The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-12-12
HORACE GREELEY.


vatO iasaas asylum near Pieasas'vhl'Ns~
York, "a Eriday evshins astsa m'autes
bafore Y o'clock, November S9th 1879 He
was bora in Amherst, New Hampshire, Feb
raary Sd. 1914 HIS parents were Scotch
Irish Prssbytsrians who settled in Lon~
dondcry, New HampsAirs, about fifty
years before the revolution. His father
was psor and hard working farmer.
Horace was feeble siekly child and was
regarded by his mother with peculiar
tenderness, as she had lost her two for
mer chsldren just before his birth. He
learned to read as her kass, aad among
his earliest reMembraaees was the little
spinning wheel at which his mother sat
with tho book in her lap, from which he
was taking his daily lessoas When about
three years old he was tskca by his ma
ternSl grandfather to LoadoRdsry where
Ia attended school for the first time and
was noted for his ability When in his
fourth year hoibegan to shoH his passion
for reading which remained with him
through lite. At an early age he was
callsd t. taks part in the iaesssaRt tell
which falls to tho let Of farmers boy in
the country. At The age of about ter
years he moved with his father into the
township Of Westh&veR in the sSathwest
ornsr of Vermont Here he learned
what real povSrty is, his father beiAg
glad to chop wood for Fifty csass = day.
Though reduced to the class of day la
berers, they rovcr wan'sd FOR IA at, bread,
or milk, GHd were seldom without little
nOnsy.
In the spring Of 1890 Horace entered
the Office Of Ths Northera Spectator in
East P'ultnsy, Vermont, as an aDpren-
ticc, where hO remained little over foar
years and s~oa became master Of ais trade
in all its parts. His father having moved
into tho forest region of the Northern part
% Erie Go. Penn., he visited hiM there
and after spending shert time, he OBJ,
tanned employment ina newspaper Office
in Erie. Declining partnership aAd
work falling eff he closed ia Erie, visited
his father, divided his earnings at Erie
with him. and with twenty-five dolIars in
his pocket and very little extra clething
IA his bundle, he started fer New York
and arrived in that city or the 18th of
August, 1881, whsa tne sunmer heat was
at its height. He had never before seen
a city of even twenty thousand irhabi.
tants or sea going vessel. He was twenty
years cid the February bsfors. Tail, slsa
der, ungaialy and p4ls faced, with ten
dollars in his pocket, hs had but poor
prospect for success. Unable to fad q
suitable boarding house be found quarters
at an Obscure hsstelry near the North
River His frat business Hss to find em,
Plsyment at his trade. Early in the
morning he commenced to rapsack the
city in search Of employment and in TIVE
dryS had visited more than half the print
ing Offices in New York without the
slightest CLEAN of success. Wearied with
his two days disconsolate quest and fright
oned at the prospect Of the alnshouse
which stared him in the face he resolved
to leave New York aad make hts oscan.
while the chance was yet left. In thu
evening he made the acquaintance of some
ySHRg Irishmsn who had called at his
laadlsrd's in their strolls about town. who
upon hsAring that hs was young printer
in pursuit of work, took an interest in
ais affairs, and directed him to place
where he could find employment. This
was the printing Sf1ioo Of Mr.. John T.
West. This work was 20 difficult that
no printer in the city could be Induced 70
accept it. 1t was the com position of a
miniature New Tsstam emit, With numerous
marginal references, and q curiously in
tricate style of typography. No other
compositor being willing to work on the
book Mr. Greeley had it nearly all to
himself By diligent type setting from
twelve to fourscen hours through the day
hs could earn at most act over six dollars
u week. @ a@"- r
After several changes which did not
greatly improve his circumstances Mr..
Greeley formed an engagement with the
Spirit efths Times, q weekly Journal of
Sporting intelligence. Soon he formed
a partnership with the foremAs for job