Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-02

Il see by the papers that Senator Eugene
Hale of Maine is still fighting for new
navy" said Colonel Starr the other day to
friend, as they rode down town on bob
tail car. sit makes me feel rather DID,"
continued the Colonel, when look back
to the time when l was Hale's teacher in a
country school in Maine. l have watched
his public career, naturally, with great
deal of pride. He was born in the little
town of Turner, on the Androscoggin
river, in 1886, and after going through the
lower schools received an academic educa-
ton. He studied law in Portland, Maine,
was admitted to the bar in 1857, and prac-
ticed at Ellsworth. He was for nine Sue
cessive years County Attorney for Hancock
county, was a member of the Legislature
of Maine during 1867 6S, and was elected
Member of Congress from that State in
1869. He served ten years in the House,
and is now serving his second term in the
Senate. He is without doubt one of the
ablest men of the day. He was appointed
Postmaster General in 1874, but declined,
and also refused Cabinet appointment by
President Hayes
"this has all occurred since he left your
| hands. How was be as boy? Did he
| then give evidence of his coming great
ness ~
Indeed he did," replied the Colonel.
| HE was q bright lad-but, oh, such
| mischievous one, too. He was up to all
| kinds of boyish pranks, and as was not a
believer in 'sparing the rod and spelling
the child, Eugene often came in contact
| with my ferule. There is one little incl
| dent in connection with Hale which l
never will forget, and over which l fire.
quently enjoy good laugh. He had been
unusually troublesome through his pranks
one week, and / had punished him sew
erai times. One day, when he was on the
| list for another switching, thought 1
| would try talking to him instead of whip
ping. | kept him after school hours, and
| lectured him until he appeared quite re-
pentant. l told him that if he only knew
| that it hurt me worse than it did him when
| punished him. he would be better boy.
l would sooner take feruling l said, than
to administer one to him. Finally, think
| ing that l had worked on his feelings to
such an extent that he was completely
| Inundated, | said: Now, Eugene, which
shall it be.shall l ferule you or shall you
| ferule me p Young Hale looked up
quickly and replied: Why, I'll ferule
you"
Hey, there % shouted the driver of a
blue car to a reporter, who was meandering
up K street. Are you the car man?'
Yep"
"Well, get aboard her; want to tell you
something"
The boarding was made without acct
dent. and the driver, whipping up his nag,
proceeded:
81 noticed that you had story in last
week about fresh hackman who was
walloped by military man for striking an
old man. Well, l know that hackman,
and l want to tell you of another
escape of his which occurred since
| that other affair. 1t seems that he
goes around for no other purpose than to
get into trouble-and to all accounts he
usually gets it. A couple of nights ago l
was driving my car past the line of low
saloons on the south side of K. above
Third, when I recognized our bold, bad
hackman ambling up toward party of
espectable-appearing young men, who
were conversing in the entrance to livery
stable. He braced right into the midst of
them, and in loud tones asked if any of
them could fight. l didn't hear any reply
but from their actions the young men were
| evidently trying to avoid trouble with him.
Then our bold, bad man struck one of
them. Talk about that military man
| Why, these young fellows nearly ami
Inflated him. Of course it was one-sided
affair, but he deserved it, as he has many
another drubbing. l saw him to-day, and
a worse battered-up man could not be
found outside of a prize-ring."
Smith Cooking out of the car window
"Hello see that Blank, the bookseller,
is going to move"
Jones-"Can't be. He is unable to move,
sir.n
smith-"why9"
Don't you see that sign over the
door-stationary?"