The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-11
HIS EARLY DEVELOPMENT.
A Stor: of Grants BoyhOod-Hov
Ulysses ONE il Over the Deacon.

a StOES Ot NHI0nto hoy nOOo-kkO"
Ulysses Come IL over the Deacon.
4 correspondent of the New York .Sun
is treating the readers of that paper to in
teresting incidents i'll the early lie of the
Great Ulysses, which, of course, are cer-
tainly authentic. We extract u single cx-
plot as evidence Of the preeocity of the
future president.
TIRE BOYS ISGESIovsSEss.
Ulysses, my do You know how Dea-
con Potter como to have some of my Chinee
chicken aigs?"
Ulysses hcsitated moment, and then,
with quiverinS lips, the noble boy ejacu-
lated;
"Fa'her, it will not pay to tell lie; I
hooked the ai.s and sol em TO the Deacon,
but he hurricdly added. as fire cleaned
from the old man's eyes, and the CAD was
raised on high" but billed en-"
billed en-" said old Mr. Grant, greatly
usitated.
Yes, billed every dog-gone one Of EN-,
and the Deacon's hens can set on EN- till
the cows come homo, but they won't never
hatch nary chicken"
TIE Old MANS ADMISSION.
"Comc to your daddy" exclaimed the
old man with outstretched arms. I'D
rather YOU would hook and sell a thousand
billed aigs than have that breed of Chince
chickens 90 out of the Grant family"
The hlushing boy advanced to his parent,
who patted him on the head and regarded
him with parental pride.
And so you billed en- ?" the father
said, "Well, now, | never. Who'd
supposed the boy would have thought of
that? '1.ysses, my son, I'm proud of you.
Iou'U be Preside.t Of the United States
get, if you only keep on. And you served
tie Old Deacon just right. What did you
gct for the aigs-biled ;"
Ulysses east suspicious glance at his
father, = nicn the latter observing. hastily
added
"The moneys your'n, my son, you've
earned it fairly, and YOU shall have it,"
Thus treasured, Ulysses proudly re-
sponed:
He gave me dollar for half dozen of
EN-
a dollar for half dozen of EN-
bilod?' exclaimed the old gentleman ex-
ctedly You lie, 'Lvsses, he didn't; did
he, though p
TIE OLD MAN 5 INPoLIrENEss.
:" He gave me a round silver dollar for
en- answered the truthful boy.
" y round silver dollar" said the old
gentleman with an incredulous air; let
me see it, my boy
Ulysses produced a four bladed knife
from his pocket, and carefully ripping open
the lining to the waistband Of his trousers,
brought forth the coin from its place of
concealment, where he had intended
to keep it until the Fourth of July The
impulse of patriotism manifested itself in
our President at a very early period of his
life.
The old gentleman took the dollar in his
hand and examined it carefully. As he |
gazed upon it, pleasant expression rip |
Piled over his features, spreading and /
spreading until his whole countenance
beamcd with satisfaction and delight, and !
every wrinkle in his venerable yisage be- !
came an individual smile. Then with /
tears of JOY and pride streaming from his
eyes, he said to the .oy:
'Lysses, my son, you've honestly earn
ed this money. There's IA few bows at your
age that would have thought of billing the
aiss. The money is yours-your own. !
And for fear you should lose it will keen
it for you"
So saying, the old man dropped the coin
IN capacious leather purse, and placed it
in his pocket. He has been keeping that
dollar for Ulysses ever since.
This little story is very interesting, not
only as showing the extraordinary foresight
of the older Grant in predicting, while |
Ulysses was yet but a child, that he was
destined to adorn the Presidential chair, |
but also as illustrating the great truth that
the boy is the father of the man, and that I
as the "twig is bent, 50 is the tree in
clincd'