New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-01


treated TO the interesting fact that MI. !" ms
low was one of seven children, and the eldest
Giving at eight left me the eldest OF the re-
"maining six" Mr.. Winslow continues 1t VIII
he seen, 10 be strong in figures. AGAIN !:
"When 10 years of age, began To WORK III d
"woolen factory, from 5:3O a. III. uhtii GOV
50. M, with half an hour for breakfast ana
" the same for dinner; wages 30 oo per
"month.r Mr.. Winslow also informs us tilat
"when mt school, he would exc out his earn
"ings by saving wood, gathering green's anu
"selling whorteberries." Ii is Il great pity that
he ever abandoned these simple methods Oh
making money.
After the factory and the berries, Mr.. Wins
low entered theological seminary, ana suDSe-
ouently was pastor OF several unfortunate
churches Then he became chaplain IN the
army; then he tempted the wave as chaplain
in the navy; then he specialized IN mining
shares i'm San Francisco; then he returned 10
Massachusetts, then he had "a lung difficulty"
and the physician advised him to remove with
his family TO Auburndale. Here his house was
burned, and we are favored with an account
of the loss of Mr.. Winslow's Library. contain
ing thousands of Volumes Mr. Winslow at
this time was accused OF arson, with intent
TO dcfraud the insurance companies; but he
declares his innocence, and gives list OF the
companies which paid up their losses promptly,
and another list Of tire companies which were
rather unwilling to settle There is the story
of his running away. There Is the story OF
his arrival in Rotterdam. There Is n descrlp-
ton of his cell which he occupied i'll London,
and he is careful to tell us that he was per
Emitted frequent baths" I'll this may be as
interesting as a fairy tale: but how about the
forgcrics in Boston!
We are obliged to say that so far as his
writing of other peoples names Is concerned,
the statement of the Rev. Mr. Wlnsow Is the
most irritating piece OF buggcr- muSger when
we have ever had the ill fortune to perusc.
He literally shirks the whole matter. He admits
that he did something not exactly dcfenSlblc;
but If we would know what 1t was, we must
seek for information elsewhere. "Of course"
he SAYS, with an exquisite shuttle, :" ought
"to have been strong enough to stand, even
" i'll such position rs that IN which ! found
"mysclf placed. This is only to say that all
wrong is wrong, and all right IS duty. But
"alas, since the world began, man has come
" short of this perfect law; and ], who had
"bccn proud and ambitious 90 live, act, ana
deserve well of the world, found myself
"dlzcd distraughtcd, and conquered by these
"tcu1urstuous forces Never did a man admit
that he was hard up in prcttcr language. In
stead of saying that he wrote other mems
names on the Laci. of his notes, he tragically
declares that "hc was conquered by
tcinpcstuous forces" In fact, there is some
thing sublime in Mr.. Wmslow's character. He
Indignantly denies that he lever imposed
worthless checks OF small amounts upon poor
"pcopic." "Whatcyer | may have DONE he
add, these sixpcnny swindIcS were not i'll
"iuy line We cannot resist the conviction
that, after being written about so much and
talked abou, 80 much, the Rev. Mr. Wnslow
considers himself to he a great and good man
in difficulties, it is true, but still entitled to
the sympathy and admiration of Ills fellow
creatures. But what can he said of one who
pleads to "A charge of forgery that when ten
years of age he began TO work in a WOODEN
factorv l'I