, 1885-07-09
HORACE onsrleY,s wosk
The w-y He Kse~irsd sabscrIptisn. 10,
"rhs Weekly ~Tribuas.".

the way he tac~irod S1Dscrtpftons Tor
"rhs wsskiy Tribuae."
lst. Leuis Republican,
swell. well. here Is = volume that is be.
coming quite rare these days. 4" exclaimed
n book worm In u second hand book store
The other day as his eye fell on a worn
and musty tome what I Know A bout
Farming. We'll. everybody knows thai
Is the book written by Horace Greeley way
back in the COS. Perhaps the rising gen
Grafton may be excepted, as the book j.
now out Of print and will be q curiosity Ia
a hat score years hence. AT one time 1t
was pretty extensively read II Is dificult
70 say, however. that much or any benefit
was derived from It's perusal. es. re
iorted the party addressed Horace was u
great man In HIS time. II Is not so very
long since he has entered eternity, vet his
name Is now hardly ever mentioned II
was ever thus Mans deeds. be they good
or bad. they do not remain long fresh
after the author Is gone Occasionally a
ash OF his wit Is repeated. q line from his
sayings Is borrowed. but 1t does not In
duce posterity In the least In remember
ing. much less In reyereucing his mem
DRY.
During the forty odd years Thai Hor-
ace edited The Tribune every editorial,
every farm article. every news item,
every commercial paragraph. and every
advertisement which appeared IN the
paper was credited to him by many Of
his readers and admirers People forgot.
or did not take the time TO think. that 1t
was a physical impossibility for the pro
Life aud versatile Horace 10 write even
half of the editorials that appeared, while
his disquisitions OF How to Plant
Squashes, How to Raise Cucumber or
How TO Destroy the Festive Beetle.
were not SO very numerous. Greeley.
whom writing about agriculture. always
gave the How part much prominence. "
You seem to be well posted on Hor-
ace, " remarked the book-worm by way of
comment 10 the second gentleman
great deal about the philosopher. Before
aud during the best part Of the war / la
bored at the case at The Tribune office,
and on several occasions set up his copy.
IL you have the time / can relate an Incl
dent about old Horace that has never been
printed Ii was Just previous to the war
and when Horace was an amateur farmer
tina the event l Am about to relate oc.
CURED. One day a letter came to the Office
bearing the following cabalistic letters:
H. @. n. Y. This is all that was on the
envelope except the postmark, which
showed that the letter came from Law
IeuCts hhu. 1 Chii " U ittttf. Out u was
not a letter. for on opening the envelope
not a scrap OF paper was found inside,
only a crumpled 81 note from some Ohio
bank.
-In those days letters were sometimes
not prepaid. and this was not; conse
quently a due-bill was attached to the
missive showing that the sum Of 3 cents
was 10 be collected Mr.. Greeley promptly
paid the 8 cents Who could be the
sender. 1t puzzled the philosopher Just a
little only. Such doings can only be
placed to the credit of Bill Reynolds
unused Mr.. Greeley. Bill always had
idiosyncrasies, and when he had a truck
farm u in Orange county would call.
and moi finding me in the sanctum would
pla e a dollar bill for his subscription un.
der a paper.w weight on my desk and leave.
Bill told me he was going out west to try
his luck
The paper was mailed to William
Reynolds. Lawrence, Kan. according to
Mr.. q. s direction. and upon investigation
1t was found that Greeley's surmise was
correct. BIZ Reynolds was the right
party. In those good old times we did
not have SO many railroads nor fast mail
trains and the like. but u man could mail
a letter without a stamp and put only
four letters on the envelope and II would
reach its destination. Try this expert
ment now and your letter will go direct
to The dead. letter office. Too much red
tape. : sighed the typo as he reached for a
volume OF a high shelf bearing the title;
is Life Worth Living ForY"