, 1876-10-28

tHl KNOWN Ill HIS CHTty IlG BHEG[G pl lEEG-
dom, but wa, mndc The victim of tic Js1dn,ppcr,
,s.a .,n. 49,, ~. ,,,.t. 1,,,I -, ,,nri,,,,
N.Y. ~, .' -. sa. 49,
TUG misery ol bo''aase " a" n'he!'eah flaYe,
holder. The parents OF Its nntf!cr had suffered
The same hard fate therefore lie biootl In Ba,-
nerr,s rctns lad mt ,,ceu cnnnbc,, hy mixture
Iii, .'.. ~ =. .,,.o,,s. rsas -
WIZ ~ ''.''t =. s"ps''"i .'i ,",e'
me EctlIus Win %l!ich ilc Wns enslo~ea w6ulu
seem 10 have been Inherited from the ,,ater'lal
si,lc, os 10 a)uslpnis madc IN hts history to any
,,,,rt,,;,no f,s i,isttn1r,tshlp ,,,c c,,lrr nm
"1..o''''t. w.. s..s '"l NV Ivy, 49,
hches' DIV sha h''taef WAS t'osssfse" " e@@
traopltnary energy Of tnlId and activity Of hody.
At tlle age OF 10, it Is related, she was 70
swfft Of foot, and "a rIycn to ,,hysIcal exnlu,..
sh,t .1,. wo, ome1 +n nm ,n.,, ,hc '.,,,.i.
eiay, es c's ,sn st te,,rr In, III ss sn a,
s,,,u,"d "' snns am v hcr e1 ,ntrrn"so @ la
maG.s, 1sunS "s"''e W "e' 's'o' w ia's"ass '''9
''TSe ri.s ,,,,bo, n, 1,orr.,,,, una ~, .,,o or,
l,,H uGlG III Iu,' ~. , Mn IT, as r tshmnea ~
r"o-,n,rr ain,cmnn trfnt ~ txrl ~, ~, ,n,rea.
~ W"rvian n,r,,~ ,ne, III, ,,rano,,rrmoira'
~ sI,a a, sn ii,r ~ ss feS1; " .,,
riohi NJ a,SrTavc was solrn f,om tha,n hmt ti,e
mcwa ri ri ;ic ri ri tiIsfranrh;scm travs1inv
s,nw,v - ba1 failc & = Ia raasi 1:ren,lry Mfinns
IL tsit ri thn ,,,ts ~ .i"c,inn.tn r. i",o.tt
Il co,d NJ, lnnTcr i. ,rcal,v arrrn,s IN A,. ,h
tirst hMrst nf liz niv"aim! I,r st,ronr n,'nn ~. -
ao- ~ a ,ora ~ ~ nl,aI upJ
lie litter wiring tlonc lin ia a,,,, lis tcopc, IN
soun had la,gc cfowI I Of d oye,i 1istr,,.rs s m
ahomt lin. liz rnsc II. thc rrrtt,,,aut ~
hfs cmnti"n frn,n nass,on tn ,rn,hcrv- on,1
wnyncsi l,is uuhtcncc ti,of. ,,Dirss H. n,,,n',s
I.w ,yrrr rcvnkrd ,rj,irh tnnlr fro,n ,hc nav,o
In ,nnn nj ,"Iycrsai frccdom c,~emlc,e,l iw
tMn irar'ncr. ~ thn iSoc1.-n,i.n IL ."sn,t -
~ .rn,,1i ,a an r,S ra, ~
tin,s, Tic tkrou. surrounding Tho vehement
vim hc a,' 'lonr. ri viii II him -, u,nI % Vii
Ieary niece uf Injustice had been nrartiTtl
utun Lie lrcinlrss coIorcd nun Of Ma1v}ani.
Whct, yu,Irit. Bannrkcr wns niu,li ycars ol1.
his rarcnts hal rot no far alon. il, tIe wor,d n
to be able to Luy n farm of l0O uGrcs. The land
WA cnI,yrrr,l. IN ti,r 1Gt, nj March In hv
Hichari {iist tn Hnlcrt iian,aky fas .l. nsn,'. NJ
wus tJlcu caltcd) md to his son I}cniamfn, Tor
tic cops!lcratiun Of 7,0I0 hounds oi tobacco,
Il it WAS sit,iate.i in Baltjmore County, rot lar
from E1Iicotl's SiiiIs, tho uaco Of l}rniam,nsa
htrtj, srhr rrr;on rotut, ahf,,t u.,e n ,ri,nr.
n"ss-,bs fu,,rc INV nf lsaIiitncr " bavin" at
tGe time lcss than twenty houscs. scattered In
tGe ylcinlty Of juncs' Falls, ~0' '~"''.''
