Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-08
WHOLE NO. 956
American Youa.. Men.

American history presents many remark
able n5tancts OF Young men taxing pron.i-
neBt aid commanding st;itioEs I'll an age
which weuta i,e"~ thons'!t very Young i'll
other countries. We rrese.A a few strik-
ing examples from the list OF those who
have passed oil the stage OF human action:
At the age OF %, Ar. Jefferson WAS an in
! iluential member oi the legisi;ituf OF Eir-
giEia. At 80 he was member OF the Nlr-
slMia conventions: st 32 q snenilre: of Con-
! tlnental CoErfess, 1nIt ut -, he wrote the
Declaration of lndel endence. >.>,.
John Jay, at 20 years Old was Il member
OF the Cont mental Congress. and wrote an
! address to the leop:e cf Great Britain,
which was justly regarded as one CT the
most eloquent productions Of he times.
| At 30 he prepared tie constitution OF the
State OF New York ard in the same year
was appointed Chief Justice OF the State.
Washington was - years OF age when he
covered the retreat OF the British troops
at BraddOck's ,:citat. and the same year
was honored by an appointment as com.
mander-in.chief Of the Virginia forces.
Alexander Hamilton Wis only 20 years
OF age when lie was appointed lieutenant
colonel in the army oi the Revolution and
abide camp TO ~ Washington. At 25
he was q member of t4e Continental
Congress-; at 80 he was ore oi.the ablest
IL
the constitution of the United States: at
32 he was secretary Of tie treasury, autt
organized that branch OF the Government
upon SO complete and comprehensive Il
plan that no great change "r Improvement
hRs since been made upon it.
Joseph Warren was twenty-nine years Of
age when he delivered the memorable ad-
dress on the 9Th OF March which aroused
the spirit OF patriotism and liberty in that
section OF the country, and at thrty-four
he gloriously fell in the cause of freedom on
Bunker Hiii -. ...
Fisher Ames, at the age OF twanrg-seven.
had excited public uttertio!1 h. he ability
he displayed in the discussion oI questions
OF public interest. At the age Of thirty his
mastery speeches in defense OF the United
States had eXerted great influences, so that
the youthful orator OF tdirty-onc was elect
ell to Congress from the Suffolk district
over the Revolutionary hero, Samuel
Adams. ------..----. .----------,-.-----
Joseph Story entered public life at the
age of 26; he was elected to Congress from
the Essex district when he was 20; was
Speaker OF the Massachusetts, House OF
Representatives at 81 and tho same year
was appointed IL Judge OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
De Witt Clinton .sntel ed public lie at the
age OF 2S; Henry Clay at 26; the most
youthful signer Of the Declaration of In
dependence was William Hooper, OF North
Carolina. whole age WAS "a. Of the other
signers OF the Declaration, Thomas,
Haywood OF South Carolina, WIS 81; FL
bridge Gerry, Benjamin Rush, James Will
son, and Matthew Thornton were 81: Ar
thur Middleton and Thomas Stone were
49,
1t will be observed that We have con-
fined our Illustrations to persons under
35 years OF age, and only alIudcd to those
with national regulations. chaEsc.
A Bridegroom Embarrassed ,y a Some
what Suggestive Matto.
1T ever get married in Il church again
you may call me Il GOAT said Il basEliu
man the other day.
"What's the matter nDw?'
Matter enough he retortcIl, and he
seemed to get mad as he thought OF it. Il
was married not along ago. aud as my
wife parents were pillars OF The church it
had to come Of there, they thought.
Well, some repairs were being made i'll the
church, 50 the marriage took place in the
Sunday school room. There's where the
whols. trouble came in. We stood on he
platform where the superintendent : desk
stood and before the minister got started
noticed Il great many people smiling in
the audience. | didn't know what o make
OF it. They all seemed to look over my
head. | never said anything till the thing
was done; then turned around and looked
up. What do you think saw? One OF
those coEfoUndeu notices hanging right
over our heads, and it said 'Sulier Little
Children to come Unto Nc. Isn't that
enough to makea mau mad?'