New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-29

ihoreh he spoke English as wei "neu apP'oSCn0y
lin - vo,d ,n.r.rl his work and with half Suppressed
r'.i, he aorc the irruk Of pine which ne H"d teieJ
EVIL ,eliEg ~ The nrr bek roll up i,io oau suo
IT. wLic se laughed az. ia'ke" Sae On ,,
Of ann al spfifs hc that b.. sometimes tuoien 40"
lol,.d ike nUsd ~ita iaghrr s. co.: ''bg va
n ace In, think ard tick ed BIZ. 10 An l'tIi u''
tie ,r,es he aosd .1.laim,-" by George v'h emo:
nyself wei enough here chopping want no o:es port
SON. times when ~ leisure, he amused hihsclI H ~
tic woods with poke; is:ol firing Sa!E'cs 70 hae -
regular intervals ~ Zee yak,d. In rlc winter ne ha1
- IS which .: coon h. med his c,.,' i Actti'
end a. be sat On iog to eHt hs dinner lLc c'ai-s
would IaoH''s AZ and al -ht ou Ia, Am -
E.ck ~ ihc Ic't,c y b. f-ers and h. said hai =
'EsCd to have the l;i.e fol,rs about him.
In him the animal man chiefly was developed. u
,scA trluTsDCt sui ,"ntuncut he cousin Co
ne ard tie rcek. -skod him once he not some
.wered wrsi AID serious look. "GOsy-pit. never
wss tired in my lie. Bu the intellectual -ud Wis; s
called spiritual man IA him were sHmoerns - IA a.
infant H. had been usructe. only IN thai innocent All
irrtee;ual vav H. which The Catholic priests teach The
sborgne. by which TIE pupil IS never educated 10 tn
tsor # COZ c.oa>ness Ut only "a she degree o tru-
arc reverence and child Is Dot made man. odt Kept
child When Ma are made him she gave hiT strong
body and con,entmen for his portion, ana propped a."
every side with reverence ana renshGe; ;i"' ~ u
I've out his ihreescore years AMI tene chj lie wa
genuine and unsophs;cateG that no introduction "Oui~
fe;ye TO introduce him. more than II you lnI2ancea :
wCodChuCk your neighbOr lie had COX 20 nuu nan o
a. YOU did lie would not play any part. Alien psid MN
veges for work. and helped 10 ited ana clot ah "u
he never exchanged opinions with them ne was 80
bO asIires-thai humility was no 1thcl qushY
in him nor could he conceive of It. Wiser men were
demipods 10 him. Ii YOU told him thai suca = enc vas
ecmipr he did a. II hr thought thst anything Grsn"
would expect nothing Elmsel but take oil The Te'pon'
sblify ise ali let him be- forgotten STILL he never
heard the round vi praise. lie particularly reNerenoed
miracles. When ;old him that ~ro;e CONSIDERABLE! he
thought for long time tnat Il merely the handwriting
which meant T he could write remarkably good hand
himself. sometimes found the name o; his na;iY pa.isa
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proper French accent, and knew that he had passed
asked him if he ever wished 10 write his thoughts. he
aid that he had read and written letters Tor those who
couM not but he had never tried 10 write no
could not he could net tell what to pui first It would k
him. and then there was spelling 10 be attended 20 az
tie same time
heard hat q distinguished wise and rciorin,r
asked him he did not want the-~orld Ia be 81 snge"
but lie answered with chucSle OF surprise IN ms tani'
dian accent, not know ING That the question naa EYER
been en.erainCd before. No, ike 4 well enough IL
yould have suggested many thir IS TO philosopher -
have dealings with him. To stranger he appeared to
know nothing OF things in general yet sometimes saw
in him whom had not seen before, and lid not
know whether he was wise ShakspcrC as simply
ignorant child whether Ia suspect HIM Of inc poetic
consciousness OF stupidity. townsman told me that
when be met him saunternS through the NirS' III ms
small cose fitting cap. and whstlng to himself la re-
minded him of prnce III disguise.
