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Show Greeley Peculiarities. , William Harnes, r., of Albany was a very old and Intimate friend Of Horace- Oreeley. "Mr. Greeley ," said he the other da), "was peculiar In ever relation of life except when he had a pen In his hand and a reform to write about. Then his head was lecl. "His wife v. as Junt as peculiar as he was. They had one son. I'lckey, who died toting. Mrs. Greeley never permitted the boy to cat flesh or to know "that animals were killed for food. "Mrs. Greeley was as earnest a reformer re-former a Mr. Greeley, and as Indiffer ent as he to the conventionalities of life. Mr. Greeley took me up to the house once to dinner, and I noticed i he Hour barrel standlug In the front hall. Thete was a trail of (lour from the place where It stood out Into the kitchen. I thought petbiipH it had just come In and they had not had time to move It. Hut, happening to pass It I saw that it wns nearly emptj The delivery man had i-et it down in the hall nnd it lind never oceuried to cither of them to move It into the kitchen." |