The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-27
THE DAILY GAZETTE.
Mz6efIKANEOpS.-
PaIHcIPLxS or Boy4ooD sTREHaTHHH.
I'd II MANHOOD.

the way he should 90, and when b he is
old he will moi depart from it, Ma
ture has demonstrated that . child
trained in the way he should not 90,
will require q supsr-human power to
change him. The latter truth has it's
illustration in every day life, one Of
the most remarkable Of which we
found noted in New York paper of
Saturday. Most OF our readers have
doubtless heard of Stephen II. Branch
who visited Europe to ascertain the
birthplace OF . man named Matsell,
who Mas ut the time Chief of Police
in New York. Stephen, we believe,
is politician by trade. BE under
stands wire-pulling and all the fea-
lures of trade connected with Office
holding, Office seeking, and the divis-
ion Of spoils. He was self.nomina-
ted candidate, and he therefore nom
atel himself, expecting, doubtless, to
receive . portion OF the spoils IS .
bonus from aspiring opponents who
might desire 4 clear track. This
brisf glance at Stephens late move.
ments will enable our readers to un'
derstand the character of the individ
ual. The following leaf from his his
tory, written by himself, and in course
oi publication, shows that the princi
Piles developed in manhood are the
legitimate fruits Of corrupt seed ear
ly implanted in his breast, and per
mittsd to germinate and grow by par
ents who did not regard the advice Of
Solomon. The extract'contains a few
characteristic anecdotes OF Branch's
childhood:
Cornelius Snow, nicknamed Flop
called me names, and Itold my father
that Flop Snow had called nae names
and I meant to lick him for it, when
NV father effected reconciliation by
allowing Cornelius to call me Steve
a. long as ! called him Flop. He had
long been at the head Of roy class at
school, and ! had never been at the
head, which mortified my father, who
told me if ] wonld get above Flop
through good spelling, he would give
me six pence; ! tried long and ltari
but couldn't dy it; so, on a very
stormy day, while myself and Flop
were the only boys of our spelling
clsss at school, told him tLat if he
would make mistake in spelling, and
let me keep at the head until the
school was over, would give him
three cents; Flop consented, and broke
down on beet, which he spelled
b-e.a.p-h-fe, Tor which the teacher
boxed his ears; and made him see ten
thousands sparkling stars; got six
pence from my father, and gave Flop
half oft. There was full class the
ne1t day, and down went to the foot
Nv fatler learned Of my collusion
with Flop, and gave me'a tremendous
whipping. The next day | went sew
aral miles down Providence river in
canoe with Elias Smith and Joseph
-Fsller, and was gone four days, and
an the tswa was terribly excited lest
We were lost; but Mr.. Proud a neigh
Dor Of whose peaches and melons
was very fond, stuck to It like bees,
wax that / would never lie drowned
while hemp grew in Kentucky. The
day after my return, my stepmother
whips Albert Tor stealing q small
lump OF sugar, at about IL An; faith
or comes home to di:ner at ~ ~
Ally cried for q long time; but he be'
gan to lull, and I was afraid he
wouldn't hold out until father got
home. So, I got Ally down cellar, and
piuched him, ane pulled his hair 10 make
lin keep i, up until father got home. 1t
being near IL o'clock, aud my stesmo'het
knowing my influence oxer Ally, told me =
Iwould pacify him before father came 70
dinner, she would give me as much sugar
90 wanted for whole week accepted
the bribs, but Al overheard US, and deciar-
q that ne would cry like thunder until fath :
er came II didn't give him half the ugar'
We finally compromised, BY allowing Ally
Z quarter Of oil the lumps ! got s-