The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-01-27
WHOLE NO. 56.
a Second Robinson Crusoe.


"A Second Robinson Cfusoe.
General Scott, in bis interesting auto
biography, gives an account of Robinson
Crusoe, Mr. Pain, who lived solitary
life Of many years on the Island Of Cape
Breton, lie says:
Mr.. Pain sailed from Boston in smack
for the banks of Newfoundland and other
fishing grounds in l774, before the out
break OF the Revolution. Having made up
the.cargo in the Gut Of Canso, Pain beg
ged his companion let him remain till
the return Of the party the following sea-
son. They assisted in building him a hut,
andsieft him with good supply of person.
al and bed dclothes, some axes and other
tools, d gun, with ammunition, fishing tack
le, and such other stores as could he spare.
together with Bible, Paradise LOST
and the .'Pilgrm's Progress" Prayers
were said at parting, and the smack sailed
for home. ,
This was the last that our adventurer
saw Of "the human face divine, for nine or
ten years. The Revolutionary war super
yened There was 10 more fishing and cur
ing of fish by Americans on those shores
1.-The Cut of Canso not being naVigated
at that period except. by vessels driven in
if4
road and no trail across the mountains to
any settlement whatever
For the first year, and, indeed, till his
supplies began to fail him, Mr.. Pain, then
young, did not lament his condition But
-whemthe second and third seasons came,
and againthere was no return Ofhis friends,
it seemed evident that they had abandoned
him his spirits dropped and he wasin dam
ger OF being lost in despair. But man is the
most fexib!e'and plable of all animals
According to his own account, Mr. Pain
began soon to relish food without salt
the deer andileece goat were abundent, furn-
ishing him with bolhifoed and raiment, and
which he contrved to entrap after his pow
der and shot were exhausted. So, too,in
respect TO WORKOUT hooks and lines these
were replaced by bones and slips Of skin,
SO that there was no want of the "fnny
prey" by the fifth year he began to like
the newlife as well as at first. His books
were more thana solace to him, and the
autobiographer can testify that he could
accurately recite from memory entire chap
ters OF the Bible, and many of the books
of Paradise. LOST
Finally, when at the end Of the war his
old masterinas smack came in search of him
or bis remains, he had become so attached ;
to this mode of existence that he
refused to return to his native soil. A
good supply ofnecessaries was left with him.
His little property at home was invested in
cattle, with materials for small house,
some furniture, &C., all of which were sent
QUITO him, with an old sister, farm labor
er and alad--a relative. Before 1872 some
new connections and laborers had joined
him, and he had become thrifty farmer.
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I MATRMoNIAL-I have lived solitary long
enough / want somebody to talk at, quar-
rel with, then kiss and make up again.
Therefore am open to proposals from
young ladies and fresh widows gilmore than
average respectability, tolerably tame in
disposition, and hair ofany other color than
red. As nearly as | can Judge of myself l
am not over eighty nor under twenty-five
years of age. In height | am either five
feet eight or eightfeet five, forget which.
Weight 135, 3l5, or 53l, one of these re-
collet each figure perfectly well, but as to
their true arrangement, am somewhat puz-
zled. Have whole suit of hair, dyed by
nature and free from dandru1. Eyes but
ternut brndle, tinged with pea. .green.-
Nose blunt, according to the Ionic order
of architecture, with touch of the Compo
site, and mouth between catfish and an
alligator's, made especially for oratory and
the reception Of large oysters, Ears pal
mated, long and elegantly shaped. My
whiskers are combination Of dog hair, moss
and briar bush well behaved, fearfully lux
uriant. s6 @
I am sound in limb, and on the niger
question. Wear boots No. 8, when corns
are troublesome, and can write poetry by
the mile with double rhyme on both edges,
to read backward, forward, crosswise, or di-
agonally. Can play the jewsharp and base
drum, aud whistle Yankee Doodle in Span
ish Am very correct in my morals, and
first rate at ,ten-pins have regard for the
Sabbath and never drink only when invit-
ed. Am a domestic animal and perfectly do
cie, when towels are clean and shirt but
tons all right. If / possess a predomina-
ting virtue, it is that of forgiving every en-
envy whonpI deem it hazardous to handle.
1 say nay prayers every night, mosquitoes
permitting and as to whether l snore in
my sleep, want some one to tell me-
Money in no object as never was troubled
with any, never expect to be.