Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-05-20
Death of Hermit-A Soldier of NapoIeon

EcEIDE voN hEHE, born in France a soldier
of Napoleon L., was exPatriated by the Govern
ment on the downfall of the great General when
the Bourbons resumed their dynasty, and come
to the United States. He came TO this city
nearly thirty years ago, and avoiding human
society, has made his home in the forests around
the city, living principally in hallow trees OF
burrowing in the ground He has obtained his
victuals principally by begging, and when OBJ
| tanned he would sit down and eat them any.
where In the street His tavorite place of resort
to dine or cup, was the Terrace where he would
sit down upon the ground and seem TO hold a
ooloquy with himself occasionally varying his
tone into halo, in French, Spanish, or Ger
man. He would speak no English although he
was versed in the language, repeating that he
would not speak the tongue of those who de-
famed and destroyed Napoleon. He was COM
panlon of Napoleon III the brilliant march of the
grand army upon Russia, and returned with the
wreck of its innumerable squadrons, on the fatal
and horrible retreat from the confederation of
Moscow
He died last Wednesday evening at the Erie
county poor house. For the past winter he has
slept and lived beneath the barn of George W
Tiff, about two miles from the city. Into this
place he dragged an immense quantity of hay,
which amounted to nearly two tons, and which
was firmly packed and woven that it effectu-
ally preserved him from the cold season lust
past Here he was found on Wednesday morn
ing last, entirely naked, in this Iay which he
had burrowed out in the last stages of typhoid
fever Mir. Rodney, Overseer of the Poor had
him conveyed Immediately to the poor house,
where every attention paid him-but in
vain-he died in the evening of the day On
which he was brought there. He was known
about town as John the Hermit
His habits were of the most singular charac-
ter, and although furious, occasional,- in Ian
guage, which was French, he has always proved
himself as harmless to society as a child If a
garment of any description was given him he
would take it to his burrough and cover it with
patches, sewing them on the cloth without re-
gard to rents. He has frequently been seen
guarrelling with dogs for bones which had been
thrown away, but of late be has been extremely
choice In his eating, and obtained from the diff
ferent hotels in this city daily stipend of food
of much better character than he had before in
dulged in. Various have been the attempts to
obtain from his own lips his personal history
Homeless, houseless, childless, friendless, and
alone. be has YEARLY trod through sixty years
of miserable, ungrateful existence. and now goes
down to his grave, pauPer in all that gives a
charm TO life, in pauper earth with paupers
rites, and with no sorrow or sympathy save that
which rose in pauper breasts, lie lies, the rat
Ting of the dust upon his pauper coffin lid, his
requiem and his dirge.-B,Gdlo Republic.
IF An anecdote is told of an Englishman,
(perhaps You may have heard it, who observed
to his customer that there was cholera In the
hair"
Then I hope you are somewhat particular
about The brush You use"
ooh said the barber, Il don't mean the air
of the cad, but the hair of the hatmosphere."
IT good old Quaker lady, after istenin
to the e1travagant yarns of the storekeeper as
long az her patience would allow, said to him:
Friend, what pity il is sin to lie, when it
seems so necessary in thy business