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ADAM HOLCOMB'S WHL.
Adam Holcomb was dead at last
dead after seventy years of money
getting, and the grave had closed ov
er him. He had no children, for he
had led a single life, induced, so it
was said, though nothing wbb certain
ly known, by an early disappointment
which had warped his nature, and
made him lead a solitary and eelfish
life, given up to Jlammnn alone.
Adam ITolcomb was dead, and as
yet no one knew what disposition he
had made of his money.
Three days after the funeral the
next of kin and possible heirs were
collected in the office of the lawj'er
who was the custodian of the will and
private papers of the deceased. They
were few in number, for the family
was not a large one. Thefe were but
three, and these three may be briefly
described.
First came James Holcomb, a neph
ew of the deceased, a man of portly
form, and an air of importance. He
was a prosperous city merchant, al
ready in possession of abundant
means, but be had no objection to
have them increased by a legacy from
his uncle's hoarded wealth. He was
a vain, selfish, worldly man, all his
thoughts centered upon himself and
his own family, who had never been
known to give a cent for any charita
ble purpose.
Next came Harvey Holcomb, a
cousin of the last named, and about
the same agp. He was tall, thin and
angular. He belonged to the legal
professon, in which he had managed
to pick up considerable money, tho'
his reputation was none the best. He
was considered tricky, willing to un
dertake any cause, however disreputa
ble, for money. He was married and
had a famil-, for whom he provided
in a grudgiug manner. He too, had
nourished sanguine hopes of finding
himself much better off after his un
cle's death.
Xinst came a young man presenting
a strange contrast to the other two.
He was of light complexion, brown
hair, clear blue eyes, and an attractive
face. He was barely twenty-five
years of age, very plainly dressed.
and with a modest mien, which pre
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possessed one in nis lavor. He was
the son of old Adam Holcomb's
youngest sister, who had married a
poor minister, and her son, Alfred
Graves, was studying medicine, for
wBiciriie na'd aede"d"preullectlon.
But he had been cramped by narrow
means, and was even now teaching a
country aohoo, hoping to obtain
enough by the means to pay for his
next course of lectures. He had ap
plied to each of his two relatives pres
ent for a small temporary loan to help
him complete his studies, but without
effect. He had been curtly refused by
both.
He iiad come hither to-day as amat
terof form, without the slightest ex
peotation of benefiting by the will of
his late relative. He had known him
but slightly, and never received any
encouragement upon whioh he could
build a hope. Yet .f be could but re
ceive a legacyof even three hundred
dollars, he thought it would help
him materially. That was the amount
which he had vainly sought to bor
row of the merchant and lawyer, now
present with him at the reading of
Adam Holcomb's last will and testa
ment. The merchant and lawyer convers
ed while waiting for Squre Brief.
"Have you any idea, cousin, how
much the old geuUemau had accu
mulated?" asked James Holcomb.
"I have heard it estimated" at a
quarter of a million," was the reply.
"Quarter of a million 1" repeated
James, slowly. "That is a large sum.
I hope he has not been unjust enough
to squander any of it ou charitable so
cieties." "I hope not. That would be a great
piece of injustice to his relations,"
said the lawyer,
"He never dropped anything to
you about the disposition he intend
ed to make of his property, did he?''
"Not he. He was a close man,
v-e-r-y," Baid the other. "J once tried
to worm something out of him, but
didn't get much satisfaction.'
"What did he say?"
He said he thought of endowing an
asylum for fools and Innatics, and
that I could tell whether I was likely
to be benefited by his so doing."
"Ho, ho !" laughed James, shaking
his capacious sides, "hegot you there,
eh?"
"I don't see it," said the lawyer,
sourly.
"You don't appreciate the joke,
hey?"
"It wasafooIiBh piece of impertin
ence. However, every body knows
what the old man was. and I let it
pass. Jfitbad been any one else, I
would have given them as good as
they eent."
"But you were afraid it would spoil
your chanoeB, eh ?'
"As to that I have no idea. There
Ib no question that ws ought to be
joint heirs."
