The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-14

today IL Is noticed thas many -
things ne 50 deeTies are parallsi "a -
teachings OF his own early life. A.
oote which shows the gls.schiavop,,s. =
the boy ~ the age q eight Year, !. +.
told here. A cow belonging to : 49,.
sirayed into the garden Of the rr-s1'
property, and when Robert triad - ~
her out through the gats she rsf,-ss
so. AS Robert had been insfructsN ~
father 10 keep this Cow out ana - -
very persistent boy. he decsdaA !.
new plan. Just az the rear Of TIA ~ 4
a deep erahankmens. which Ia mo,- N
seventy feet from the top 10 the str.s.s ~
lew. Further down this stream - -
der the new bridge which stands s..s Z
the place where occurred thu AsA~s
disaster. Robert drove the Gov -. h.
steep bank. where she rolled srar, =.
bottom. Thus the cow was eiac,sA 4 =
the garden, although considerahl- - Il
for her trouble. Rob = short ,s,s. "
ward remarked that ne never 49,.
anything so much IN his life a. NJ ~ "A
sec that cow roll down that hanr
The boy once spoke at a school -.
ssinment in the Baptist church
first speeches were made In 4 49,
AT the time OF his recent visit Ia. ~
H. l. Morrison, who was scAooi:ss
called upon him and together ill., q
called how he made his debut a 4 r.ss
speaker lie was 10 have yecited ! sks
which he had learned at school ,k.s..
Gals He made q start. but when : ~
tain sentence was reached he forr., 4.
rest and became embarrassed ~ ~
the platform. This Incident so ds..ss
aged Robert that for years he eouls y.
think otherwise than that Re had -
Of the gifts OF en- orator. In fact /, ~
not until after he had been adnirtea q
the bar tina, he again essayed to spsrs
piece. and then only to make ahcvs 4 I
dresses 10 jury. 1t was not mia ~
was levied upon to help out at 4 nrna,
school picnic in u southern IIllnoia 80
that either he or hts friends reallana sIs
he was TO be an orator. The -
speakers failed to come and Mr.. lA1S5
was finally prevailed upon to occnsv n.
allotted time. Mr.. Ingersoil. IN tSIise 3
this, says that as he went to tn FL.
form he thought over the subionss = !.
which he could talk and finally oalfis
on the re-Revoiutaonary heroes an1 ~
riots. as with that chapter Of histos Z
felt himself familiar. He had ri -
along with his address when he Co.
that several OF the older men were rr1
moved by their emotions aud haA -
in their eyes. Then II was that n e
the first time realized that he hsd -
power TO move mems hearts.
1t was on this day that Mr. lns
first drew upon himself the hrs d
orthodox. In treating OF the Rsvo,u1S
airy heroes he had not. az was thea g
tomary. ignored the name OF Tom N
In fact he spoke with little moss =
mendation OF him than OF the otherx r
because OF the injustice which he III ~
been done the great mans mama ri
told his hearers that he thought h -
a disgrace and a reproach to the -
hood of America that man Ike ~
should not receive the credit tustIy g
him. just because perchance his rsn(m
views were not those Of the mann -
stirred UP his audience to think Ia \
should speak enthusiastically OF Ton ~
az Sunday school picnic. Howesw 81
s.rall minority stood with him. On -
next Sunday the ministers of the 0oRS
thercabuuts took their first whiYl q a
irrepressible Ingersoll and their nrefAla
have kept IL UP ever since.
The Rev. John ingersoll went m
Ashtabula TO Madison, O.. ana AM
thence moved TO Illinois. Robert IN
ward went TO Congress from IEn6kpI
Buffalo Express.