New-York tribune., 1885-02-19
TIE SAWMILL RITER HERMITS VlSITOR
HIs PASSION FOR CHILDREN-roo BUsY To TALK
WHEN HIS CALLER CANE.

HIS PASSION FOR CHILDRtN-roo BUSY To TALK
WHEN HIS CALLER CANE.
Johann Wilhelm Stoltng, the eccentric Ola
hermit OF sawn River Valley. was about to start out
ON hls daily round OF newspaper selling on SATURDAY
morning when lady wrapped In fur nantc' cIOuu
and with no other attendants than tho coachman VINO
hnd driven from Iryngton, knocked at the door OF
his cabin To Stolting the sale Of his papers Is daiy
bread and he dismissed his fair visitor rather uncere
moniously-nOt however. before she had tod MN
enough OF her errand to make him subsequently regret
his precipitation and publish the following advertise
mcnt:
# man and woman who broke upon me suddenly at
my home near Ncw-Yurk CIty and Northern Railway
Saturday / 30 a. Will send me Their address oy
mall will try to give them AL .esrei hio' M
JOHANN WILHELM SiolIlNG.
The man referred to In the ADVERTISEMENT was VI"
coacman who drove tho lady As he trndScd tHht dhl
along the slippery country roads. tho Old man ieil ana
broke a rib lie was consequence obliged to leave tLe
lonely cottage which he occupied on NIL ABOVE tno
sawmin River, commanding view Of the picturesque
country toward the lluis0n. and IL Wa' III tho hoso "
ighbOr that TRIBUNE reporter found hhy r'le"y
Ills dress and bearing are odd lie has thu Syey har
and beard iiis light blue oyos DeHpoiA nis lcu,o1
origin. and his voice and speech show onhelnent anu
education iGr above his present condition ne wears m
old army cloak his trousers are rolled w anu t'"
knee. and spite OF the cold lie wore op pa', VI
rubber shoes On his feet lie USUALLY goes rr
and has great aversion 10 fires hcstoday noMohe.;
account Of the oold he tiet an oni Ied @ uil ~ ~
around ms head His eccenrcitrs nav E arc trecIy
hund ell different stories about hin WIG" h o yy
been printed III the newspapers -, ,,,...o
lie told the reporter tho story NJ his lfe MS pne
ru ng passion has been his love oI chlIdIth nv 49,
them with him. and loves 10 tcach even .no ,
refractory, for his education IA OF EO mean or.ci no
born In lIeligOlind IN 1909. ana uhrlnS hS %
Oocupedihimse IN teachins English 10 ne ohiiuu w w
the own. which had recently come under Briteh RUE III
consequence OF the cesh0n of the lslti 10 l,V
Hamburg he learned the trade Of II mathem'to" iS"
ncut maker, bat returning to his nat'o isau nc o.o
more became school teacher one ddy no .ooh s""o
OF his cnlrcn cut In r0wbOat Inc Doht WAS uPs',,
and one Of the olllren was drowned. His grlei ana
horror were great that he resoN en W ,"o M
Europe and landed III New York III 1871 lho nm t'
bad. bnsiucss slow. ani tue discuSs'ol o 'o
United states bank question enSage Puuiio DPi Pi,n
quenty worked In the piano mandatory D, Josepr @
Godfrey at Hastings On-ihe Hudson his ~ 'V hon.
children still clnng him. aud led MIN 70 "l"P, H
orphans he found them lie has piVuPn'
nine boys. who have out Into the "oIiu % III M
gotten their benefartor his lonely 0iu age: is SUI
cess 40 teacher him to the Idea of founding
school OF his own and with this view pe uoutii. ~ s
the Sawmill River on when ne ntchucu W
erect schoolhOuse. His savings we're, no"o.1 ~
vested In the IT. Joseph and Western Rairoau, o" WIN
so" concluded the old man, was stuck ana a eigny
years am Obliged to tramp fifteen niles 1sei o hs
morning to sell my papers" Cyrus '" flolu' I wnoI
proI adjoins Stotngs little territory once V"o
him Sl2O for portion OF his ground put tno ou ,t
refused part with his land at that price lie mas
$50 deposited with Lang. tho grocer at DoDps roy,
and 1t probable that his past generosity may "o
bear fruit. .,. ...r
while living at Hastings StOng adopted threeye
old named Alex ander tiuntley smith inc ooy "is
the h1 to him adoption. solting saw the nolnel
who was gOverness living In brooky u. anu pesso
con ynscd that the boys irth WA ooncoed Win roo
domestic ronan0o aud that his fAiher WAS ho' N'S'