Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-14
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Ho1.es .iains honss as sSa
haired, CAV hy bog SC sted at the further end of
table. Hewas u liis shirt.sleeYes, an ! was
eating with !. t.ifalty AZ awkwsrdness that
asifhe was eEfins Tor wager, snd had gone N
to win. NHeri<fher look up nor around, u
appeared to ay the least atfenticT to the con-
pretty sort OF q tavetn. 70 let s-ca a fellow as
that &c at the - me table with ali these geatle-
nen. Re 'oueht 70 Gene in wi'h tina kostler.'
to lotice him, ana / Supposed he owed his
continuance at the table TO that circum-
stance alone. And 50 4 sat, eaiicg little
dssfUl performance or the wonderful youth.
A. length the conversation at the table became
quite amin itt6, tuning DVOE some measure IT
AZ carly Congress, ard question arose how
certain members had voted on is iiual passage.
There difference OF opinisn, and the
s. eIih, a tneiy-6rfssed parsonage. thoushE :,
u my boundiess astonish ment, referred the
mH;tfT to ire Un2ccnu utahls boy, saving, 'AiBt
the right, Greeley Me- said tie anaecouns-
able, without looking M, you're wrong!
There, said aD ex- member ct Congress, Il told
yOu So And you're wrong toe said the stu
devcurtng mystery. Then hs laid down his
knife and fork and gave the history of tue
measure, Explained the state OF the parties At
the time stated the vote in dispute. named tie
leading advocates and opponents OF the bill, and
N ..crt gave complete exposition OF the Whole
r
ssH0 Post, whence, it is said, h. was soon dis
Missed by the late Mr.. Leggett ON the ground
o. his sorry apoesrsncs: The story current
among printers s this: Mr.. Legyett came into
the rrin ing office for the purpose of speaking
70 the man whose place Horace had taken.
"Wbere's Jones?" asked MIR. Leggett g. Hes
taken his place, then'' said the irritable editor
" There's the man, !" said some one, pointing =
Horace, Who was bobbing at the case in his p5t
euliar way. Mr.. Leggett looked at 1.-THE man,
Nj IN NO am E.aIf alra dts.
charge him, and let's have decent looking men
in the Office at least" Horace was accordng-
ly-so goes the story-discharged at the end Of
the week. 81
He went TO work soon after for J. 8. Redness.
Mr.. Redfeid says "My re collections Of M.
Greeley extend from about the time he first
came to the city to work as a cOmpositor. I
was carrying on the stereotypng business in
William street, and having occasion one day for
more compostors, one OF the house brought in
bOyish and rather odd looking genius Ito which
remark had no difficulty In assen 6ng,, but he
bad 'uhdervtood that he was q good workman!
ley was set to work, and was not little sur
prised to find on Saturday nights that his bills
were much larger than those Of any other COM
position in the Office, and oftentimes nearly dou-
bic thOfe at work by the side of him on the sams
work. He would accomplish this, too, and talk
all the time, The same uutiring industry AMI
the same fesrlessness and independence which
have char acterized his course as editor OF thu
Tribune were the Distinguishing features OF his
character as journeyman.''
One evening In November, 1881, when the
young economist was working in the printing
Office in Chatham street he astonishe8 his fe!-
low-wOrkmen by marching into the Office
cased in new suit of clothes. There was no
mistake about it. Horace had seen second.
hand clothes dealer and been made our.
wsrdly another man Slowly and with dign-
fed step he marched up to the imposing stone,
oosne oSn upos his
said, - he moved his hands aloft,
:" Well, boys, and how do you like me
now Why. IT'S Greeley" shouted one Of
and laughed and turned him about. Finally
one of them reminded him OF the ancient tax
which has been levied from time immemorial
upon new suits. He said: ''Greeley, YOU must
treat on that suit" eyes, yes, a treat" shouted
one apd all. Coma along, boys, I'll treat"
said the good natured Horace. They adjousne
There the boys drank whatever suited them,
Horace indulgiDg in spruce beer. The suit cost
him five dollars. No record exists Of the cost OF
the treat.
AFTER TIE STARTING OF THE "TRIBUSE"
Ar interva al fun of viciSsitudes found our hero
changed from journeyman printer TO the head
OF a great paper.
In connection with the contest between Clay
and Polk Mr.. Greeley says: From the day ef
his Iomin alton in Nay to that OF his defeat in
November, gave every hour, every effort,
every thought TO his election. NV wife and the n
surviving child Jour third spent the summer
a. a farmhouse in Massachusetts,, while 1
gave heart and sui to the canvass. 1 Travelled
and spoke much. / wrote, l think, an
average OF three columns OF the Tribune each
secular day; and 1 gave the residue OF the
hours could save from sleep 20 watching the
canvass and doing whatever l could to reader
our eide Of IT more effective. Very often 1 crept
to my logging near the Office at two 20 three a.
m, with my head 40 heated BY fourteen to six
teen hours of incessent reading and writing that
Gus affusiOns from a shower bath: ami
these, while they probably saved me from a
dangerous fever, brought out such myriais
OF bolts that though did not heed them.
was covered by them for ak months ensuing,
often fifty or sixty AT once, so that could cor
triye no position in which to rest: but passed
night after night i'm al easy chair"
IDDuner able stories are told of Mr.. Greeley :
dealings win borrowers. In one instance a
young man c. me with the usual request, and
Was asked TO state his case. 81 am clerk from
New Hampshire" he began, sand have been
for three years employed IN Georgia. AtlOgth
severe sickness Frustrated me; lost my place;
my money was exhausted, and here L AMI
with my wifs-without q cent / want 70 bor-
row Ough to take me homo to my fathers
when L will repay it," Stranger" was
the response. You evidently cannot stay
here, and L must help you to get away.
But why say anything about paying me?
You know and I know you will never pay a
cent The visitor protested and demonstrated,
cannot have been three years clerk in lead
ing mercantile house in Georgia without making
tne acquaintance OF merchants doing business
in this city? Now IL you were a person likely
to pay you would apply to and obtain help from
those merchants whom you know; not ask help
OF me, an utter stranger" He did not admit
the force OF the demonstra alton, but of course
the SEQUEL proved il correct.
Mr.. Greeley says in the "Recollections of
Busy Life" referring to his imprison ment in
Paris for some imaginary claim on him for
broken statue: "Among my visitors was NJ
Hector Bossange, the well-known publisher
who had been accustomed to call at my rooms
each Sunday, rs he did on this one, and
Was coon asked by my wife, Have you seen
Mr.. Greeley Seen him he perplex-
eddy responded. Il do not understand Won,
have 1 not called to see him - Then you
have not heard that he is in prison p I'm
prison q he wildly inquired, what can that
mean" Il do not we'll understand Ii nyself
but IL has some connection with our New York
crystal palace 'Oh, it is money, Is 10 ?' joy-
fully rejo:ned Mr.. Bossange; then we will soon
have him out. 1 feared 1t was politics. lie
knew THAI was furious a..ti-imperisiist and
feared that had rashly involved myself in some
plot that exposed me TO srrest as an apostle OF
seditioD, an enemy of ORDER"
Early TiseIs in New York have frequently
noticed the procession Of prisoners on their way
from the police courts to the boat which trans
ports them TO Blackwell's Island. One morning.
while Mr.. Greeley was walking down Fourth
avenue. he was unconsciously entangled in one
of these gangs Of ~retched prisoners. At the