Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-18
sew ENGLAND KE6LTsE.


VERY singular man wAs ssmner Hart
well. vbo has iasi died lis oddities
were pusnsrous, and to the few xbo knss
him his strange freaks we're tneonpre-
heusibis. FOurscose Years be breAthed.
living and dying 10 tie room Shere be
was born. II srtxeIi passed ons hsH h1s
life In locality where be could bear fn-
locomotive whistle daily. yet be never
rode IN train of cars and knees Dot TIE
npp~aran,e Of tbs inside Of 81 ordinary
freight caboose lie bad no idss Of the
natare Of the telegraph instroGent. and
had failed ~ gaze upon the teAepaons
transmlttsr. Horse cats you'd have
been A. strange 90 him a. they would
have been 10 tue North American Indian
10 1897. OF tue several towns eonsieu
Gus TO Shirley be has visited bat tsO.
The city Of FttehburR. two miles distant,
be knew 90 more about than be did o.;
Herat. From the hilltop where be spent
his days can plainly Be seen TOE onoreh
spires 10 Lunenb1rR. three miles away
yes samn.r HArteeil knex IS much
about ConssantInople a. ne do OF La-
nenbarg. The pretty tosn OF Beonin
sser nsstles in tbs valley AZ the foot Of
Mount Monoosnock, ten miles distant,
and many efforts had been made 10 get
hisn to 20 there, bat be never did lie
had been 10 townsend Harbor. an ada
cent village. and be bad paid visits TO q
q gristmill on the edge OF Crotop, but
at that point he woald not alight trom
bis team; neither curiosity nor desire
for information had ever promptsd bin
10 learn In Just What manner his corn
vas turned into meal. A portion OF the
above fscss, coupled With the statement
that Samner Hart well stunned the world
and its ways on account of nnreqnited
love, came W tbs attention of reporter.
and further inqalries into the peculiar
hAsits and customs Of this eccentric be
ing Gas decided upon.
OF the opinisn TIA, some light might
be thrown upoa bis blightsd love, the
writer called upon an old lady - years
Of ace. who had passed ber life IN TIL
vicinity and whose home is but irifi-
over . mile from that OF Hartweli. bat
information might - well have been
sought at the North PJis; she bad never
seen nor heard OF the man. Within i've
rods OF vhere Hartwell lived VAS 8
neighbours hoase, yet he never vent
there uniess en- business in fact. be did
not for 60 years 20 beyond his swD
premises unless basines- called hi9.
When q young NAE and living With his
mother and managing the old farm. be
would occasionally drive into Boston
With produoe. Has last trip Vas nearly
half century ago. He sought for no
pleasure on Thea journeys. and made
his trips a. speedily ~ possible. Twice
be vent into New Hampshire on short
business trips. For too years be bad
talked about going TO Boston. and
affirmed that be could and bis way
about readily. q mis- believing that u
had undergone u. change since be vas
last there. Too thin" was all be said
whea Edgar jenkins tired 10 get him 10
60 20 Shirley village. three miles away,
and talk With parties in Aver through
the Telephone.
simmer Hartvell never sax q circus.
never attended q country caltie show.
never beard OF q thousand things IA
miliar to every sohoolboy in the land
Neiehbors might call at Jeuktas's and
be for hours 10 tbs Kitchen retailing
What MAS taking place about the village:
this odd specimen would not so from
his room 70 meet them. although be
bad but 10 open the door. he took bits
meals With abe family, but did not
mingle With Them socially unless they
estered bis apartment. His second best
treasure vas q written reward Of merit,
given him By bis teacher March 7th.
ISL. when feeling unusually cheerful
be would don his plug bat and wear
10 absui the place. That bat was as
mach Of q earnestly as sumner him
self. IL vas made more than half q
century ago.