The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
MULHATTAN ON DECK.
a MAN MOST slNcuLARLY MARKED.
One Who Uses No Intoxicating Liquors,
but Who Appears to Be Always
Beastly Drunk-His Won
derful Memory.
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81 have been gone-gone asleep" re-
marked very singular.looking individual
last night as he raised his heal from
table at the Astor House and rubbed his
eyes vigorously, with maudlin chuckle
as an accompaniment. The person thus
expressing himself was none other, al the
register indicated, than "Prof. Asa I.
Green, the great lecturer on natural sci
ence, astronomy and other like subjects"
Since the sudden and uniimely departure
of Prof. Monroe Bushnell, who was recent
ly given four hours to leave town, the new
arrival is the greatest phenomena that has
struck this city since the flood. He arrived
yesterday morning from Cincinnati, and
whiled away the time until daylight on
pile OF trunks at the Ohio and Mississippi
Depot. He is, indeed, a most singularman,
and is peculiarly afflicted. In stature he
is about five feet six inches in hight, with
shaggy brown hair, and mustache of
the same color, which seems to be making
Strenuous efforts to get down his throat.
His eyes are bleared, and seem starting
from their sockets, and the highly.colored
nose and face, the expression of his mouth,
in fact, everything about him, bears the
imprint of a confirmed whisky drink er.
Ma ure has so far carried out the illustra-
tion of topper as to make him sta !ger and
tumble along when ne walks, and his voice
is as thick and husky as that of man
suffering from the tremens. If put upon
trial before hundred men unacquainted
with him, ninety out of the number
would be willing to swear that he was
beastly drunk, and had been so for con-
siderable period.
Tne professor, while keenly sensible of
his affection, il not at all sensitive about
it, and talks freely on the subject. He was
born near Troy, o., thilty-seven years ago,
and since his birth has been afflicted in"tne
manuer abovs described. His parents
were poor, and he received little or no edu'
cation, but even in early youth showed
evidences of being possessed OF genius.
The first thing wAich brought him into no.
tice was his wonderful memory. He could
listen to lecture or sermon, aud then re-
peat it word for word as iJ had been orig
inally delivered. Upon one occasion he
attended nine lectures on nine consecutive
nights, and then repeated each one OF them
from memory. As sortof lestlast night,
gentleman read a column from paper
to him, and he repeated il without the
slightest hesitancy and without so much as
transposing sentence. Ten years ago he
entered the lecture field, but on account oi
his peculiarities he nevor attained any EN-
inence, and confined himself to talks be-
fore classes in schools. Although unedu
Gated, he plunged into the deep waters O.
the higher sciences, but in an entirely new
and original way. Some of tho theories
which he advances, as they were draw
from him by the reporter last night, arr
very novel and ingenious. Like Pytha
goras, he believes that man sprung origin
ally from some other form of life, the pro
fessor's doctrine being that Adam and Ev
grew from plant, and when they died
returned to life in some other form. H
toll, with considerable relish, of how
student in Miami College, when he was de
livering talk there, said he believed il
the theory of second life on earth, an,
remarked that the spirit of Sir Isaac New
ton'had certainly been reproduced in tn
professor. The professor also spoke witt
perfect assurance of the manner in whic
God created the earth out of nothing, char
acterizing it as u mathematical problem
which he offered to illustrate on tie black
board.
~ have not met with the success I de
serve," he said, "as everybody tliaks pr
drunk. find great difficul y in obtainin
a hearing in the schools long enough to ex
plain the situation. visited three here tc
day, but they shut me out before'I got fail
ly inside the yard"
"This must neces sarily cause you a grea
deal of troubleW ventured the reporter.
, "Well, l should say it does. just a
likely as not if venture out on the stree
some policeman will arrest me for drunl
enness. Twas taken up once in Cincinnati
and put in the station-nouse to sober ur
: When / was brought before court in th
morning was as drunk as on the previou
, night, and they remanded me to Jail (
, sober up. This was repeated every morr
, ing for five days. They even put guar
over me in the station-house to see that
did not get anything to drink before the
would believe my story. never touche
I drop of intoxicating liquor in my lif
a and even do not drink coffee or tea."
> This talk was delivered in ramblin
1 way, and at It's conclu sion the professt
| arose and staggered out OF the room. F
has expressed his intention of remainin
in the city several days, and If he can e
Q hearing will lecture before the school.
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Bill Chandler and His Som.