The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-13

realize the hardships endured by the
Rosing family. The father, a land
owner, gentleman of the court Of
Sweden. The sWeetfaced mother, born
in the lap of luxury; a lady in the
highest sense and their children, trans
ferred from the highest social circles
ana a life OF ease and pleasure to the
tiny log cabin among the Goodhue
grubs and a fight for existence.
1t is to the good blood of his for
bears and the culture or his parents
that Mr.. Rosing owes in the largest
degree his success. Strong in the
strength of good birth and clean hearts
the parents never faltered in the long,
weary struggle for a competency and
children never enjoyed better precept
They were taught to LABOR and pray
Their home, humble as 1t was, was
made the dearest place IN the world
and they were never allowed to forget
that principle and clean hearts carry
the highest honors and are symbolical
of the truest nobility.
Leonard, the youngest of four chill
dren and least schooled in the mother
country, received only the education
of the country school, probably only
typical of the backWoodS school of
thirty years ago, and the instruction
given by his mother. He worked as
only the sons of settlers have worked
But he was thinker ana at the age
OF fourteen had commanded the at
tent1on of several of the professional
men of the county, who were attracted
to the humble Rosing home, by the
culture of the parents.
The boy was a deep reader Of all
the good literature that came In his
way Naturally enough his largest op-
portunities for study were offered by
the newspapers and they were few in
those days. His interest in current
events touching policies of government
ana vital questions of society was es-
pecially deep.
Broad and Deep Thinker. %sa
He first attracted the attention of
the men who have since watched hIa
career with the parconaDIe pride of
personal interest, by the discovery that
the boy of thirteen was thoroughly
conversant with q vigorous war Of
rhetoric being Waged by a prominent
newspaper man and a leading divine
of the Swedish church over a question
of cannonical practice which involved
the funeral rites.
AS a boy he was always able to bring
other boys around to his way of think
ing. He went to the bottom of a ques-
ton, probed every side of a problem
and summed it up concisely, logically
When he was twenty years old he left
the farm to enter the business world
as clerk in general store. His par
ents were able to give him nothing
but health and clean morals. He at
once attracted the attention of the lead
ing citizens of Cannon Falls, however,
by his gentlemanly manners and clean
personal life and by the time he had
attained his majority he was estab-
lished as one of the recognized leaders
of thought and promoters of civic in
terest in the little town.
His early manhood and business ca
reer were marked by the dominant
characteristics that have made him
power in politics. A careful student
of the young man divided his promi-
nent character marks under three
heads. That was twenty years ago.
Today he has not changed his estimate
in the slightest particular. His chart
of Rosing's character is:
First-Tenacity of purpose; self re-
lance.
Second-Large faith in men, high
ideals and unbounded good nature.
Third Indomitable courage and 10y
atty to the point that knows no turn
ing back from a friend.
-UnfaiIns Judge of Men.
The young clerk rose rapidly. In a
few years he embarked in business
for himself and as business man in