National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-02-19

American farmers, his sonl clleered
the while with the reflection that if
cabbages were worth eleven dollars
apiece, his model farm would pay.
He next goes to breakfast, which
is frugal abstenliOus meal with
him. and consists ofnothing but just
such thingssas the market affords,
nothing more. He drinks nothing
but water-nothing whatever but
water, and coffee, and tea, and
Scotch ale. aud lager beer, and lem.
onade with fly in it, sometimes q
hause fly, aud sometimes horse
fly, according to the amount of in
Splration required to warm him up
to his daily duties. During break
fast he reads the Tribune all
through and enjoys the satisfaction
OF knowing that all the brilliant
things in it, written by Young aud
Cook and Hazard and myself are
attributed to him by confidlny
public. .rr-g =,
After breakfast he writes u short
editorial, and puts large dash ut
the beginning of it, thus, ()
winch Is the same as if he put III. G.
and takes savage pleasure in reflect.
ing that none OF us understTapIar5
can use that dash, except in prOtano
conversation, when chatting Oyerthe
outrage. He writes this editorial in
his own hand-w r;,ing. He does it
because he is SO vain of his penman
ship. lie hired out once, in his
young days, as writing master,
nut the enterprise failed. The pu-
pills could not translate his rem aIks
with any cert ainty. His first COW
was, 'Nirt ue is it, own reward and
they got it wv ashing with soap is
wholly absurd and SO the trustees
discharged him for trying to convey
bad morals through the med .um OF
penmanshIp.
But, as | was saying, he writes
his morning editorial. Then he
tries to read it over and can't do il,
and so Sc lds it to the printers, and
they try to read it and cam. do it;
SO they set it up at random, as YOU
may say. putting in what words
they could make out, and when they
get aground on word, they put in
IL reconstruction or universal suf-
irage,' and spar OFT, and and paddle
ahead, and next morning, if the de-
graded public can tell what it is all
about, they say Horace Greeley
wrote it, and they can't they say
it is one of those imbecile under
strappers, and that is the end of it.
On Sundays Mr.. Greeley sits in -
prominent pew in Mr.. Chapin's
church, and let's on that he is asleep
and the congregation regard it as an
ecccntricitJ' Of genius. .....
When he is gui g to appear in
publ MIR. Greeley spends two
hours ol his toilet. lie is the most
painstaking and elaborate man
about getting up his dress, that lives
IN America. This is his cliiefest aud
plcasantest foible. He puts on his
old white overcoat, and turns up
the collar. He puts Oh soiied
shirt, saved from the wash, and
leaves one end of the collar unbut.
toned. lie puts on his most dilapi-
dated hat, turns it wrong side before.
cantS it Oh the back of his head, anu
jams an extra dent in the side OF it.
He puts on his most atrociOus boots,
and spends fifteen minutes tucklng
the left leg of his pants into his boot
top i'll what shall seem the most
careless and unstudicd way. But
his cravat--it is into the arrange.
mcnt OF his crayat that he throws
all his soul, all the powers OF his
great mind. After fixing it for for.
ty minutes before the glass, it is per.
feet it is askcw every way. it over.
ilOws his coat collar on one side, and
sinks into oblivion on the other-it
climbs and delves about his neck
the knot conspicuouSly displayed
under the left ear, and it stretches
one of its long ends straight out
horizontally, aud the other ges at
ter his eye in the good old TOOdleJ
lashion--an | then, completely mar.
velousIy appareled, Mr.. Greeiey
strides forth, rolling like II sailor, -
miracle OF astounding costliNery,
the awe, the wonder OF the nation !
But | haven't time to tell the, rest
of his private habits. Suffice it
that he is an pr ght, honest man,
~ practical gree. Drained mL..--..
useful man to his nation and scncr.
alion-a famous man, who has just.
~ earned his celebri.y-and withal,
the worst dressed man in this or
any other country, even though he
does take 50 laundering much pains
and tuts on SO manN mills about II.