The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

can, but with the advent Of the new doctrines he, like many of his state, cast his fortunes with the champions ot paper money. He immediately plunged into the vortex of the contest, and being a man of good oratOrlcal ability he was called 10 stump the congressional clS- trict, comprising Waldo and Washing ton counties. for Murch. whose election by the greenbackers and democrats was in no small degree due to the tireless activity of Mir. Walton while on the stump and his capacity as a political organizer. Believing that his efforts through the press would be more enec- tive than on the stump Mir. Walton started paper in Bangor in the inter- est of the greenback propaganda, and immediately commenced a campaign Of aggression which was memorable for its insensity and acrimony. The side the hermit championed was victorious. Al the end of his victorious campaign MT. Waton discontinued the publication or his paper. A large number Of subscflp- tions remained unexpired on the books. and with the last number and the notice of discontinuance of publication postage stamps representing the value of the unexp!red subscriptions were forwarded to. every subscriber. After giving up the newspaper he resumed political stumping in Rockingham county, N. ] H., and in Massachusetts, his first ap- pearance in Gloucester being on the hustings during the Butler campaign.
 After quitting politics he entered the employ of a patent medicine firm in Bangor, and was later transferred to It's i Boston office, having charge of the doubtful ledger accounts. After a four
 years residence in Boston his health became undermined. A bad cold settled into hacking cough. Hoping to recu- perate, he conceived the idea of ship ping on a fishing vesse from Gloucester,
 and accordingly in the summer of lSS4
 went the rounds of the WharVes asking for an opportunity to go fishing, stating
 that he would pay for his board. But
 the shippers wanted healthy men only
 As a last resort, despairing of getting
 an opportunity of going to sea, he
 bought a tent and pitched it on Bonds
 hill, realizing that an outdoor life was
 his only chance for life. Later, on the
 Pest-house road, he erected his famll-
 far cabin, hardly big enough for one
 man to turn in. It is an ordinary oe
 cabin about six feet by four, turfed
 On each side of the lattice enclosure i'
 a profusion of flowers. which the herml
 cultivates and sells. The news that
 genuine hermit has established himsel
 on Cape Ann in the woods attracted
 thousands and soon the hermit hat
 many warm friends. The polo feve' , was then at it's height and the herml
 turned pretty penny by the manufac
 ture and sale of polo sticks. while hi
 orders for the sale of wild flowers ant
 magnolias far exceeded the supply
 People of more serious turn of min'
 found in him an agreeable and cultiva
 ted conversationalist, and botanst
 found him unusually well versed in hi
 study. Politicians also discovered tha ,, he had many things in common wit
 them. In fact, he was many-side'
 man.
 He is a poet, and several of his poem
 appeared in the Globe prior to lS9O. ii is an enthusiastic lover of birds and
 has succeeded in tanning varieties whic , it was considered impossible to concili ate. among them being the chicadees
 He has made an especial study Of tn
 crows and the crow dialect, and som
 day he intends to publish an extende l work in reference to this matter l These birds he has discovered are d1V' ded into clans and have peculiar Ian , guage intelligible to one another
 certain combination of notes gives in f formation that the clam flats are cea f and that there Is no danger in thei 3 digging for their morning meal. Tn 2 crows he says, know him thorough! }. and give certain distinctive signal
 his coming. If unaccompanied tn
 crows give cry which seems to impi ,. there is no danger and they make
 move. However, if there is any on - with him a warning note is given, an
 these willy birds seek cover at a safe f distance.
 He is a great believer in the benefit II to be derived from sleeping in the ope = air. At night from early spring unt a the middle of November he sleeps in u o open hammock until the cold compe V him to seek the shelter of his bunk the cabin Occasionally he wakes | if to find snake r bed-felloW, snug d colied up in his hammock. but as all ,.- the reptiles in this locality are harr Il less, no danger is to be ayprehend' n from their familiarity. His study !, an improvised table under spreadli l. pine. the butt of a tree forming a ses r. Thre is nothing pretentious about | of furnishing of his cabin unless 1t be h books, which deal with scientific topl( s and especlay with botany and pire ar In recent years his services as a lecau .d CT on birds and their habits nave De Id in demand in Boston and elsewhere, a of he has lectured before exclusive ana le fined people on those topics in Bost D. the past winter During the sumn Is season he also delivers lectures or tai a on his favorite topics at the larger Il e, tels, and he is always sure or an appl to ciatiye audienCe.-Boston Globe