Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-23
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BRATTLEBORO;
FRIDAY EVENING, OCT. %, 1874.

KossUTH AND HIS HoME.-A correspon-
dent OF the New York Tribune, while on a
visit to Turin, recently learned that Louis
Kossuth was residing near Baraccone, a
small station not far from that city. He
accordingly determined TO call upon the
General at his home. Kossuths villa is in
the midst of a beautiful landscape and is
marked by an air of simple elegance that
is striking. The entrance is through a
greenhouse extending along the entire
front, and stocked with flowers and fruits
of various zones, while on one aide is an
sviary. On the other side was a deal table,
on which, in the midst of letters and news
papers, lay a barrel shaped porcelain to-
bscco box and several cigar-holders with
amber mouth pieces. Here the visitor APP
pears to have waited until the General,
who at the time was experimenting some
wOrkmen, entered. The correspondent
says:
"He wore black velvet smoking cap
embroidered in silk OF the same color, and
was dressed in simple suit of plain black
cloth, that was only relieved by the mod
est silver watch chain that hung suspend
ed from his neck over a vest buttoned up
close TO his chin. Although seventv-two
years OF age, he scarcely appears 10 be six
ty, while his footstep has the elasticity of
forty-fve. He seems to enjoy vigorous
though frosty old age"
Kossuth's library is described as being
hsnked on three sides by cases of books
and meteorological specimens. A small
achromatic telescope rested upon one of
the shelves. Here the visitor was request
ed to put himself at ease, and a conversa-
ton ensued in which the host alluded with
evident satisfaction to the kindnesses he
had received in America. or course the
story that has been so widely circulated
and SO oflen denied concerning the Gem
erals poverty could not be passed by in
silence, and he spoke of as follows;
at has annoyed me somewhat on ac-
count of my sons, who occupy honorable
and lucrative positions, and who regard it
as reproach to them that it should ever
be reported that their poor old father was
compelled TO teach the languages for a liv
ing at a franc lesson. So far as 1 myself
am concerned l care not. 1t is no discred-
1t to a man who has held the supreme
power of kingdom, and had the absolute
control of its millions of resources, that he
should retire to private life with his hands
empty but clean" This was said with
evident emotion. "As to the origin of the
report" he continued, Thereby hangs a
tale. 1t was said to have originated with a
frankfort journal but when the suppos-
ed author was questioned, he denied all
knowledge of the matter. My friend Mr.
Gilpin, a member of the British Parlla-
ment, who had visited me but short
time before, called upon the editor of the
London Times, pronounced the story a
canard, and wanted to know his authority
for its publication. He replied that he
had copied it from a Boston paper. The
editor OF the latter was telegraphed to, and
replied by telegram that he had taken it
from a San Francisco paper. San Fran
cisco was telegraphed to (you see it was an
expensive hoax and the reply was receiv-
cd that 1t had been copied from a Frank
fort, KY, journal. So it went the rounds,
first Of the American, and then of the
English and Continental press. l have
even heard Of its being published in some
Of the Calcutta papers. So you see it has
circumnavigated the globe. have re-
ceived, in consequence, moro than five
hundred letters of sympathy, many of
them asking me for my autograph. They
have fallen as thick as leaves in Valom-
brosa.'"
After some further conversation, in
which Kossuth spoke of his desire to live
aquiet and retired life, the visitor took his
leave.