New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-03

and perfecy erect on the top except where one last
brush had swept over part OF 1T, az when u
wind first touches a wheat Ged-hair apparently
stiff and brstling but really fine and soft AS SIX.
He was perfectly aware OF his lack of beauty, and
used often to joke about it,"
In the early part of his ministry, DIR. Todd was
not in the habit of taking regular vacations, but
after his health had become impaired by the tolls OF
fifteen years. he was tempted to JOIN some friends in
an excursion to the Adrondacks. From that time,
he went regularly every Summer for more than
twenty years into those wilds and spent from four
to six weeks in hunting. fishing. and enjoying the
forest scenery "The first thing that lac did, after
fairly getting into the woods, to lie down and
sleep day and night for two or three days. lie then
reused up and was ready for hunt. Fishing he
never really enjoyed. lie seldom threw line unless
he hungry and the common practice OF
catching great strings of fish which could not be
used for the sake of having something to boast OF,
was his adherence Nor had he any taste for small
game. He seldom carried shotgun and the birds
and sourrels were left rs undsturbed by him rs If
none of them had been good to eat. He used to say
that the excitement of deer-hunting took away all
his relish for the pursuit of smaller game. His
hunting was done mostly in the night, with a
Jack in the bow of the boat. lie had Keen
eve. and. until his sight began to he affected
by age, tncfc were low ucduhc' n""'''
To kill deer at sixty rods with an
ordinary rifle was uncommon thing for him"
1.-TWO of his most constant hobbies were furnished
by his Summer xcursions-fshing- tackle and shoot
inp-irons All kinds of rods lines, hooks flies, bobs,
bait boxes, baskets and other fishing traps. found
in him an ardent admrer and immediate purchaser.
He would walk dozen blocks in Newlork City TO
ret hook of particular twist or line of n special
make And when he had secured them, he would
make all sorts of wooden and leather cases to keep
them in. He has been known 10 ting patiently Tor
weeks in The woods, heavy case containing tackle
enough TO furnish small store, ingeniously packed
and arranged But lie could hardly ever he per
shaded to fish unless absolutely starving. And
wien the trout caught, and brolled, and set
before him, though his eyes sparklcd and his eX-
carnations were rapturOus, he always partook SPAR
irgy of the fish, and it invariably disagreed with
him. Ia his last sickness a friend sent him SPLEEN
did dish OF trout for his qualification, and two Of
them were brought to him. cooked in the best style
After eating them, heads and al that was matter
of princplc with hm), in that desperate way in
which we eat when we try TO like what we are
really anxious to get through with, Returned to his
son-n-aw. and said in low tone, Charles, to tell
the honest truth, never did like trOutp lie had
similar mama for shoolng-rons and ammunition OF
every kind Every gun or rifle had 20 be tredas
fast as it appeared and he always kept three or four
on hand Every one of them had "A name and was
kind of pet-till the next style came out. Not that
he ever did much shooting more than once he has
been known TO lug two three guns through the
wilderness for weeks without firing shot. II was
the fun OF getting the best guns. and adjusting
sights to Them and preparing ammunition for them
and contriyng all kinds of belts. and boxes, and
case, for them and not the hunting that he enjoyed"
The special interest of this biography, 1t viii be per
ceived consists in - graphic exhibition OF man,
who in the phrase Of Carlyle, had "swalldwed all
formulas" without losing his personal seif-respect
and high tone Of character. lie retained lis Iigid
orthodoxy though somewhat tempered from the
auscities OF John Calvin to the last day Of his life
while in methods and discipline he never stuck 10
the beaten track but was rs original and racy as if
ecclesiastical starch had never been fashioned into
an institution. His lifc, though devoted 70 divine
things had an air of intense secularlty. The man
was never absorbed in the minister. His vitality
was so great that the blood seemed 10 rush to the
surface at every touch In his passionate love of
Nature, he resemblcd the late Dr. Bctnunc, who
ALWAYS heard tie gurgle Of the brook in Ais dreams
on the approach Of Spring and was no less successful
as an angler for trout than ~ a fisher Of mon. DIR.
Todd wa also as much at home in the mountain
woods as in the pulpit. and rcioced in The sylvan
costume If holden gray" more than in fine linen
or silken sllrphcc. His l,lc published by his
SON is mainly an autobiography. Hence II par
takes OF the spicy flavor OF tie character which II
represents portrayirg q genuine man whose indi-
yidualty could not be repressed py any professional
swathings.