, 1879-04-30
EX-GOV. PALMER.
His Career UP to the Time Of the
Rebellion.
Incidents OF Life in Illinois from
1881 to 1861.
Business and Politics in Days Of DID,
4 Wedding Thirty-seven
Years Ago.
Struggles on the Slavery Question:
First Meeting with no,iglas and
With Lincoln.


H., n,,, v,,.,,
As nus nerctoao'o oecm stase"' 'ac Ne" 'ut@
ishh OF SUNDAY Inst f'nblleaeu an e'e'ao-eoln'nh
sketch OF tic career of the Hon, John II.
Palmer, of 1llInuts, with the view Of bringing
him ont as tho Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. The early portion Of thIs sketch Ia
or ,ntoreet To II,,noIsn,,a IA civ,np mn fIea nf
s,,,., ,,.,,,,s,. oma rn,,,t.., ,,,".,ors t.. thts
soem "ust1'eS7, ni'' po".'eA' '''"'le's III t"'s
stnto In the olaei time; consequently. some
ss Il sas'i, s s.st SGsetx % q he pe5e Up to hs
,'...ant.a h,,,,r,
"eSe..." ..s us'u"
MosEs fhoM kESTochf TO '!ldNols'
John was then Il years old. Ills father bought
fnrni IN Mndtsoa County, Illinois, ten miles
from Alton, and bis stout l'oys began te break
the Riebe o. The psaf.ies. They r.se*, wsas
Susse1, 5 por; vas si.% hnlrs.!, lid corn * *
cents hushcl. The crops III 1$sa md lsss} were
poot; T1S death Of tho mother hroke up the
eldest. wanted to be baptist minister, mud
john bcann to feel tl,e need Of esiacatton. Iio
had M turned hls l!th birthday liIs fat''es SAID,
you your time.n 1his was tllen'thought to be n
valuable gilt. John was delighted,
IN coLLEGK.
Ahout th,s time Alton Co.lepc ,yn. oncnes, m
Tho nlnm uf nnmiial tnhor. il yos rrl1Jr If. d.
M t9 ~ n ~, 'mcat asoS u,,o M @
tam nftcrwnrd 10 smrcesafn.ly nit in nnrrnt,nn
By ERA cor.sl,. join aad If brst',sr Eii!!a
IN rnnnnv 1nhn nrns. a, .1nriIri;t wc,t ~ tho
h~liHtn,t awcn. srrnhirl mi, hnii, hr,s ~ mil
srt,noi Ennrs. Mi tin nrnsrsuteI his s;,,tl,"a a
4 far,n wus attached to tl,u College. md h.,
anrt scwcrc, hn,,rs n lar IL ita ,,,i,ivn,tom % liz IL
wa. n nerssycr,r student. md sHrstr,1 n II
vrnmrunr T.nrrnI,bv n1,I h{sfnrr. IL, w,m. N.
dsrca jotn aierirnc casatIons, md attacked NJ,
,xcnt M s,,r,hrr Ti,n"s wcrr % hors; ,,, "Hs ~
fnnni It allf'icnlt tn kc.,, hin,scif dcnortir @ I
clothed. After rctnuiu.,,,. 4. lie Co,lsrc AVER
wear he graduated for want Of money 10 H. t,,r.
clothes, n worked iiard to aca MIR yt'n grt or "a hi4
1nct. ''N ~ "7''' s~s y" '''
BECOMES COOPER.
1.o-t,, s,or. ,yos ,hn n % nrs, ,na, ,,,,o,. ,,.
t.arhau etHsh MAs W. tlee1 tnah WHOSE ac-
9ua.ntanco ns !naa. l,1I n.tor entcslhs 'he state
~ IL ncal ~ & ,s i:. u .mu opc1i & psasre
r., e. w nca" u Moou .sr n'e'' anons mug iroa
ooattl anu a. clotnee a',u cnahcc 10 bceofn0
cooner. inG oller was 9iaaiy acceptcd. The
outn n@sM!y as.eafsa s xn,. !o tFauS ;, s soon as
TEs .ras ,nu sta.Ia ,,n,,I ~ 10y. ians ~, t nE"e
itonr harrnl.. mi yoinr Palmer hr,nn r. cnr,,
money. lie thought himself doing vril when
le matic TO cents d day, After tle pnv,lIcnt III
l}s iebta nil s,lrnlta money 5yns euent fnr hnnLa
and newspapers, History, poetry novels, SER
nous, nna scientific works wcro paurctl iuto hfs
intellectual homer 5fl{{1 lin Ind 0rOt1n1 0ttt
rcs,ectnbIc hit tij.arrnnrci storIf ~ k,nw,nITs
lIe graduated ns COOPER in the faIi al lSH. uIut
Afterwards worked nj n iourneymnn for Mr
Miller at Alton.
nvco,,,s r,anr,n
. n1eoMha e,'oeA-iEppIkA.
..,;l II Was ule era OF % wooden clocks; Tho great
h,g.c Tan ~ %itm ill., 1sS
tic ticking vi thclr clocks was lcsrl in H.. t,,ost
rchotn rahins. Hnprcssiyn mpus,,rca rnra fnrn,,
4 lrcnsc trn of s51 mr. rninfv ,v"s c,,ur.Io'i
.u,., 49, - es A-A
Henderson, Mailing from, Nov IInrtfo1d' i;onm
entered Alton. Up owned six wnrn1is mi ",n.
pioyel six men to Ded,llp c,ncks m IN" nrnIr"a
lis cn1r]oyes word britrht frl,y foii,~s ri,',
,yoro rfu,i e1ntHrs anil warn NIT nt rnr%r.a" "'
T,hn cnorer Po1,ncr ,na1c t1icir asnunint"nca
nnf1 VIVA ,nntivntei. 'IT,o nnst ,vog"s h'.,"i
sn,na r]orks n,'d roviov II, - INT h''1 ~.
fanny. Iia 'accentrd a varonry tnner,1 IN, IN,
Iirndersnn, Ma,itsan tsnmnsy nVhn,,st,i
thc sanayan nnyad tS F,;,tor G,"t,
Thfs wns IN mi Iae, pa,.nar p recoira SImn'F, !.
taesn supu5 " etrchs. n,'H sueAs tlrto 1i'oatIia
~ uint euuntJ' ,i1o muuL ~ "uIN aisteMatlt:ll-