The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-04-26
MEMORIAL TO EDITOR
HORACE GREELEY

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House in East Fouitney Where He
Learned Printers Trade Is to BE

House in East Fouitnsy Where He
Learned Printers Trade Is to Be
Preserved.
Poulmey April 9i.-Dufing last
week title to the old home in East
Poultney. where Horace Greeley
learned the printers trade passed in
10 the hands o. Howard L. Hinley,
editor Of The Rutland Herald. II c.
Whitehill. editor OF The Waterway
Record and c. w Humphrey, edl'or
Of he poultaey Journal. The par
chase is the out come Of a resolution
adopted at recent meeting oil The
Vermont Press Association. held at
Montpelier. when the association +
went on record as favoring the cree I
/ ton o. a suitable memorial in the vii
/ lage Of East Poultney which should
mark the place where the great iourn-
alist began his trade as printer. 1t
was first Intended that this memorial
should be in The nature OF a tablet.
but the committee determined thai if
tire building could be purchased it
would be much more suitable and
more fitting
The committee as whole have not
. completed plans. but they have asked
c. w. Humphrey and W. W. Bsough.
ton TO act as members CT local com
mittee to interest themselves in The
new project and assist in carrying
out plans for the proper establish
ment and maintenance of the Gre -ley
memorial These members hope for
local cooperation and decided to at
once begin collection OF anything
that wculd properly have place in
the home, Papers, books relating to
Mr.. Greeley or published during his
early days, Will be considered "a en-
titled to prominence in the display
OF articles which it is hoped win form
, generous exhibit. Contributions are
4 desired and OF course the more gen.
} crosby shown along this line the
/, more valuable the memorial. Some
e contributions have already been made
+ among which is desk said to 'iiye
: been part OF the equipment in The
/ building at the time Mr. Greeley
! worked at the case. Thus, any ar.
a ticle which may have in any way bean
identified with the little white.haired
lad in the time of 1861 would be
:. gratefully received and proper recpg'
= milton will be given the donor when
F. the arrangement of the memorial is
4 completed
The establishment of this memorial
{ Is something that has had more or less
: consideration at various times, and
,. that ii now becomes a fact is occas
s. ion for qualification not alone among
n those who have brought IL about, bu
d also for everyone in the town VII,
must recognize that it is something
quite Oh; of the ordinary. 1t mem
oriaiizes the name OF, young Iat
who at the age OF fifteen walked intt
Poultney and sought position in III,
printing Office in East Poultney wher,
n was published The Northern Specta
y tor and before another fifteen year
had passed he became the editor .
The New York Tribune. one OF tn
foremost of the metropolitan journal
81 end Horace Greeley continued L
nd grow until he ranked as America
rs great journalist. He could, read be
IL ioIe he could speak plainly. and a
s., the age Of six he declared that hi
- purpose in life was TO be printer c
n !" quick Of apprehension was he and $
active was his intellect that the col
,o monest OF common school educatin
n was for him sufficient.
llv Amos Bliss, grandfather of Mis-
ms Marion G.. Bliss OF East Poultney. wa
en- che of the publishers OF The Spccti
ne tor when Mr. Greeley became an a.
of prentice; in fact ii was Mr.. Bis
ng who engaged the young man. an
ng writing TO The New York Home Joa
ep, nal in August, 1851. Mr. Bliss d
ny scribes the Lad who walked into You
DR. ney in this way: "Some time in II
month o, May 1896, while ] was Co
- cernec ir publishing The NortheT
Spectacle. weekly newspapes
the village of East Poultney, w..
, was one morning engaged in my ga
den when there came to me a striT
m. ing OF boy OF about fourteen yea
ye, OF age and inquired il was the ma
800 who carried on the printing office.
answered that ! was. He asked n
49, II | wanted TO take q boy as an o