Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-05-22
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From The Eu;laud Herald.
POullnry-IiUraCe Greeley
The canIid,tc nominated for President IL
the latc Cincinnati Convention iurn shes an
occasion tor giving what the pc Jple Of P0ult-
ney know about Horace Greeley.
lie was bora IN New Hampshire that
suppose everybody knows. lie removed with
hls ather's flmIly to West Haven 10 1921
when be was about 10 years old. As he
grew older he became ANXIOUS TO learn the
PRINT rs trade, and in 1896 seeing m ad-
vertsement for au apprentice n the Northern
Spectator. a paper then published IN POult-
uey, he asked aud obtained permission OF
hls father 70 SJ there and see 1t he could
iui employment His father asseuted. ana
Horace, ON foot aud alone went 10 Poultucy
arft found Nr. Amos Bliss. one of the pro
prIet5rs and general manager 81 the Spectator
establishments, planting poHto-s iu has gar
den Horace inquired
" Are yGu yle man THAT carries on the
printing Office
Iue app,arluce OF Jlc boy (Horaee) WAS
such that Mr. Bliss could hardly restrain
himself from laughing, but be did, and
rcplIrd,
e. :. am the man.
Don't you want boy to learn the
trade
=. Well, said Mr. Bliss. .' we have been
thinking o.. IL Do y.u want To Learn TO
prnt3
80 sc had some notion of it, said Horace.
MIR. Bliss. now deceased, gave the fore
.liug ae tae introduction, and adds .' that
Ire wa- at first surprised that such fellow
is the boy looked TO be. should think OF
..-ruinsz t. print. but on entering into con-
Fll>at5uu with Lim and having a partial
ez z.uu.uat.u 81 the qualifications ot my
uew applicant. iJ required lut Att.e time
% discover tAac be possessed j mind ot no
comm ID order, and an acquired intelligence,
beyond his years. lie mad had but Lttie
opportunity at school, but -lii hg had read
saac. and what he had read be Well r,-
m1uHerct and understood. ln addition 70
the ripe lntClu Leucc manifested IN one 50
young, aud whose instruction had been -
limited, there was single miudeincss, a
truthiulncss and common sense IN what he
SAID, tnaJ at once commanded my regard
The applicant for place in the POultney
printing Oihce was successful Mr.. Bliss
after consultation with his foreman took him
!n, AMI Horace Greeley took his first lesson
IN type setting in the building now occupied
by Zsbediah Dewey, rs a dwelling house. in
East Poultuey. lie remained in that office
Jour years and Two months. He soon became
tLc best printer IN the office. and during the
latter part of his time, dId good deal OF
the editorial work. The writer is some SIX
or seven years younger than Mr.. Greeley.
and never saw ham but once hen he was in
POulILcv- But there are goodly number
ot persons -uI living, and still residing in
PouIju. Who knew hm wei. when here
learning his trade. Among them are Mr..
and Mrs Harlow HCslori. Joseph JOslin and
Olcatt Sherman. Mr. Hos.ord kept the
Etg.e Hotel in East Poulmey. at the time,
ana MIR. Greeley boarded with him The last
TWO years OF his stay in Poultney They all
agree as to his personal appearance which Is
the same that mas been given 10 the public
over and over again, and ms dress which was
made OF PLAIN and cheap material and cut
ami made without regard 70 elegance or ft
They all agree too n 20 his remarkable in /
dusIry and stuuiOus habits. Mr. lilsiord f.
says he never iu bis recollection lost a day
from his work except once or twice hcvisited /
his parents and tuat an his leisure hours
were spent in reading and study Il he
.aEe INTO the house five minutes before his I
inner was ready, that five minutes would be 4
occupied TO reading some newspaper or book Z
hat he always carried m his POCKET. Even (
.nEs he would sit lu the bar-r1Om and read /.
Do m1ttcr who or how many We're present, .
]r what was going on. Tie would never .
engage with Other boys and young men Of +
ms own age IN any kind OF games or amuse- .
ncnts except now and tuen a game OF chess .
Mr. Joslyn says that ke heard Mr.. Greeley
make his first public speech. Ii was at .
meeting Of a debating society 10 the school .
house ia East Poultney. He astOnished +
very one who heard him, with his remarka- .
llc lntellgence-he seemed better informed .
IN the subject debated than any other person .
engaged in the discussion, although he was q
mere boy. and the Others ripe in years. Mr..
IosIyn also saws that he did not attend any
choOI while IN Poultney bat kept up a study
# the several branches together with ms
-eadiug
White in rouitacy has wages were small,
nd large portion OF what he received were
,iven to his lather-hIs expenses Tor clothing
we're triftaZ. He lett wncn the Spectator
tiice closed up. The last issue OF the North
m Spectator was gotten ot'one day in June,
So about Ii o'clock in the forenoon aud
Z one o clock in the afternoon Horace Gree
ay, with a stick and a small bundle tied up
With handkerchief and resting on his shoul-
er, and an overcoat on his arm which Mr..
lJstord had given him, (the first one he ever
ad and which probably lasted until he OBJ
AIMED his white one that nc has worn ever
ince) bid adieu to his friends in PouIrney
nd started for his fathers on foot, who
lway. lie was then twenty years old, and
ad laid the foundation for the most success
ul journalist America has had.
Ihose gentlemen above named relate Incl
ents, anecdotes and "reminiscences without
lumber concerning Horace Greeley, while he
we'd in Foultney, all going to show a
haracter which all the world is familiar
nth. Mr. Hosford still retains a strong
ttachment for Mr.. Greeley They have had I
onsiderable correspondence. He says Mr..
ireeley was the hOnestest boy he ever knew.
Wen, with what the people of Poultney
now about Horace Greeley, wll tbey sup
ort him at the next Presidential election?
1t looks now as though his votes here will
e few. We cannot tell what change few
lonths will develop but so far as any ex-
ression has as yet been given, it is almost
to give support to the nominee of
ne Union Republican Convention to he
olden at Philadelphia on the 5th of June
ext. Every well informed man in this
Juntry knows what brought the Republican
arty into existence, and knows what that