Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-04-15
MiscfIIanfous.
James Gillespie Blaine.
Points IN the Life or the Great
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the mani comes from hne old ;
stock that his grcai.grandfath,. VI
brave and gallant colonel IN the Penn. -
MA line in the Res eyoluiionar, war; ;ha,
lived in that grand Cumberland Valley.
whose golden field, OF grain and brigb,
green meadow, charm all leholdrr, TO the
presen; daN that the Blaine family j. ,till
well remembered in the lovel, village Of
Carlisle: that Colonel Blaine uas the iu,i-
mate friend Of General Washington ior a,
least a. intimate a. that old aristocrai ever
allowed friend to bel. ,b., be ua. Co,n.
missar, General Of the Northern Depar,-
meni Of Washinston's army: that he ad-
yanced from hi> own means and from con,ri
buttons obtained by him from his friend,
large sums Of money toward purchasing
supplies for the arnv during that terrible
winter at Valley Forge: that Washington
attributed the preservation Of HI. troops
from absolute starvation 20 the heroic and
. self-sacrifcing efforts Of Colonel blaine
these are facts. believe. susceptible Of
proof But Colonel Blaine is no, a candi
date for the Presidency and hi. great grand.
son Is. Mr. Blaine gets his middle name
,Giilespiei from his maternal grandfather.
pioneer Of distinction IN Western Pennsvl-
vania. Fortunately or unfortunately there
Is no record of Young Blaine. excerpt that
contained in the family Bible. before he ar
rived al the age of thirteen. bu, have no
doubt that he was as bright A. his school
fellows and fully as niischie,ous forpo,
to >ay that his father lived in the borough
Of Washington and was prothonotarv of the
county Al the age of thirteen. in the wear
1913. the Young boy entered Washington
College. from which he was graduated at the
head OF a large and distinguished class in
1917, when he was ONLY seventeen wear,
old.
From all old collegemate Of Mr.. Blaine's.
an officer Of rank and character in the rebel
army, have obtained some interesting
points regarding the youthful davs Of this
distinguished man. Al the college with
two or three hundred student. from all
sections of the country Blaine was from his
first entrance leader. Endowed with
splendid physique, he was foremos, in all
athletic sports lie is not remembered as a
hard student. who burned the midnight oil
1t was not necessary for him TO do This. as
he learned everything quickly and easily
and his standing in his classes wa, always
among the very first. In the annual com
mencements and the frequent contests of the
rival literary societies OF the college he was
never conspicuous as a deba,or or wrangler
but he was known and Acknowledged a. the
power that managed and controlled all these
things. Gethe has said: ..One build, his
F. talents in the s,illnesses and builds his char
acter in the storms of the world"
To the new bows and Young freshmen
Blaine was ALWAYS hero. To them he was
uniformly kind. ever ready 10 assis, and sd-
wise them and 10 make smooth and pleasant
their initiation into college life. His hand
some person and neat attire his ready SYM
pa,hy and prompt assistance; his frank,
generous nature and his brave manly bear
ing. made him the best known. the bes,
loved and the most popular boy a, college.
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all their disputes. and the authority with
those of his own age on all questions. He
was always for the .under dog in the fight"
Like most college bows, he had his sobriauet.
Owing to the fact tina, he was possessed of
somewhat prominent, ,houg Oh shapely,
proboscis, he received the appellation of