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;»U JUiUBJ.UU* X 1LUU -V.UbUO Uithe history of Don Louis Lorrimerof Packard’s Monthly ,'has.a long article on “Printers, fromprior to h|s immigration to Missouri,Physically he was the; deijght of all *hish we extract the following truth--espeOially of females. He was! ^ ftpragraph :eyesabout six feet high, sparely,built, but quite yigorou showing- to;:fcis active life, withi a finely f shaped head, and. “Printing ink beS^n8 cynicism,-as dampness does rheumatism, or' foul air, fever, There is no escaping it.one of the handsomest faces I ever | ^en in printing offices, whether theyprepare or set up the copy, contractthe disease and suffer from it more orupon—1-every; feature perfect, gmd blending into each other, constituting an exquisite And I haf avenious»whole. His complexion was fair,leas, ^ajtbeir mental system responds to or resists it.“ They Are behind thewith large, soft blue eyes, and a pro-1 Beenes. The^.know tbat the golden fusion ot brown silky hair, which w,as I browns and golden goblets, the pub-combed back, and fastened in a queq. | lie admires are * only pasteboard;that the glittering jewpls are only CQlored glass; tbat the,crimson gloryof the .tableau is but ‘red J ofIt was always wrapped with a black.ribbop. His hair was:always long,r * •and I bave frequently ,seen him, whenriding on horseback, nse bis hair as a whip for his^iorse. He was temperate in habit, graceful in manner, and generous in action, but was never, popular^ with the whites aroundhim, owing to bis strong and active sympathy ^with the; Indians. He spoke Spanish, French, English andand Indian with equal fluency andease. He died from pneumonia, ,June26th'A.,I\/iy2.[ 0j Faa’bf^J id^•| the cemetery of .Capo Girardeau, and a short while previous to his death he wrote an epitaphj which, in complifire; that the mquthing fellow Who is lavish of his dukedom is in his arrears for his morning cocktail. Life is unidolized to them from the outset, It is'stripped of its illusions, .an cl find flames are but echoes'' of emphasis.iWly expect them to admirefl Why ask them to be ambitious! Why’ « ^ i A # V f jlook.for enthusiasm In them ? uitfu r The printer Understands how .lt;rep«ntationS are made.‘I jle^ kndws thatthey are not blown from' the trumpof him who Beeks reputation by performing solo, and gets it thereby.V •/1ppon, hi| tomb; ps foIJows \“In .memory of Major L'ouia Dorri* raer, native of Canada, first settler and commandant of the post, of Cape Girardeau, Under th« Government of Spain, departed ^his life the 26th day oi June, 1 SI2, .aged 64 years and 3 months. 1i4i Ossakbaam pa.ctm cunmtn §ept*ltihImmortal! Anna) luceat alma #lt;?*»*** vvv vnvw/iq —--—1' . I * ... . ,, . . .•*? /• He.is aware tbat While genius strives»nce with his request, was meenbea *impudence lattcu**; ^ while ^wiea^m hides fn A .garret, flippancy (Irajivsthe pave; that while inspiration pines, unmanegement flash^k^with’vhealth.He soes that the editorial language*of the statesmen or artists own hand; that-honors are easy to the man that has the bffroot'ery; to ^sk^adcf the* ’attn ih » n*“|i «i~.r\ ir-vl-0Don Louis Lorrimer was twice marrie^aod iWfo$oV 6t \uoe child renttTho eldest child, William jLorrimerj was’ji Natural ‘son1 by a’Delawaresquawi who' w5s living A few years since InGolcopda, 111. Charlotte S. p. Lorrimer, tho first Mrs. Lorrimer, was ft French Indian of the half-blood,. * p ,,, t u- w ^determination ,nc|ttft be denied. Nomam! he believesw* \ 4 * itflwenby, All succe sons of emiflofioe thosd'whd have notits ✓/ftBBS Ayet been found out,* *itIff t if9A Bocky Mountain editor tbinkq we havo enough (female preachers, . ......................... f.mals doctor., eto.,.b«t■ »y» thatWho cams with Don Louis frooj Woo- thor. it a gwrt 4emaod fot ./smalo ,ul'l troal, Canada, and bore him four sons I women.. . . » » nr I # I » » . * I . . .
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Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US
Thu, Aug 05, 1869
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Musser P.
IA, USA 20 Oct 2019
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