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THE KANSAS HERMIT.General Hugh Cameron is dead. The picturesque old man, with his queer costumes and queer ways, has passed away. He took great delightin the attention that was paid to him and considered the reputation of being a hermit as valuable as another would the holding of a place of great distinction. Furthermore, he considered that a hermit was en-i *titled to special consideration and was not holden to the petty customs of social and business life. ■Like the prophet of old General Cameron was not held in the high esteem at home that he was elsewhere. Those who knew him best did not believe that his songs of the Saviour of mankind harmonised with the way he treated-, his stock. Liying in a hollow tree and sleeping inia box he evidently figured that domestic animals coaid also withstand the blasts of winter without the protection of barn or sheds.Now that he is gone we can ask -‘What is the use of streh a life?* “What *^bas he ' accomplishedV* While other men. have* been improving the community in which they have, lived by'erecting comfortablehomes and taking an active part in the upbuilding of the state and nation, General Cameron has enshrouded himself in the 1 mystic glory his imagination fancied surrounded the life of a hermit, and simply existed. Endowed by his creator with a good brain, its use was neglected and of choice he lived the life of an outcast.The World believes the most humble man in Douglas county, who is looking, as best he can, after the interests of his family, to be of more : importance to the community and state, than the hermit Cameron with his long beard, outlandish costume, : and queer methods of living..
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Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Fri, Dec 11, 1908
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