The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-11-26
t.a8!Ts Or HORACE GREELEY.
Mark Tgv aims Account.

IN intimate acquaiutan ce with dis
iant relative Of the editor OF the Tribune
puts it in my power to furnish the public
with the last-the very last-link neces-
ary to Terfcct the chain Of knowledge
already in It's possession concerning Mr.
GreeleY:L mean h private habits. We
knew all abou' hiu. as regards every other
department. q ia .r AID services Be-
cause, whenever u naxaziniss or a book
maker is is employed 10 write. and he
cannot think Of subject he writes about
Horace Greeley Even the boys in schools
have quit building compositions on The
Horse" and have gene 10 doing Horace
Greclev instead and when defamation
day comes around, their voices are no
longer - still Tor war;" and Patrick Henry,
bu; for reaee and Horace Greeley. Now,
the natural re>ult OF all this is that the
public have come at last 10 think that this
man ha no lie but public life, no nat ure
+ but a public nature. 40 ha..its bnt public
habits. This is all wrong Mr, Greeley
has private life. Mr.. Greeley has prl-
vare habits.
Mr. Greeley gets up at o'clock in the
morning for it is one Of his iavorite max
ins that only early rising can keep the
health uni,n paired and the brain vigorous
lie then wakes up III the household and
assemil thcn, ~ ne nrrary. by candle
light; and after quoting the beautiful
!iues.
'''-arly to bed and early to rsc
Makes man healthy, wealthy, and wisc,'
lie appoints each individual task for the
day. sets him at it with encouraging words
aud goes back to bed again I mention
he.e, ia 40 fault finding spirit, but with
The Difference justly due man who 10 old
he snores awfuliy. In moment Of irri-
tation, once, | was rash enough to say |
never would sleep with him until he broke
himself Of this unfortunate habit. have
kept my word with biga;ed aud unwaver-
ing determination
At half-past IL o'clock Mr. Greeley RI
scs again He shaves himself He con
siders that there is great virtue and econ
omy in shaving himself lie docs it with
dull razor. sometimes hummipg a part
Of tune (he knows part nf tune, and
takes an innocent delight in regarding il
, as the first half Of Old Hundred but
parties frmiliar with that hymn have felt
obliged to confess that they could not
recognize it. and. therefore, the noise ht
makes il doubtles an unconscious orgina
composition of Mr.. Greelev's). and some
t times when the rnzar j especially duh. h.
: acc ,npanies himself with formula lik,
S this: - Dams, the daiaurd rszI. and tn,
damned ouicast w,'o llaGe i. Il. g."
He then goes o5l' ia,o ais nsodel garde,
and applies his vas; store of agriculture
knowledge to the amelior alton of his cab
bages; after which he writes an able agri
IS cultural article for the instruction @
Aoiericsu farmers. his soul cheered tn
while with tie reflection that if cabbage
? were worlh 81 apiece his model farl
|, would pay.
~ he next gees to break fast, which is
frugal, abS'emioas meal with him. an
consists OF nothing but Just such things Z
the market affords. nothing more. ii
drinks nothing but water,-nothing br
water, and coffee, and tea. and Scotch all
and lager beer, and lemonade with q
t. in it.-sometimes a house hy, aud som,
: times a horse fy, according to the amour
a. of inspiration required to warm him up
his daily duties. Daring breakfast h
~ ~ reads the Tribune all through, and enjoy
NJ the satisfaction of knowing that all til
brilliant things in it, written by Yornt
N and Cooke, AID Hazard and myself al
attributed to him by a con6ding and il
- fernal public.
i After breakfast he writes shor. ed
torial, and puts large dash at the bCgi,
., ming of it. thus, &, which is til
es same as if he put H. G.. after it, and take
{, savage pleasure in rejecting t''at uono I
nd :, :,
er us understrappers can use thas dash, e.
IF, -.
C. cept in profabe conversation when chaifin
y oyer the outrage. He writes this editori