New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-15
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Kan,
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j..Hssop he is a very remarkable man. There is
usually in this class of men something large,
even exaggerated in their ideas, language anu
80 sin few days since on one OF the great THOR
osehfares met with man Of this genus VINO
sfds1Sertained me the whole day with his views OF
.o21srythng or anything that might be started
-smxtbematics and spiritual rappipgs, pneumatcs
~ nj theology, grammar and physiology. 1t made
.ss..s,d;derence what subject you mooted, he was
sat Sadv TO give you his opinion with authority.
10. " achooling amounts to only few months
"a. common school Critics can detect errors
s<45h is speech and yet he drove his ruthless plow
through all the systems Of grammar and rhetoric
"Only think" said he with weighty emphasis,
az such scholar and writer as Bayard Taylor
.saxing that tree on hill looks like something,
AGsySea 10 fact tree does not look at all His
Sidf6 of the moon was that it is big chip broken
as5fsfhe earth and that on this subunary sphere
&eht to be very thankful that we are rid Of it, for
If that bulky lady had remained on this earth. it
,.osvouh have added 30 to the volume of the Earth
49, 10 rarity the atmosphere too greatly for human
life. As for the origin of the species ne could
.s,prove that the woman was made hrst ana not
1.-The man" and be admitted that there were spirits
= Il converse with mankind, but they were wicked
epirits exed from the good world on account OF
'g~Trime" As for human language there is Ian
,hsee which the good speak, having no harsh sounds
In it. and when 10 the progress OF the race that
hSupguage is evolved all such words as bug, drug,
dog, bog, &C., will be left out. He had one sim
z,nls rule by which be could test the truth false
.Ibeod of any theory in physics or metaphysics, in
geology, meteorolOgy, ornithology, mythology or
theology. That rule he proposes to publish in
book by and by.
This mans language was peculiarly nervous,
md was strongly Saxon in it's structure and it was
bo had thouOh m
m4nsny subjects. One of his sentences was charac-
ss1afietic: arid the world of three things-rum,
rs.tobacco and war-and you new-create the race |"
From most of bis opinions was compelled to dis
saent but that did not detract from my enjoyment
: ~ talking with genius" whom his eghbOrs
usually call /" the philosopher"
SOn asmall Mississippi steamer met a very differ
sent character. He was a native of an Eastern
~af$ate and had gone West to make his fortune.
ssyfhile our boat was tied to the bank for an hour
sAS seated ourselves on log on the shore, and he
.hvaee me account Of the course he has followed
nana the difficulties he has cOntended with. He
-atsrted for the West with small sum of money
and the blacksmith trade He went down the
.,Cbio as steerage passenger, reached 81. Louis,
s-tbence up the Illinois till his money failed. He
stopped and worked to get his purse recruited to
fekch friends house. There he worked month
pay man for bringing his chest from the Illinois
ssRfver Finally he reached Chicago, got contract
-sprthe Illinois and Wisconsin Canal, was getting
-sd6sh, when llliuois scrip made him poorer than
swhen he began. Then the chlls and fever laid him
asNp year. Let this suffice as a specimen. At
,est he returned to Chicago, bought enough boards
a. on credit to make blacksmith shop by sticking
- The ends in the ground and bringing the tops to-
3ether. In this he began to make pows, which his
I" fkther-inaw wooded in a small room in the small
,sa10use which he and his son-in-law had rented
b~Ffom that time he has gone steadily forward, until
ruow bis car-factOres cover the principal parts OF
4stHe SQUARES in the city, which he purchased one
,dbr some fifteen hundred dollars and the other for
sope six thousand. The city is already far beyond
him and by the rise Of property alone he is rich,
while his factories are bringing him fine revenue
He has accomplished his object, but concluded
bis narrative by saying that had he life to begin
hilgain and he "knew that by enduring all that he
sf"had endured he could attain the same wealth,
0sis rather than undergo those hardships he would
rs sacrifice the prospective wealth and be content
"with q mechanics day wages" l believed him,
,ees look at man of thirtyeight as much care
worn and broken as q man of fifty
In the vicinity of Jacksonville is the most noted
l3map in Illinois, not excepting the little giant
,o1am told that he is native OF Muskingum County,
HsOAio, and that he emgrated to the prairies many
y.yeers ago with money enough to buy a quarter
s,xeetion Of land. He is of medium stature, but his
.sffdfne has been one Of immense power and tough
wst5deps. Sometimes when he has been purchasing
hattie he has accomplished the almost incredible
a3eat Of riding on horseback nine successive days
Ind nights with no sleep but what he got in the
ysssddle His Judgment Of cattle is nigh infallible.
ado will ride into drove Of cattle, glance it,
nysith incredible quickness counting the number,
ssSingling out the average OK, computing from him
.he whole drove, and offering price for the whole
more promptly than many would for single
-kox.- He has the reputation of being fair dealer
ord will not hagge with those who sell TO or buy
eof him. IL his customers like his terms that ends
snohe matter and if not il certainly ends it. He
slAeasures out his plans weeks ahead by the half
SAuur, never failing in his engagements and never
ss.ioteivne the laggard who keeps him waiting His
cattle business enlarged enormously until he pur-
-sNhased ard sold many thousands year. All the
h1psey not needed in this business was invested in
slands and IL is said that he has never been known
htObell an acre. His home farm contains ten thou
vS&nd acres, and gentleman told me that one field
on that farm, planted year after year with corn,
contains three thousand acres, and another four
thousand. Near La Sale he has tract of some
2ffx or seven thousand acres, and beside these
esmany smaller farms of section, less or more.
His landed estate is said to be worth million Of
,xAsllars
ogsHis mode of dealing with his tenants is chsrac-
sstgistc. He assigns them certain tracts and tells
s1em he wants them TO put in so many acres with
much bushel for the crop when ripe. In the
Hall he brines each man his money, and then drives
a. 10 each certain number of cattle aud hogs and
oaxAys: II will pay you so much head to feed
y.Shese this Winter all they can eat, and you are
s1ssto have them at my house on the first day of
1Hsncxt May" On the specified day his droyes are
coming in from all directions and buyers from the
East and the cities there attending the great.
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