him. The Boston "Gazette" of tha*. dale
thus refers to the event:
George, the favorite body-servant of tins
lamented Washington, died in Richmond,
Va., last Tuesday, at the ripe age of 95
years, llis intellect was unimpaired, and
hie memory tenacious, up to within a few
minutes of his decease, lie was present at
the second installation of Washington as
President, and also at his funeral, and dis
tinctly remembered all iho prominent in
cidents connected with those noted events.
From this period we hear no more of the
favorite body-servant of General Washing
ton until May, 1825, at which time he died
again. A Philadelphia paper thus speaks
of the sad occurrence:
At Macon Ga., last week, a colored man
named George, who was the favorite body
servant of General Washington, died, at the
advanced age of 95 years Up to within a
few hotirs of liis dissolution he was in full
possession of all liis faculties, ml could dis
ti noth' recollect the second installation of
Washington his death and burial, the
surrender of Cornwallis, the bat tle ofTren
ton, the griefs and hardships of Valley
Forge, etc. Deceased was followed to the
grave by tho entire population of Macon.
On the Fourth of July, 1830. slid also of
1834 and 1830, the subject of this sketch
was exhibited in great state upon tho ros
trum by the orator of the day,and in Novem
ber of 1840, he died again.
The St. Louis “Republican’' of the 25th
of that month spoke as follows :
Another Relic of the Kkvoi.i tion
Gone.—George, once the favorite body-ser-
Tani of General Washington, died yester
day at the house ot Mr. John Leaven worth,
in this etiy, at the venerable age of 95 years.
He was in the full possession of his faculties
up to the hour of his death, and distinctly
recolected the first and second installations
and death of President Washington, the
surrender of Cornwallis, the battles of
Trenton and Monmouth, the sufferings of
the patriot army at Valley Forge, the pro
clamation of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, the speech of Patrick Henry in the
Vitginia House of Delegates, and many
other old time reminiscences of stirring in
terest. Few white men die lamented as
was this aged negro. The funeral was very
largely attended.
During the next teu or eleven years the
subject of this sketch appeared at intervals
at Fourth of July celebrations in various
parts of the country, and was exhibited
upon the rostrum with flattering success
But in the tall ol 1855 he died again- The
California papers thus speak of the event:
Anothf.r Old Hero Gone,—Died, at
Dutch Flat, on the 7th of March, George
(once the confidential body-servant of Gene
ral Washington), at the great age of 95
years. His memory, which did not fail him
till the last, was a wonderful storehouse ot
interesting reminiscences. He could dis
tinctly recollect the first andsecotid iustalla
tions and death of President Washington,
the surrender of Cornwallis, the battles of
Trenton and Monmouth, and Bunker Hill,
the proclamation of the Declaration of In
dependence, and Braddock's Deieat.—
George was greatly respected in Dutch Flat,
and it is estimated that there was 10,000
people present at his funeral.
The last time the subject of this sketch
died, was in June, 18fi4; and until we learn
the contrary, it is iust to presume that he
died permanently this time. The Michigan
papers thus refer to the sorrowful event:
Another Cherished Remnant or'the
Revolution Gove. —George, a colored man
and once the favorite body servant of Gene
ral Washington, died in Detroit last week
at the age of 95 years. To the
moment of his death his intellect was un
clouded, and ho could distinctly remember
the first and second installations and death
of Washington, tho surrender of Cornwallis,
the battles of Trenton and Monmouth, and
Bunker Ilill, the proclamation of the De
claration of Independence. Braddook’s De
feat, the throwing over of the tea in Boston
harbor, and the landing of tbo Pilgrims,
lie died greatly respected, and was followed
to the grave by a vast concourse of people.
The faithful old servant is gone! We
shall never see him more, until he turns up
again, lie lias closed liis long and splendid
career of dissolution, for the present, and
sleep? peacefully, as only they sleep who
have earned their rest. He was in all res
pects a remarkable man. He held his age
hettei than any celebrity that has figured in
history ; and tho longer he lived the stronger
and longer his memory grew. If he lives
to die again, he will distinctly recollect the
discovery of America.
The above resume of his biography I be
lieve to be substantially correct, although
it is possible that he may have died once or
twice in obscure places where the event
failed of newspaper notoriety. One fault I
find in all notices of his death which I have
quoted, and this ought to be corrected. In
them he uniformly and impartially died at
the age of 95. This could not have been,
lie might havo done that once, or may be
twice, but lie could not have continued it
indefinitely. Allow ing that when he first
died, ho died at the ago 01'95, he was 151
years old when he died last, in 1804. But
his age did not keep pace with his recollec
tions. When ho died the last time lie dis
I inoth’ remembered the landing of the Pil
grims, which took place in 1020. lie must
havo been about twenty years old when he
witnessed that even ; wherefore it is safe to
assert that the body-servant of General
Washington was in the neighborhood of two
hundred and sixty or seventy years old when
he departed this life finally.
