The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-05
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Last month we published letter from Hon
Horace Greeley, giving an account of some of
the Tribune Philosophers habits. Our object
in the letter and article was to show that on
ly by refraining from execSses OF any kind
could young men expect to reach the high
est development of their physical and mental
powers. Among great many others things
that happened we noticed communication
in AppIeton's Journal, from Georgian, that
somewhat disturbed our faith for the time,
but 1t soon became established according to
the Old theory, and now we think it hardly
advisable for any of our Twenty-Five thous-
and readers to adopt the Georgian's bill of
fare. Here il is:
am hlnety-sIx years of age and a carpen-
!er py traue get up about five in the morn.
ing; drink about six or eight drinks of oood
solid Corn whiskey by about eight o,cIock
by that time have lacked off and dressed
about five hundred feet of plank, more or less.
then take breakfast. My breakfast is general
ly smothered chicken and a steged catfish
or two or three trout; sometimes two or three
shad, with beetsteak and ham and fried eggs,
fifteen or twenty batter cakes, with a little
coffee or tea-say six or eight cups-just as
feel about the number OF cups. | then joint,
tongue and groove the plank. By about one
O'Clock am ready for putting up or down, at
which time dine. My dinner is not always
the same but generally take about three or
iour quarts OF turtle or pea soup, a small bak-
Gu pig OF roasted goose, sometimesla quarter
VI idh1o OF KID, greens, beans, peas onions,
eschaiots, potatoes, cabbage, and other like
vegetables, by which time have drunk about
hfteen or twenty drinks of old. solid corn
WllSKlV. Alter 6ippfr I mt,
plank as the case may be; take few drinks
during the time, say about twelve or fourteen,
l then take the last meal, which is called tea:
don't use any meat; drink about six quarts of
buttermilk, with about one and half or two
pounds Of light bread take about four drinks
to hold it steady, lay down about eight, and
rest better than if had crowded my stomach.
L then rest well, dream pleasant dreams, and
rise early again. This has been my mode OF
living through life. L am stout and active;
weigh from two hundred and sixty TO two
hundred and seventy-fve pounds; health fine.
My head Is as black as gander's back. l am
not very extravagant In using tobacco; only
use about two or three plugs a day, saw one
and a-half pounds smoke some and chew the
balanee-not that like the weed use it only
to keep my flesh down.
THE EAsLY HOME OF Gov. ANDREW
Windham, Me-, was originally owned by resi-.
dents of Essex county-mainly of Salem
and took the name of New Marblehead. In
its appearance it bore little resemblance to
the bold, rocky headland which was its name-
sake, and which became its parent 1t in.
cluded extensive pine covered plains of sandy
soil as totally useless for all purposes of bus-
bandry as an equal extent of the unproduc-
tive sea. The central and western portions
N tho hnuauar a1nnO ha
and Pleasant rivers, had gentle undulating
surface, and must have been very attractive
when covered with the original forests of oak
and other deciduous trees. Among the early
settlers of the town came the father of John
A. Andrew, who cleared a farm upon the
banks of the Presumscot at Little Falls, some
ten miles from Portland. In connection with
his farm, he opened store at the village,
which was built up by numbering ope rations
at the falls, anil he seems to have been an ac-
tive and successful business man. The vii
LACE. with the decline OF the lumber trade,
has sunk into a decay which painfully char.
acterizes so many hamlets of this State. But
the village does not concern us, for the early
home of Gov. Andrew was the farmhouse,
low-roofed, OF one story, and having about it
nothing to attract special notice. Time has
given its unpainted walls deep brown color;
but we may well suppose that otherwise, in
external appearance, it remains very nearly
the same as the Governor was wont iondly to
remember it. / suspect, from the size and
fashion of the house, that originally it had
but one large chimney in the centre. Now
there are two, one at either end, and this
change, if ever made, may have occasioned
some change in the position OF the windows.
Farther than this, there appears no indica-
ton of change. The house stands on rising
ground few rods from the Wndham station
on the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad
Its elevated site gives it a wide prospect
Fronting the northwest it looks off to the
White Mountains in the distances In its
more immediate neighbOrhood the country
is very open, and broad fields lie about it on
every side-just the surroundings calculated
to develop the clear-sighted statesman and
large hearted man who grew up there. A
short time since, while waiting for the train
at this station, stroled about the premises
for few minutes The fence which once
enclosed small yard in front of the house
has been removed, and the cattle now feed
quite up to the doorstep. All the shrubbery
has been destroyed except few remains OF
climbing roses, which, browsed and trampled
upon, still struggle for life. In the field, near
the house;are two clumps of old and stunted
lilacs, which are left as witnesses to the care
of former owners. Some half dozen old and
decaying apple trees are scattered at unequal
distances, over the ield-the remains OF what
was once thrifty orchard. Altogether the
premises are as unattractiye, perhaps in their
externals, as the average OF farms IN Maine.
And yet we know that this old house was
dear TO bin who was born under its ROOT.
Upon one fhis last visits 10 this State he
drove many miles In a heavy rain that he
might go through its rooms, and look from its
windows npon the well remembered objects
arOund-COr Salem Gazette