Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-27
The Last Days Of Tom Marshall.
lie UNHAPPY END OF LIFE OF BRILLIANT oPPt



lecture upon the life of the brilliant gifted
AMI lucl>lc>s Kentucky orator. Frorl ii
full report of it IN the Co1tritr-Jouruu we
copy the following passage, describing the
lasl, melanchulv miserable DAYS Of Mar
| -fall'> life:
II have said he had no home. That
was true, bccau>r he had in him none of
the home qualities. He could no, no'
would not make Il home. Before the death
of DR.. Lewis Marshall he gave to his
dau%h erin law, Is. Tom Marshall dur
InT her lt". one fifth of e old Buck Pond
ann, consisting Of more than one hun
"red acres, situated about four miles from
the town of Versailles. Upon this tract a
small bat comfortable cottage WAS erected
and paid for by the lb,raitv of the com
munity. Here Mrs Marshall resided, ami
this pl,c" he called his home. But he
came mo town. and remainel days and
even weeks before returning. How he
lived, and what m1nucr OF life he le |, it is
indeed dtli ut to describe
In August, 1868. two years before his
death, Mr.. Marshall. in Il communication
To one OF the Louisville papers, htd occa.
sion t" speak of himself. using the third
person when H. employed the following
lnngnHgr: He seemed to have. lost caste
i'll Ncr> lilies with all political parties and
to b" utterly without weight. influence. or
social p, ,sitiun in Woolt r,l \ few of
h~ old friends still frequent his COMPANY.
and court ll~ conversation in his sober in
trvll> His WAS Il sad picturc-,lrawn
by his own prl-;tnI yet il lr,rdlv did jas
tlrr to the tac,s. The sober intervals
became less Frequent He wrrw sad for
w'n' of company. for wan of mental en-
r"Nmrn', Tor want OF intellectual a>>ocia-
non. lie would stop the >rhoo!-boy~ on
the street ami read and explain to them
thrr lajIh ANA Greek EXERCISES. He
would 'thtr around hlm 4 group oi men
or h"N~-AhN on" Tor an ;tudIrnrc-and
lral |" them lf"m anrl"nt or modern his
/ Tory. II II more frequently from his own
Writings. which htI been pupl>hrd IN
l>''N ny VIZ. W. l.. b'rF'r. IL would
pause IN III Sc street Tea ilnE>, an rNI lln
critic st, c"ndrmn or approve the subject
OF the writer lie Wa~ exceedingly tonl
OF rra'ln@ from h:> own ESSAYS o! ARTICLES
published i"'t"e"n $50 Anl $50, and of
l''liI,. .''', ".'' no" '',~''l'' TT events h,'
'tiil 'h~l t''''" Ms "i>'o.h OF comm ih'n MS
VIEWS ~" own 4 cor "l ms WIi.lh->
"h'l NAY Yl'th 'i' 'l'lii- ana "iiI' II ne
htI'-il lA,' t'II""-h an" III orTH.
''l'i M 'I'' H'-l '',ir CT I'VE years OF Ms
nl' ne "'> II l.'Il ""l"'" III ;'i>' '"I
lI'I NO EN- H''N Nillth': Il pTt';h!"u> ana
H|lI" "''> uH\ >uillI'd hI> wants. lie
~I'I' many h'-h'~ III Il '"'ir III III" COM
'Ii'" c''' ~ ''"'"' 81 t'"' country lN
'ih: III warm weather hr slrit 'h 4 WV"d-
n bench III the '""' house r"riIr"; amt
u"T,h- inc ,""'r II 9htS @, tr carly i,I.
IN me H3\-', II OF 4 luhlc livery -st'bl'
IL. I'I M III t.'' on more h'rhlN 'hin one
of
IL Win "i'j I ~'ilir an WIN r NOR" Wi
ll@5h rev. !. nee or pic'N H. was Went t"
Ill ''ilI> II " '''I t'' 'D'N l'''i "i man
!. >:lN ~ NM he. IIA" Christ. hal not
where I" lay fl~ act. ll.~ t""i MS oh-
t'5h'd III mach TIM same manner rs his
".h'' II ''>~' .''> were jppLr. lie "c-
'"I''d t'' T'l u.tN "i u III ii VIII never IN