New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-01
VIZ RLIINE u TIE Old DAlS.
"reminiscences from Augusta OIcD in the chicago
Tribune.


Tribune.
"IIo came here Wing from Kc9tnchy.' said ha nST;
and with hi, virilc pen made thing hum '' -, sf T
command OF language n we'd itself 81 course III IL,
eJtnr,l, An | remember so we'll how he used %
write those lines. | lived In his family for y.'n,
Just H. the supper was eaten; ani IN t
th.rc WA, even a chnncc TO clear OIL the dishes l'
would take up the tablccloh. and sometimes III ~,
hurry and impctuoSiiy he would shy dlSh or Nv
on the floor Then ne would VIII" on th' o'y h, bs
write fnr into the night. II" n"Vr IcWloe. pu' ts
ntcincatin rs made havoc OF hii copy in' mil ,nll
me from led even at midnghi 70 hear h s come
down stairs and hear thiS Then always MI
he had done something that he thought particularly
fine. ,, ,,,s ,,v,vs doing
things To help ne one. remember thege WIS
pr nior In the employ ~ the Journal. VINO , Wn,
rrinr wrong Elaine tolerated him IN the once u
cause lie knew that in no othr' way 'o''u ,ni' -
earn even pittance. lie wa, much mere I,l hin,
and wien ne won't t. Washington ne toenA tnN 90.
low with him and und place f9F ri hlm Ia i ,," and
then Dlaine took Of hi widow we Mat h couI
mp in the people OF Augusta and anything 'A't h' ''
TO Show You an Illustration Of h. spirit lhsfe
WAS man, now dead Ns'i-' W. ',.'U m The wa.
and who In receipt OF = pr''r n; ~ v"rin;
the pension mndc larger lie hat lawy"ls ", HIM,
for him that couldn't 10 do ANYTHING ior n.u'
so one dav some If his friends here wrote t. i'" H.
Rv the r"turn mail came IN" answer - L"
Pension Department is,af
rrrnk lcforn than pension was Increased !i n,
chor,ctrristc If lovaliy 10 hi, friends was one s
sto"5 ont i'm his life with dlstinctnesS rms '1 ,
nhnut Elalrc becoming Catholic Is AL WrVa-' pr
ioin,ri a Congregational Church here wren lh' ~
80 W,Ih W., H. prSiur. br. N"hh iH' - n,
huston n The Shawmu Congregational Cmrch ~, !,
Tos,on They we're close friends. and he SUI hp h5
his membership I'm that very sam" chulfh' ~ a,
4 great r,speI for the faith of hl> holhti' WI 1, an
a Roman catholic. but he never leaned 'o"'Iu ',nt
any degree. II /, fact net grnrray h"Ma n, nav
plainn wns a man who much In WHAT one nn,
chi Jrvoni frame Of mind. There was III" 49, .,.
ahnut him nor did he assume that ne WI Dc.s a,
than tho,r around him. But he rah1'i the si'"'
F".nr Va rr three seasons he taught class OF men
and ,vnmcn I'm "A Sundny-.choOl IN me i'Npe MI
witch mad been established by ms 1ohSifsa'.r1" LIVE
thnrrb II was IN the district when was Ih' i, ~,
INT of Augusta. lie used 10 prepare hIs,ii ut
mo lesson with Ia" sam irrNor am @ ~, oome
he carried into c'ciythiAS. re pun m - Them occa.
in their shirt sleeves meet S'nlr 81 ,ne .m ,bsm
onolly 10 day who rr.er 10 Ms innnsncF o, rads
and ne fact that they '0rS0ok their lives 81 u'e'
lion under his tcachingS - ,, ,he dismal
living directly arros "a" street T", III. crl,anIs
i"Ni IND residence Of Nr. Blaine Is Mr. >ynain"'
ann cl9,'" sos, bnsnnd was cousin Of Mrs laihsn
Here ne was frequent visitor anu IL IT. ,be man
ms some characteristic incidents that Blu" Wv
", great many years ago. said she, pr ,d nI
said 10 my husband ~ You WIZ LUZ and ~ the
n'm h,,v ibi, one My husband agreed anu Wh", he
hn,,sns were, bought opposite. rs you sre. wh,t he
was 10 the country h. was nor TO w ur p,ane was
w.s m ms ne was not t. the country ~. u.s. u,s at
, ,,,t visitor In the summer time Nh'" ,ia aIways
home he would In here any ~. IN v.s sure
In find is at work, and there woit n and often
,u stories He was great st0rytelier' a i,a,n ~
used to tell him THAT he beat even "'
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