"True," said James. "That would
give us an eighth of a million apiece.
That would satisfy me."
"How about Alfred's chances?''
queried the lawyer,-glancing sharply
toward that part of the office where
the young man was quietly seated.
"6, he'll getnothing," said themer
ohant, contemptuously. "He be
longs to a beggarly stock, and a beg
gar he'll remain to the end of his
days. Going to be a dootor, I hear."
. oil, a Tusu uiin joy ui uib proies-
eion, if he ever gets into itt which is
"Well, I wish him joy of his profes-
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
somewhat doubtful. He wanted to
borrow three hundred dollars of me
the other day.'
"And of me. Did you let him
have it?"
"Not I. I've enough to do with
my money without giving it away.
Of course he'd never have repaid it."
"No, I suppose not. The coolness
of some people is refreshing,"
"Well, I take it for granted old Ad
am was too shrewd to lavish any of
his money on such a fellow."
"Trust him for that,"
The young man was engaged in
reading a volume he had taken up,
and did not hear this conversation.
It was interrupted by the entrance of
j Squire Brief.
Both the merchant and
the lawyer greeted him with defer
ence and cordiality, as a man whose
words might bring them prosperity or
disappointment. Alfred Graves rose
in a quiet and gentlemanly manner
and bowed with the courtesy which
was habitual to him.
"Gentlemen," he said, "I hold in
my hand the will of your late relative.
I will at once proceed to read it."
Of course his words commanded in
stant attention. All bent forward to
listen.
After the usual formula, came the
following item "I give and bequeath
to my nephew, James Holcomb, the
sum of five thousand dollars, to be
held in trust for bis children.
"To my nephew, Harvey Holcomb,
I likewise give the sum of five thou
sand dollars, to be held in trust for
his children.
"To my only remaining nephew,
Alfred Graves, I give the sum of two
thousand dollars, to be appropriated to
his own use, as he may see fit.
"I set aside thesum of two hundred
thousand dollars to establish a public
library in my native city, one quarter
to be appropriated to the erection of a
suitable building, and the remainder
to constitute a fund of which the in
come onlj' shall be employed for the
purchase of books. This library shall
be named from me the Holcomb Li
brary." Here the notary made a pause. The
merohant and lawyer sat with looks
of blank disappointment and anger
which they made no attempt to con
ceal. "He had no right to defraud his re
latives in this way," muttered James.
"It is a miserable imposition,"
echoed Harvey Holcomb ; "to put us
off with a niggtjrdly fiv-tboudtnd-dollars."
".For my part, I am satisfied," eaid
the young man. "I have received
more than I expected.'
"O, yes, it will be a great thing for
a begger like you," said James, sar
castically. "I am no beggar," said the young
man, proudly.
"Gentlemen," said the notary, "I
have not finished rending the will."
"My faithful old dog, Scipio, who is
somewhat infirm, I trust one of my
nephews will be willing to take home
and treat indulgently for the sake of
the master to whom he was attach
ed." "That's cool," ejaculated James.
"As for me, I don't choose to be both
ered with the dog,"
"But," said the notary, "since your
uncle has given you a legacy, are you
not willing to incur this slight care
and expense?"
"I must absolutely1 refuse. Mrs.
Holcomb does not like dogs, nor I.
Moreover, my uncle has treated me
too scurvily for me to inconvenience
myself miich ou his account "
"Then you will take him?" asked
the notary, turning to the lawj'er.
"Not I," said he, shrugging his
shoulders. "The dog may starve for
aught I care."
"And you sir?" turning to Alfred
Graves.
"I will assume the charge of Scip
io," said Alfred Graves. "It is a
slight acknowledgment for my un
cle's legacy."
"You may find him troublesome.'
"That will make no difference.
While he lives be shall be comforta
bly cared, for."
"What a model nephew!" said the
merchant, sarcastically.
"Good youug man I' said the law
yer sneeringly.
"Gentlemen," said the notary. "I
will now proceed to read the codicil."
The two elder men looked at each
other in surprise, which changed into
rage and dismay as they listened.
