Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1892 — A Hermit in a Hole. [ARTICLE]

A Hermit in a Hole.

Nelson Purdum, of Jefferson county, Ind., disappeared from his usual haunts a couple of months ago, after having squandered a big pension allowance. No trace of him oould be found until a few days hunters came across him on the bank of the river near Madison. Smoke was issuing from the ground. ond an investigation led to their finding a room underground, in which Purdum was living. A rude cot, a sfove, and a quantity of provisions were found, but the man, whose long gray beard and locks gave him a wild appearance, de clined to come out. The rise in the rivet is likely to flood the hermit's place of abode, but no amount of persuasion will make him desert his strange home.— [Courier-Journal.