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HORACE ssREELEx.
Some of IIIs Peculiaritios rs Dotailefsby
lHis Son. .ln.lnw.

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HORACE SsREIcLEY. .A.
Some of IIIs Pocuiiarltios rs Dotailsksb,
lsis son.ln-LAw.
',I'he peculiaritios OF Horace Greeley
have NIL been greatly overdrawn," said
his son-in-law, Col, Nicholas Smith. OF
New York, to &, reporter. ''It Is gener-
ally thought that Mr. Greeley was very
much given to profanity when excited,
but all tho time. that i know him noYer
heard q single profane word fall from
his lips. and my wife has often said the
same. His temperate habits are we'll
known; he never touched anything = In
tho way Of liquor, except cider, and,
singularly enough, was very fond OF
older. ! have u boy 8 years old. who ia
named Horace Greeley, and he has In.
horited this lovo for older and dislike Tor
other liquors from his grandfather, illus
trating tho great law Of heredity. Mr..
Greeley was very positive In his convic-
tions. To illustratc: DR.. White, the
latc president of Cornoll university, t6lls
this story OF him, In company with tho
professor of Latin and Crock at tho
Cornell university, DR.. White called up,
pom Mv. Greeley, The professor rallied
Mr.. Greeley upon his known objection
to the dead languages In tho practical
education OF young men, andSa hot dis
cussion was commenced. Mr.. Greeley
piled argument upon argument until tho
professor was completely cornered.
"'You must admit, Mr.. GreeleN' he
finally cried, that the Latin and Greek
are the great conduits through which
Ie tho learning y. Of the anoients have come
".Yes,' said Mr.. Greeley, i admits
that. but, pointing to tho water faucet,
you SEQ that faucet; l drink three, or
four glasses Of water daily, from, that,
and the water comes thero througlistlio
Croton aqucduct But my dear sisY ID
that any reason why should Chow "a
much lead pipet' s%:s,s.. zS;; :;&f
"Mr. Greeley was moi ttVefy particular
in regard to hisdresR Parton, III his
Life of Greeley! toll ~ good story OF
him. Webb, oitlta EslQuiier, was very
neat In his dfess GfId was always firing
editorial shotS@s Mf. Greeley for hfS
peculiarity Id this respect. Webb some
timo before had been engaged In q duel
and had boon sentenced to the pdniten.
tiary, but was pardonod by Mr.. Seward.
MIR. Greeley st&od his remarks for Soma
time without liking any notice Of Of thom' i'
but he finally became tired, and answer
ca snro%gn tho nsc"a 1S.' i 1T 10 true that
oro son,o r,SnnIl hit oon a:,, Sa.'o sn.. s'
self that I do mot ,yo"r ny N.Y. I0a no..uo mS,
thromoh the lemonov ~ tho oo''.;nn uUss'
vLon r shou,d r. 700. r;r ~ y. % AZ oAoHusse; ot'.;'
tho nsnitont;oT oorh WAC '''ipeS oA
s.EL;. oa,,ot;l SSo',i,, .., A,
MARKS rom T III 1Ey Eaa s.uppcH Wis sno re.
Mr.. GroaIev,s Ionomtha A., IL mas was
often told mo a. ho ,vo,,1y W. VIZ naS
his co,,ntrv ho{se haro,'nMo ] en SO T.,d. TLt ~
ovcn;no IN renb;n "nt;i 1""5 ay
rcst fut SATURDAY % astor nIay 'nori0;y "n1 ni!
morning in hid orovo a. h;a Ing a..
nastims off saWnS: Tn,hs% ~ y, o tho .naso Sofiee 10
noon ho wouldboard - =, tra;~ ao ttos', tos ~ ~
oity, There nd fifteen or twenty nf a h;a
old saws lyingh the barn Mt ChSuarnna a
now. some OF aem with handles forty
feet long, to rfoh tho top limbs of tho
trees, d! hclieY. ho gave away moro
money duringhis life thnn any man
that ever livodl ! havo now at home
about IL ton 'ofWorthless papor. and D&
!loRst n bushel 4 old watches which fol.
lows from tht country had borrowed
money on.
"Ihe e. vSuasers around Chapauqua
'Nsea = fssssssench amused over his
onPpSSou oIa FrIcmd s'vTSHa% 'va At ono time AN