His only books were an almanac aud an arithmetic 20
which last be considerably expert. The former vH
sort Of cycIopedis 10 hu, which ne supposed Ia contsn
abstract Of humai. knowledge, as indeed docs 10
consd, rable extent loved 10 sound him IN the yaror,
reforms OF the day and be never failed 20 loOh at them IN
the mes simple and practical light He hac never heard
OF such things before. Could he do without factories
asked. He had worn the homemade Vermont gray as
raid and that good. Could be dispense Nth tee sud
coffee Did this country afford any beverage be..dss
water He had soaked hemock leaves in water ami
drank IT, and thought that better than water in warm
weather When | asked him if he could do without
money he showed the enience of money IA such
way suggest and coincide with the most philosophical
OF the origin of this institution and the very de
pt the
and he wished tO get needles and thread nc the store NJ
thought would be incOnvenen aud impossible soon to
nOTgagug some portion OF the creature each time
TO that amount. lie could defend many institutions bet
ter than any philosopher because, in describing them a.
they ned HIM he gave the true reason for thor prev
aence and speculation had not suggested 10 MN any
other. At another time hearing piato- definition Of
mana bped without teathCrs-aBd that one exhibited
q cock plucked and called it Platos man he thought
important difference that the kAoes bent the wrong
lie would sometimes excalIn, How love 10 talk by
George could talk oil day. asked him once, when
had not seen him for many months, II ne he'd got new
idea this summer " Good Lord said he, " a msn that
has work do il he does not forget the ideas he has
had be III 40 well. May be the You hoe with -
inclined to race then BY CORY your mind must be thero
you think If weeds" He would sometimes ask me irss
on such occasions if had made any improvement. One
winter day asked him if ne was always satisfied with
himself, wishing to suggest substitute "ithh nun Tor
the priest without and higher motive tor living
"Saitfsd" said he "some men are satisfied win ore
thing and with anoihtr One man, perhaps, 1t he
has GOT enouph will be satisfied TO cit al day with his
back 10 the fire and his belly to the table, by George
Yet never, by any maneuYripg could get hun 70 take
the spiritual view Of things the highest that he appeared
TO conceive of was simple expectancy, such as YOU
might expect animal to appreciate and tbs, practical
ly is true of most Ii suggested any improvement
in bis mode of life, he merely answered without express
ing sDy regret, the too late. Yet he thoroughly
believed in honesty and the ike virtues.
There q certain positive originality however slight
to be detected in him. and occasionally observed that he
res thinking for himself and expressing his oplnoH
q uhenomeuon 70 rare that 1 would any d:y walk tan
miles to observe it, and it amounted 10 the reorg,nausn
of many Of the institutions of society though no hss
taod end perhaps failed TO express himself distinctly az
ALWAYS had presentabe thong behind. Yet bis think
inc was 20 primitive and immersed In his animal me- tnst
though more promising than merely learned man = u
rarely ripened TO anything which can be reported lie
.uegsted that there might be Of genius IN ts lowest
grades of life however permanently humble and i'ers'o
who take their view a"ays or do nor preenl 70 sse
nj ALL who bOttomless even az "hideh Chh was
thought 10 be- though they may be dark and muddy.
THE HERMIT HAS VISITORS, MANY or THEN BORIS.
MANY traveller came out of his wey TO see me and the
inside VI my house and as a excuse io ealing s-hso yr
glass OF water. told them that drank at the poad,
and pointed hither offering 10 lead .hein upper ar
off as lived not exempted from the snnual VISTA
ton which occurs, mehink., about the hrst oi April.
phen ever, body the move and had my share oil
Good luck though there curiOu. specnicns
among nv visitors Half.witted roen from the aln7-houss
and elst ere came bat endeayoTod TO make
them exercise all the wit they had, and make their con
fsssons TO me- in such making Wit the theme OF our
conyersa,ion; and so was compensated indeed iouhd
some Of them TO BE- wiser than the sOcaed 0UesSs 81
the poor and selectmen Of the town, and thought was
time that the tables were turned With respect TO wit
learned that there was much difference between the
half ard the whole One day, IN parucuiH an ,'ssh
sive ,inpe-mind,d Iauper whom with Others had often
seen ufd as fencng-st standing sitting on bushe
in the fields to keep cattle and himself from stra!ng
visited me- ard expressed q wish to I've as ch. 40
told me- with the utmost simplicity and truth quite -ups
nor or rather .pterOr to anything that is called hunuy
that lie wss deficient in intellect. these were ms
words The Lord had made him 90 yet he supposed 'hs
Lord cared as much for him as for another " have al
ways been 90 said he, " from rsy childhood never