The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-09-17
Horace Greeley.

''Nfell. wc!;. hcrc is yelune that j:
hecoea;nc qni:e rare these days" ex
claimed booll-wo;Sn in 4 sccou,.- HAND
hook store ike other day as his eye fel
on worn a,i.i n.,isty tome What
Know About Farming" We'll every
body knows this IS the book written BY
Horace Greeley way back il the eos.
Perhaps the rising generation may b,
cxcopteii. as the book is nov out 5
print aud viii lie a curiosity in hal
score years hence. Al one time IL wa:
pretty extensively read. 1t is difficult
to say, however, that much or any
benefit was derived from its perusai. u
YES" retorted the party addressed,
Horace was great man in his time.
1t is not so very long since he has en-.
tered eternity. yet his name is now
hardly ever mentioned. Il was ever
thus. Mans deeds, be they good or
bad, they do not remain long fresh aft.
er the author is gone. Occasionally a
fash of his wit is repeated, line from
his sayings is borrowed, but it does
not induce posterity in The least in re-
membering, much less in roversncing
his memory. During the forty odd
years that Horace edited the 7T;bure
every editorial, every farm article.
every news item, every commercial
paragraph. and overy advertisement
which appeared il the paper was cred
tied TO him by many OF his readers and
admirers People forgot or did nos
physical impossibifity for the prolific
and versatile Horace to write even
half of the editorials that appeared,
while his disquisitions on How to
Plant Squashcs, How to Raise Gu
cumbers,' or How to Destroy the
Festive Beetle were not SO very num-
erous. Greeley, when writing about
agriculture, always gave the How
part much proninence."
''You seem to be we'll posted On
Horace" remarked the book-worm by
way of comment to the second gentle
man. "Why, yes; l must confess that
/ know a great deal about the phiioso-
oher. Before and during the best part
of the war laborei al the case at the
Tribune Office. and on several occa-
sions set up his copy. If you have
the time / can relate an incident about
old Horace that has never been print
ed. 1t was just previous to the war
and when Horace was an amateur
farmer that the event am about to re-
late occurred. One day letter came
to the Office bearing the following cab
alistic letters: Il G. N. Y. This is all
that was on the envelope except the
postmark, which showed that the letter
come from Lawrence, Kan. call it q
letter, but it was not a letter, for on
opening the envelope not scrap of
paper was found inside, only a crum-
pied 81 note from some OHIO bank. In
those days letters were sometimes not
prepaid, and this was not; consequent
l. a due-bll was attached to the mis-
sivo showing that the sum of 8 cents
was to be collected. Mr.. Greeley
promptly paid the cents. Who could
be the sender. It puzzled the philoso-
pher just q little only. Such doings
can only be placed to the credit Of Bill
Reynolds,' unused Air. Greeley. Bill
always had idiosyncracies, and when
he had . truck farm out in Orange
county would call, and not finding me
in the sanctum would place dollar
Dill 1or MS SUBSCRIPTION unoer a paper
weight on my desk and leave. Bill
told mo he was going out west to try
his luck
"The paper was mailed to William
Reynolds. Lawrence. Kan, according
to Mr. G. direction. and upon investi-
CATION it was found that Greeley's SUP
Mise was correct Bill Reynolds was
the right party. In those good old
times We did rot have SO many rail-
roads nor fast-mail trains ami the like,
bu. man could mil a letter without
stamp and put only four letters on
the envelope and it would reach its
destination. Try shis experiment now
and your letter viii go direct to the
dead-le;ser Office. Too much red tape"
sighed the typo as he reached for .
volume ca the high shelf bearing tho
title: '.Is Lille Worth Living Fer? -
81, LoE:, aes:xoL:ccL.