"To that one of my nephews who
shall agree to take charge of. my dog,
being yet unacquainted with this
provision of my will, I bequeath the
residue of my property, amounting, as
near as I can estimate, to one hundred
thousand dollars."
"You knew of this!" exclaimed
the elder men, turning wrathful faces
toward Alfred Graves.
"Not a word," said the young man.
"I am as much astonished as you can
be."
"No one knew of it except myself,"
said the notary. "I congratulate you,
Mr. Graves, on your large accession
of wealth."
"I receive it gratefully. I trust I
shall make a go,od use of it," said the
young man. "I hope now to repay
my parents for the sacrifices they
have made in my behalf."
"If I had known," thought the
merohant, with bitter regret. "I
have thrown away a fortune."
"And I," chimed in the lawyer,
ruefully.
But there was no help for it. The
deed was done. The two disappoint
ed men left the house feeling anything
put grateful to the. unqle who they
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1877.
persuaded themselves had cruelly
wronged them. But there was a
modest little home that was made
glad by the news of Alfred's good for
tune. And in his hands the money
has brought a blessing with it, for it
has made a fountain of good deeds
and charitable influences.
freezing to Death.
Many yeare ago I became a citizen
of the West, and commenced opening
a new farm in a sparsely settled coun
try. The place was about ten miles
from the nearest town, and one pleas
ant day near the la9t of December, I
went to the latter in a Jight spring
wagon to get some supplies for Christ
mas festivities. The day was so mild
that I did not even wear an overcoat.
About the timelstarted home, which
was a little after sundown, it began to
grow suddenly cold, and presently a
storm almost amounting to a hurri
cane broke from the north, bringing
with it the temperature of Nova Zem
bla. In this region of marked olimat
io vicissitudes I never before or since
knew any so great. The mercury fell
in an hour to forty degrees below zero.
Under ordinary circumstances I could
have easily made the ride home in
that time, butl was going in the teeth
of the wind ; so that J could make but
little over half the usual speed. I suf
fered from the cold, but not more than
I bad many a time before, and have
many a time since, but as you may
imagine, was anxious to get home bs
soon as possible. When I got within a
couple of miles of there, I found the
weather growing pleasant again. .My
ears that had been stung and smarted
with cold, no longer troubled me. My
hands, though still numb, had a firm
grip on the hues, and seated in the
bottom of the wagon, with my back
resting on theseat, I would have been
quiet comfortable, except that I was
so drowsy that I could scarcely keep
awake. I comforted mj'self with the
reflection that I wouldsoon be at home
snugly tucked in bed, where I could
sleep to my heart's content. While
indulging in this pleasing revery I
dropped asleep, and what followed I
only learned of my family.
They had'conoluded that finding the
sudden change in the temperature I
had either determined to spend the
night in town, or had returned there
for that purpose in case I had started
home before the cold began. At eight
oolo6k tTaving given me" up they re
tired to bed and to sleep. About nine
o'clock my wife was awakened by the
repeated whinnying of a horse in front
of the house. She never suspected that
it was ours, but took it for a stray, and
from motives of humanity oalied up
one of the men and ordered it put in
the stable. When the man went out
aud found that it was our own horse
and that I was in the wagon apparent
ly dead and frozen stiff, he made an
outcrj that soon brought out the
household. Fortunately my wife had
lately been reading of the proper mode
of treating persons partially frozen,
and therefore knew that I must not
be taken into a warm room, but must
be rubbed with snow. Plenty of snow
had fallen, and I Jwas stripped and
well rubbed with it until I begau to
show signs of animation. Then
frictions with coarse cloths were used
until I was sufficiently restored to
scream with the torture they were
putting me to. Every portion of my
bodj' seemed as sensitive as a boll. I
felt as if I had been stung all over
with wasps or hornets until I was
a swollen pulp, ready to burst at anj
point like an over ripe cherry. The
joints of my fingers, toes, ankles and
wrists seemed as if acrewd in red-hot
vise till the blood was ready to ooze
out from the extremities, and could
scarcel3T persuade mj'self that my fin
ger and toe nails were not being forced
off by the pressure. I soon becarqe de
lirious, and a raging fever set in, from
which I did not recover for weeks.