Having waited proper length of time, to
see if tho subject of this sketch had gone
from us reliably and irrevocably, 1 now
publish liis biography with confidence, and
respectfully offer it to a mourning nation.
Mark Twain.
P. B.—l see by the papers that this in
famous old fraud has just died again, in
Arkansas. This makes six times that he
is known to have died, and always in a now
place. 'The death of Washington’s body
servant has ceased to ho a novelty its
charm is gone ; the people are tired of it ;
let it cease. This well-meaning, but mis
guided negro, has now put’six different com
munities to the expense of buiying him in
state, and has swindled tens of thousands
of people into following him to the grave
under the delusion that a select and peculiar
di-istinetion was being conferred upon them.
Let him stay buried lor good now ; and let
that newspaper suffer the severest censure
that shall ever, in all future time, publish to
the world that General Washington's fa
vorite colored Tody-sCrvant lias died again.
[Written for tho Toledo Undo
'N'as"by.
The l >/reuse tff*.ihlermon n'linitrsckei - -
'Jin I <ii .on hut lor.i in Appropriate lie-
Jleclit ns.
Pont Orris, Ponckiiuit X Roads, )
(wieli is in (lie Stuit nv Kentucky)
January 25, lK(>8. )
Wiin by woo we go! Wun by wun the
tall oaks whirl. Lev stood, unmoved, tho
blasts uv time, toller and fall! Wo view their
prostrate torms a second, methinks, they
sink into the earth and are lost to site, Iho’
to memory dear, forever. Then around the
old stump Iho young sprout; grow up more
vigorouser than ever.
I ain’t singin these moral refleeslnins for
nothin. I never waste tho pathetics. When
ever a man is pulled drowndid from tho
creek in this vicinity, wioli happens fre
keiitly, there being three distilleries onto it,
1 never weep until 1 see whether he belongs
to my eon >iv •aslmn. It requires too much
uv an effort to weep I" do it on all okka
shuns.
Klder Absluin IVnnibucker, to-wunst the
strength and tho ornament uv the merlin
house uv wieli I le v bin for two years a
pastor, departed this life at 2 p. in, this
afternoon. For him 1 weep ; for him the
tears is llowin over the paper onto wieli these
lines is penned. I nm writin cm in the
presence uv the wile and children uv the
deceest, and it dims em good to see me
affectid. When .un* kin confer satisfaction
at so little trouble e/. to curry tin onion in his
pocket hnnekoivliit I, he would he a broot,
indeed, of ho did not prove hissrll ekel to
the occasion.
Elder Penuih.tckcr way. born in the eastern
part uv Pennsylvanv uv real old Democratic
stock. He wuz horn amid the scenes uv die
war uv Independence, and he grmved up
with Kevoloosiieuary memries iuspiriti him.
His iatli'T fme M in the Revolooshen, bavin
come all the v.av across the Atlantic lo do
it. He way, a ll'ssiart, and therefore wiizut
pensliumd by tin.* Amerikm Government.
15ut ill tin ii Fourth of Joolv Ceiebrushens
the oh! until «iiz invited to sit on the stand,
the yi-iminry uv 11 1 -1 seeshun not knowin
that and made any difference < to t!i-• side he
took in 11. struggle.
Voting AbsUtm growd up amid exslent
iiilloueuo,s. I'liere wir/.ut no skools in the
visinitv in Tiis infancy, tied jist e/, he mite
have been contaminated by ciu, bis father
moved to Kentucky, where he was site from
all sicli. The oi.i gentleman dyin, Absluin
inherited the paternal alters and paternal
loggers, and became a man among men.
file genius uv the man in \v began to de
velop. Untrummeled by the narrer views
uv his paternal ancestor, he boldly launcht
out fur himself. lie early distinguished
hisselt liv his inventive genius, vvich took
the real Koutiu ky shoot, Twas him vvich
conceived the idea uv brnidin small wire
into the lashes of niggir whips, - mid not
satisfied with that, he, after a month's hard
study, brought out the improvement in the
nigger paddle uv boring holes into it. He
bed a desprit struggle to git it adoptid. The
blind planters uv the neighborhood bed
lathe in the old piddle, plain, and the
Elder wuz forst to deiuonstate, by actooal
experiment on his niggt vs its sooperioritv.
He killed two in doing it, but he triumphed.
It war. found that more chastisement cood
be inflicted with it in a given time than by
the old method, and that it lasted longer.
