The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-07
AGED HERMIT WROTE
POEMS AND SONGS
Quaint Character Dies at Mancheste
N. H.; Lived Long and
Happily

Manchester, N. H., Nov. 4.-One
of the most quaint characters ever
known in the city OF Manchester
Charles Lambert. better known as
THE Hermit of Mosquito Pond" died
at the Sacred Heart hospital after O
short illness.
Born in England 81 years ago, Mr..
Lambert moved to this vicinity when
a young man. He had lived alone in
a characteristic structure in the vic
Unity Of Mosquito pond for nearly
sixty years until about three years
ago, when he moved to the home for
old men in the House of st. John
at the North End. He had been cared
for at the hospital since last August
No immediate relatives survive him.
Satisfied only by an existence alone
in the hermitage in the woods which
was only infrequently visited by any
other than himself his dogs and his
| sheep, this quaint character chafed
under the restrictions of paved
streets and crowded buildings and in
the past ten years had been seen
very seldom In Manchester's thickly
populated sections.
Arriving in this city when about IS
years Of age. he lived in the pumping
station district and engaged in lum-
bering. He enjoyed relating how he
and Hiram Brown who later became
mayor Of Manchester, worked side by
side In the woods. Attempting to
master law, he gave It up when the
call of the woods got too strong and
he returned to his interesting life
long communion with nature. He was
born on a sheep farm at Lincolnshire
on the Downlngs, South England, and
the impression never left him that he
was destined to live in the Open
alone but withal happy. He was one
OF 10 children, none of whom he knew
anything about after leaving home for
this country.
Love Of Nature
He found companionship with his
faithful dogs, with sheep, he having
herd Of considerable value at one
time. and with those things with
which nature abounds and which are
unknown to those who live within the
confines of large city all their
lives.
His time was spent in various ways
studying tie history OF the localities
through which he roamed in lonely
happiness, collecting curious, coins,
Indian relics, digging out herbs and
experimenting with their medical
qualities, studying plant life in gen.
eral, and supplying chemists and
apothecaries with roots and herbs
needsd in the manufacture of medi-
cines.
His interest in plant life showed
early in life, and his disposition to
inquire into the mysteries OF things
that grew in the woods led him to
readily pick up the study of botany,
in which he became highly proficient I
He also composed songs and. when |
in the mood he entertained associ. !,
ates with recitations of his own po-
ems and strange stories Of his eX.
periences in the woods. He owned |
about forty acres of land on the banks !
Of the Cohas and here he herded his I
sheep at one time 1900 head grazing !
over the land where now there prob
ably are not 100. Living as he did !
In the open, his tastes were simple. ,
He never used tobacco, and until a
short illness several years ago had
never drank coffee or tea
He was OF medium size and in Ia.
ter years his hair was long and white.
He carried pair OF keen flashing
eyes In his head, however, eyes that
n his younger days might have prov
ID attractive to the opposite sex. In.
Iced II Is often claimed that his lone.
y life and apparent aversion to the
company of the opposite sex resulted
argely from a disappointment in love
n his youth.
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