But when I did recover mj physical
condition was better than ever before.
I had been slim aud almost puny be
fore, but now I became hearty and ro
bust as you see me, so that at sixty I
am S3 strong and active aa most men ',
are at forty. I attribute it to having
been frozen to the verge of death.
Exchange.
The Vagrant Act.
Down at tlie east end of the Central
Market yesterday morning somebody
threw the Bkln of a peach on the flag
stones just three seconds before a citi
zen's foot was planted on the spot.
He keeled to the starboard, rolled
back to port, and then settled away
and went down in about seven fath
oms of miscelaneous water. As he
was getting up, a inan who bad beeu
eating a raw turnip stepped out aud
asked ;
"Are you a vagrant?"
"Vagrant! Why, sir, I'll knock
your inferuaUnose off!" shouted the
victim.
"Can't help that" continued the
turnip-eater, "I saw you when
you started to fall you were
clawing -this way and that. You
could have been convicted of vagran
cy then.
"What's that I You lie, sir and !'
"AndT'oan't help that. You bad
no visible means of support, and
that's vagrancy, or I'm a Hessian !'"
The victim of the fall kept his
mouth open for half a minute, want
ing to say something, but bis jaws fi
nally closeed and he backed out of
the crowd. Detroit Free Frees.
AS INTERESTING LETTER FROM
THE TVEST.
SoMething That TTill be Eagerly Pe
rused by Those Contemplating
Settling in the TVest.
Interesting and Intelligent Corres
pondence About Nebraska, not
from a Land Agent or Rail
road Speculator.
From the Auburn (New York) Journal.
Wre have been permitted to make
thefollowing interesting abstraotfrom
a personal letter from Nebraska to a
Cayugan :
Wilbeb, Saline Co.. Neb.,
September 29th, 1877
The postmark of this letter
will doubtless occasion surprise and
wonder, that a corpulent, paralytic
old man should wander from the com
forts of home and the 8001613' of life
time friends into this(in your idea) far
away and unexplored region. To you,
perhaps, the Missouri, Platte, Blue,
and Nemaha rivers sound very much
as the Lualabe. White Nile, Zambosi
and Congo, so frequently alluded to
by Livingston, Sepke, and other ex
plorers of Central Africa, and you
may fancy that I am a sort of a Stan
ley forcing my way through a dense
forests, impassable swamps, &c, &c,
My surprise and wonder cannot be
less than your own, but from a very
different cause, which I will endeav
or to explain.
When we were children (some fifty
years ago) the geographies of that
day (on whose accouut wo received
sundry ferrulings and adorned the
dunce stool divers times) represented-
Illinoia,as sparsely settled, a few trad
ing points, as Kankaskia, Kahokia,
Shawneetown, &c, being the mostim
portant. Iowa was "unexplored" aud
west of the Missouri river "The Great
American Desert." The impressions
and prejudices of childhood are diffi
cult to overcome, although Mr. Gree
ley, after an extended tour, during
which he had occular demonstration
of the fertility of the soil, salubrity
of the climate and inexhaustible de
posits of minerals, gave the advice,
"Go west, youag man." Though
the internal revsnne census and ship
ping returns had prepared my mind
for something different from my
childish conceptions, you cannot im
agine, or describe -my astonishment
upon crossing the Missouri river to
fiud instead of desert wastes, cultiva
ted fields equaling in luxuriance and
extent to the finest farms in Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania or elsewhere.
Iustead of a squalid poverty a popula
tion whose appearance conclusively
showed that while not apeicg the fol
ies of the fashionable or shoddy socie
ty in the east were amply supplied
with necessary comforts and many of
the luxuries of life. Instead of igno
rance, dissipation aud crime, every
few miles, go where you will, the
school house and church spire greet
the eye, giving assurance that educa
tion, moral and mental, is reckoned
as the necessary requirements of life.
