Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-15

nany 5airs Of sEssa thusei wh : u
Fhad wprn while l3ngkpan.y Fol
a long time after his death his cloth
ing was loaned near and wide to
men who wanted to dress up for spe
cial events. In his day he was called
a famous dandy. Now he would be
Fkn6wh, / fear, as a dude. Fortunate
ly,. Mr.. Sherman said, regardless of
his own gray vest and purple buttons,
none, OF his grandsons inherited his
fondness for dress. However, he was
an able and thrifty man. and left q
handsome estate for his time, -,
"Was your father engaged In bust
ness1" .,., 80 ms ,--f..,o',..,..,aa
by profession he he was "a a journalist. 4
He wrote for paper in Rochester
while a young man, and later estab
lished the Utica Morning Herald. But
politics and public office took a share
Of his time. When l was child he,
was tally clerk in congress, and wrote
| Washington letters for. New York pa,
pers, IN which he praised Roscoe Conk-
ling. who lived in Utica. and was un.
der many obligations for other favors.
'iIn 1872 my father became a lib,
eral Republican, and worked and voted
for Horace Greeley He had been a
member of the New York assembly,
where he led the opposition to the
Republicans, being an able parliamen-
irian and the author OF a manual on
legislation He was also the candidate
Of the Greeley party for congress.
After 1872. and until his death in 1895,
Z at the age of 76. he was an active and
uncompromising Democrat He was a
competent, pushing and self-composed
man. During all the years ! knew
J him | never saw him out of temper
more than four or five times.
4 "While my father was an office
4 holder in Washington my mother and
farm of about 100. acres. I suffered
no hardships as a boy. but I was ex
pected to do my share OF the work,
such as driving the hay rake, hoeing
| III ihN tdl pth anu no oh-
when my grandfather died-the
same gay captain of the Burlington
he left my mother an inheritance OF
about 100000. We then moved away
from the farm and went to live in the
, village of New Hartford, just outside
the boundary line OF Utica. My father
, became president of the state fish and
game commission. and was active in
all matters which concerned the com
munity He was called Gen. Sherman
because of his early association witt
the New York militia. The village
was Republican on a party vote, but
he carried It when he ran for office
. Indeed, New Hartford always gave
him a larger majority than 1t has since
, given me. He was particularly sue
!. cessful in his settling quarrels among
the men of his neighborhood.
q Il am glad to talk of my father,
a Mr.. Sherman went on to say. but
should like to volunteer some informa
tion about my mother. She was ar
! unusual woman, having. with a good
education, great kindliness, much de
termination. and an extraordinary
measure of common sense. l was
brought up in the Presbyterian church
and my mother managed a large Sun
day school class, but she was no,
Puritan. She taught her sons tc
. play cards. and played with us wher
she had the time. None OF her boys
therefore, had to sneak behind the
, barn when they wanted to enjoy thai
form of amusement.
She organized Sunday school pie
mics. and always had a platform built
for dancing. However. she never per
mitted round dances, either In her
home or at the picnics, regarding them
, as being immodest. On Sundays boys
whom we knew would come to our
, house, and she would read to us from
the Bible and from interesting story
books, Scores of men, some of them
80 years old, cherish her memory and
are grateful for her influence.
After she came into her inheritance
she gave her sons liberal allowance
but she expected them to tell her
how they spent the money. We might
entertain friends at dinner, away from
home, at hotel or restaurant, or 20
to some athletic contest fifty miles
distant, and she would approve the
expenditure. But not one of us dared
to pay out a penny for liquor or to,
bacco. She controlled all her sons
with respect to drinking and smoking
but myself learned to smoke when
a young man. She played beautifully
on a piano and short time before
her death, old as she was, entertained
my children one evening for an hour
and half with the tunes OF her girl.
hood. Her touch being as delicate as
1t was when was youngster While
she was on the farm she spent many
happy hours among her flowers"
You have a great flower garden"
l said.
MY flower garoen. like my fortune,