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Forum (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
a fact, well known but overlooked; or by correcting a misquotation, or by appealing to what are called first principles. He was an opponent to be afraid of; yet his sincerity and his earnestness were so evident, that those whom he most signally floored liked him none the less for it. He never lost his temper. In short, he spoke in his sixteenth year just as he speaks now; and when he came a year ago to lecture in a neighboring village, I saw before me the Horace Greeley of the old Poultney Forum, as we called it, and no other. It is hardly necessary to record, that Horace never made the slightest preparation for the meetings of the Debating Society in the way of dress—except so far as to put on his jacket. In the summer, he was accustomed to wear, while at work, two garments, a shirt and trowsers; and when the reader considers that his trowsers were very short, his sleeves tucked up above his elbows, his shirt open in front, he will have before his mind's eye the picture of a yo
South America (search for this): chapter 6
retrenchment and reform. Against vociferation of this kind, what availed the fact, evident, incontrovertible, that the affairs of the government were conducted with dignity, judgment and moderation?—that the country enjoyed prosperity at home, and the respect of the world?— that the claims of American citizens against foreign governments were prosecuted with diligence and success?—that treaties highly advantageous to American interests were negotiated with leading nations in Europe and South America?—that the public revenue was greater than it had ever been before?—that the resources of the country were made accessible by a liberal system of internal improvement?—that, nevertheless, there were surplus millions in the treasury?—that the administration nobly disdained to employ the executive patronage as a means of securing its continuance in power?—All this availed nothing. Hurrah for Jackson carried the day. The Last of the Gentlemen of the Revolutionary school retired.
Waterloo, Seneca County, New York (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ever since in my memory. Byron's apostrophe to the Ocean, and some things in the [4th] canto relative to the men and monuments of ancient Italy, were, if I mistake not, his special favorites—also the famous description of the great conflict at Waterloo. Mazeppa was also a marked favorite. And for many of Mrs. Hemans' poems he had a deep admiration. The letter concludes with an honest burst of indignation: Knowing Horace Greeley as I do and have done for thirty years, knowing his int and the People's College would be a dream no more, but a triumphant and imitable reality; and the founder thereof would have done a deed compared with which, either for its difficulty or for its results, such triumphs as those of Trafalgar and Waterloo would not be worthy of mention. There have been self-sustaining monasteries! Will there never be self-sustaining colleges? Is there anything like an inherent impossibility in a thousand men and women, in the fresh strength of youth, capable
East Poultney (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
6: apprenticeship. The village of East Poultney Horace applies for the place scene in thpectator stops the apprentice is Free. East Poultney is not, decidedly not, a place which a tras, print-ing office, or Patent melodeons. East Poultney, for example, is little more than a hamlets heightened, perhaps, by the fact that in East Poultney a pack of cards was regarded as a thing acs, was an important feature in the life of East Poultney. There happened to be among the residentsDuring the four years that Horace lived at East Poultney, he boarded for some time at the tavern, warmer's son, and we lived a few miles from East Poultney. On the day in question I was sent by my to sell a load of potatoes at the store in East Poultney, and bring back various commodities in excto him:— Little did the inhabitants of East Poultney, where Horace Greeley went to reside in Apn and now a highly-respectable merchant of East Poultney, who has marked with pride and pleasure ev[4 more...]
