Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-16

nSy WIZ huCW Aiuu well WuCu ACiC
learning his trade. Among them are
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow Hosford; Joseph
Joslin and Olcott Sherman. Mr.. Hos
ford kept the Eagle Hotel in East Poult-
ney, at the time, and Mr.. Greeley board
ed with him the last two years of his
stay in Poultney. They all agree as to
his personal appearance which is the
same as has been given to the public
over and over again, and his dress which
was made of plain and cheap material,
and cut and made without regard to
elegance or fit They all agree too as to
his remarkable industry and studious
habits. Mr. Hosford says he never in
his recollection lost day from his work
except once or twice he visited his
parents and that all his leisure hours
were spent in reading and study. If he
came into the house five minutes before
his dinner was ready, that five minutes
would be occupied in reading some news
paper or book that he always carried in
his pocket. Evenings he would sit in
the bar-rOom and read no matter who
or how many were present, or what was
going on. He would never engage with
other boys and young men of his own
age III any kind of games or amusements
except now and then at a game of
chess.
Mr.. ,J0slin says that he heard Mr..
Greeley make his first public speech. 1t
was at a meeting of a debating society
in the school house in East Poultney.
He astOniShed every one who heard him,
with his remarkable intelligence-he
seemed better informed on the subject
debated than any other person engaged
in the discussion, although he was a
mere boy, and the others ripe in years.
Mr. Joslin also says that he did not at
tend any school while in Poultney but
kept up a study of the several branches
together with his reading.
While in Poultney his wages were
small, and large portion of what he
received were given to his father-his
expenses for clothing were tritling. He
left when the Spectator office closed up.
The last issue of the Northern Spectator
was gotten off one day in June, 1880,
about II o'clock in the forenoon and at
one o'clock in the afternoon Horace
Greeley, with a stick and a small bundle
tied up with handkerchief and resting
on his shoulder, and an OvercOat on his
arm which Mr.. Hosford had given him,
(the first one he ever had and which
probably lasted until he obtained his
white one that he has worn ever since
bid adieu to his friends in POultncy and
started for his fathers on foot, who
then lived in Pennsylvania, six hundred
miles away. He was then twenty years
old, and had laid the foundation for the
most successful journalist America has
had.
Those gentlemen above named relate
incidents. anecdotes and "reminiscences
without number concerning Horace
Greeley while he lived in POultney, all
going to show a character which all the
world is familiar with. Mr. HOsfOrd
still retains strong attachment for Mr..
Greeley. They have had considerable
correspondence. He says Mr.. Greeley
WAS the hOnestcst boy he ever knew.
Well, with what the people of POult.
neY know about Horace Greeley, will
they support him at the next Presiden'
tial election
II looks now as though his votes here
will be few. We cannot tell what
change few months will develop; but
so far as any expression has as yet beer
given. it is almost unanimous to give
support to the nominee of the Unior
Republican Convention to he holden al
Philadelphia on the 5th of June next
! Every well Informed man in this country
knows what brought the Republican
party into existence, and knows wha
that party has done. We think here
that its work is not completed the
issues growing out of the late civil wa
are not all settled and we cannot Sc
cede from a party that has such areCOr'
50 long rs it has work to be done. L
Mr. Greeley shall be the nominee Of the
Philadelphia Convention we can cheer
fully support him. We acknowledge III
has great abilities and especially his val
liable services in the Republican party
ever since it came into existence. NJ
man has done more for that party thar
Horace Greeley. We have no disposition
to abuse him or undcrrate his past ser
vices but there are principles that W.
must adhere to which lie below all per
sOnal and even party considerations.
That there have been abuses under tht
/ administration of President Grant is not
/ to be denied and 50 there will be undo
/ administrations so long as this govern
ment shall have an existence but i
/ must he conceded that as a financial sue
/ cess the present administration is with
/ out a parallel in the history of the world
| The national debt has been paid off NOR,
rapidly than the most sanguine ever
/ dared to hope for.
We can support Grant, Greeley, o
one of several other men that have been
named in connection with the Presidenc,
/ provided the candidate assents to stan(
on the platform which shall be con
structed under the principles of the Re
/ publican party proper.
OBSERVER.