Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-07-19
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Personal sketch Of Senator Wade,


merical gives the following interesting per-
sonal sketch Of Senator Wade:
His parents were among the poorest
people in Massachusetts, and he never had
but seven days schooling; yet at the age
Of twenty-one he had read great number
of books He read the Bible through in
a single winter by the light of pine torches
in his wood-chopping cabin. His grand
farther on his mothers side was minis
ter, and had small but well-selected lib
rary, and TO this he was indebted in his
early youth for much valuable information.
Mr.. Wade is still hard student, and what
he studies is thoroughly mastered before
he lays it down.
"The habits Of the Senator are peculiar.
He rises at daylight summer and winter,
and makes up the fires in the house; then
he goes 10 his office, makes the fire, sweeps
it out, dusts off the furniture, and goes to
the stable to look after his horses. When
he returns he wakes up the family, and
then G es to his study and reads until call
ed TO breakfast. After breakfast he takes
walk of two miles, and returns to his
study and reads until three o'clock in the
afternoon, when the mail comes in. He
goes to the post office, gets his own mail,
and opens aDd reads it. All letters to be
answered at once are laid on his table, and
the rest tied in bunch and put into the
drawer requiring attention" He gets
over fifty papers and periodicals. His
wife, who is great reader, and mos'
intelligent and accomplished lady, general
| ly reads one or two hours to him every
night.
Mr.. Wade is very fond of Nasty, and
all his letters are read at night, SO the
whole family can laugh with him, for he
says he don't like to laugh alone. Comical
books are often read to him, and amuse
him immensely. His wife, being asked
for Christmas gift, bought him 'Olt
Mother Goose and he was so greatly
pleased with her taste, that, TO convince
her he appreciated her gift, he learned
every line by heart and insisted on repeat
! ing it to her almost daily. Of periodicals
the Westminster Re,aew, the Atlanti,
Monthly, and Harper he reads himself. ano
the rest are sent 10 the family to be marked
and read as the papers.
i "At 6 O'Clock each day Mr.. Wade fin
ishes reading his papers and goes to hi
supper. He has not eaten dinner for TWEEN
ty years, contending that two meals day
are enough for any one to eat, and that he
always feels better when he only eats twice
The rest of the family eat three times per
day. Mr.. Wade cannot eat anything cook.
ed in grease. After supper he walks two
miles and returns to his office, which he
locks up at dusk and then joins his family
He retires early, seldom sitting up, even in
summer, later than ten o'clock. For more
than twenty years Mr.. Wade has taken
his daily walk of four miles, and it is thi:
habit that enables him to walk SO much
when in Washington. He always visits
the Departments on foot.
THE senator is not a rich man, but
has competence, which he made by hard
toll at his profession, and by saving each
year part of his salary. His income o.
seven or eight thousand year is all he
wants, as it enables him to live comfortab
ly and entertain his friends.
MIR. Wade was born at Feeding Hills
Massachusetts, in 1900, and is, therefore
sixty-seven years of age he can still
shoot rife with almost any man in the
state. lie frequently goes hunting ant
fishing, and is very fond of the society O.
sportsmen.
He is strictly temperate man, and has
never been known in his whole life to bt
under the influence of liquor. He has
been senator at Washington for seven.
teen years, and was four years state
senator, and several years state judge
RULES FOR READING.-Read much
but not many works. For what purpose
with what intent do we read ? We read
not for the sake Of reading, but we read to
the end that we may think. Reading i:
valuable as il may supply to us the mate.