The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-05-25
WHEN DEWEY y
n WAS A BOY.
Incidents of the Youthful Days of
the Hero of Manila.
.R. JULIUS DEWEY, the father of

the admiral while earning the
means with which to pay for his pro-
fessional training by teaching school
in Vermont acquired habits of economy
which chung to him through life.
After his marriage and establishment
in Montpelier, a large family connec-
ton living in his native town, Berlin,
four miles distant, fell into a way when
business called them to the capital of
stopping with their teams at his house.
The doctor stood it for a time in 81
1cnce, but on a certain market day his
patience suddenly gave way, and meet
ing his guests at the gate he directed
them to hotel in an adjacent square,
where he assured them they would find
better accommodations than he could
furnish and at current rates"
From this incident, which he fire.
quently related, lie dated his prosper
ity. lie had always high sense of his
religious obligations, however, and was,
indeed, the founder of Christ Prot
estant Episcopal church in Montpelier,
where his distinguished son was bap-
TIED, attended Sunday school and was
confirmed, and which became the eccle-
siastical home of the family. The house
which he occupied, and in which all of
hic children were born, was originally
exceedingly small, but was several
times added to.
Within the last two or three years,
wishing to replace this modest struc-
ture with a handsOmer, more modern
cditice, Edward Dewey, the second son,
sold the dwelling and barn (retaining
the grounds for $50. Three days aft
erwards the buildings We're resold for
$500, the last purchaser, who paid the
cost of removal, placing them on lot
on State street.
Since the battle of Manila this house,
as the birthplace and early home of its
hero. has been an object of interest to
tourists and relic hunters. The latter,
indeed. have threatened to carry it
away pieccmeal, a souvenir fiend in one
instance wrenching off siIver-plated
faucet, and leaving the water running
in the bathroom with the pressure of
the full system of 15S pounds.
Of characteristic stories of Dewey
many are preserved in the mental ar
chives Of those who were his compan-
ions in the boyish escapades of which
he was the instigator. and in which he
always played a prominent part.
An incident in his earliest boyhood,
graphically portrayed by one of these.
brings wildly before us a delightful
fr1 cri-pOvDpJy with thp Jr1m1tiS ppT-
sonae and stage setting of front yard
and vine-clad cottage.
As the two children were at play one
morning a lady, with the induhitable
toothachc symptoms Of swollen face
and hand pressed to check. alightcd
from vehicle before the gate and asked
to see the doctor. Deciding to apply
the only infaiIible remedy. and wishing
to get the best light upon his patient
that gentleman asked that she would
take her seat in the front doorway.
resting her feet on the upper step. But
here new difficulty arose. The i'm
proylsed dental char provided no sup
port for the head, and Summoning the
little VISITOR the operator directed HIM
10 stand behInd her' put ms hands on
cIther Slde OF her race ana let her brace
herSeIt against ms shoulder.
u did as | was told continued the
narrator "but at the first twist Of the
old-iasmoned turnkey the patient ut
tered yell which, never having heard
an Indian War-whoop, thrilled me with
horror, and deserving my post l fled
in n n ~ u n &c