Instead of the "Hog and Hominy"
diet the early settlers of Pennsyl vania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the deli
cacies of the sea board at slightly more
cost, are abundant. Fresh oysters,
fish aud tropical fruits are as easily
procured as in Philadelphia. Tne
Parrish House in Wilbur, Pacific
House in Beatrice, Metropolitan at
Lincoln, and Union House at Browu
ville, set a table which would satisfy
the appetite of the most fastidious. I
mention these houses not because
they are the only hotels, but because
I have had ample opportunity to test
their excellence. These with a scen
ery, or rather a series of landscapes,
for the summit of each geutle eleva
tion developesanewscene sufficient
ly varied aud beautiful to charm even
my old and uuartistic eyes, created an
agreeble surprise which more iutimate
acquaintance and thorough examma
tionripened into wonder.
You are aware that since 1S52I have
traveled extensively In all the States
east of the Missouri River (except
New England and the Gulf States) the
manufacturing interests of our firm
requiring that we should be accurate
ly informed as to the agricultural re
sources of every section. To this sub
ject I have given close attention, with
what result the success of our firm
fully attests. I came to Nebraska in
May last, since which time I have
carefully examined a large portion of
the State, especially the counties of
Saline, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson,
Otoe, Lancaster, Pawnee, and Nema
ha. I have no hesitation in saying
that for fertility of soil, salubrity" of
climate, purity of wuter and beauti
ful scenery, I have never seeu a coun
try of the same extent which equals
the counties above mentioned. Con
trary to toy experience and observa
tion elsewhere, here the oldest lands
produce the best crops. The capabili-1
ty of tiiis soil to resist drouth in dry,
and absorb water in wet seasons, is
such that the simplest truth would
read like the tales of Baron Munchau
san. The peculiarity of the soil se
cures a perfectly natural drainage
which, with the purity of the atmos
phere accounts for the remarkable
healtbfulness of the country, which
is fully attested by the appearance of
the inhabitants as well as the census j
returns of mortality. Stock of all
kinds do well, being free from many
if noL&ll the contagious diseases com
mon to the East. It is true that a
few lots of "hogs, on the Missurl river.
have had cholera, but the instances!
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are few, and lam told those are at-
tributable to crowded and Bauddy
pen9.
Wheat will average about 3S to 20
bnshels per acre, but 35 bushels is not
uncommon. Barley about40 bushels,
Corn, I am told by very conservative
men, will average 40 to 50 bushels,
while others claim 60 to 75 bushels.
Oats is conceded to yield about 50 to 60
bushels all this with very careless
cultivation. As to fruit, it will per
aaps be news to you to know that Ne
braska iat the National Pomological
exhibition in 1875 received the first
premum for best assortment of apples.
WTiId fruit, suoh as gooseberries.
plums, raspberries, strawberries, and!
grapes are abundant. All this it-will
be borne in mind has been accom
plished in the short space of 22 years,
for Nebraska was not opened to settle
ment by the whites until 1S55.
After
mature deliberation I havei
made up my mind to move my fami
lo and settle my children here. T am
induced to do this because I see with
my own eyes what I have so imper
fectly described, and I argue that if
Nebraska has in 22 years, with draw -
backs incidents to frontier life, with
a gigantic civil raging to the success
ful termination of which sho gave
more than her proportional quota of
men without the corresponding ad
vantage of wealth from manufactur
ing) has made such strides towards
the fulfillment of the prophetic vis
ions of Mr. Greeley, what must be
her condition some 20 years hence?
Where Mr. Greeley saw extended
plains over which the buffalo, coyote
and the wild Indian roamed at will,
now comfortable dwellings, school
houses, churches and vast fields of
luxuriant grain attest the triumph of
civalization. The lumbering 'stageiago since which he has occupied a
coach has given place to the palace j bench under one-of the trees In Madl
car, the buffaloes and Indians to sou Square almost constantly He ap
herds of cattle aud sheep, which for 1 pears at his seat both summer and
quantity and breed would not discred
it New York and Pennsylvania.
