Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-12-16

Afterwards Gaye IL Co Lon gfeiiow.
There are not many people living
at the present time who hal an init
mate acquaintance with Nathaniel
hawthorne, and when one gets an
opportunity 10 talk with such a per-
son one IL apt TO grasp IL eagerly.
IN salem. the home of Hawthorne.
and the place where he did the most
Of his writing. there Is now living
man who en- Dyed close friendship
with him for about thirty-six years
The man is Horace Ingersoll
When the Boston Transcript writer
called upon him aud asked him il he
would tell some Of his "reminiscences
fnr publication he willingly complied
I'll guess ! can tell you as much Us
anyone about him, he said. .tfor |
knew him as vel as anyone. was
born here and Hawthorne was born
here, but strange TO say did not be-
come acquainted with him in Salem.
met him down IN New Haven when
] went there Ia 1928 TO enter Yale
college. Tho Saturday after | ar
rived was feeling little homesick.
50 ! took walk down 10 about the
only hotel there was In the place at
that time. IL YVES a sort OF a hotel
and general stage Office. ana while
10 king over the register In the
Office came across the names OF
Daniel Manning and Nathaniel Haw.
thogne Of salem,
III was personally acquainted with
Manning and had often heard Of
iiaw Insane. so sent my name TO
their room and asked to sec thom.
Ihcg both came down In few mo
nents. and there was where first
mot Nathaniel Hawthorne. lie was
a slip OF n young man az that time.
and IL did not take US very long to
become pretty well acquainted |
iound in him a jolly companion for
that day; We went about the college
buildings and he showed me some
places about town that he had visited
previously
There are few houses IN tho coun.
try more famed than tho House OF
the seven Gables on Turner street.
Salem Although Hawthorne's son
and sonIn law say that tho house
cannot be identified and exists only
IN the noyeiist's imagination. Mr. In.
r..-soll aiiirms that De himself owned
i~ the time Hawthorne wrote upon
H. but II has since passed out OF his
possession He became the owner OF
IL through the death OF a distant rel
alive and kept IL until some time
after the great Bo ton Gre ia 1870.
when IL was sold.
When Mr.. Ingersoll was asked why
he had mover written tho story OF his
acquaintance with Hawthorne he re-
Piled
MANY years ago started to write
q story OF Hawthorne's life IN Salem
and did considerable work on Il. hut
about that time some 9th, person
came out with book with tho facts
80 mixed that | became disgusted
and gave u up | have had notion
since then to tell how Hawthorne
missed writing q novel on Longfel-
lows 'Eyangelinc.' but have never
got around TO IL I"
The facts OF this story were origin.
ally told 20 Mr. Ingersoll by Mrs
Halliburton. who lived ia South Bos-
ton He told the story TO Hawthorne
one day whilo they were walking
over what is now Lafayette street IN
Salem. and Hawthorne said he would
write novel about IT, Az the time
passed on he neglected 10 keep his
promise, and six years later Inger-
soil gave the story to Longfellow at
his homo in Cambridge. and from this
the famous poem was written Mr..
Tngersoll recalls with some amuse-
ment that at the time he gave the
story 10 Longiellow. he attempted to
toll him how it should be written.
His instructions were not followed
very closely. but he was perfectly
satisfied with the result after the
work had been completed. In his
library at the present time Mr.. lnger-
soil has the copy of 'Evangeine,
presented TO him by Longfellow with
an autograph inscription on the fly
leaf.
We'll. after that book came out
Nuu hukhb w nave seen ttaWthOf0e
rave" said Ingersoll. "He was so
mad with himself and with me
because he had not written the
novel that he did not get over IL for
some time do not think he ever
fully forgave me for telling the story
to Lougiellow.
Mr. lngersoll recalls, that, although
Hawthorne often lost control Of his
temper. they managed TO get along
fairly we'll together, and the friend.
ship between them strengthened MS
the years went by. From the time
OF the meeting in New Haven in
1923 until the death OF Hawthorne
In 1864, they were close friends and
were never parted for long at time,
A Queer Dellcacy.
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