The record-union., 1895-01-12
WHEN THEY WE'RE LADS.
Condition Of Boys 1hat in Later Years
Became World Famous.

condition OF Boys That in Later Years
Became World Famous.
The boy Dickens had the experience
described in david Copperfield." The
work was In many important particulars
record of his own life. 4s=,
Murat spent his boyhood in his fathers
Inn, and his youth In theological col
lege. He was destined for the church.
but preferred the army.
Souit, the soldier, spent his boyhood
on peasant farm, and entered the army
as private, rose from the ranks to the
grade OF Field Marshal.
When boy William Henry Harrison
showed strong taste for the study OF
| medicine, but deserted it to enter the
army for the Indian warfare of 1871.
Ascham, the educational writer, was
the son OF servant. ii lis first impulse
toward education was given by an acci-
dental sight OF an educational treatise.
harrow, the theoIoglan, was a siugu-
IarIy serious child. When he was disin-
cIIned to merriment it was impossible
TO make him laugh, such was his sell
control.
Oliver Cromwell was the son of a
country gentleman, who was also brew
er, and the little boy was also greatly
interested i'll the operation OF the brew
house.
Pepys always had a weakness for the
talIors trade, from the fact that when a
boy he used 10 gather the scraps OF cloth
that fell from his fathers shears.
Mlllard Fillmore was born and raised
on farm. lie said he never saw copy
OF Shakespeare, a history of the United
States or map until he was nineteen
years old.
Sir Isaac Newton spent his boyhood
on a iarn, and there acquired the mar
VeIous powers OF observation that after
ward made him famohs as a natural phil
oSopher.
John Wesley always declared that he
owed all his usefulness to his mother.
she was one OF the most remarkable
women who ever lived. Her letters are
classic.
Cowley, the English poet, spent his
boyhood in grocer's shop. lie often
waited on customers, who, in later wears.
reminded him OF the fact, to his no small
disgust.
Martin Van Buren, began life as an
once poy for lawyer, rising slowly TO
the position OF clerk, copyist and finally
becoming pleader in the Courts of JUS.
tlces OF the Peace.
hernadotte, one Of his Napoleon's Mar
shaIs, who afterwards became King OF
sweden, was educated in the office of a
country notary, and spent his time IN
copying legal papers.
'ooV, me painter, showed his talent at
very early age. he made sketches In
charcoal before he was ten. and some OF
his early work displays great ease in the
use OF the crayon.
Southey, the poet, spent most of his
poyhood in his fathers linen shop. He
wrote verses in the intervals of business
and kept his papers hidden among the
goods on the shelves
John Howard showed in boyhood the
pnllantnropIc traits that afterwards made
his name famous. He was continually
on the lookout for some case of distress
tina! he might relieve,
Wolsey's early life is said to have been
passed mainly in the slaughter house OF
his father, VINO was butcher. He was
sometimes called by his enemies, s.Tbe
Butchers Dog"
Daniel Webster's boyhood was spent
on farm. lie was thoroughly familiar
with every kind OF farm work, and in
later life often related incidents of his
early days on the old home place.
The father of Talma, the great actor,
was a dentist. and intended his son for
the same business. The latter showed no
enthusiasm for filling teeth, and soon de-
serted his employment for the stage. -
Globe-Democrat,