Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-18

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me following is Gloucester, Mass. com
.'un'casion to the Boston Globe, tn. h,...
~ seems somewhat mixed in hi, DAT.
u;m !, known Is the Hermit of p..s.
III, iii. ana al the polo bows ~ Csio,.S 0nu
Lave acquaintance with him. for ba -s;..seL
ou' Poio sticks of the finest quality ara san
reasonable price. too. anu ior
harrying along over what Il kro~
pIs',nouse road, and branching into ths "a s.e
.unaolted domains Of nature, . man -. - ~.
.kine with cane in one hand and d;n.s"
paI - tne other. and the daily psper. IL IS.
pue ibis was the hermit Before he -.
W ~ the log cabin was reached .od
an..s m" nad Blended himself down and
~. .e me oxl0 structure. 1t was snuclv
IT,. sose'ner with pine logs, fitted in true Pine
crevices filled with cluster mos. S.l,. :ne
the hermit. he talked few moment. .hanss
Poio' and soon the reporter was l;.,en;na ~
his history e"ing 70
Mate Walton belongs in Bangor. Ma;ne
wnere ne was publisher and editor of to
fusion campaign papers.
Orders were sent to New York for 1000
patent outsides." At this time Gove,no,
rialsted had nephew whom he va. n. III.
Tor Congress. Editor Walton's candida,e ~ :
1eorge w. Ladd. Gov. Plaisted slvlv 49,
arrangements to organize q Newspaper enter.
prise to help his nephew on ,ovsra
congress. The rival in the n.r,v
neio was too much for Mate Walton. and he
surrendered his paper interest in Bangor. A.
TINS time he was we'll acquainted With
stephen Jennings. the owner of 1. s. John.
son patent medicines, including Johnson's
Anodyne, Parsons Pills and Sheridan's Pow
uers. Jennings sought the nomination for
some ONCE, and helped the party organ. win
Walton at the head, by making 4 s4O() dona.
ton. The nomination was secured nr;nn;.
pally through Walton's editorial leadersh;n
when the paper business collapsed W alton
was offered situation to do writing for the
II. ,. johnson firm in Boston. Walton re-
NAMED in this position until last NAV. when
on account OF dull business, he was given n
Ilrioug'i, with promise of reinstatement.
Walton left the woods of Maine a stout man
weighing one hundred and pinety-three
pounds. Four years in Boston reduced him
to 1873 pounds, and he had the catarrh and
dyspepsia so bad that it behooved him to get
out in the woods Last August he pitched
his tent on Bonds Hill
The interior of the cabin is furnished with
stove and proper cooking utensils and the
little Dunk looked cosy enough to slumber in.
In one corner was hanging fine stuffed coon
skin This spring Editor Walton has trapped
dozen ''chicadees" in a common rat-trap
During the winter bis avocatiou has been
making polo sticks, and he sold nearly SlOC
worth, the prices ranging from FIVE to fifty
| cents.
Last Sunday the hermit had about lGO cal
lers, among them twenty-three ladies' Mr.
Walton has been married This summer he
will make a collection of BIRDS eggs, and has
sent for treatise on the birds of New Eng
land, so when he stutfs a bird he can identify
him and attach the Latin name Every even
ing between and o'clock young partridge
comes from the woods in front of the cabir
door, and is very much amused by the fine
music provided by Mr.. Walton.
The editor intends to remain in the wooded
halls of nature among the minks and rabbit.
all summer. As the reporter cared not to in
fringe upon the supper hour he withdrew
On the outside is horse shave, which the
owner said the polo boys thought the hermit
turned his sticks upon.