1 need not say wat his politics wnz. lie
was never nothin hut a Dimocrat. Ho
commenst his career votiu three times for
Jackson, and the candidates vvich fullered
in succession lied no cause to complain uv
his zeel. Under Bookanan his fdthfulnis
wnz rewardid. The post otlis wieh 1 now
hold wuz given him. aud he discharged the
doolies faithfully and to the best uv his
ability. Ez he coode it read he put wat
letters wieh arriv out into a box outside,
lettin every one come take one es thev
wantid to. The paper wieh come to the
oflis for Deekiu Pogrom he learned to dis
tribbit in too weeks. The out-goin mail
he dumped into a Looisville bag, feelin a
great load wuz off his mind when it de
nartid. He held the oflis tilt they wantid
him to make out a quarterly report. He
wuz nonplussed. He either hod to buy a
nigger who cood read and write, or resign,
and be resigned. A half-starved Yankee
wus appointid in his stead, who reigned till
I releeved him.
The Elder wuz the happy possessor uv
three hundred niggers. They wuz probably
the best lot of niggers, ez they run, in North
western Kentucky. He had three shades uv
color. The trader cood find anything in the
line uv nigger, up to these three, that he
wantid, on his plantashen. Ther wnz the
pflre Congo, the agil mulatto, and the comely
quadroon. Ther wuz no higher mix than
the quadroon, for it will be remembered
the family hevu't bin slave-owners but three
generashens. They hed accomplished a
gread deal, however, for the time they hed em.
The Elder hed bin in failin health ever
since 1862. In that year he embarkt into a
speculashun wich bid fair to make him wun
uv the wealthiest men in the State, and
wood, hed things bin continyood normal.
Their wuz niggers rumiin to the Federal
camps from alf parts uv the State, and the
Elder conceived an idea uv goiu to the said
camps and claimin uv em. The officer in
command wuz so anxious to consiliate em,
that he wood gladly give em up, without
bein pcrtiklcr about proofs, and the Elder
gathered, in that way, in two months, over a
hundred.
It required a good deel of ridin, and that
fatigue combined with the exposure inci
dent to bushwhackin Fedral pickets, wich
waz guardiu his fences and sich, brought
on a spell uv sickness from which he never
fully recovered. The Emancipashen I’roc
lamashen nearly finislit him, and he ling
ered along, a broken man ontil Johnson’s
22(1 uv Febroory spoech, which acted ez a
tonic onto him. lie revived, but the effect
wuz tompiorary. Ez the Conservatives made
headway, ho came up, and ez Congris tri
umphed, he went down, and thus he lived
like a candle in a tin lantern, fiickrin or
quiet, ez the wind blowd. lie pluekt up
amazinly after the eleckshuns last fall, but
alas, the treachery of Meade and the rein
statement uv Stanton wuz two blows from
wieli he cood not hope to recover. And so,
yesterday, at two p. in., wich in tliis case
means post mortem, he died.
‘•Send in Sairy !” sed he, and a favorite
mulatto woman uv hizzen who. owiu to
the fact uv her bavin eight children, who
wuz quadroons, hed stayed onto the place,
wuz sent for. She set on the bed, and tho
Elder’s head wuz placed ill her lap. “Give
mo my niunney,” sed he ; and a box uv
Confoderit scrip wuz given him. Ami so,
with his head in Sairey’a lap, fingerin Con
federit scrip, and taken likker out uv a
spoon, he passed gently away. It wuz a
troo Kentucky doparchor. “This is the
eend uv life!” sed I. "May rnv eend he
like his,” murmured Deekin Pogratn, and
all wuz o'er.
There wuz trouble immcjitly. Wlieu
the Elder's will wuz read I wuz disap
pointed to find that the Elder hed left tho
half uv his estate to Sairey and his wife.
Sairey and the people uv the Corners to
wich he was indebted in small sums, wuz
disappointed to find that Bascom hed a mort
gage on everything the Elder possessed, uv
quite its valyoo. Bascom, I bleeve, hez a
mortgage onto every root uv ground within
ton miles nv here. He wood hev a mort
gage onto my property, I make no doubt el
I hod nny. But 1 ain’t, hnll-doogy } Ido
wish, hOwe,n-r, that some one uv more en
larged views wood start _a grocery here !
its inconvenient to hev so sharp a man
supplyin you with the absloot necessities uv
life. We buried the elder today. It was a
tiuire tuneuiL Li tho J.-.uii wir/. kw ..1.i1.t,
by bis wife, then tho culiiv Corners ; and
back uv them more tl.au forty yuller niggers,
who bed bin hizzen. Wat draw I em In liis
tomb? Wuz it instiiik ? Who kin tell?
But a piller hez fulled. 1 am, too sad to
write more.
Tl*:TUoi.Kr.\i V. Nasuv, P. M.,
(Wich is Postmaster.)
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VI. Reading: Fifth Le550n5........ 35c
VII. Elementary Sounds 85c
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