Charlevoix county herald., 1910-11-05

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all that energy, drives home his
thought with the power of trip ham
mer, embellishes IL with the blooms
OF the poet.
And that energy, physical and men |
tai Is shown In every move, every |
speech, every thought. The physical
energy Is born first OF naturally
rugged constitution handed down TO
him through generations Of sturdy an
cestry, handed down to him from the
great grandfather who was one OF the
Continental army away back in the
days when the nation was born, hand
ed down to him through the grand
father, one of the first navigators or
the Ohio river. a pioneer in the mid
die west, handed down to him from
sturdy father, a pioneer in Indiana,
q radical abolitionist, interested in the
underground railway, through which
the slaves Of the south sought free
dom in tho north.
What nature gave, Chase s. Osborn
has not wasted. No dissipation has
marred his sturdy frame nor cast
blot upon his name Rather, he has
made good use of what nature gave
and done his full part toward inn
proving that rugged physique. From
his boyhood he was fond OF the woods.
Day after day during manhood has
| he tramned the wilderness of north
ern Canada. There in the wilds,
among tho ancient pines, with nature
his sole companion, he has builded
upon the foundation nature gave and
today at so stands feet in his stock
ings, straight as an arrow, eye bright
| and clear, muscles hard and active,
mind clear and clean, model of ply
steal manhood.
Always the Student.
Neither has he neglected the mind
nature gave him. From boyhood no
has read everything he could lay
hands upon He reads rapidly, re-
| markably so. He remembe~s what he
reads. History, science Of all kinds.
religion, government, poetry, tho best
of literature. Nothing has escaped
him. He stores his memory with all,
it is always ready when needed.
An example of this was shown at
the banquet Of the Gridley club al
Ionia last winter Governor Guild oil
Massachusetts was a speaker at thai
banquet. In his remarks he proudly
and rightfully boosted of the intel
lectuality of the old Bay state. He
declared with emphasis that Massa
chusetts led all the states in intel
lectuality.
Quicker than a fash, Chase 8. Os
born was on his feet.
81 do not wish to seem discourte
ous," he said, but / must challeng'
the gentleman from Massachusetts
The percentage of illiteracy in Massa
? chusetts is nine, while in Michigan /
!. is but six
It is doubtful II there was anothe
man in Michigan who could have toll
o the percentage OF illiteracy in his owl
| state to say nothing OF Massachusetts
\ It was Just sample OF the quic
z thought and the great stored-up fun
T Of knowledge Chase S. Osborn has.
q To the newspaper men who travele
with him to any extent during tn
campaign, there never was any let u
: in the seeming endless powers of hi
c mind and range of knowledge. II
> spoke before the Woodmen of Gran
v Rapids last spring. His speech wa
n filled with pointed terse paragraph
o which were afterward sent broadcas
9 over the state as "Osbornisms" an
did not little toward rounding Il
the VOTES cast for him. But after tn
speech the Woodmen crowded aroun
him asking questions and always ge
st cling an answer. One man with oil
d tinct German twang in his tones spoh
D, to him. In a moment Osborn and tt
l. German were jabbering away in tt
native tongue of the Teuton. 1t SCUM
ed sweet to his ears. He went shou
e ing for Osborn.
y The difficult Polish language even
y not unknown to Mr.. Osborn.
)r II can manage TO make myself u
id derstood and to understand any
Of the languages of the European con-
y nent," says Mr.. Osborn.
Such q statement might, comiT
from some, appear to be an eviden'
s. Of what is vulgarly known as swell'
IS, head. Not so when Mr.. Osbol
n, boasts. He talks of himself. He tel
what he can do and what he can't
Yet in his telling Of himself there
in no impression Of boastfulness, no G
in idence of swelled head. He knoN
On himself. He knows his own powe'
IN He knows his own attachments.
IL is confident of himself. He is t
athlete who tells his own speed.
is SO self-reliant and SO confident
y? he can do is but natural. 1t is Il
e: a boast. 1t does not seem to him az
p" thing remarkable that he can do
these things because he has master
ca them so completely.
% | remember the statement of p
~, fessor of Greek, who said:
Cd when you have learned Greek
that when you see an object.
Greek word for it comes first a
10 most naturally to your mind, then y
"a have mastered the language"
~ Mr.. Osborn has reached that sta
~, in the many matters which his yer
~ tile mind has mastered.
&c Why is he magnetic? The ansv
nh. has been given.
Secret Of Popularity.
'rn But there are other reasons Eve
asst man---if he is a man-loves the oil