American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-03-23
HIS EARLY DEVELOPMENT.
4 Story Of G,ent's Boyhood-Hote
Ulysses Come IL Cter tie Deacon.

A correspondent of the New York |
San is treating the readers of that |
paper to interesting incidents i'll the |
early life of the Great Ulysses, which
of course, are Ger ainly authentic.
We extract Il single exploit as evil
dence OF the precocity Of the future
President.
THE BOYS NERVOUSNESS.
Ulysses, my son, do you know
how Deacon Potter come to have
some of my Chinee chicken aigs ?"
Ulysses hesitated moment, and
then, with luivering lips, the noble
boy calculated:
Father, it will not pay to tell a
lie; | hooked the aigs and sold 'em
to the Deacon, but he hurrie(lly
added, as fire cleaned from the old
mans eyes, and the CAD was raised
Oh high but | billed en-
Billed 'em p said old Mr.. Grant,
greatly agitated.
Yes, billed every dog gone one
of EN-, and the Old DeacOn's hens
can set on 'em till the cows come
home, but they won't never hatch
htl SHNhC
THE OLD MANS omission.
"COme to your daddy" exclaimed
his father, with Outstretched arms.
.. I'd rather you would hook and sell
a thousand billed aigs than have that
breed of Chinee chickens go out of
the Grant family"
The blushing boy advanced to
his parent, who patted him on the
head and regarded him with parent
al pride.
.'Aud so You billed 'em p said the
father. Well, now, never! Who'd
Il supposed the boy would have
thought of that . Ulysses, my son,
I'm proud of you. You'll be the
President Of the United States get, if
YOU only keep on. And you served
the old deacon jest right. What did
you get for the aigs-5iled p
Ulysses cast suspicious glance
at his father, which the latter Oh
serving hastily added:
1.-The moneys yOur'n, my son ;
you've earned it fairly, and you shall
have it,
Thus treasured. Ulysses proudly
responded:
:! He gave me a dollar for half a
dozen of 'em.'
:. \ dollar for half dozen or
'em-biled p exclaimed the old gen
tleman, greatly excited. =" You,
lie. Ulysses. he didn't; though did
he -
THE OLD MANS IIPOLlTENESS.
He gave me a round silver dol
lar for EN- answered the truthful
boy.
. A round silver dollar" said the
old gentleman. with an incredulOus
air. = let me see it, my SON.
Ulysses produced fOur-b!aded
knife from his pocket, and carefully
ripping open the lining TO the waist
band of his trousers, brought fOrtl
the coin from its place of conceal
ment. where he had intended tt
keep it until the Fourth of July
The impulse of patriotism manifest
, eel itself in our President ut Il very
early period of his life.
The old gentleman took the dollar
i'm his hand, and examined it care
July. AS he gaZcd upon it, Il pleas
ant expression 1ipled over his fea
f lures, spreading and spreading unit
his whole couutenance bcained Will
satisfaction and delight, and every
wrinkle in his venerable visage be
came an individual smile. Thel
with tears OF Joy and pride stream
lug from bis eyes, he said TO the boy
"'Lyssus, my son, you've honest
ly earned this money. There's few
boys at your age would have thought
of bling the aigs. The money i.
yours-yOur own. and for fear You
shorld lose it. | viii keep it for YOU
So saying, the old man dropped
the coin in Il capaciOuS purse, ant
placed it in bis pocket. He has beer
keeping that collar for Ulysses ever
since.
This little story is very interest
ing, not only as showing the extra,
: ordinary foresight OF the older Gram
in predicting. while Ulysses was ye
but Il child, that he was destined t'
adorn the Presidential chair, bu
/ also as illustrating the great truths
that the boy is the father of tn,
plan and that as the "twi" is bent
SO is the tree Inclined
CLAY COUNTY BILL DEFEATED
The bill creating the county o
Clay with Water Valley as county
site. has been defeated in the House
by a small majority, after passing
the Senate bv IL vote of 10 to-.
The contest over this measure was
severe and prOtracted, and though
resulting in present defeat, will not
, IN our opinion, amount to decisive
action.
advice to the people of Coffee
Vile was to take no part in OppO
>ition to the new cOunty-we YET
hink it the policy they hould have
pursued.-Miss. Central.
\ widower was recently rejecte,
by 81 uamSel who didn't want /;
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