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ewise the most remarkably shabby and dilapidated schoolhouse in all the country round. There is a store or two; but business is not brisk, and when a customer arrives in town, perhaps, his first difficulty will be to find the storekeeper, who has locked up his store and gone to hoe in his garden or talk to the blacksmith. A tavern, a furnace, a saw-mill, and forty dwelling houses, nearly complete the inventory of the village. The place has a neglected and seedy aspect which is rare in New England. In that remote and sequestered spot, it seems to have been forgotten, and left behind in the march of progress; and the people, giving up the hope and the endeavor to catch up, have settled down to the tranquil enjoyment of Things as they Are. The village cemetery, near by,—more populous far than the village, for the village is an old one—is upon the side of a steep ascent, and whole ranks of gravestones bow, submissive to the law of gravitation, and no man sets them upright. A quiet,
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
s, with the difficulties of a new farm, and an insufficient capital. And this was the practice of Horace Greeley during all the years of his apprenticeship, and for years afterwards; as long, in fact, as his father's land was unpaid for and inadequately provided with implements, buildings, and stock. At a time when filial piety may be reckoned among the extinct virtues, it is a pleasure to record a fact like this. Twice, during his residence at Poultney, Horace visited his parents in Pennsylvania, six hundred miles distant, walking a great part of the way, and accomplishing the rest on a slow canal boat. On one of these tedious journeys he first saw Saratoga, a circumstance to which he alluded seven years after, in a fanciful epistle, written from that famous watering-place, and published in the New Yorker: Saratoga! bright city of the present I thou ever-during one-and-twenty of existence! a wanderer by thy stately palaces and gushing fountains salutes thee! Years, yet no
Westhaven (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
d some history, and some travels, and a little of most everything. Where do you live? At Westhaven. How did you come over? I came on foot. What's your name? Horace Greeley. Now iwith eager steps, and a light heart, the happy boy took the dusty road that led to his home in Westhaven. You're not going to hire that tow-head, Mr. Bliss, are you? asked one of the apprentices ated a farm, leaving Horace alone in Vermont. Grass now grows where the little house stood in Westhaven, in which the family lived longest, and the barn in which they stored their hay and kept theirples Horace liked, and the bed of mint with which he regaled his nose. And both the people of Westhaven and those of Amherst assert that whenever the Editor of the Tribune revisits the scenes of hiserchant of East Poultney, who has marked with pride and pleasure every successive step of the Westhaven boy, from that day to this. In consequence of the change of proprietors, editors and other
Alleghany Mountains (United States) (search for this): chapter 6
arent parsimony; or worse, for an insolent disregard of the feelings of others; or, worst, for a pride that aped humility. The reader, if that be the present inclination of his mind, will perhaps experience a revulsion of feeling when he is informed—as I now do inform him, and on the best authority— that every dollar of the apprentice's little stipend which he could save by the most rigid economy, was piously sent to his father, who was struggling in the wilderness on the other side of the Alleghanies, with the difficulties of a new farm, and an insufficient capital. And this was the practice of Horace Greeley during all the years of his apprenticeship, and for years afterwards; as long, in fact, as his father's land was unpaid for and inadequately provided with implements, buildings, and stock. At a time when filial piety may be reckoned among the extinct virtues, it is a pleasure to record a fact like this. Twice, during his residence at Poultney, Horace visited his parents in
Poultney River (United States) (search for this): chapter 6
untry. Thus, the stranger is astonished at seeing among the few signboards of mere hamlets, one or two containing most unexpected and metropolitan announcements, such as, Silversmith, organ factory, Piano Fortes, print-ing office, or Patent melodeons. East Poultney, for example, is little more than a hamlet, yet it once had a newspaper, and boasts a small factory of melodeons at this moment. A foreigner would as soon expect to see there an Italian opera house or a French cafe. The Poultney river is a small stream that flows through a valley, which widens and narrows, narrows and widens, all along its course; here, a rocky gorge; a grassy plain, beyond. At one of its narrow places, where the two ranges of hills approach and nod to one another, and where the river pours through a rocky channel—a torrent on a very small scale—the little village nestles, a cluster of houses at the base of an enormous hill. It is built round a small triangular green, in the middle of which is a chu
Poultney (Vermont, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
age. Father and son walked, side by side, to Poultney, the boy carrying his possessions upon a stick over his shoulder. At Poultney, an unexpected difficulty arose, which for a time made Horace trreations of young men during his residence in Poultney. Mr. Bliss, however, was his senior and his for a bee-hunt, says one who knew him well in Poultney, and bee-hunted with him often in the woods aupon to enter it. Until he came to live at Poultney, Horace had never tried his land at originalsociety, the first winter of his residence in Poultney, and, young as he was, soon became one of itsI saw before me the Horace Greeley of the old Poultney Forum, as we called it, and no other. It i like this. Twice, during his residence at Poultney, Horace visited his parents in Pennsylvania, as a fellow-apprentice with Horace Greeley at Poultney for nearly two years. We boarded together duralluded to have exhibited. Horace came to Poultney, an ardent politician; and the events which o[1 more...]
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