Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-25

away, and bring home a load of pas
sengers. His mother was a sweet,
lovely woman. beloved by everybody,
and she agreed in her husbands ef.
forts to educate Ulysses and saw that
he was always well dressed and
ready for school. Ulysses. either on
account of his superiority or because
of his quletness, vas always an oh.
ject of ridicule among his mates; yet
he commanded respect. He kept
among the better class Of boys, never
swore or used vulgar words, or used
tobacco in his youth, or drank; and
he was the soul of honor.
At ten years Of age he astonished
everybody by his ability to manage
horses. He liked farming; he saved
his money; and he was always will
ing to haul and plow. When he was
not busy otherwise he would haul pas
sengers to Ripley, to Maysville or to
Cincinnati. When he was thirteen he
drove two lawyers to Toledo; when
his father was asked II he was not
afraid to trust his boy on such a long
trip, he replied that he could take
care Of himself. From eleven years
OF age until he was seventeen, he did
all the work done with horses, break
Ing up the land, furrowing. blowing
corn and potatoes. bringing in the
crops when harvested, hauling all the
wood, besides tending two or three
horses, a COW or two, saving wood for
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He was never scoldcd or punished by
his parents. No objection was made
TO rational a~musements, such as fish
Ing, going to the creek a mile away
TO swim insummer, taking n horse to
visit his grandparents Is miles off, or
taking a horse and sleigh when there
was snow on the ground. Ulysses got
his share of punishment at school,
however; the teacher, John d. White,
used to compel the boys to bring in
switches In bundles from a beech
wood near the school house, and often
a bunch would be used up in a day.
Ulysses was a good swimmer, could
play ball well. and could ride stand.
Ing on one DOT on the back Of a gal.
Looping horse. The girls liked him; he
had a team and sleigh to take them
riding. He was short, strong and
sturdy. His parents belonged to the
Methodist church and Ulysses was
trained to respect the Sabbath, and
his mothers religious spirit made a
deep impression upon him.
When he was sixteen his father
wished him to help in the tannery.
He told his father he disliked it, but
he would work for him till he was
twenty-one but not a day more. His
father replied that 81 he did not mean
tannery now, and he asked what he
would like. The boy said he would
be a farmer or q river trader or get
an education. So his father arranged
for him to go to Ripley o.. to an acad.
envy there. That winter he spent the
| Christmas holidays at home, and dur
ing his vacation his father received a
letter from the United States senator
from Ohio. When he had read the
letter he turned to Ulysses, saying:
Ulysses, | believe you are going to
receive the appointment" What ap.
pointment?" the boy asked. ITO West
Point. have applied for t." But l
won't 60" Ulysses said. His father
replied, II think you will" And
Ulysses thought SO. too, II his father
did for his father expected obedience.
Ulysses had no objection to going ex-
cept that he had a very exalted idea
of the requirements necessary to get
through and could not bear the idea
Of failing. He had always a desire to
| travel, and to 60 to West Point would