, 1859-08-16

Tic subject Of this little skctcli, by particular
di>lHusation, happened to be born iu tlc Fail,
III nuy be worthy Of remark, in this conhec-
ton, that soou after rlc Fall he died.) The ex-
act date Of his birth matters very little TO the
general reader. Hastc and bad pcn, unitedly,
compel the writer to cantine himself to salcint
points aud Important iacts, entirely csclhcwing
the graceful flights of fancy and tue occasionu!
romantic episodes which SO often tighten the
biographcr's latoss, and render his task plea.
sure.
He'd Winter was born Of the green fields and
among Labelling brooks. Had it not seemed
possible TINT you mgl. think wc deliberately
meant to lc funny, We should have said that he
was crujfed in the country. But ne shall omit
lug wonders Of his bearded infancy; pass over
shocking time that cusued soon after he WIS
cut, aud, sayiug nothing. about the cruel thrcsh-
inIs which made Ills lIoulc ties but Us wis,s Of
straw, we s!.All land him at once iu Clicugo--a
place where he lad never bin before. That he
was e1evated-got high, in fact-soon after lis
arrival is not to be wondered at since lie fcll in
with considerable Old 1--we on the wnv--yet this
contributed rery little 10 lis disadvantage, but
the rather fitted him to miuge gracefully with
the cougeninl spirits of tile Corucr-wlo ART uli
more or less "mixed," On the particulars Of
his iiIc uE and on Change iu the city, tiine will
not permit ua to Dwell. Suffice it to say that
lis greatest prosperity was attained during the
late peaceful war, Tie rcason Of iiIis VIC shall
what Pathological 10 say that when Louis NaI'.
raised his standard, standard rose; that when
Louis Nap. lowered Ills standard, standard fell.
Yet, SO Il was: Aud it would seem somewhat
pxrado1ical to say TINT Rel Winter lived to l73,
but died at about Is. Yet, 80 it was! Iou
in second and very puny Childhood tint he
'.peggcd out.".. Perhaps we cannot better con-
cli,dc our brief biography than by quoting an
culogy 10 the merits Of the deceased from
speech br inc authur ot this *pArrow-graa, "a
ei,eecl. which was never delivered, because, very
unexpectedly, it was never called for. 1t runs
rs follows:
Elevated in character, well.brcad in every day
duties. friend indeed because even friend
in knead, al his doings were daushty. May our
last end be like his!
For further particulars Of his brief but bril-
liant ifc 60 to tue miller and you will be tolled.
We have but to write tie epitaph, and this Is
but liue-shus:
Red Winter-Hta1 8 mos. day-not dead but
changed.
Hc was buried on the corner-the Do1eful cor
ner-and with doIcrous ponp. Tue nourners
weeds their hats, though tic majority carried
Heedsin their uaonshs. They sao1o{i,<d At their
accustomed place little before sunrise, aad
stood It'll with their usual etaa until little af-
ter sunset. Unfortunately Nh over-xcalous off.
Ger mistook tho uuturc Of the gathering, and
charged upon thgni like Aoaasc-of like Aor-
see Greeley crossing Kansas creek-aHestinG
several Of the cllici monrnera- Tho mistake,
however, was rec,iied, aud the officer was re.
leased By paying tie parties for their trouble:
1t is worthy Of remark that several devoted
friends followed Rcd Winter to tie end, and
were buried in the same grave. And. applied
to them, this scripturality has beautiful sieni
dcatiop, "Losely in their lives, in their dcat
they were not divided"
The following epnytaf' was picked up by {
gentleman going home corncr-wise, long afte'
The obseqaea were ended 1t Was written on I
shinxie that once bore the name Of grait
dealer, who has unfortunately "Gone before,
and was evidently penncd BY IN enemy Of tht
deceascd:
Iint he tue lan that holds thtc,
fGscyet 14Ay ,1u Atazc:
NuH Lr1d thtx hut .o>E tlCf.-
You ~ ilat nhue eau ptalsc.