Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-10

chapes and clolstors
The life Of Colonel John Hay is much
Of n romance His grandfather was
Scottish soldier and his fnthor physl-
clan Colonel John was tho fourth son Of
Or. Charles Hay. and was born In Salem.
Ind. oct. s. 1888 His b1yho0d was passed
In the West during that lnchoate period
when the thin pocket-lne of pioneer
villages was followed by tho organization
OF great towns, and when all tho initial
steps OF local self-gOycrnment were OF
foremost interest" When the time came
for the selection OF n college, 1t In not
strange TINT Hay-iuilueuce1, undoubtedly
by the fact that Providence. II. L.. had
been the early home OF hla mother and
Brown University the alma inator OF his
maternal grandfather male choice OF
that college. He. therefore, entered Brown.
and at once took high rank ~ u wrltur.
This was evident not only from mis- eH-
says In the departments OF rhetoric and
tho various acienCcH-in short, In all those
studies IN which good writing Hubloned
10 thorough knowledge OF tho subject
Is requlfed-hut from the fact thnt when
ever anything above the ordinary was
needed In the way Of competition his
services were at once drawn upon. This,
too, was the more noticeable when II IL
recalled that the class OF which he was
a member was made up 0f an rrusuNl
number OF brilliant men, cNcclllng es-
peelally In competition, and many OF
whom have since become eminent IN dlf-
for,nt walks OF life. particularly that OF
Journalism
Colonel my graduated from Brown De-
| iore ne VIVA IL and then won't 90 spring
lril, the mecca or az me ambition IN
southern ana central llllaolH, ana IN the
fall OF 1859 he got a chance TO study law
In the office OF the leader OF the bar In
that section. Abraham Lincoln. During
the year and half which lntcrvenod bo-
! tore inc inauguration OF mo martyr Fres-
ident, Colonel hay ma time 10 WIN the
confluence ana lrlrhuship OF MI ldnooin,
one OF whose most Striking characteristics
| was an attraction Tor young men. The
law once N Jnly, lepV btcainc ihe mead
! quarters OF the RernnloAh candidate Tor
the presidency BLACKSTONE ana Coke
were ialu on the she't forever by poth tne
! tutor anu the pupil, and, together with
| Mr. Nicholny- they begah The history that
! ended Ia the box AZ FofdH Theatre that
awful night,
During all their nssoclntion with Mr..
l,."eo,n, uullus tne uays Nnsh the Once
or pliNA'e heoroarN' uhN the once OF
ifeslHeut was more important imam II
was before or has been since, both Mr..
| Nlcolny ana Mr. Hay made II IL rule "a
DO loyal 10 Mr.. Lincoln alone. They
were hts eyes, his ears, hll tongue and
his conscience, hts sonscs; and no mattel
what outeide fricndshina Tiara ,scrc "a
mattor ,,hnt ss,ersti,,,s N.tr ~, ,s' ,,, ~.
nlAtter WN.t NssgulNU9ue' hef uuty wa
TO MN, ana 70 MN atone ana he under
Stood ana accepted tholr Devotion
After the assassination Of MIR. Iineolr
Mr.. nav wont 10 para M serrets,s a.
4 n,,ttnr v.hs, ~, Nthat,,, ~
G,,A,,1 Mnv. ~, ''vlo'Ng Went ~
,uusu N,N,tN i"N was hilerWAfd'
uahHterred 10 MADRID. where he wrou
that charming book "Castillian Days.
Then he became Charge d,Anlira at VI
emma. where he remained I'm ISL. whei
he came home 10 areent an oiitn,l'i 40
| On thn Nevv y,tp ir.tt,i,n, III ~,
,n,,t LII" 80 t.''uue' ~ con
uNs"vh wv" ~. P'peu continued uhtl
tnn eleouon or hayes when no was IN
ylted to become Assistant Secretary o
State. nm appointment that was yor,
agreeable to him. Al the csnclusinn a
the Iiayea nduilnistratinn cnionci Jta,
went IL no ho,,, ~ liz No. ~ Ga
i,nb 49, ~" ~ , "a w w. VI lew
.auS' "nu ~ AeNetai Es'Fs ueNo'ea MIN
AeI 10 Wr'uhs,
MS iAther-ln-law, Amaea stone, LEI
nun mutton or more, ana al he need
70 70 now IS 20 look % tho world throug
snauoh speStheea' stone was q eurlou
~ Wy fuuer nhnsea OF existence, love
trotung horses aud the strong natura
thlhku OF our American life. He had tw
daughters ana enc son. The son diet
whereupon MFR, Stone erected mont
ment 10 hts memory IN the rhnpo OF
| college ana named 1t hdelhcrt, after hin
IN hls VIII ne treated that College a
thnuRh IL mad been his son, and gave u
iull third OF his property, The balane
ne gave 70 ms twO snns-ln-law, Both
tncac huya hAu impressed themselves O