Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1901 — Comfortable Hermitage. [ARTICLE]

Comfortable Hermitage.

Near Marquette, according to a Wisconsin paper, an old man has lived for several years in a tree. He is a flrstclass cabinet-maker, and when he came to Marquette from Detroit, he took up his residence in the liollow trunk of a tree near the town. The tree is a huge linden, sawed off about fifteen feet from the ground, and in it the occupant has brought to bear his accomplishments as a workman. He lias cut a door and window. The inner walls of his home are ceiled and papered. A circular seat extends round the room from door to window, .and' there is a comfortable pile of furs that makes a luxurious bed. The place is warmed, when warmth is needed, with an oil-stove. The man ‘plays fifteen different musical Instruments, and with these and books entertains himself and his visitors. Some people will perhaps be ready to say that a man who plays fifteen instruments ought to live in a hermitage.