The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-09
ABOUT WALT WHITMAN,
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 Walt Whitman, h asi Stevens, fsee Camden directory lives with his brother. George Whitman, a oivil engineer. and derwes grea, satisfaction rom the fact iha, he pays his board regularly His habits ct hfe may he called simple bu, they are scmewha, peculiar
 Every day when the weather IS not ex- eetable he enjoys ride of several hours duration on the boats of the Federal stree, terry. always standing al the bow ct the boat snaffing the bteeses.
 Early every sunday morning he can be seen on his way 10 the residence of colonel James NJ Seovel, w,th whom he IS on the closest terms of friendship. Here he always takes breakfast en sun day to begln the week we'll Roth he and Colonel Seovci are ~orsh,pers of the memory of Lincoln, and after the meal they converse tof hours They have been known to talk together teq eirhi honrs without intermiss,on. stattlnr ard ending with inc srea, cmancipa,or.
 Lincoln was hrs, attracted ta Mt Whitman h, the latie,s uaremi,,,ng pes- sonal efforts for the ,elei and ,omtos, ot the inmates ot the Washington hnspttal taN vat NuGH hVfug VI tIF most benevolent people 0. ,he north made hipa ;her almoner. Even now he makes weekly visits 10 the Mann hospital oa Chestnut street this city to speak d few words ef encouragement to the antot,u- mates.
 t'n Wednesday ot last week he was sn- si,cd to a dinner al tolouel S. o,el', and there me i'sn B. II. Hines ot the treas uIy department. i,e,omtng interested, they pfotracted the table talk" of the dinner from three ,o e,ght o'clock in the evening, and gentleman ~ho VAS pres ent. said Mr Whuman's ui,esan,e. reached from Adam Ia himseii, ever, ob- sefNation being 4 novel l,lea. lie d~elt on filarims Progress" and t.eldings ' Tom Jones"
 lis warmes, hiend is the Hon William
 st onnor ot the coast survey Mt. D'Ion- por defended Whitman ID ,he Ne~ York, Boston and English papers from the charge that hts writings paid too much attention Ia the God of lub,aiiy. A. Matthew Arnold pu, Il Mu o.t ouno. Il was who ehtisiened him The Good. t.ra, ieei, the utle by winch he ls mos, famlharl, kno~n
 MI Whitman fe.clved a ie~ da,s since from the Harpefs of New Aetk fso for sts.iine poem. The same tgtn icss than three yeats ago des ined poem tiem the same author on the ktouna :. that Ii was beyond the comprehension oi then readers"
 In the sammet tune NJ, Whitman sperds 4 day oi ao ei eaeh aeek and sometime shoie month a, Inc teal. denee et cousin named Stafford |, kakwood, abaai 'en msies from ihiladeiphia Mltile thcie he hides hun sell ID picte oi woods. s,rlps naked and ~sndefs around untli u,e,i. shen hc les down sa 'he shete ei thc iakc aHd takes ~h"i he calls s0n iitin lic irmstk till h.ie aad stgaious 4nd l't8butes hls peile. health ,e haluta au Ii ..s ibese
 the4kh unmarried. he 3a ai f.letsnl lhantuk oi hu,itl,ng 4 haase At : sshtag tpH si II ai.e Mag H shH h ta eHd hIs d41s ihcte hc sal4 he lu A.. re Ass ttienda fo u,ecs him
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 iis tseetnesa aud ,.erf'suess ai 4lets. siiip', 'e remarkable lie e,sc speaka Il e' an5aoe. not eeen sbase sAa hase becu n.tlEusui in then 4tttfk. a,aG hH8 iif Eesct 'itedee f psi 4einfa5 ts es se.setsly oi the inte,at uatlan. 4i de pftea h4iu Il hi sleikshtp u | asttnf- t4ii be sase h.. Ieates at t.flss aaa thas, sgst
 An iael1ca' i'sstta'in.. 'hc r.te.,u n sh.sl tc F leid is iafd l1 himself sf,- taea ~efe ife4is'ca h fnEiand eot.seinz ing hls poverty aua sestfai ai ,he aar na,a Neui ao t,t ss to assert thas ,he An.eiltaHa peim.ittd h4u, sV ~ati iai lLe at'na! ne'ess4bes ef l.is Aerisd At thtse reports. she pee, anKielia~ Anr Al ihe ~ay iiom Boston to call aD If a lsitan, stopplng n fhslasie pAia to tsk Ni ,eof.e N. thllea '0 .atu hlta he '~o ioand Nr HiguAn u .sfy comfortable .ifauulstane es EH, Hf { hilda lei sotd 'hA, Ii hy chanfr 'hr poet came to need anthlng to gss < tpd send fhs tlll io him