The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-02
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AACEICAA WAO ONOG 4hO4O P~~4@S 49,
and remained single TO the end OF his
days. His persistent celibacy was
remarkable, for, unlike SIR Tnomas
Upton, Mr.. TIIden was born with
money, and thus from his youth was
considered eligible by the mammas OF
many young women.
No Repub lean of half MI. Tilden's
den prominence has gone through l,f7
Eithout marrying, but, including
David Ber nett, Hui who seemed TO b.
a confirmed bachelor. D em0cracy's
rolls show a noteworthy triumvirate
of the distinguished celibaVes, James
Buchanan, the only bachelor Presi
dent, being the third member thereof
Buchanan is understood to have re
trained from taking a wife because the
girl upon whom he set his youthful
affections was obdurate. H is said to
have regretted the single state to the
day of bis eeath. Mr.. Hill, on the
other hand, is reported to BIS a bach
elor from choice.
Literature has furnished a long
string OF names TO the list of eminent
bachelors. Possibly the best kno wn
unmarried man of letters to day is
Henry James, the novelist. He main
tains stously that The artist, no matter
what the medium of his expression,
should remain single, on the ground
that the petty cares and earnings OF
domistic life tend to zee on delIcately
adjusted nerves ard exhaust the men
tai fiber of genius, whether its posses
sor be a painter of pictures, a worker
in works, a modeler Of statues, a com
poser of music, a singer, or n who
amuses the people from the stage.
John Greenleaf Whittier was q
bacaelor, though not from the same
cause as the brilliant fiction writer
mentioned. Whittier was a great ad
mirer IF The married stats, we are told.
and in his b,yhood had a blue eyed,
red checked Nav England girl for his
sweetheart. Together they went to
school as children, and when they
grew to youths estate he told her the
stnry m st girls like to hear. Sue
heard iE gladly, 600, but he was poor,
aDd a poet love must wait for recognl
ton. She promised, bus waiting is
wearisome; before recognition came to
the young. gentle versemaker she for
got him as a lover, and was married
TO someone else.
Edward FE9erald, the transls
tor Of Omar Knsyysm's q%uatrains was
q bachelor, and there was a romance
in his life, much like the n which
saddened WhIttier's, but there VI Is lit
tie else which they had in common
The ~celibacy of Charles Lamb was
full of pathos, for he remained single
all his life that he might care for HE
sister Veneer ,bIe John Burroughs.
naturalist IS we'll as writer, and q o
the most charming Of men, has never
married. Mr.. Burrows was not even a
woman hater, neither has anyone ever
surmised that a romance caused hIs
bachelorhood.
The only literary bachelor who is
acknowledged to be a kaEer OF women
Is the English poet, AIgernon CBarles
s Einburne. HIS sentiment appears to
Oe based upon the fear thas a woman
of little culture would be dull beyond
description as a life partner, and the
conviction that the clever woman is
che least Rttractiae of her sex
Olly one noted Protestant divine
has been a bachelor. He was Phillips
Brooks, who finished life as a Bishop
of the E oIs copal Church, and seemir gIy
possessed every quality desirable il a
model husband. The cause of his re-
naming single appears never to have
oeen understood, yer by those who
we're closest TO hin. He did not avoid
the fair, nor has anyone been able to
recall q romance Ia his life. II his
STUDENT days and his career as a cler
gy man he had many friendships W. to
women, while his passionate fondness
for children was remarked often. His
letters 10 some of his Juvenile friends,
published in one of the magazines, were
models in their way.
The bacaeiorhood of Sir Isaac New
ton was a puzzle to some Of his con
G~emporeries, but others knew he re
manned single solely on &C count of his
mother. He thought the world Of her,
and her IF .ction for him was uHbOun
ded but her material love was marred
by alousy, and whenever her son
htugh on marriage or evidenced a
passing interest even in a pretty face
she Wept and Wrung her hands, and
managed somehow to check true loves
course He finally told her he would