Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-15
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INAlN HLANl y. Y
H. ~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
/ impossible at this day to add any
Lc of new character to the &C
inf Of men and events of hundred
nd more ago, for the field of his
1 81 far as it relates to the Ameri-
IroIution and the men who were
srtatiye in its accomplishment, has
I eli explored and voluminously ex-
4 by hundreds of men equal to the
Nor is there a school child Of III
Nm all this country, who has not
4 his essay on these same men and
50 that their history is in-burned
minds of all Americans. Yet this
. Of the hopeful signs of the dispo-
. Of great people towards those
. He'd It's nation into existence. And
leader of all those courageous
he one who before all others car
an astonishing and successful
bment the herculean labors of
. victorious handful of ragged
ftrained soldiers through the dark
struggle with one of the most
hi countries on earth, certainly
now needs be said.
yOang man. Washington was prob
less hippant and worldly than
|ds of others in the colonies. His
b. which have been thought extra
r in their cOurtliness, were prob
bit the slightest bit more so than
Of the majority of his acquaint-
He was not tree from the faults
of his time. He was accustomed
hoiical cxactness from his expert
his mothers plantation and to
No doubt owed many of the traits
afterwards stood him in such good
From his school teachers, Will
Hobby, who was also the church
and Thomas Williams, he learn
eal and to write as well as to I'M
BID the art of computation. The
Of the two also gave him the rudi-
Of surveying which served as much
other one thing TO develop him in
general of the American forces.
Was on account of his knowledge
science that he spent three of
aN of early manhood in the wilds
forests, running lines, determin-
els, liking boundaries. His wages
tine were sufficient to enable him
haSe large pieces of that trackless
RM bordering on streams, which
l@rwardS of great value, thus de-
his insight and shreWdness as a
man. But the Lessons that he
nom that rugged nature in the
hours were priceless, and the
lu0n that was hardened by his
lie woods enabled him in after
endure untolu strains of expos
suffering, to rescue Braddock af-
generals defeat by the French,
rive The crossing of the Delaware
oeak and cheerless December
" Undergo Valley Forge and to
"OM them all, the modest, self
wy reserved gentleman. 1t was
!" Ills knowledge of the ways Of
yS mat he was sent on that
" needless errand to warn the
~. VI English territory in the win
,'''o4 on which he quilted him
"0d learned his first lessons in
Warfare. The next year he
"eD 10 20 with Braddock on his
NP'uluon against the French.
vas mat Washington learned for
"ue' that Americans were of
, sy0u stuff as Englishmen, that
A" usht Just as brayely as the
,e'eranS of the mother country.
~ through the efforts of the
"'N'nS Nlrginians that Brad
s,; F escaped entire destruction.
In, ~ "H'" better than did Brad
,'e eNoIutlons of the parade
we OF no avail in the sort of
N NJ T"''h they were at that time
,b;, "' physical strain undergone
), I,'O at this time was extra
from the ninth to the six
\, we" July, he had little sleep.
Ssnsr "ulhS, sometimes all night
a,pg - 'Ne forest, and succeeding
n',, Up some support for Brad
BIZ ALL lug army. He was then
b., ~" IN the coarse of that one
o,. aS had seen enough to give
i,ias a ~ faith in the valor
mo-. VI MS fellow colonists. This
,ayb ~ 4',e been, that so upheld
h vben n' uark hours of defeat and
BON Ina, "'> my we'll nigh per-
sas,o ~on OF foe and clothing.
5 ver. It'',' "' 4ea, even when the
Slsdeo ~ "e'nS greatly reused over
Dat ,bo ,ne'r treatment by Eng
eeSjra -, would be war. He
"a M va" ar And it was only when
4as on OIacr way to decide the
aearr, 'Ss''on of principle that he
IL man uoNJIIltieS. The cour-
ssaderGG. II accepting the position
y tho .n'et which was offered
Der oo,, assembly was sublime.
Ssads nt could send hundreds
sests, trained soldiers against
eber b uSF ships ruled the seas.
saaix1 aaa' the colonists were a
sR thu u.aalsciplined in any war
sao,ces IL against the Indians:
kseemmes Fe comparatively insig-
We on 4,s as If there could have
ppdertooOi,ne, But Washington
Done, 'oN the task. refusing
qisb. remuneration for the
sscomr,, render. And then his
aetly aui a began to display
N'0 he collect stores and