New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
"CO WEST, YOUNG MAN."
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF TIE MAN WHO RE-
CEIvED TIE FAMOUS INJUNCTION.

graphical "reminiscences Of ac,iv" care", from
with IL in'rodnc,on by Troc,-o: Henry W. Parker
D. Up. xvi. 4:6 D. Lothrop Co.
This is record almost Photographic In its de-
tails Of typical life IN this country. Within the
period Of few generations to come. when the
country has ceased to have any frontiers. save
those fixed by nature or by international politics.
the book will read like romance, for t. the Amer
leans OF tic near future migration to wild regions
and the formation of new State, will h. solely
matters of history. "Much of the volume writes
Or. Parker in the preface. was written in Mr..
Grnncll's last days in the midst Of manifold
business, and while suffering from di>casc-somc-
times in severe pain. while debating to an amann-
ensis. Still, it is one Of those valuable books OF
"reminiscences of which there are too few in the
past, and which give better insight into events
and men than formal histOry-in this case both
| State and National The biography of Mr.. Grin
nell is history of Iowa from its organization down
to the day Of his death. March 81. 1891 vet that
history. important it ia, forms only part OF
his career. which began as he SAYS. in rural lii"
and humble poverty The race from whic; he
spung however. had not been obscure. AS he
proudly wrote:
Grinncl is reminder Of lIu2uenot origin and
an ancestry rich in traditions of history. and of
men tried and true in the dark hOuIs Of religious
persecution-men with iron in their bloc IN peace
their children were mon of Affairs. They conld
scale mountains navieat" and must lie cllSs"l
with the great refOrmcrs. without "princlplcs tor
sale or religious convictions to barter. II is tho
common remark Of thos" VIII" have studied our
genealogical tree. that Their" has never been one OF
the name convicted of an Infamous offence.
1t il no idle boast that our ancestors wcr" real
fSs Thr fa I E anS"h %ef
The iSsLe was slarp--tl." remuneration OF their
Protestant faith, or the alternative of n bloody
strife and expatriation in poverty. They chos" u
fbp chr I'll off hn inn
their exit to n home on the clalkv ellis Of Car
diff. Wales. leaving parks and garden, to their
intolerant foes Here. for twcnty-fvc years. en-
terprise and sturdy manhood biz, led with
patriotism and religion. Then III" family WAS
lurcd into the migratory, tide across the ocean.
where they found a rude HON" at Little Compton.
Rhode Island. in 1910 Their early shelter. a stone
house from which went forth kindred of various
| tastes and ambitions. is still! standing.
From Rhode island members of the familc
went to Connecticut, and thence to the town of
Haven. Vermont.
1t is true tradition that Grandfather Rcuhcn
with an axe "blazel his way from Salisbury.
Connecticut up through the forests Of Vermont.
made clearing. pnt up log hou;c, and re-.
turned. after marriage. TO the now home with
his bride, on sled drawn 80 miles hy
oxen. Their arrival was a. night, only to learn
o that as s how SSw h1 left at G sp's %" n stack OK
whit. mnraudcrs, and the cabin burned so
far as the green logs wonl! ALLOW IT, l, bride
lamites ard pcrs by the lndi ans.
I'VE can go back" sid the husband "or
to the nearest settlement"
NO no. was the sharp answer: .! cam"
here. to stay. and am not g"n% back t. h.
laughed at until W" hear the Indian WHOM
We can put on new cabin roof AMI thor
is TIE spring left. ard no fear %! st"rvati9n. WITH
plenty OF fish and game for III" winter.
In his boyhood Mr.. Grinncl was intimate with
the Rev Dr. Josla, Hopkins. thc-s"rond pastor
Of the church built by Reuben Grinn"ll AMI his
neighbors. Hopkins. in his youth. was = no'a'
BILE wood-cuttcr and the old farmers used to
say by way OF joke. that fine ch"pp":
had beer spoiled to make common divine. When
it was suggested that the minister shon'! have
"a home Of his own, the brethren w"r" SOME
what averse TO setting apar; tract from Their
farms. Reuben Gnnncl decided I" civ" the land
and generously allowed the clergyman 10 par"
the boundaries
This was related IT, Dr.. II"pl;i ms forty v"1rs
aftrrwart: "Thc parish sccnir";o bc oat the
next morning 10 witness tie lah'i-IraSuiih. &C.
circd the delicate service. u wag saSl ,a, -
man in the town in cutting "a man farn:
but j sterpca il, and. Will" ! heart u" r..
srstsa az the did Ii it T'- ,c %!' ' h ' fh
longest legs / ever saw
The writer's memories Of hoyhooi were not
nIl of the plcasantcst. lie had the hrnio'- AMI
the pains which with hard work on u
farm, the sharp sting Of thistl's in III" HI'avr'
of grain, and the humping that man or boy -
sure to remember ~ long as he lives II he
ever held the plough among Ill" stamps III
| clearing. lie continues:
possession a dclusiOn. | recall a haii-ia" KEPT
| from school to ride a horse in corn-plonghiny on
o scant sheepskin and sharp backbone, "i, ",
| lision with stumEs and rocks-and a. my mailer
| was a widow. ! was generously paia WIZ
bright full.orbed silver FIVE cents ~ ear.
~ oftA fr0N no UOStOtllcC !
| for twenty-five cents postage a letter from the
Ohio" to tho fond girl left behind me- On
many calls, and il they who go a-borr"wirS 90
asorrowing." there wac much grief in III" neigh,
borhood. The grea: church early gave me wood r:i
retiring fires were made by charity and the
bell rnng later by chance" Thos- high gallery
pews screened card player, behind the choir. and
on the stcalthy approach OF the tithin9-man. one
boy could swallow the hlack fox and the "th"r
| tufts Of hair in tn. high. remote African p"ws,
giving nearer access TO their God in worship
than to their brother nnrtas ynns were 1o ms,-
measure, which, with hard seats ana rl"iIr'i
extremtics. the genius If mcna! and physical
punishment seemed to have inangnratc'l rs pre-
| paratjon for the abode OF the incorriglbl,.
! Among thr old stories Of JacGuc, dc Eitrv there
| il one about Il man AMI WIFI who We're addicted
| to excess in wine drinking. R"norscful after
bout of the kind, and afflicted either by the in
| evitabc headache or by thr rcproachcs OF the
parish clergyman, they resolved to drink moro
except at festivals or on days when they had sold
something valuable. They kept their pledge for
few days, hat the thirst for wine began to tor
ment them and then the wife mad" the ingenious
suggestion that the husband should sell his donkey
to her They ratified the bargain with plenty Of
drink, and the next day the wife sold the animal
| TO the husband with the proper foimality of
drop too much. After that there was no trouble.
"Et ito omni die facicbant mcrcatum ut vinnm
biberc possent-and so every day they made trade
80 as to be able to drink II is curious TO find
/ A. .our%>,oert ~ .b;r old atnrv in tho Vormont