The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-03-16
A Lively Article on Greeley's Birth
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rmmhling no Of an in a;:tiie eat
erw aul was heard amorg ,i,r er;n-
tie hills Of New II mpshirc. The
doctor said i: was hoy, the nurse I,
pronounced il :'arln2 and the
world has since learned u Fe
thankful that il was Horace Gree
lev. Born "a he was at q very |
tender age, and subjected 10 the |
rigors OF cherries climate, this
poor bu. horCsI babe la, scarce
been ushere,l in.o Ibis wo. III Of sin
and woe ere his voice was lifted
for Protection to that little pro-
duct OF home industry cmboaied
10 his moving self. II was not
until the egis Of a bed quilt was
thrown around his tender limbs
and spoonful OF sleep compelling
soothing syrup was poured into
his sweet mouth, that he yielded to
the opportunities of surrounding
friends, and SO far acquiesced in
the passive policy as 10 cease
calling the doctor liar for saying
lie was a remarkable child, or to
accommodation of the nourse as q
slave for attempting TO fondIc his
toes. Awaking from his Fl st
sloep, he heard his fond and joyful
parents discussing the beat means
wherewith 10 met the new and ad
ditianal responsibility which his
advont had cast upon them He
listened a'ten'iyely to his fathers
hopes and mothers fears, and then
raising bolt upright in his cradle.
ne said, TO West and buy farm
A week later he showed the first
symptoms of devotion to the 'one
term principle by upsetting the
baptismal font WHEN they tried 10
give him a middle name Not
having material at hand for a com
rlete biography OF Mr. Greeley We
are Obliged To- omit any detailed
reference 10 the important events
of his carly history. His child>
life and school-.ife are buried alike
beneath an impcne.rnble haze. We
only know that the chil,, was faith
err to tho man, m! tina. his earnest
development tended in tho direc-
ton for which he has since been
reDal kablc. Before he had at
tanned his sixth yta- he had be-
come noted among The children oil
his native village for his punctual
attendance at Sabbath School, bis
intellectual prccocity, and his decl
and abiding profanity and now
that he has almost reached the
grand climacteric, he csn poin
with pride 10 the fact that il agt
has witheTed or custom stalled thu
infinite variety Of the FIRST two o
these attributes he has It leas
been left in the urimpaired posses
sion Of the last
The reasons which induce
young Horace TO I'D pit the print.
Ing business in preference to al
others do not appear with any lie
gree Of satisfactory amplification
1t has, however, become almost al
axiom that when hoy is good 70
nothing clse-wllen he is not Fl
for the physical 4uirements @
tic woody yard IN the one-hand
and does not possess the intellect
ual necessities for the peanu
stand on the other, lie is invariabl
thrust into the printing office, i
tho hope that he will either brea
his neck by falling though hatch
way. at an early stage Of his awk
wardness, or survive 10 gradual
into usefulness in the best Of a
schools of knowledge and advance
ment. The urchinal hero who's
natal day we celebrate, did not ia
through hatchway. but stumble
through his apprenticeship. an
emerged from it a perfect exampl
Of typographical virtue, uncontau
mated BY the use Of tobacco On
rum
From the printer to an edito
was an easy step for the juyeni
Greeley. He has already fully in
bibcd with those principles whic
hayc. since marked his public ca
reer, and purchased the coat az
hat which have since been as ur
changeable as his politics. 1t
said, but upon what basis Of hi:
totical truth we know not, tn
when after two hours Of unmitiga
ed abuse Of an unoffending Israe
lite in Chatham street. he close
the bargain for his existing out
garments, he took solemn o.
never to buy another article of Il
kind until Henry Clay was elec.'
President, and every man, wont
and child in New York hal go
west to cultivate the virgin soil al
graft the silk-bearing sheep ups
the short horned mule, 10 the Ell
that the finest specimen Of Morg:
clothes-horso might be indigeno
to this country. The reader C
now understand the force OF 4
opprobrium which he hurls at I
Missouri Democrat when he
ludes TO this journal US lavi
changed its coat since 1870
Greeley has not changed his CO
aimee 1870