Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-12-09
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CHAIR. i,t
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BIZ N.Y.
Every American youth has ben trld -
peated , by his parents andbis teadhg
that he must be a coed boy and ~ exslns
plary young man in order to bsccns fhe
President of the United STATES. There ~
nothing new in this STATE mesa and do
not print it because regard itin the light
of scoop" Bat I desire 70 80
trifs further, and call the ~
tenticn of the American youth to TIE
fact that he must begin at . Imuch earlier
date to prepare himself fur the ptesidsuey
than has been generally taught he mnst
not only acquire oil the knowledge within
reach, but guard his moral character night
and Gay through life, OF ct least up b the
time OF his e!e,tion, bat he must b . stelf
made man, and he should also nee the NJ
most care and discretion in the se;ecsion Of
his birthplace.
In the first place, . boy may thsught-
lessly select the wrong State q even tof.
eiga country % . site for hie birthplace,
ard then the most exemplary life VII not
avail him. But hardest Of al. perhaps, for
one who sspirss to the highest cfics IN the
ooASSsAAA8
in which to be born.
Take, for instance, the residence Of An
drew Jackson. His name appears Eofe No
queutly to-day in papers for which be never
subscribed than that Of ary other Preadene
who has passed away.
Andrew Jackson was poor boy whose
father was farm latortr who died before
Andrews birth, thus leaving the boy par
fectly free to csoose tae site Of his birth
place.
He did no. cae much about bsoks, but.
felt confident on the start that he had
chosen q good birthplace, and there
fore could not be defeated IN his raco
for the Presidency. Here In this h0uee
A. Jackson first saw ths light. Here, On
the bsck stoop, was where be We
sent scrrowing at night to wssh his chap
ped feet with soft eosp before his mother
would allow him to 60 to bed. Here An
drew turned the grindstone in the thed,
while large, heavy nlighbor got on and
rode for sn four or two. Here the foture
President sprouted potatoes In tie dark
and noisome Ct l,ar, while other Toys, who
cared nothing for the Presidency, drowned
out woodchucks and sucked eggs IN open
defiance of the pulpit and press Ct the
country.
Aud yet, what quiet peaceful, unostsn.
tatiGus home, with it's little windows cpn-
ing cut upon the suow in winter and to
bare ground in GUNNER! How peaceiulit
looks Who would believe that up in the
dark corners of the gSble end it hArbors
large iron-gray hornets nest with hrocaded
hornets in II? And still il Is 90 quiet that,
on hot summer afternoons, while the BEES.
are buzzing around the petuDias and the
regular breathing Of the sandy
colored stoat in the back lot
shows that all nature is hushed and drug
ged into 6esp and oppressive rerose, the
old hen, lulled into sense Of false stcur.
ity, walks into the ''settipg rotm." eats
the seeds out of several everlasting flowers,
samples few vanished scnns on an or.
nanepted photograph frame In tie corner,
and ,hsn gees out to the kitchen, where
she bites into the dough that is Sc, behind
the stove 10 raise.
Here in this quiet home, far from the en-
eryatipg pousse cafe and carlo blanche,
where he had pork rind tied on The outside
of his neck for sore throat, ard pepper,
New Orleans N olasses and vinegar, together
with other groceries calculated 10 discour-
sRe illness, were put inside. he laid the
foundations of his future g,eatnesa.
Later on the fever Of ambition came
upon him, and be taught school, ,MAApA.
tie girls s1ickered at him and the big
boys went so far away at noon that they
couldn't hesr the bell, and we're CAD oft,
and came back an hour later with water
in both ears and craw.fish In their pockets.
After that he learned to be o saddler,
fought in the revolutionary war, after.
ward writing it mp for the papers IL .
graphic way and showed how 1t happsnsd
that most everybody else was killed but
hima.lf