The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-11-04

all that energy, drives home his
thought with the power of a trip ham
mer, embellishes it with tho 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 a 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 OF
the Ohio river, pioneer in the mid
die west, handed down to him from
sturdy father, pioneer in Indiana,
a radical abolitionist, interested in the
underground railway, through which
the slaves of the south sought free
dom in the north.
What nature gave, Chase S. Osborn
has not wasted. No dissipation has
marred his sturdy franc nor cast
blot upon his name. Rather, he has
made good use Of what nature gave
and done his full part toward i'm
proving that rugged physique. From
his boyhood he was fond of the woods.
Day after day during manhood has
he tramped the wilderness of north
ern Canada. There in the wilds,
among the ancient pines, with nature
his sole companion, he has builded
upon the foundation nature gave and
today at so stands 6 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 tho mind
nature gave him. From boyhood he
has read everything he could lay
hands upon. He reads rapidly, re-
markably so. He remembers what he
reads. History, science of all kinds,
religion, government, poetry, the 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 at
lonia last, winter. Governor Guild Of
Massachusetts was speaker at that
banquet. In his remarks he proudly
and rightfully boasted 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 flash, Chase S. Os-
born was on his feet.
II do not wish to seem discourte-
ous," he said, but / must challenge
tho gentleman from Massachusetts.
The percentage Of illiteracy in Massa-
chusetts is nine, while in Michigan it
is but six"
1t is doubtful il there was another
man in Michigan who could have told
the percentage Of illiteracy in his own
state to say nothing Of Massachusetts.
1t was just a sample OF the quick
thought and the great stored-up fund
of knowledge Chase S. Osborn has.
To the newspaper men who travelled
with him to any extent during the
campaign, there never was any let up
in the seeming endless powers of his
mind and range Of knowledge. He
spoke before the Woodmen of Grand
Rapids last spring. His speech was
filed with pointed, terse paragraphs
which were afterward sent broadcast
over the state as "Osbornisms" and
the votes cast for him But after the
speech the Woodmen crowded around
him asking questions and always get
cling an answer. One man with dis
tinct German twang in his tones spoke
to him. In a moment Osborn and the
German were jabbering away in the
native tongue of the Teuton 1t sound
ed sweet to his ears. He went shout
ing for Osborn.
The difficult Polish language even is
not unknown to Mr.. Osborn.
II can manage to make myself I'M
derstood and to understand any of
the languages of the European CONT
ncnt." says Mr.. Osborn.
Such a statement might, coming
from some, appear TO be an evidence
Of what is vulgarly known as swelled
head. Not so when Mr.. Osborn
boasts. He talks of himself He tells
what he can do and what he can't do.
Yet in his telling of himself there is
no impression of boastfulnesS, no ev-
idence of swelled head. He knows
himself. He knows his own powers.
He knows his own attachments. He
is confident Of himself. He is the
athlete who tells his own speed. He
is so self-reliant and SO confident in
his own powers that to speak of what
he can do is but natural. It is not
a boast. 1t does not seem to him any,
thing remarkable that he can do all
these things because he has mastered
them so completely.
remember the statement of a pro-
fessor of Greek. who said:
when you have learned Greek SO
that when you see an object, the
Greek word for 1t comes first and
most naturally to your mind, then you
have mastered the language"
Mr. Osborn has reached that stage
in the many matters which his versa
tile mind has mastered.
Why is he magnetic? The answer
has been given.
Secret CT Popularity.
But there are other reasons. Every
man--if he is a man-loves the other
man who is not afraid Chase s. Os-
born is the man not afraid. Friend
or foe. to neither is he afraid to ex-
press his opinion fully and freely
Oftentimes this hurts the man who
does not yet know him. After he has
once or twice heard Mr.. Osborn ex-
press his opinion he values what he
says and the criticism, instead of
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