The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-25
GREAT MEMS BUHOOD.
CURIOUS AUTOGRAPH AnvKRs 10
A BOLD QUESTTO

Ues,ee witieus Curtis Was = tesA yhey,
sad Lsv~s his o'''r OPTIC"
nat Up All Night 70 " rite to ruu-.mAs
ward Eagicstcu Wa Sonrd { Always
Tell the Truth, and 70 KnockNny bedy
Dnvvr that said re piap't-L. Mary
Walker Replies with tue Rect ore Bsys
-The Great Frauds Economical . pty.
A young man In Massachusetts rho IL
very much Interested In collecting autographs
displays som notable letters from we'll nown
mon, all answers to the question: XIV did
you spend your boyhood ?" Major-Gen. frter's
writing upon one Of tho letter sheets OF to po-
lice Department Of this city, under date o Oct
"a, 1887. says:
~ give thee NIL: I can no more. though oor
the Offering be, in the accompanying Dsmplot
IfIcan get time to give you my earlier carer.
and also since this was printed. I viii WITH
pleasure. but doubt II.
Thanks for your inquiry and interest"
The pamphlet was a sketch Of the life OF tA
General. written for an encyclopedia. and cor
tanned q fine stecl engraving OF him.
From Mendham. n. j.. comes the little metz
Of Major-Gen. Abner Doubleday. dated Nov. 10
'87. and written In q neat running hand.
you ask for some information as to how
passed. my youth. I was brought up In . book.
store. and carly imbibed o taste for reading. ]
was fond Of poetry and art, and much inter.
ssted In mathematical studies. In my out.
l NoSA cpShsS = "sS AuhNhS ~
work. and oven as q boy amused myself By
making maps Of the country around my
fathers residence, which was In Auburn.
Cayuga oounty. N. Y.
"He was q bookseller and editSr thsrA
AS I I'm moving to New York I Nm nusA
hurried, And cannot give more details aa
present"
c. MsmmonGsr. olos sserstary Of the
Treasury OF the Confederate States. writes
from Charleston,
"The request made IN your bttsr Of the ssh
inst covers so much ground that I could not
attempt to answer It. I can therefore only say
to you In general forms that as q boy I was
orderly and Industrious, sndeavoring to be per.
foot In my school lessons and employing spare
moments In reading history. 'PlutarcA's
Lves' wore my delight. and having . good
memory. could repeat every incident In some
Of them. Books Of this character insttllsd Into
mo the desire to servo my country. and with
the aid which I had from tho family In which I
was brought up Of moral and religious teach:
with ! wa asq HbIe e s esH s mqss|f and 50 grow up
Leroy Pope Walker: one 81 Jefferson Dsyts.'s
net. in q handsome hand. large and clear. writes
,tSSf h11 nss Yeg No., fnrrsp: Your not. of tn.
toll you how | spent my boyhood. That !s an
imp9ssi6le task. remsm ber. however, what
WAN Vioh W . Lut L Wuo u NoEy lulC Auu
and lidC very often nV got f dc 9si' With tine never er1 a ' i%icE too
bSyhosod for you to Initiate. but everythinx 70
This Is from . ssn \ f Psa1s. M GlSss; 10. 1881.
my DEAR YOU'VE FRIEND: You write to ask
p Ras stad, u ma ovid as ana iuvR lSa Roma ESn a an Ga psq ct u i
II ln blssEni pixy tG ball. sk" m.t ted be SWIM sn ,S 5 s,as on
and climb to tho top Of the cherry tree. Sol
l It!s a an ! s sssis al # sh hss5s 5ss zsi'4f f Ssns soa nv vi! IL
] ph idi Brooks sal Il, II haven't time to ..ll
Boston !! should DO happy to sec you and tell
y9l about W W. onr.,. .u...
SSfffhl have m No doubt that that i s Rss very much such
hoy as you are; that my playing and study:
.as 5s %ssi !atf Pl EGinr When i T 7 %ss sS 8 o ssaes Ga des snd
rode on the top Of the stage Of the fremont
where / was born and lived Until t was your
age. was a Quiet boy. and not VERY mischisy.
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ply. was born In Medws,, though 1 lived
: sDsn, 1 ~ .S s fey year. i 1,a ny e ss1 ssh ltts T sad n sssl..
Vas NOTHING q all e%yentful IL my youth. When
x Ss' y y s slSsd q 9h e farm nd Il M ssssis a0t sSa ys and
:sR R S:' sif I - : Z i e g e. IL Is ! Il II SfS . S}. & : s,,'' , Ion.
Ing, With q great coat and gloves ME The
"idohs do so now. .yNsE 2, s,s1. euff4
Congressman John D.. Long. from ainsEsn,
to ts an ! i ne recent d. q y s...d Ietsss sssstas m
&e.. going !. to L village vfIiase' s xiiSo' s 81 nnsan nd
winter. and TO q netghRoring academy for tvS
VI %o sa.i I al ESfs6bs s s ss5Gss w ! iass = eau Ssl!sf 6,
81 aov ve bsd ibs shG 1saaf h naytna; q; Ell
great delight In, reading. and. at Il I went to
s seIs sle q. GssPpe sEsSsSd, my ny t SS,f Ssss oy
sss I . ri a. ss1 sFsssss lG % sHss tsFt' WIZ ' Esi:ss2
"i F!e@i Edys sri' ks a?sss comes this,
Dear Boy: The 'Hoosisr schoolmass,Rs
s sss !! .vs e t IT,; p ss sn' a ? ,Soef' n 4! & s s. ss It. Si
= ssf s { ~ slis 81 VI %ls fsi sses: ' %hl ia: Il! ss: sss a. ::
Do sEfo D S's5 T. . tR Esss. rh si.s ! :o sss.I az A I:
youngest child the most interesting" TIs not
sSurPFIisine' therefore, that I think Roxy NJ
rh hand @on nST e as e, to |hox I passed ny, beSheod.
small cities. tie earlier years, IN indiana. one
sNfia nn ta sasi is %Ilo xifElp linen sad NJ &1d lst 81 T yss fiI i
was passed In sickness. Some in farm work,
some In school. some as a clerk In country and
among wealthy Kindred. The best things that
happened to mo in boyhood were those that
work without finching, and to tell the truth!
Never tell a lie. and knock any man down who q.
says you do were the words my father said to
me. and the words, his father said to him. I'm
sure that Is enough about myself"
Cardinal Gibbons simply wrote:
BALTIMORE. June 20, i0S6.
"DUkA Bin: Nav thu blessing OF GNd affA0A