Hrniamfi,,s boyfom1 wns sncnt In hart1 ,rort,
m shr firm n cn,mnanso,,sn % w;.1 vi % hIa n,nr
ot,u illtteratc narents. Nrproce Ind nat yrt
bccn forbidden by thcfr n,asters tn learn Tie
opportunit,es for 1T, et1ueatiom wcrs 10 be- ha,i
n rcn,otc rnuntrv- -sihnni Thrmurh thJs
privilege tic youth acquired d knowicjrc of Tic
Three il NR'e,,'-lnustcriu tic mi OF rIaIfnr nn,l
writinr. ana ndynurin,r In nriihmrtic IA for ms M
"DouI|c Positipu.' With this cnIcd ~ bs If,
schonI.cl1lcattn1,: hit tbc yol1ur mn1,,s mini
Was active anil inuuiring, and thoirlI. for ycars
nftcr. hc wos tiestft,lfr Iof honkss H. wrnf nr,
Vntherinf, intetIfrrncc frtm kaft,r.'s nn,u md
atiiicnt iaycs, mid from processes of rceEmnimr
Witch In cn,rie,l on unnletl in tic wnrk. .shnn n
| his byaiu,
Ills progress in learning was comnaratiycle
slow. Tor ho liycd and wrought olonc: yct. at
| IL, Ill. ~ -.
srrnl1y crhihftci in thn tnnn1,f,ct,,rn ~ n clnk
Iic I'nI never tec,l ane !,rfore tiis Viii, IL.
made huscli,no was there one within (ty n,tjcs
Of lin. IL had, however, seen % a watvh, mid md
mnrh cnntrIyinIS nn,1 n Ionir timr in lin rn,t.
str,t,trnn. Int nj init II oo1 rnmnlrtr n MR.
frrt ti,nr,kcrnrr. nnIt nrnhahiy thc iirst s]nck
eyer whojiy mnnuiacti,rei n S,ncric1s i1is
chfcf dfi,IriJl,y III wort!nr ont fi" nrnhcm ns
he himself often said. was to u,oEr th. i,n,,r,
minnie. and suro,i hon.@s rnrr" sno,,I III IN tIu;r
| nations. i sS
I1u,nors concerning tnc wonderful skill, mil
Inrr,ftv Nannnl;rr io,i tiisn,orr,I II, n,nEinn :"
cIrck r,nrh,Yl fhn Ell}cntts 4 fntni1v nf will.
ei1,,rntr,i n,s tyho i.a'l latr,,v fnmnc5 Tho ~,
ticnnrnt nt El1trntt's MIIs' TJ,rv sn,"ht fLr
urnmnimtnnrc IT tic cicrnr nc,,rG n"'Is nrnn,.
May,r's .rl'nl,lcs.i Fnr,rn.nns ia ~ rn,,nms i
nnI Iend,,ett"r,s III innr I'ahcs u taTthcr Min
son.r astronomical Instruments, Thc ouor nftsr. tier;
ward went over tol'an1,cker'n n,ucc t1 extan tju
rcn ~ tir inst r1tmnnts. hr, lila yi9f ,yus ,,roI
IN, tau "a nnura1es I"m a;rn s dts 's W.. M
S,a% i, t,eir % nssi,t'rts or ,x,s at ~
tlng tho utmost out Of them. Tie solitary
sclloinr llat! iiow arrived at tit are of %; hut
| as with 0thcr wise men. he felt lmstlt never
too old To learn, and devoted Ills life tllrncclurtl
to The study Ut astronomy.
Ills parents were NOW dead; lie remained TN
married, aud ALONE I'll the cabin OH Ills farm
passsug Ills days ind nights In the nlatlcInutica
rcscarrhta 20 dear to him. 1t vas necessary Il
Will hfa fo0H 1lf1tr