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added. there would have been fewer sports
on the road after the races were over.
Many of those who came here from other
places to get rich found they were mis-
taken. and the road instead of the railroad
was good enough for them. There was a
time when they might have obtained cheap
or free transportation. but that time has
passed, and 1t was case this time of get
out or become boarder at the District
hotel on the branch. Those of the unfor
tunate ones who objected to walking got
away on freights.
Gambling is losing game" he con-
cluded land it's only a question of time
with those who stick to it before they are
broke"
X X X
Representative Tawney of the first dis
trict Of my state has had a most interesting
career" said a Minnesota man In Wash
ington. HE was the son of a blacksmith.
the grandson of blacksmith and was a
blacksmith himself. He was born in Mount
Pleasant township, near Gettysburg. in
1855. He was fifteen years old when he
entered his fathers blacksmith shop. He
spent seven years at this trade and in
learning to be a machinist. Then, with a
small amount of money in his pocket, he
went to Fulton, Ohio, and took steam
boat down the Ohio river and then up the
Mississippi. for Winona, Mimi, his present
home. He has told me himself that when
he had paid his fare he had just % cents
left. He kept this until he reached Winona.
When he landed from the boat there he
paid this % cents to a man to haul his
trunk up town. directing it to boarding
house. Two hours later he was strolling
through the town and dropped into black
smith shop. The proprietor asked him If
he knew anything about the trade, and be-
Ing given an affirmative answer hired TaW-
ney at once. He remained in the shop as
machinist and smith four years, when he
commenced the study of law in the office
or W1nona concern. A year and a half
later he was admitted to the bar. The
September following he entered the law
school of the Wisconsin University, the
first school he had attended since he was
fourteen years old. He Is now entering
upon his twelfth yea rim Congress. Winona
is also the home Of Gov. Van SAINT Of Min
nesota. He. too. was a poor man, starting
at the bottom Of the ladder"
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Bad for the early vegetables" one man
was overheard remarking to another in q
crowded street car the other morning.
so much rain delays planting" came
from the opposite side OF the car.
These scraps of conversation led to the
Inference on the part of another member Of
the group of city men on their way to their
daily toni that all agricultural lore was not
confined to the residents Of the country.
None of the men in question" he OBJ
served in commenting upon this incident,
had probably lived in the country for
any length of time since their early
manhood. Yet the influence OF the
continued season of wet weather we have
been having was estimated by mem rather
ON the basis of their earlier knowledge
than on the mere inconvenience which
they experience as city residents from such
conditions. 1t serves to illustrate what is
generally conceded, and that is the popu-
latlon of the average American city Is
mainly made up of those who have been
born and brought up in the country.
Il pity the boy and girl who have lost
In their youth the opportunities which liv-
ing In the country brings even to the most
unobservant. 1t is hardly possible to es-
cape without learning a good deal that is
or value In regard to vegetable and animal
life. The life Of the country child is In
finitely richer in experience than is that Of
one who has always lived in the city, to
say nothing Of the reserve of physical
strength which. as a rule, is the heritage
of the country-bred child"