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Show o ! HORACE GREELEY. April 10, 1841, the first number of ; the Daily Tribune was issued in New York City. It started out with 500 subscribers. Horace Greeley was proprietor, pro-prietor, publisher and chief editor. Before Be-fore his death the subscription list had gone far into the tens of thousands, thou-sands, and it was one of the most influential in-fluential periodicals in the country. Perhaps some of the young readers think that Horace Greeley had a large amount of money and could easily make a success of a large paper. He was born at Amherst, New Hampshire, February 3, 1811. His father had bought a small, rocky farm for which he tried to pay, but finally the sheriff sold it for the debt due upon it. When this farm was sold and the family moved to West Haven. Vermont, Ver-mont, the boy was 10 years old. He worked hard for such a little fellow, and he studied hard every spare moment. mo-ment. When he was 15 years old, he entered, as an apprentice, the printing office of the Northern Spectator, in East Paultnve. Vfrmrnt About this time his parents moved to Erie, Pa. While Horace was connected con-nected with the Northern Spectator, he made two visits to his parents, both times walking a large part of the way. The Northern Spectator was discontinued discon-tinued in the year 1830, and the young printer went to Erie, where his parents pa-rents resided. He obtained employment employ-ment in Erie. Pa., and in Lodi, N. Y.; but im the year 1831 he went to New York City. He arrived in this city August 17, 1831, with the large fortune for-tune of $10. He soon found employment at which, by working twelve and fourteen four-teen hours each day, he earned from $5 to $6 a week. We wish you to understand something some-thing about the hardships this young boy endured, and the fact that he had to work and study in order to reach the high position he occupied at the time of his death. He became one of the best known and most Influential men in the United Unit-ed States. He assisted in many of the great movements, and .especially in restoring peace. Sunday Companion. |