Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-02
Horace Greeley's Brother.

A Lady's Visit to the Old Greeley Farm in
 Erie County, Pa.-The Great Editors
 Last VIsit-afs Brother am Omceseeker-
 Horace Gives him Some Practical Ad-
 vice.
 From the Cincinnati InquirerI
 TITusvILLE, Pa, Nov. 25.-Twenty-three
 miles from here, on one of the barren knobs
 of Erie county, lives Nathan Barnes Greeley,
 the only brother of Horace Greeley. To-day
 I visited him at his home Leaving the cars
 on the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
 railroad at Corry, Pa., ride of five miles
 over road wretched even for country highway, brought me to the "old Greeley farm, " as it is called by the neighbors.
 Horace Greeley's brother lives in the first house on the top of the hill after you pass the cheese factory,'' said native, and l watched anxiously for the cheese factory and for the hill. The country was very poor: The farms through which I drove were, l think, among the very poorest in the State- I saw but two comfortable-looklng 1arm houses on the way Passed the cheese tacto- ry. and9 on top of the hill I saw tumble down house on the right of the road, and very poor barn nearly facing It on the left. i This house on the right was the Greeley homestead, where Barnes Greeley now lives. where Horace passed some ot ms poy- hood days and where his father and mother both died It is miserable looking place for the home of the brother of Horace Greeley. Everything about the farm has tun Die down look The old barn Is in bad repalr, the fences are down, and the house, one story-and -a-half wooden structure IS decided Iy shabby. The house is old fashioned, hav- l ing been built many years ago. deep porch suns the entire length of it. 1here Is almost as much room on the porch as there is in the house. A one-horse wagon, partly filled with pumpkins and potatoes, sIooo o't' 1 in the rain in the front yard. An old man 1 in Corry had said to me: "Barnes Greeley Is l a mighty poor farmer,'' and glance at the premises told me he was right.
 l There was no fence in front of the house, | which stood back 8 short distance, ana, the mud being ankle-deep, I drove up to the door. An old man. gray and ragged, issued m from an inside cellar door, with basket on his arm. He was tall and spare, slightly | stooped His garb at first sight, on account l of a ragged overcoat and torn felt hat ap- | peared shabbier than the average farmer I wears about home.
 s.Is this where MT. Greeley lives p | ssYes, sir. .''
 s.Is he at homo ?"
 1 q am MT. Greeley"
 l told him that had come 23 miles to see 1 fhe brother of Horace Greeley. This seemed l to pIease the old man, who is nearly seventy, and. although it was raining, he took Oil ms | torn hat, and, lowing, sald
 stWell here am."
 | The removal of his hat made him look quite  1 fl different man, and at once saw close fe- | semblance to his inustrious brother. lie mas 1 A head shaped like Horaces ana almost us bald He wears a full, long beard, which shows traces of having been sandy, but is now quite gray. +bo bo,,sA threw his ragged overcoat on the porch, ana
 oave me the best of the three chairs in the
 which were all more Snatsa or ssd absol1ye Fleassy
 -voTt t There was nothing in it but the three
 broken chairs and a rusty cooking stove;
 The room had been plastered' but but inc clustering had fallen of, both from the walls and ceiling leaving the lath
 exposed. looked for picture of Horace
 on the wall but there was no picture of oan3 any Ss-S,,o room and kitchen all in one. The 1 Foor gas bare and not very clean. little
 girl a and stdFsa sksd a a ahe
 was Miss Greeley, and she said:
 l tsYes, mann" l When MT. Greeley came in he took chai'