The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-01-27
A Second Robinson Crusoe.


General scott. in his interesting auio.
biography. gives an account Of Robinson
Crusoe. q Mr.. l'ain. who lived a solitary
lie ni many years on the Island Of Cape
lireion. lie says:
Mr.. Pain sail-d from Boston in a smack
for the banks Of Newfoundland and other
ishIng grounds. IN lasI, before the out.
break oi the Revelation. Having made up
ihe.cargo n the GBt of Canso, Pain beg.
grd hi, rempanion io let him remain TIL
the return Or the party the following sea.
snn. They assisted ia building him hut.
and'icit him with a good supply Of person.
al aud bed clothes. some axes and other
tools. gun, with ammunition, fishing tack
l". and such other stores a. could hc snare,
together with "A Bible. Paradise Lost"
aud the "rilgrim's Progress" PRAYERS
were said at parting. anG the smack sailed
for home.
This was the last that our adyenturer
saw of "the human face divine. for nine or
ten !cars. The Revolutionary war super.
vcncd. There was no more fishing aud cur.
Ing Uf fish by Americans on those shores
the ''ut Of Canso not bclng nayigaied
at that f'eIiUd except 10y vessels driven in.
10 II by stress OF weather. There vas no
road and no trail across The mountains TO
any settlement whatever
For the first year. aud indeed. till bi,
supplies b"gan io fail him Mr.. Pain. then
young. did not lament his condition. Hut
when III second and third seasons came.
mud again there was 10 return OIL friends.
Il seemed evident that they had abandoned
Nan ii, spirits dropped and he was IN dan.
ger ~ hc.ns lost 10 despair. l'ut man is the
nnsi flexible and pl.able uf az animals
According To- his own account, Mr. Pain
began soon in relish food without salt
the deer aud ilcor" goat we're abundent. fnrn.
ishiug him with both food and raiment and
which lie cJntriye'l to eutrap after his pow.
der AMI ,hnt were exhausted -, too. ia
respect to W"fu-ou; Look, and lines these
were replaced hy bones aud slips Of skin.
=" that there was uu want of the "fnny
prey. liy the ifih year he began to like
the new lllc rs well as AZ first. His books
were more than solace 10 him. and the
auiobiosrapher eau testify that he could
accurately recitr from memory entire chan.
tiers "f the Bible. and many of the books
or Paradise. Lost"
Finally when at the end Of the war his
old rnaster in u smack came in search of him
or his remains. he had become So attached
10 this mode OF existence that he
refused TO return 10 his native soil. A
His little property at home was invested in
cattle. with materials for n small house.
some furniture, &C. all Of which were sent
out to him. with an old sister. farm labor
"r and a lad--a relative. Before 1912 some
new connections aud laborers had Joined
HIN. and be- had become thrifty farmer
VI ArEiNoSiNi--I have lived solitary long
enough ! want somebody 90 talk nj, quar-
rel with then kiss and make up again
Therefore ] am open 10 proposals from
Young ladies and fresh widows gilmore than
gc respcctabil:ty. tolerably tame in
disposi; on, and hair ofauy ether color than
red. a nearly aS ! can Judge Of myself
ana not oyeS eighty nor under twenty-five
wears II age IN height ! am either five
feet cigh, or eight feet five, | forget which.
Weight lAi. 3l5. az .i:il. one Of these re-
collct each figure perfectly we'll. but rs -
their true arrangement. am somewhat puz.
zled. Have u whole suit OF hair. dyed by
nature and free from dandran Eyes but
ternui brindle. iinged with pea green.--
Nose blunt. according TO the Ionic order
Of architecture, with touch OF the Compo-
site. AID mouth between catfish and an
nlligator's, made especially for oratory and
the reception OF large oysters. Ears pal
whiskerS are combination Of dog hair. moss
aud briar hu-h, wen bchavcd. fcarrully lux
uriant.
ani sound IN limb, and on the niger
question. Wear boot. No. .. when cOrns
are tr"uhlcs"me. and can write poetry by
he mil" with double rhyme on both edges,
To read backward forward crossnise. or di.
agomall!. Can play The iewsharp and base
drum. aud whistle Yankee Doodle ir Span.
ish. Am very correct in my morals. and
sFst rat" at ten pins have regard for tho
sabbath and never lr1nk only when invii-
ed ANA domestic animal and perfectly do.
Gle. when towel. are clean and shirt bat.
tons all right. II possess prcdomina-
ting virtue. Il is that of foreiyng every en-.
cmy whom deem II hazardous 10 handle.
! say my prayers every night. mosquitoes
permitting aud rs 10 whether snOrc in
my sleep, ! wan, some one 10 tell me-
Money in no object as never was troubled
with any, never expect 20 be.