Even those immense ranges of moun
tains on our west, which seem to pre
sent an impassable barrier, and in
whose gorges Mr. Greeley saw a few
straggling mines whose sole depend
ence for transportation was a pack
mule, is now enlivened by the clatter
of stamp mills grinding out the prec
ious metals. Those lonely canons
which only heard the shrill scream of
of the panther, hoarse growl of the
grizzly bear, or the war whoop of the
Lw.iId-Indian,,now echo the wbistleof
the locomotive, as through defile and
ever mountain it rushes with Its prec
ious freight of humanity and mer
chandise. Those mountains with
their untold millions and billions of
coal, iron, lead, gold and silver, will
afford a ready market for the agricult
ural products of the country, and the
day is not far distant when the grain
and meat of this section will be ship
ped west to supply the thousands, aye
millions of mining and manufactur
ing operatives in the mountainous re
gion. Iu contemplating this subject
I feel as though imbued with the spir
it of prophecy, and involuntarily I
exclaim with the poet:
'Oh ! the transporting rapturous scene
That rises to my sigh.,
Sweet fields arrayed in living green.
And rivers of delight-'
I though that whatever of enthusi
asm or imagination I posessed in
youth had been crushed out by fifty
yeurs of struggle with the stern reali
ties of business life in Pennsylvania,
but as I view thesceuery and products
of Nebraska aud contemplate its mag- j
uifiuent future, I feel us though I
were a boy again .
Now, my dear brother and sister,
having told you what I propose to do,
I earnestly advise you to come to Ne
braska and look for yourselves. Next
to tny own children, my nephews aud
nieces and old friends are dearest to
me. I greatly desire that they should
share with mine iu the blessiugs of
this goodly land.
Many iiave been prejudiced against
this State on accountof the grasshop-
pers. Careful inquiry show the facts
to be that for twenty years Nebraska
has never suffered a failure of crops,
unless you couut the graeshopppr
raid of 1874, which destroyed corn on
lj, as the small grain was harvested
before they came.
Tne shipping
books here show that even in that
year hundreds of car
loads were shipped from here. It is
true that some counties farther west
where the people were newly settled,
and had only "sod corn" which was
destroyed, suffered ; but the fact is as
I state, that Nebraska bus for twenty
years past had a surplus to ship every
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0 Ulinti 1j m rasvn fX rim. tlkn T I
iiuve puiuuuseu over 9,uuu acres oi
land, aud design investiug every dol
lar we can spare without endangering
other interests. I am not alone or sin
gular in my tiews, for the large num
ber of Mennonites holding similar
views to tho-e in Pennsylvania, era
bracing many of great wealth aud in
telligence, after having examined Io
wa, Minnesota, Kansas, Illinois and
Wisconsin, have purchased land in
large quantities in Gge, Saline and
Jefferson counties In Nebraska, while
thoseEuropean Mennonites are most J Tne wFfe of Ex" Governor OaMIo, af
estimable people and a valuable ac-j Connecticut, at the mature sgg of 7
cession to the counties in which they I ltJ a fine BW,inirer, and every morn
have settled. I cannot help feeliug ' iD? may be seen oufie& the wavea
proud of ray old friends of tbe same off the be?ch 8t Watch HiM.
persuasion iu Lancaster county, j ' '
Pennsylvania, who, I am sure, can' Tlbe pair of horses whieh drew the
give their European brethren many j President's carriage in Louisville ha
valuable lessons in farming. tbeen bought by a New Yerfcer for
In conclusion I would urge you, and S5G0.
all my old friends to take a look at ' "?-v
this country. If any of you should!
wish information before coming you
OFFICIAL PAPElfcOF THE COUNTY
can address John L. Carson. Banker,
BrownvIIle, Neb.j J. Z. Smith, Esq.,
j President of First National Bank,
Beatrice, Neb., or X E. Dorm, Esq.,
Wilbur, "Neb. Neither or thesegen"
tlemen are land agents, but will'cheer-
fully answer any communications
and give reliable information. Ed,
Marsh (son of brother Jame?) is with
me, and fully concurs in ail I have
said of Nebraska, indeed is if possible
more enthusiastic than I am. He-
joins- with me in wishing you and
yours health and happiness.
