The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-01-30
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Z Caleb Caahing narrowly escaped being
one OF lhs great men Of our country Tbs
lack Wss iu hls chagAoIef,
! lie bad memory probably uaeqaal'
LED BY any mAn now alive. lie copl1
1 read sixteen hours day for month, and
never forget an importan, fact obtained
4 10 thA, time, and this faculty made him
the pretoundest snlhority on the federal
7 law 10 this country His memory aud
bic power Of work were the secrets Of bis
success.
lie lived with his step.brothers wife
and her family ia large white house
not far from the business section Of New.
buryport. The house Il plainly furnished
but the walls contain about 800 choice
paintings picked up 10 Mexico, France
snd Spain principally, Mr.. Gushing bad
an understanding with the rest OF the
family that they should never enter bis
sindy for any purpose, even TO dust II.
He would never allow woman TO take
care Of bis office 10 Washington either
preferring to do the work himself. His
library was large and miscellaneous foil
Of histories, works Of travel and many
novels His law library In Newbory bort
was large, bot his friends say, not partle'
ularly important lie was a great novel
reader, aud read everything in this line
from the trsshiest yellow covered novel,
through The light and heavy French
schools TO profound works ON psychology
that The novels OF to-day are getting to be
II has always bad passion for novel
reading, aud unless extremely busy
would keep one at bis eide all day long
ready to pick Il up at bis first spare mo.
mcnl. lie could not converse on ligh,, so
cisl topics, but would stop on the street
and join in discussion with strangers II
a word was dropped while he was passing
on any profound subject
lie knew everything 10 the encyclopaedia
and could talk about it, always quoting
authorities. He once talked tour hours
with stranger, who in his hearing said
that he believed in phrenology. Once
the publishers OF the first edition OF Web
ter's Dictionary sent him from Spring
Geld presentation copy, requesting in
return a critical notice Complimentary Of
conrse) Gushing, having plenty OF time
glanced at the first page and found numer'
Gus mistakes be read the second page
and found as many more. lie read the
entire book, and wrote to the pnbllsher'
that IL they expected that he was going Ia
write complimentary notice for book
with 1000 errors in il they were mistaken
The publishers, OF course, found fault
with his extraordinary statement, and
wrote back TO the effect that II he would
prove this to the satisfaction OF Professor
Porter Of Yale, the editor Of the dIction.
airy, they would believe him. Angry al
this ifnputation, this extraordinary mai
read the gigantic book over again, and
wrote out the 5000 mistakes aud mailed
them TO Prof, Porter. Numerous anec.
dotes might yet be retaied about Mr..
Gushing, but the old excuse of space for
bids must sbe repeated. Mr. Cushing
leaves no direct heirs. His property in
Newbury is estimated to be worth $50
900. Besides this, be ownes large tracts
of land at st. An,hony's Falls, In Virgin
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| 10, and other places. His total wealth II
vsriously estimated at from 100000 &c
$S00,000