, 1880-06-09
nEMINISCENTrAI.
lAnYKI.Ilsa EAl,t.Y LlYE.


nEMINISCENTT
o.rv1vt, 10 rtv,.x,,v,.
!. su,.tai ni,nat.h n RI, fnt,a,a T+4t,,,<
CIxyrtArJ,. O., juno s.-Tho enthusiasm
which proyaItcd hcro within n ,luxrn miles nf
wuuro tho mart r,rosI,lott uox lorn. nn,t within
n srnro of rltn. NJ uf,nrn bo nnv llyrs ,sax mr.
fcattv will nil th,s nfthrnn,n. f,cu. t,Arge11 IA
rnnsL1err1 1nnro Tim t,con,na can1l1nto fhn,, me
thnt tho country hes socn for tvnlyo yuars, Il
"a a,,n1owhat c,,rt,,a foct thnt ouc,, IN twrrtv
ycaty a man ertscs ft,,m thu contt,,on rtnks
uf iitc. who. with sntno n4,n,,lnr ot,pnotnn,.
a,,tc,,s Tho on,,nfrv and nvorthrows 1,cn,nornv
In ism IT WA 0sn. 1inrraot,. tho lov.nnbit,
cnut]l,lnto of rlnncnonno. n 1sn0 il wi.
Ijunrst Aim. tho rnl.anittor, r., 1sHn II ia nm,
f,nrtlpld. Inn won1.chnnnor anil on,,nt.,ir1ynr.
Nh po should s,tputwe lint tfa4n n1nt, nr1c ureat
because thoy livod In a tog house, split rails,
chopped wood, ar,l drove horses on a r1i,nt,
Thoy wore xrcnt notwithstanding these drs,w-
l4,uks puu tho peoplo, nptrrenttt,u this honor
pcoplo understand tAat u1nn horn III tholr
lnIlst, Or rathor bclow tho average, hus cu1,-
quorud Mi tho ut'stneIos TINT could 10 put In his
pAth, nntl CONS tn tho
HIGHEST flank IN sTATEsNANsnlP.
TINT thcy fu1tr nn,rcclntn his v,,mtncs.. With
in II t1o,archy. whyro proIudtoo prpscribes one
lor,, in tho lnwer n,nks Il, ,vnr wnll thrrt. II, II
tu,,,,tIlc the lower meg origin. II, uaso tc shows
ercnt,,ess Tho rroatnr tho hunors that viii la
shoyercd upon him.
II Ia with tho ontl in vfow of furnlsh,no Ro,no
rcrsounl rc1nfntsconct,s of TIM r,nn whom. abnva
MI ot,,rra tho rconln t,eItuht In hnunr, md 10
furnish correct t,ntn Of tht, mountain nhstuclrs
which tho mastcrIv will md uiunt tntct,cnt nf
tho nun today 1,onlnattsl for prcsttlunt hna
uygrcD,po. TINT writp II wus nv uon1 fnrtl,no
to listen to tho only account, h, recent times,
pprtet,cus outsl.lc Of bis own family cIrcIo. iIo
WIS brought fucp tp fncc With son,o Of tho
sectlps Of Ills curly l1fo. md WIS led 10 indulge
In "reminiscences which fcc TINT Mt this tltnn IL
will bo uo hro,,ch Of faith to write out, eball
not attntunt to klyo bis words. but stnply ulyo
the substunco Ut what Wis sald.
NY OBJECT IN GIVING THIS
Ia twofold; first, to RIyp IN accyrutc nccouut OF
uvunts: l,ll sccund, to nut Mt rest tho n1n1y OK
nggcruted stories that uro ailoat Ut bis curly
chlllhood,
Con, Gnsflcltl had worry fow books to root1. md
those wery like tho old opulur novels of tho ,lay.
mostly tates of tho zen. t1uon thn vivid tnnU-
natlp,, of tho Young statesman those tnlcs tnnde
II deep Impression. lie suys TINT the ono whIc!,
now seems most vivid wins tho story cnuel tho
"pIratca' Own l,ook." scadlue oycr md over
axuln those stories tho boy drcn,nud OF
an impossible career an thu tuen,,.
u
ne bis boAIl,. form .,ovc1onc, Il tcunn tn nss,,"o
mor, tnneih1n form Thta wna tno no,,rre NJ tho
,rrcntcst Et1,r,tu,1o to III. rfc,,a r,ntt,nr
The friends antl early com lpapions Of tho aen-
cr,l rcl4te wonderful stories Of his prrcoctty,
telling how he cou1u rc4,i at Q ycar1, and nos.
scssca rc,nurkablq capaoity for committing to
memory whit he roud, 70 that Mt tho ugp whc,,
buys usually learn their lcttera he was son,e-
wiut advanced fl literature During nlt Tho
years of bnyhon1 ho el,nnlv ,vortt.t
and attended sohpn]. and Urry stronp
und hcnsty. until. ut tho auo of Id.
he wns fnIly cannb1o of dining n strong no,,'s
work on tho furnt. In tto sprnu of this year hn
went to tho TowushIp Of Nawburr. now In thn
limits OF thls rIty.
70 CHOP connwoon.
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"as ' ,hn ,"n NV ~ ,shioh ~ l''a.u, hn., ~
io, ,,rs,a,no., 1s,,rs.h,1,,1 t",1 - ~ , cu
lIttio irho nccnn y,cs - ,rant .s,;. ~ ~ ~
cn,,l,, MT o,rlv ,ooot T. ~ ,xo,,in ,a.'t, tts
1tfo ~ - on;ft,r ~ ,ho i,,- ~ .,,as, a|,,1
wltior rn,,vo uuon tim noceu,, t,l,,e." Tim ,vrrk
Of wood.choppfng was vigorously nrt,aon1,tetl
md time iew viii, urcnt r.,,1,1Itv Ho f,,t tI,nt