Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-12
Boyhood of HAYES,

at belaWare, Ohio, on the 4th of Oc-
tober, in the year 1922 1t is claimed
that both his father and his mother
could trace their ancestry back to a
Scottish chieftain of noble blood. Be
that as it may the family record of
the Hayes family in America is a.
most honorable one. While he was
not one of the greatest Presidents of
the United States, Rutherford B.
Hayes was a man who filed the high
office of President with great dignity
and left the White House respected
and admired by his countrymen.
Mr.. Hayes was man who never
had the privilege of seeing his father,
for the elder Hayes, also named Ru-
therford, died three months before
his son Rutherford was born. His
widow was left in very comfortable
circumstances, and she had a bachelor
brother who took a great interest in
her and her children. She was
woman of great force of character,
and her son Rutherford could no
doubt say of her as John Quincy Ad-
ans said of his mother: "All that 1
am my mother made me- Thousands
of great men could say this, but not
all of them have acknowledged their
debt of obligation to their mothers.
The boy Rutherford was nicknamed
Rudy" in his early boyhood be-
cause he was such rosy and rudy
picture of health. He was very
alert boy and was not lacking the
element of mischief that appears to
be the portion of about all normal
boyhood. His sister and he were
great chums. When Ruddy hayes
was between five and six years old
he and his sister began to attend
private school taught by Mrs Muir
raw. Here they remained for year
and then a Mr.. Campbell continued
/ their education for another year. AL
/ the end of this time Master Ruody
was ready to attend the regular DIS
trict school presided over by MI.
/ Daniel Granger. Like the average
Yankee schoolmaster of that day, Mr.
Granger made free use of the ROD. ana
we are old that he left deep I'M
preston" on his pupils.
The regular school lessons were sup
| nlemented by lessons at home under
the direction of Ruddys mother, ana
all this study and reciting served to
make the boy enjoy to the full his
! hours OF play. nc 10 s'S.'N
been a most popular boy and one
OVERLOOKING with good nature. w
gathering of boys was quite cor1pleee
without Rudy Hayes to see 10 II liia'
there was something doing. Wheh
he was a dozen years ola huuoS
HAYES and his mother and sister LOON
what was then regarded as iohs
Journey. They went all the way from
their home in Ohio to vermont. rms.
there was a long ride by stage, ana
+ban q ride on a river steamer called
the water Witch" as far as Sandusky'
Here they changed to the steamer
Henry Clay" which carried them 10
Buffalo. n. Y. Then they went down
the Erie canal to Schenectady. Here
! thew had their first ride on the en-
CINE cars" which took them TO sara
toga. Then to Brattleboro, vermont
This gave the boy plenty TO talk aoou'
when ne returned home IN the au-
tumn after spending the summer III
the fine Vermont town.
| Mrs. Hayes returned home with ner
mind definitely made up to one thing
and that was that Ruddy should have
a college education. On his return
the boy began his preparations TOT cor
lege by taking lessons In Latin IRON,
a lawyer in the town. He also uiu
something with Greek, and when ne
was IA years old he entered an acao-
emy in Norwalk, Ohio. Here he was
| student for about two years. On Mo
return to his home he and the pach-
elor uncle who had tried to take the
place of the boys father went on
| trip to Brattleboro. From mere inc
how went to Middletown, Connecticut
| to become a pupil at a school con-
Quoted by Mr.. Isaac Webb, VINO hao
been a tutor at Yale. After year
at the Webb school the boy returned
tn Ohio. At the age of l6 ne entereu
KENYON college at Gambler, ONO. VI
| the boy at this age we READ: Ills
love of fun and his capacity for manu-
featuring an abundance of 1t, insured
his popularity among the boys Wniie
his trained readiness to master MS
textbooks and to make excellent work
in the class rooms, assured him the
good opinion of the college faculty. he
was overlooking with animal spirits
and there was no danger Whatever lest
he become a bookworm."
| Inc boy Utu d uSelilhS eN -N~FF'
interest in all outdoor sports, and was
particularly fond of hunting and row
ing and fishing. All this added to the
yigor of his constitution. After gradu-
ating from Kenyon college In lsal
young Hayes entered the law ONCE OF
| Sparrow & Matthews in Columbus
Ohio, and the next year he became
a student in the law department or
Harvard university. Some rules that
he made for his own guidance while
student at Harvard are interesting.
They were as follows:
First, read no newspapers Sec
ond rise at Z and retire at 10. Third,
study law six hours, German two ana
chemistry two. Fourth, in reading
Blackstone, record my difficulties
After having filed a number OF po-
litical offices Mr.. Hayes became Presi-
dent of the United States and the Atm
Fof March, 1877, and it may be. said
of him that he t"reigned worthily."-