Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-04-08

to him 1--WE shall. have to SO to grinding
bark, he would get right up without
saving a word and start straight for the
| village, land.geta load to haul Of pas
sengers to carry, or something or other
to do, and hire a boy to come and grind
the bark. 81 81 y. y &
One day we were short Of hands, and
L told him he would have to go Into the
beam room and help me. He came
along and went to work, relnnrking,
however: !" Father, this tanning is not
the kind of work / like. I'll work at it
though, if you wish me to, until Lam
one-and-twenty; but you may depend
upon it, I'll never work a day at it after
that" / said to him: No, ! don't
want you to work at it now, if you
don't like it, and meanto stick to it. /
want you to be at work at whatever
you like and Intend to follow. Now,
what do you think you would likew
He replied that he would like to be q
farmer; a down-the-ivertrad or get
an education. 4se -
I had no farm except the one which
my wife inherited, and that was rented
out; / had no idea of letting him be a
down-the-river trader; had money,
but | required it in my business, for it
took capital to carry that on, and !.
could not withdraw enough, to educate
him without crippling my business, |
thought of West Point; so / said to
him, How would you like West Point?
You know the education is free there,
and the Government supports the ca
dets.' First rate" said he. a
Our representative in Congress at
that time was the Hon. Thomas l.. Ia-
mer. ! wrote right on to him stating
that Senator Morris had informed me
that there was vacancy, and request
ing him to appoint Ulysses. My letter
reached him ON the night of the Sd of
March; on the next day, the 4th, his
term of office expired. lie knew Ulys-
ses, and was glad to have an opportu-
nifty to appoint such boy, after the
bad luck which had attended his pre-
vious appointee; so he made the ap-
pointment at once. A days delay IN
the mail that carried my letter would
have made some difference in the histo-
~ of one man, il, not of the country.
Ulysses was entirely unprepared by
any previous study, pursued with spe-
cial reference to fitting for West Point,
but he got through the examination
and was admitted. | never saw him
while he was at West Point, except on
the occasion OF one visit, which heinade
to his home during the furlough at the
end Of his second year , II was said
OF him that while there he was not one
who took pains to make himself popu-
lar, but that all the boys liked him. Il
believe he went by the name of = Uncle
Sam" on accounted his initials, a u. s."
A supcr4titious person might almost
think that there was something Provi-
dental about these significant initials
being stuck on TO him, for they were
not given to him at his christening
When the question arose after his birth
what he should be called, his mother
and one of his. saunts proposed Albert,
for Albert Gallatin; another aunt pro
posed Theodore; his grandfather pro-
pescd. Hiram, because he thought that
was handsome name. His grand
mother grandmother b, courtesy
that is his mothers step-mother--was
a great student Of history and lad an
enthusiastic admiration for the ancient
commander, fUlysscs;f and she, urged
that the babe should be named Ulysses.
seconded that, and he was christened
Hiram Ulysses; but he was always
called by the latter name, which he
himself preferred, when he got old
enough to know about 1t. But Mr.
Hamcr. knowing Mas. Grants name was
Simpson, and that we had son named
Simpson, somehow got the matter q lit
tie mixedsin making tho nomination,
and senttheInane IN, tClysseslS. Grant,
instead Of Hiram Ulysses Grant Myi
son tried in vain, Afterwards, to get it
set right by the authorities; and | sup
pose he is now content with his name
as it stands.salw .sse1ea .sss 80 sls
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