The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-29
"The Hermit of Warren. +"

nThe Hermit of Warren" /
The papers are telling the following |
story about Col. Brokmeyer, the Demo
cratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor
of Missouri:
SHOW do you do, Goyernor3 Permit
| me to congratulate you upon your nomi-
nation" said a stately attorney yester-
| dav, as he met Col. ii. g. Brokmey er
upon the stone floor of the Courthouse
rolunda. and grasped him warmly by the
lhand. qL-
"rhank you, my friend. It is an honor
| I did not seek nor expect" replied the
| Colonel, without removing from his lips
| the stem of the pendant briar-root pipe
from which he was inhaling the aromatic
smoke.
~ see,n said the lawyer, ':that the pa
pers have been telling ABOUT the hermit
lie you used to live, in Warren County.
Is there any truth in it! Dld you acbu-
4 ally live alone in the wilderness, Killing
your own game, and bringing youfseli
lup by hand as it were? Or is 1t Joke OF
| the papefS!
ut is fact, my friend. l did live
alone in the woods of Warren County,
and got my living with my gun; and
Il never lived better in my lie. had
been to Brown University to acquire a
CLASSICAL education, but what does
university education amount to without
after setf-culture? Not worth pinch
of snuff. or puff of this old
nine OF mine, 1t is we'll enough for
a foundation, put tne supersstucsare
J must be built out of a mans own mind
, nv thought and reflection and COM
. munion with nature. So j came West;
and having lost al my money by the
failure o. Page & Bacon, went up TO
Warren and lived i'll log cabin twelve
by.twelye. L took my books with me,
and also my gun. and there lived III
peace and contentment lor three years.
!; Then began to think OF my pace IN Ihe
f world: that although the life was lead
, inc was all very pleasant and agreeable,
it was not exactly whaL man was IN
ltendea tor. l thought, too, that instead
of being a squatter on public land, l
!, ouplrt TO own some land OF my own, ana
try to do something tor my fellow men,"
J. $50 you pulled up stakes anu lefLF'
:. Eyes, | came to st. Louis 10 learn
Il trade. ] inquired about the dlHefent
II mechanic arts, anu learned that the best
was that OF moloer. leaFheu tnat
trade in six weeks" E.el-
I0 ~11 s'sIx WEEKS" !"
"Yes, sir; employed man at Ger
ard h. Allen's to learn me the trade, and
at the end six weeks obtained work
S 40 a iour at Bridge g. BeaoRs, and DUR
g ing the whole time was there my work
ialWays gave satisfaction. l lived IN a
little room over yonder, and did my own
= cooking and wasnlng, and saved
% ali nv wages except ~ q
~ week. which l spent for i0od and cloth.
IS ing. About this time l met with an en-
II thusiastic young man named Harris
y VIM, Z, Harris, now superintendent of
y the Public Schools. He and Childs, one
y of the principals, now dead, and DiVol
y afterw rd Superintendent, also dead
10 and Granville, CLERK OF the Supreme
"A Court, and one or two others, used tt
78l come into my den, and gave them les
to sons from Kant and Hegel, etc. l uset
10 to lie on my back ON lounge and talk Il
them. Tor | was too tired alter my day'l
D. work to sit up. They wanted me to star
u class in speculative philosophy, bub
Ire!used."
losopher noWT
7e "Yes. a bright mind. At that time
,r cared nothing Tor dress, and used t
in wander about the streets, ragged, an
begrimmed from the smoke and dirt 9
20 the shop, anu sometimes l was kicke
ut out when / entered house. l wa
in kicked out by the janitor OF that builC
ing over there, where Granville roomet
~ Well, one day / had mlsunderstant
b; ing with the foreman, and having save
o. $500, L packed up and went back
n Warren. There j bought eighty acre
I of land, and built cabin upon It wit
W my own hands. used some ingenuit
si- in constructing bedstead. used tn
IL. forks of two trees for bed-posts, an
:, made very comfortable coucn. ina
II" house of mine is still standing. Tn
NJ peopIe of Warren liked me so well tina
rk Itney have allowed it to stand in remen
10 ance of me-" and the keen black ey
of the Democratic nominee for LleuteL
h- ant Governor tWinkled ike star.
be ."Is that the house they said wa
K. hauntedW .--
aThe very same. I am not respons
Bic for the superstition OF Ignorant pei
OF pie, am ?"
us sand you lived there ell alone b
n yourself, like a hermitw
ayes, lived there for years, and
sh only cost me $12 80 year to live.
en- made my own clothes, killed my oW
game, and was perfectly independent {
., the world. Those were my happief
~ days" -s: -. ~
in "You learned several trades in yor
A lyounger days, believer
ar ~ am master OF six trades"
s'What will you do for smoke Whe
10 presiding over the SenateW
Is 80, we smoke in the Senate. 1t was
who introduced the fashion,"
He re the President of the City Coul
Gil came up, and shaking hands with th
he candidate, took him to one side to tal
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