Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-26

cd to this high office two years ago by a large vote, but waS carried down in the political cyclone that swept over the coun- try last fall. Nr.. Peck has wcaricd of off cial duties aLl is glad enough to get back among tic people who love him and who have long taacn a pariOnable pride in calling him a fellow citizen. While he has made no special rlAns for the future, he will in all probability go out 10 lecture. His reputation a> A hu'uorOus writer and speaker !s national in scope, and he has had many l!attcrng offers 10 go on the platform
 Mir, Peck Is man ot the most gentle and charming personality. He Is B years old. of mcd;Cm height, c0mpactly built. with a very ruddy complexion. laughing blue gray eyes. sandy hair. deeply tinged with gray. and snow white mUstaChe and gOatCe. He is a splendIdly preserved and young looking man. despite his white whiskcrs He l. always in fashionable at tire, and invariably. winter and summer, wears a bright scarlet CarnatiCn in his left lapel He !s at all times appruaChable, af- fable and good natured, a first class story teller, fine after dinner speaker and a man much sought after in social and busi- ness circles He looks 50 well groomtd. re- fined and philantEropic that no ore would ever associate him with tha: country store character who was made miserable by the horseplay pranks Of that much discussed and abused PCck Bad Boy. tke central figure Ct the most oi Mir Peck s humorous sketches and tho ore hero Ct all his books.
 The ELIor!st was borH in Jefferson county N ' h1; E!S parents came to Wisconsin when h. was quite young. He Ind a ComNc1 school education and be- came printer, working for several years at the CaSe Then he became a country editor and attracted the attention of Brick Pomcroy and helped 10 edit the old Brick Pomeroy Democrat when it was printed in La Crosse. W:s.. following its fortunes to New York during the exciting war | times He quit editing to become sol | dIcr and there is nothing much funnier than one of his carly day sketches entitled How Pu: Down the Rebellion" After | the war Inc drittcd back 10 La Crosse and started Peck Sun, paper that was ito | shine for all N- Peck explains that de- spite its mOt.l lt sh0nc for a very small | clientele for number of years, or until he removed his plant to MilwAukces a bout l5 years ago. Then it was that hc began writing tht bal boy stories and It is rci'- erat.o2 to say tha, they took like wildGrc | Tho little country weekly hCCIIle famous | and in q few I'll luths rIn Its circulation up | 10 lUU, uuU COTlCS. Money literally poured in on tho lurGy editor. and for a time his paper nCttcd him something like s, GOO Q week. IL wasn't lCug before he was liy- ing in big st0no mansion, the owner of fine private yacht block of city houses, 1 a summer r'S"rt hotel and other serious | things Alt T year or so tho fiCkle pub | lie tired Cf tA' pad by. and the history of 1 all purely hem 'rau> payers was repeated in the case uf PlcH Sun. It began run l ming down. its rI.tOr became cnSroSsed in | politics. and 1t was sold eventually 10 the | printers working "n IL for a IHcrr song, although once an offer of half million | dollars was made for il by a Chicago syn dicatc, and after a preCariou3 and pictur- esque existence it has been hyphenated l with The Moon or Star or some other local luminary, and the newspaper niche it fill cd so long is now an aching void
 | MT Peck's family consists of q wife and two sons. The eldest. Gcurgc w. Peck, Jr., is n well known young business man of this city, a clever. handsome young fel- low about so years of age. He is happily married, and three big, chubby children call the ex-governor grandpa. The elder Pccks will temporarily reside with Mir. and Mrs Peck. .lr. Mir. Peck iS pas sionately fond of his grandchildren. and they aro his constant companions outside of business or professional hours. The sec ond son. Roy Peck, is a slim youth of 20 and n student in a western military school
 GEOaGE IT. YENOwINE