Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-09-17

p,satdsnt 81 the United states OF
A,,..cyoA old man, anon. bis party
!, bangor last August
49, AZ fash came tho snswer,
-, and colloqsssls II was glad came
se,ore left home"
~. question and answer. between the
,..,,,o.t American and humble Citizen,
,ss,r.,s the strong Affection which
-. he,ws.n Theodore Roosevelt and
,sus,.n sewsIi, the Maine guide and
,n,s.mau, Is hich has existed Cor twenty
$50. without strain or break, and
$50 win. in all human probability,
I'D as long as they both shall live,
sS.,.vsr mutations time. fortune OF
r.,it,e. may bring 10 either.
txh,t, many q man has shaken hands
ma Inc President and exchanged con-
xsatlonal gfeesiags with him, Biii Sew
:, has hoofed II through the Maine
woods aud over sesisrn prairies With
Atm. eaten taxed nssns with bin, and
-, bntore ths Roosevelt star had risen,
.,.s,e,ed a career OF political glory Tor
-. uressns First American. In fact,
80 Roosevelt vas comparatively ua-
s.owa. seaal predicted sha, he would
-. Asv be President oi toe United States.
rc-aay. President Roosevelt has no
,,v.,sr admirer, no more loyal friend
40 AM sswsii, of Island Falls. Blu
80. SOFT Of father TO Roosevelt when
,As latter was In his teens, and when, as q
p.,s and sicsiy youth, he came every
xsa. 10 the Aroa~sook woods 10 shoot
sns dan under tie guidance OF the vet
sran woodsmsn. It Is said that The Fresl-
ssps has alw.ys kept warm corner In
Na heart for the old guide, and that
sssss rear goes BY without some sub
xautiaI token Of his regard.
ma now NOR. than twenty-fvc years
.,pce the two asst met, but ever since
tasn tAsy bare kept Ia touch through
correspondence, sna icel as well &C"
aas,ntsa az ever, although Roosescit's
p.,h has teen far away from the trout
breaks and game forests OF Msine aince,
wgth health restored. he has been eiiHb-
inr 10 the .umsnsi Of the bin OF tsno.
gvsn " hsn on BITS honeymoon tn far
Of Switzerland. Roosevelt remembered
SAT sewnli, and wrase TO h1n much a.
a 500 would writs 20 bis father. Later,
when 10 the tasmosi Of Nsw York poll
tic., wiaaing his spurs in the legislative
haIIs at Aisaay, or as police commissioner
o, Sew York city. Ia ihs midst Of tho
sxeiGsments OF the Spanish-Ameftcsn
var. or - hen seated in Ssw Yors's 60
osssstosIsi chalr, he never forzo, his,
Old friend and guide down IN Maine, as
many a klnd letter, carefully treasured
By the wooasa1aa. tsstitisa.
TIE sewail family has always bean
aossd Tor thrift and physical strength.
Bu. az he ,s always called In the vii
isgs, lives In one Of the mosk comfortable
cottages In Island Falls, owns good farm,
some woodland and a camp ct Mattswsrn-
kssg lake. fsw mites away.
tie il aoou, sixty eve old, tail, spare,
blus-cyed add fsir- hatred. with Creek
cast Of eoaatsnanes, athletic and very
Intelligent.
UNDER TuK SAME BLANKET.
When asked ,aw days ago about bis
scqasiatsnea wi Mr.. Roosevelt, he
said:
"lt 700 wsnf TO ssh mo snythlng about
Col. Roosevelt, you can lust go ahead, Tor
asn never tired of prai-ing hlm-uy be=,
i'teHd. ard tire grn~.s friend man ever
Rad. Rgoss welt 10, ti,st OF all. sn honest
ma. srd one 81 the p,~laess men ever
mst. Ne dOssp't isdxs man by ths
elos bee nc wsars. OF by his position To liie'
lie gskes man ~ hts tree NoTth, aud hes
eses ~ ever siBcs | esn remember. wbieb
wAs = ben met him here as boy tsentJ :
dvt yrar. sgo.
NO wonder his Rough RIders wor-
shiPsd hisa. I'm no hsro- Wossslpsr my
self, buy take % tny hss To Cot. Roose-
welt, sho hest and tFussg man I ever met.
know bins, for / aAvc eaten with him,
and slspg uades tbs sans bssnEet with
hifn. They cay that 10 snow much about
man you must ksow him Ia that way.
Hell never be wealthy man. Why.
I've knowu him to financially std hts
political opponents when they go, into a
tight pace, aud hs often told me that tho
only pleasure be got from money was In
the good that he could do WIKI II. He
vas always looking round for a ehauee
10 heip some poor worthy fellow.
"He hates sham and Hypocrisy, and
when be was boy, hunting up here, be
used to pick out the good, square fellows
TO eh1m with, no matter how they
dressed or what their iiaancial condition
might be- He never was q dude, but,
Speaking Of that, find that the fellow
"ho wears stylish clothes isn't always
ie-iisered--the last war proved that.
II always said that he'd be President
some day. told him whom he was only
eighteen years old that he'd sit In the
White House some day. Something told
me that he would. and you see 1t has
turned out true. He used to laugh at me.
lie never wanted to be Ia public life then.
why, be wsnted TO be a naturalist.
ne loved 10 study trees and animals, and
expected TO devote his life TO that sort Of
thing. Que day when we were out hunt
Ing h@ said ~ s.a So. q arhar