E. Gt MAB3H.
GEORGE ERaSGIS HR&IftV
Row He Lives in Now York.
Thousands ofour-readers swhohave
listened to tho speeches of that erratic
genius, George. JTrancis Train, and
wondered at the wonderful verasitlity
and lutelectual power, of the man, will
be interested in the following picture
i of his singular habits and manners for
the past three years in New Yor,k,from
the peu of a correspondent of the Buf-
: falo Christian-Advocate
You know George Francis Train. Of
course you have heard of the Train
who. ran for the Presidency of tho
United States in 1S72. Everybody has
heard of him, but his true historv has
never been told. If you will walk
over with me to Madison Square,, I
will introduce him to you. No, I can
only point him out, for he never
speaks any more to a person over
fourteen years of age. However, I no
tice that he occasionally getsHecelved
in the age of young ladies, and speaks
f to those who are -two or three years
beyond the standard. " -
This eccentricity 'began three years
winter, wet or cold, at preoiaely G
o'clock every morning, anfll nevev
leaves it before ten o'elock at night.
In dress, except""wheu mussed by
rain or.snow, he .is a .picture of neat
ness. A $2,000 eluster sparkles front
his bosom, and a $400 watch, hung to
his vest by a $200 chain, keepsfor him
the time of day. He owns a $6i,KK
residence in Madison avenue a few
rods away, the inside of whieh he has
not seen in three years. In it,, plooe
he rents a fourth-story bedroom in a
house on Fourth street, near Saond
.avenue, paying theraforSa weeljth
money being handed to a ten-year-old
son of his landlord every Sunday
morning. Except in case of a severe
storm, he invariably takes the blank
ets from hi3 bed and ascends through
the scuttle and sleeps on tba roof.
His landlord stated to me that during
the past year. Train had not missed
above forty nights from his roof.
Even the coldest nights of last winter
found him there. He nevar wears
any covering to his head, and aJtews
himself but one regular n9l a day,
which he takes at half-past five in the
morning at a coffee hous on Third
avenue opposite Cooper Institute. He
enters tlie park in the morning with
every pooket crammed with candle,
fried cakes and crullers. In a papr
bag he brings half a peck of pea-nuta.
This stock he parcels out to children
and birds during the day. The Wrds
partake first of his bounty is the
morning. Tbey have become so ao
uustomed to his hospitality that the
ground about his seat will We osvereti
with them ike moment he arrives.
They alight on hia head, shoulders
aud eat from his hand, a dozii at a
time. The children begtj te gather
around him about seven o'oloak.
They are treated with less gearosity
thau the birds, his beg and pckbs
being of less capacity than tbejstm
aehs. Neither the ehiJdreB.aor sor
rows seem to think Mr. Train insane.
Everybody else about New Ynrk.dos,
but a SKiumittee of doetors huyg Re
nounced him harmless. 1 think him.
j insane, and the cause I aUizftbtale Uv
an excessive aud disappointed desfyy
t for popularity and fame.
A correspondent writes "Ij&ft yn
think it id wicked to smok&T" Ohv
dreadfullj', awfully, sinfully- whfked
Send your chrars to this oilue and let.
1 Ul4 i,urQ them up for yu, while you
swear off and reform before It s to
late. It is already too late for as
We went to swear off" bi&t wsek but
the office was closed and the man Um!
gone to a picnic Hawkeie.
A CineinnaU liquar dealer apptted
to a customer for' a letter of recooui-
mendutitm of a certain brmnof whte-
by wh,ch hg recetly sold n
him.
The custouter wrote : "I have trfed
all sorts of insect poison, and fiud
none equal to your Old Gubiaeft wM&
ky. .
"Silence iu the ceurt I thuiwterei;
a Kentucky Judge, tbe oth-er raern
ing. "Haifa dozen men Have been
convicted already without tlie-Qeurfs
haviug been able to hear a word of
of the testimonv."
T he bestahiug to.fuH ojvgmsj. a fJt
overcoat,
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