The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04

4 the future great man cannot hope TO
4 start life rocked in a sugar trough and
his letters by the lightRof pine
knots. The log cabin in which Fair.
i banks was born was situated not far
1 from Columbus, in the then will s5 of
Il Ohio His father was B a wagon ma kerr
who bought two hundred acres oftvrgin
forest and turned 1t INTO Is farm Tie
built a log cabin with his own hands,
and in that cabin the Republican candi-
lsdates for Vice President was born. ss I
fonce asked Senator Fairbanks \ Il he re-
lamernbered the cabin. RI II e replied
ssfl..'I am no draftsma but i could make
% picture 55yf 1t to-day. It / had but one
large room ,lnd a loft over IT, here was
a. fireptce within, where the ooking was.
done over a crane. There were two
beds IN the room, and we had two beds
also In the attic These sufiiced for
the family until my father had made
enough to build. large h Gus e. s IL
the senator told me that 1t was destroyed
shortly, after the larger house WAS built
SIt had been moved asid g and turned into
q carpenter shop for9use I'M constructing
the larger building lsS
FairballSs's Narrow Escape.
88s3sI was ut this time that Senator Fair
banks had the narrowcs Il * sca peS of his
gife.8 The work on the new house syYas
going on IN the winter and las fire had
been built in the old cabin carpente shop.f
Tile family and a he worlsmen had gone
ito dinner In Il he eW il O(lsey when 81 he
future Vice-P Presidential candidate. then
nv little black hai red tot. In black skirt
and apron, tried to replenisl, the fire.
by putting In some sravings "a s. he
opened the door some Goals dropped out.
and within n few seconds the cabin was
ablaze. Il 4 The fire was etWecns 4 him and
one door and he X ried % force his way
out the other door which was jamnlrdf
up with luinberSEIc was burned Isl lghtl3E
before he l,cceeded In getting through
'IleF was, Ii oWeyer, rlolies frightened. than
hurt. and male as i he snow onsS the
ground he ma dc his wa Into the room
where the family were dining and satd;s
f''Mamma, guess the carpenter shop
will burn d oWn. IF b B5i 8
The men jumped to their feet and
lolsed out 4 Of the window The whole
5house was In DANES, 4 and al, hour alter
this I,rospect i've ice-F residents birth
place was a ~ ashes. 81 rs agiitf
ss Pays to be Born onga Farm.
55sI hadaa chat With Mr.. Fairbanks when
he wns nrst elected "A 10 n he Senate about
Than told mel hat his work as 3aI farmers
hoy had been a service to him ali his
life. aud lie said lie thought At paid a
hoy to be born on al farm. gs Said he;
sss$ss''l was upon lat n learned
how orls, d such # sue cess ~ s. f5l
,llnYe a had has come III fran hard sWorks
IT sis the farm 81 that Will produce the
men az the future, The greals|
writer's. lawyers and business men Of
the next.5 generation are now among tlfh
farmer boys Of to-day. II few It ia
true, may come from the city, but the
NM orityswill be q from tile country, i Il
ut IS hard knocks and hard work hat
develop ahara eter.ss continued the sena-
tor III ..and the boy who has IN hese is
batter Off than he who has them not
The city hoy has too few a flicul Ties toll
contend with. and II doubt whether y
Is an adyantaga for boy to be born
rich, ElI remember once llearing q party
Of famous men telling Of Y their sllccess !
innHlife. One al terS a no her described
the trials he had had g nd the steps up |
which he had cllmed to fame q nd fortune
AL las / spoke the MOS rlinent of them
ali !. saying VI II am entitled I'll to more I
credit than any Of YOU, for was born3|E
Rich and i have sllcce eded' In spite of (
my riches III IS rs &
i How Fairbanks Got His Educa-3
ton.
4 AT that same time Senat tor Fa lrba INKS
toId n, q J,nrvH h a got his educat Ion. say.l