Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-08-08
From The New York Monitor.
HABITS or GREAT MEN.

Several paragraphs have been going the
rounds in relation to the habits of great men,
which paragraphs, as usual, are all wrong,
inasmuch as we have had the pleasure Of din
ing and hobnobbing with all the great men
Of this and every other country on the face
Of the globe, few illustrations to prove this
to the satisfaction Of everybody.
Mr.. Seward generally rises from his bed in
the morning about the timo he gets up. lie
rarely if ever eats his breakfast before he
gets it. He is not particular what kind Of
food he has, il he is provided with what he
calls for. In his dress he is plain-neycr
appearing in public without his panta|oons.
He never wears his vest outside of his coat
He speaks his native dialect without foreign
accent, and uses his tongue in all that he utters
When he walks he uses his feet which are
Of the methodical precision with which he
attends to business, it is only necessary to
alludc to the fact that he invariably draws
his salary the moment it is due. His men,
ofy in this respect is prodigious He gene
rally writes his letters on paper, and uses n
pen, which at intervals he dips into q stand
Of ink, that he keeps upon his table,
Horace Greely is said to be the beau ideal
Of man Of style IIe dresses neatly and
elegantly. His linen is faultless. Some
time since he shaved, which operation has
materially altered his appearance. His walk
is firm and dignlfed, like that Of soldier.
From the fact that all through his life he has
kept his arms well shoudered, it is possible
that nature intended him for tho infantry
His voice is peculiarly sweet, and when he
whispers, one would also imagine his words
were the echoes of an Hioian harp. Some
what inclined to obesity of late years, he still
maintains his reputation as beau He reads
from right to left contrary to the practice of
his friend, Mr.. Bennett, who, owing to Wis
ual obliquity, reads from left to right-down
the middle, change hands. Mr.. Greeley dimes
on vegetable soup and table beer He never
drinks porter. His hearty Sunday dinners
are Of crackers and cheese He retires to
bed at an early hour, and almost Immediate
ly composes himself to sleep with copy of
the Tribune. Sometimes, when at loss for
subject, he varies the monotony of his cd.
itorials upon Bennett, by writing pleasant
and exhilarating novelty, involving personal
and friendly illusions to the almighty Niger
His editorials are invariably short (neycr ex.
ceeding four columns each,) pithy and devoid
of verbiage.
Gen. Mcclellan will, should he increase il,
flesh, be more inclined to corpucncy. Ills
age is at present, somewhat greater in years
than when no graduated at West Point. II
disposition he is jocular, when in jokn,
humor, and exceedingly reticcnt, when h,
says nothing, which latter fact is ampl,
proved by the 5re;ily and unsatisfactory ma
turs Of his dispatches after they have passet
through the War Office.
As a general he is cautious-particularl
/ so when he is careful. He makes all his ad
! vanccs by going forward, but never adoptin,
the same method in retrcating. In his die
, he is particularly abstcmious when there i
nothing to eat, and rice versa. lie is ex
! tremely approachabls when you get near him
otherwise you will be apt to keep your dis
, lance. lie does not exercise his troops wit
two-inch drill, nor does he bore his friend
/ in conversation with an augor.