Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-04-17
Christopher North.

A huge man, towering far above bis
fellows; with Herculean shoulders, deep
chest, broad back, sturdy neck, brawny
arms, and massive fists; a being with
vast muscle and tense nerve ;of choicest
make, and finest tone and temper,---
robust and fine, bulky and sinewy; pom
derous and agile, stalwart and elastic a
hammer 10 give, and rock to receive
blows; with the light tread of the deer,
and the fell paw of the lion; crowned
with dome like head, firm SET, capaci-
Gus, distinctive, cleanly cut, and covered
with long, flowing, yellow hair; FORE
head broad, high, and rounded, strongly
and equally marked by perception aud
imagination, wit and fancy light blue
eyes, capable of every expression, and
varying with every mood, but generally
having far, dim, dreamy look into va
cancy,-the gaze Of the poet seeing vis-
ions; firm, high, aquiline nose, ihdi-
eating both intellect and spirit flexible
lips, bending TO every breath of passion
a voice OF singular compass and pliancy,
responding justly to all his wayward hu-
mors and all his noble thoughts, now
tremu0us with tender passion, now rough
with Partisan's fury; a man of strange
and inconsistencies every
way hand Of iron with a glove Of silk;
q tigers claw sheathed in velvet one
who fought lovingly, and loved fiercely;
champion of the arena, passionate poet,
chastiser of brTes, caresser OF children,
friend OF brawlers, lover of beauty
ougilistic professor Of moral philosophy,
who, in thoroughly professional way,
yaiiy put up his hands and scientifically
ioored his man in open day, at public
4air sometimes of the oak, sometimes
Of the willow; now bearing grief with
out murmur, now bowling in his pain
ike the old gods and heroes, making all
nature resonant with his cries; knowing
nothing Of envy save from the reports
# others, yet never content to be out
lone even in veriest trihes; tropical
'eart and cool brain full of strong
orejudices and fine charities, generous
md exacting, needless and sympathetic,
quick to forgive, slow to resent, firm in
owe. transient in hate to-day scaling
he heavens with frantic zeal, tomorrow
'elaxing in long torpor fond of long,
olitary journeys, and given TO conviv.-
llity; tender eyes that word or
hought would fill, and hard lips that
would never say die a child of nature
hriled with ecstasy by storm and by
unshine, and a cultured scholar hunger
ng for new banquets; dreamer, doer,
'oet, philosopher, simple child, wisest
'atriarch; true cosmopolitan, having
argest aptitudes,--a tree whose roots
ueked up juices from all the land, whose
LIBERAL fruits were showered all around
aving key to unlock all hearts, and
for each hospitable friend, hus-
an d-loyer, doting father boisterous
Eit, fantastic humorist, master of pathos,
ractical joker, sincere mourner; always
n extremist, yielding TO various excess
S an April day, al smiles and tears
anuary and May met together many
ided fanatic; a universal enthusiast;
arge hearted sectarian; hot headed
ldge; strong sketch foil of color, with
eutral tints nowhere, but full of fiery
ghts and deep elooms buoyant, ire
ressible, fuping, rampant, with some
iing Of divine passion and electric fire
entle, earnest, true wayward prodi-
al, loosely scattering abroad where be
hould bring together; great in things in
ifferent, and Indifferent in many great
nes; man who would have been far
reater, if he had been much less,--if he
ad been less catholic and more specific
nmessurably greater in his own person.
lity than in any or all of his deeds either
ctual or possible such was the man
North, Hercules-Apollo,
trong and Immortality beautiful,--a man
Ghom, with all his foibles, negligences,
nd ignorances, we stop 70 admire, and
tay to love.