The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-04-02
GREET BUT QUEER GENIUS.

We copy the following from sketch by
Professor BLANCHARD:
About sixty years ago theirs was found
at a farm house on the west border of
Vermont slender boy with light coms
ple xion ilaxen hair narrow, consr - ptive
chest, eyes Of an uncertain gray, in short,
q Horace Greeley, (who came FROM the
same regon) only simmer, shorter, and
every way promising TO add but little to
the strength, mental or physical, of the
race in which he had come to count one
He lived with his grandfather, which cir.
cumstance commonly helps boys neither
in virtue nor vigor; and he half suspects
that he was spared from the home circle
to go there, because his iack>knifeF and
gimlst, and the machines he was con-
stantly making 18th them, seemed to un-
fl him for. the purposes aud ways of life
by which his own fathers family subsisted
Tocrown all, he was put to trade which
be abherred, (.aad!e and harness makingl
whose heated shop, STOPPING posture, and
sedentary position, promised one OF his
physique but little except dyspepsia, cons
sumption, and an early grave,
But what wo dislike forms US more
than what we approve, for our pride loves
better to shun than to copy. He hated
leather, but loved iron and wood and vet
worked seven years steadily on leather!
during which time he so Injured himself
to hold inclination i'll allegiance. and act
from mere duty, that his feelings and
tastes seem to disturb the operation Of
his conscience and judgment 10 more,
while he presses on towards hi. purpose.
than flags and music on q gala day turn
the course OF locomotive
Blessed he thu inventor of Hrnrn
schools, for this boy studied, and, once out
OF his apprenticeship. tagght, and took his
pay in grain. Bu. The grain sold for little
deducting expense of han ling, and he
unused on the road, irem that circum~
stance, on the nature of wealth for we
so by opposites still He noticed, in ms
musings. that at 4 Fermon;ers funeral,
the men, neighbors, standing around the
house and waiting fer the corpse, almost
invariably asked each ether how much
property the dead man left; ana he so
felt the utter vanity Of a life devoted TO
gain, that he determined land Of course
kept the Purpose) never to be rich
Then he would be a missionary, and
actually rode .fjtsn hroldrsd miles on horse
back 10 be miss ohary mechanic IN the
Choctaw nation.
This missionary mechanic soon became
and Was acknowledged { IN writings stIl!
eXtanD "a be among the most important
and useful men of the mission. Butwhiie
10 avoid the flies, he sliced beef b. n ght
TO feed Indian pupils who had till now
eaten boiled corn, a i who could handle
our missionaries by their superior strength
lie meditated OH that christian civilization
which they brought the Indians in the
shape Of fall meal. Of beef, cofee-who
/ oh =
five dollars per bag. paid for By widow :
mites. collected in churches and these
backed up by plenty OF ca!omel, opium,
and l.Acets, which was large and costly
par: OF the missionary outfit, and whicfs
the new ctTi7'.sr % diet made necessary :
He resolved 10 eat No flesh, aud 10 1--we on
two rasals Per day, and IS hale and hearty
now at sixty six active as = perpetual
motion
But before he got upon this, his rresea .
ground, his health and heart failed by
night work and oyer-uoIl is this me;hed
o. civi!.zing Indians by cllOmel and he
!ef: the mission a confirmed invalid. giyan
ur 20 die. But he did not die lie stud
led the laws ot L'Glih IN hi own loss Of il
He r-gaiaed health AID has since es,ab-
Iished = water-cure and general IL stituticE
for combating disease.
+ Soon aftsri- leaving the mission, he was
tanad 70 E.r.-l. Ohio, wish Rev. John J.
sr- 81 b.. .,.,heI TO start christian
colony Hiih 2 community Of goods u
suggested q manual labor inst.tu,isa
ShIpherd acquiesced. and Oie:iin was the
result He aud lis ycuuE missionary . co..
who has followed IL. fortunes through
poverty. sickness. -..ada aLd sunlight.
without losi0- :a.th IN Col OF be- ha>
band. gave ii.e wears az their lite - fauad
IN Gb5riin and then LET. ,avi- lat cent
. Of property t. that Institution, and zen;
elsewhere for broad lie has sine" paid
at one time betwc- f5Uraed Gv, ihousar
dollars &c save ohe.liu College from lri..
sold on; Fac dot,
He was an ,ar-ator, and endured the
long ag,ny oF inventors lut has st length
come TO control means enough 10 make
the v rid respect his sentiments IL
gives all the time. Oae Of his i.ycatiouS
has paid hmm one hundred thou.aaI dol
lars And at sixty-sjx years Of age, with
zeal unabated, having never changed a
principle o. abated . hope whenever ne
cas find nearer who lie thinks may SUBJ
serve the educational, humane or christ
ian, ends 70 which he i>'dcvotcd, ike Cos
ridges Ancient Mariner"
IL Ao.d' hita with hi. gf.:era- eye
and lectures, and explains with the earn,
eatness Of martyr, aud the zea! Of q
deVotee.
Ills singular man is P. P STEWART. TIE
Inventor OF the ce,ebgntei Stewart Cook
Ing Stove, scientifically the mos. pe.fect
cooking stove in existence ana which has
made the stove mandatory Of Fuller,
Warren & Co, Troy, " y, where it Is
manufactured, the largest establishment
Of the kind in the world