The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-15
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less recognition to John Smith. n y5
John Smith has been$soa long one
o,t3the staple Jokes thatSit Is reially,}SSa1l
pleasure bring zone 5of the, manic,
from his grave d few minutes and i'd
him the proper obelsance. Without
going into the merits Of THE many
John smithsE thatshayes lent a handSln
the sDublics and RprlyateEworli OF this;
colnnlltlryy;T7-jand the occasions and tho
Smiths have been many IT. is not
too much to- SAY that John Smith ii.
Tie contractor who \ set the United
States oil itss foundation Washington
may have been the; father; sof shlsI
country If I 50, John Smith, Isl most
ef the other ancestors Sir Walter,
Iisuloish was thesarchitect, but; itStoolsi
John Smith To- commence tho WORT
and makciit 80, and ontthestart made
IbyJohns Smith the whole Yankee;l land
has been reared
" smltliawas something Of Theodore
Ro !' vel In Ills way and! lie laid out
IthleeaSSscliedule9 for strenuoasSllfe$ long
before the days fofs the Rough Ridcts
Of san Juan ort the Rough Walkers .of
West Virginia had been heard from
History says that Smith was an En-:
Islishmal, and sa good ono. n Evidently,
before his ,whiskers spro1ted& lie had
gone overt Holland Sanl enteredgt
army: l4e was strictly ali adYenturer.i
but 5itssSWlll$ be observed $that3that sort
Iof#men Frequently have adventures
tliat;eoVntE for something, ana which!
develop! character. t'ss an old but In
|tereessstilig one yet, II you look at IL
,wit;hBatB8 eye on its Influence on virs
GINA and Sthe@U United State z5;s 4
John; Smith Ind not heard 4 9 thuns
ler$lery often before he wasSS down iii
Hungary fighting switlifthe Turks Sand
fetching blood every time. II was
none of his fighta$bat 3Smerel u tint
strenuous life d
JOlinSi mith2.hnd more adventures
than Tom sawye or, fiand they \ were
real Several times ins single combat
\ he 5Wiped out hiss Turkish adversary,
a ll..l Is easy to Imagine that, me
price collins must have lbjeenSSSnfs
14 ~ HNaAl
Ifected lin Turkey Il John Smith had
not neen checked. BufjFthey flnails
got him, Fand sold him do@nsln$ Con.
atantincple for a sslaye anybody
who las seen Constantincple realizes
that 10 be q prince there q ii bad
enough ut. bee q s slave IS simply
tough q n
All this was helping John: Smith
|tp3develops "a rare character, and Incl.
d,ntailyS helping $toS build the Yankee
nation; Being a diplomat, the slave
behaved himself, and for d reward III,
was sent over to the CTlmea. i John
SmithfEilled his master stole al horse
and worked his way clear across tie
Continent Of Europe to- England, ID
his swanderingss he hadEbeen sins nearly.
every European country and III ali
manner lights that he had no actual
\ business q NEEDLE In, SO that 5byS the
time he was thirty years Old he was
FAR Ia I. enough along with ti1 studies to
4 join he Colony that The London CON.
palnll!yl \. was sending out sto4thes caro-,
llnas y 9 continue the work tina II RAJ:
eishiS had begun $unsllccessfully. III
SsyllifS John Smith lived now Roio5sstcs;
IveltSwould make him a pensi On COM ON.
missioner. The baseball n MAJ mai g
would make him sumpise; and and mol
4 blgg he umpire would Sgo out a.
fashion: The labor unions would
make him 9 walking delegate. Car s,l.
n ne 81 onld try him III the hope 4of
a!lapartn er ~ ohm Smith could,afndIa a
job owl thoqts going ou OH 10 hill
fE1l I how til world
has moved. ,sssis
John lir smIth came wit the colony;
aEdEhe pulled 8itI Ethroug He made
1.-THE Virginia Settl Element at| James.
town a! permanentSf fact, i'd right III
there made the United States d pos pos
sssliIbillity. Whateyer Washington did
afte ate. be- raw material wa; putin
his hands, Smith furnished THE ma.
leral. ~ Washington took from itfb he
i British King. Smith created ii. 81 81
rluch for John Smith.
But back Of Smith N, was another
man, an; and that was Walter Raleigh
North Carolina has a nes The Il fair III;
thing BY calling sa city fprl5 Raleigh.
II deserves ontiment s i.ls
cry the Union, for, IDS The
B Penny lySalnia Y ambernien sas no
|siEassse 81 the dog that smnf ked out The
Channel where the river runs these
ga anfoas;S
lto4Spis tiisrssE and mo- ITO
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