Show IH THESE UNITED STATES hermit Is entire population of isolated NY N Y community features COLD RIVER CITY N Y with noah john rondeau 63 year old hermit as its only resident cold river city ra ranks aks as one of the nations most novel one man communities although it probably wont be found on any map the community has been dubbed cold river city by its gray bearded yo occupant perched on the edge of a 75 foot ravine 30 odd miles from nowhere in the heart of the adirondack mountains cold river city boasts no modern modem con not even a kerosene stove to reach the town visitors must start out from civilization 38 miles away at saranac lake and hike into the woods unless lucky enough to hitch a ride part way on a forest service truck rondeau has been living in the woods more than 30 years now 15 0 of them as a professed hermit he loves the woods and as lonely as many another person sitting in a crowded railroad station As his nearest neighbor is 19 miles away he necessarily has few visitors rangers bring brine supplies forest rangers who pass by every few weeks or so are arc his best friends formerly noah would trek the 38 miles to saranac lake twice a year to do his marketing of late however the rangers have been packing in supplies for him fellow cant be a real hermit in his estimation it if he wants to run out to market every so often time means little to the aging solitary it if he wants to know the hour he lust just takes a squint at the sun rondeau believe in clocks busted up the last one I 1 had cause the domed berned thing kept waking me up with the ticking he said there never has been a mrs rondeau he like women never did like women around he said they talk only once a day from morning til itil night and besides they want to boss a man around then they hey sometimes want to bring their mother to I 1 live ive with you despite his isolated home rondeau Is pretty well up on affairs of today he scans his weeks old newspapers avidly whenever the rangers or passing hikers leave them versed on affairs ive read up a good deal on atomic power and in a way I 1 was sorry they made a war weapon ou out t of it but the way it saved so many of our boys lives I 1 guess it was a good thing rondeau commented he also has his opinions on world affairs denying that hes an isolationist ti rondeau nevertheless believes the united states Is too concerned about other countries rondeau went to new york city once 20 years ago but he like the looks of the place everybody seemed a bustling it was all helter to me |