The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-20
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SHAMNfY,S BOYHOOD.

The Boy Reforner-the Father of tie Man.
Correspondence Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
While musing. recently among the
ruins Of Fort George, came across All
elderly man who had found Il shady
seat inside the ancient earthworks,
and was quietly smoking discolored
clay pipe. The old man and his pipe
had evidently seen better days, though
not many hotter ones, rs the mercury
Indicated at least 100 in the shade.
and as he sat and smoked in sad. med
ltative silence, I took q seat a short
distance from his right hand and
opened conversation with him. re-
marked: This is Il romantic region
bout Lake George
II can't see that it S very rheumatic.
My rhemutiZ ain t nigh as bad when
am here IS it is in Troy
l continued 1T seems too bad
that thi, old fort should go to ruin in
this way
"Yes. but that's the way Of the
world nowadays. CID forts goin to
ruin, old fellers like me goin; out Of
date, and the hull country goin' to
thunder
You seem sad to-day. Do you live
in these parts e
"Waal, partly il these parts. hut
mostly in other parts. The fact is, l
don't live much OF anywhere I'm
stayin' around with my children. I've
got a gal married and Twin nigh Lake
George, q boy livin' in Rutland, VT,
and two more in Troy. | was horned
in the town Of New Ieb non. Klulnby
county, \. Y. on the 18th day Of
March, 1871
''Tben you must have known Samuel
J. Tilden?'
80, yaas, I Enovel Sammy we'll.
III jest four days Older n Sunny. but
lie Was too old for ne. onct.'
''Ah ! how did that happen Z.
WAL: Sammy WIZ q sly chap, and
wuZ allus gittin' Us boys into scrapes.
and then leavin' Us to sit out tie Lest
way we could. Sometimes he would
contrive to git us licked for what he
was guilty Of hisself. but we never
could prove nothin Hgi.l him.
,~ Il remember how q ncighhor of sam
my S father had 4 Zig patch OF nl,lsh
ml,yons one Year. They WIZ called
nutmeg mush milyons because they
looked like u nutmeg. but WIZ bout
as big as your double first. round as d
apple, an sweet EN- honey.
''One day. Uncle Ike. us We |oys
called him, told us to come over into
the garding, and help ourselves, and
Nose and Sammy Tillen Went with
the rest on us. AFTER we'd had all we
could eat. and WIZ on our way hum.
Sammy suddenly spoke up, and says
he, Say, boys, they wuZ nice milyOns;
they wouldn't be bad to take every
day. 'Yis,' says Nose. but then the
old man won't be apt to invite us to
eat any more, fur he kin get ten cents
apiece for EN- of the visitors at Leb-
non Springs. and lse can't afford to
gin 'em all away TO us boys fur MOTH
IN
'''That's So, says Sammy, thought
full like. Then he whistled an Old tune
called american Taxashun;' l reckon
you've heered it, hein: q singer Your.
self. You don know me, but guess
/ know James G. Clark. | heer'l YOU
sing last night, and we're goill again
tonight. Them songs went clear do" IL
to my toes. My Sal had to use her
haEcl!tr more'n once, and when you
sung the Trundle Bed. she crie'! sn it
WIZ vetter II sop.
Nv hat: the Trun0lc Bee! !:
NO, 10. the hancher.
"All right, understand how Nu5
what about Sammy and the mlsk-iucl-
ons?'
wall. as was sayin', Sammy vhis-
tied that ole tOOn> and tlen nothing
WIZ said about the nlilyons till we
came to 4 shady place, and all on us
sot down to play marbles. 'lrtel a
while Sammy spoke up in a lively sort
Of way, and says he. Say, boys, it
would be dunn mean if anybody should
go Tonight and steal Uncle Ike mush
milyons. but I'm afraid they viii
cause you see the patch is ever so ful
from the house. ana Uncle Ike never
keeps no dos, nuther.
|'That's so,'' spoke up three OF foul
Of the stealinest little rips in the hi
party all to onct.
Then Sammy he sung
III give a true relaslur,
Attend to what say,
Consarnin' tie Taxa:hun
Oi North America.
Then he scythed, and says he Say
boys this playin' marbles don't pay
We can't make noJl!in' at it. iv(
been thinki.l' how | d Ike to go into
the uluslt nlilyon hu;ZniZ. think
can afford to l'"E three cents; apiece
for mylions, Just like them 1T Jn"l>
likes, and 10 questions asked. If Ill,
of You boys las a.::' to stil tonight
bring EN- around to i%tl's barn heIol,
midnight. and y0uI rAy will be ready
it's cool then, and Ia r1;1her 90 hiZni