The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

profuse and beautiful Larkhall was
the town we left to come to the United
States, and ] don't believe that as a
small boy I particularly admired IL.
The houses were built almost entirely
in rows. and Its chief attraction was
the coal mines.
The first money earned in the
United States was made on an imported
product. the bow kite, whose frame
work was half a barrel hoop, with a
vertical stick through the centre. This
toy was quite new 10 American boys.
and my net profit sometimes amounted
to or cents per kite. Not much
difference existed. however, between
occupations and games OF the boys OF
the two countries In Scotland the ma
tonal game of the United States was
called FOUNDERS the object being TO
hit a man with the ball between bases
rather than touch him The girls Of
Scotland were taught very early the
art of weaving and lace work"
Siv other new Representatives are OF
the category which the Constitution
says can never reach the two highest
rungs of the political ladder.
Canadian Frog Catcher.
One of these, George NJ. Young. of
North Dakota, though born in Canada.
is of American ancestry.
from the West, that is to nearly every
one a purely relative term. for to my
grandfather and grandmother, who
lived in st. Lawrence County, y. y,
going West meant to cross the st. Law
renee into the wilderness OF Ontario
he told mo, ITO my father and mother
il meant 10 go still farther West to
the shore OF Lake Huron, and to myself
il meant to go TO Michigan, later to
the University of Minnesota, and still
later 10 North Dakota.
Il was not born on farm never split
rails, dug bitches nor worked on canal
boat. nor, in fact. engaged in any oc-
cupation that has frequently marked a
man for greatness. / was born in the
little village of Lakelet, Huron County.
Ontario. which hamlet takes its name
from a small lake some two miles long
that provided occupation particularly
to those men engaged in my father S
business He owned a small sawmill
and lumber yard, and we boys rode in
triumphant procession on the big logs
that were carried by the river into our
own particular lake. Packing shingles
was perhaps the first work ! did in the
mill. but exercise was always furnish :
ed In copiouS quantities.
Preceding my work in the sawmill,
however. ] carried on a commercial ca :
ieer in the bullfrog business AS to
how the frogs We're caught / can say
nothing, for 1t is never wise to give
away trade secrets. Ny own village.
inhabited to great extent by Scotch
and Irish. proved n poor market for
frogs. and IL was my discovery as a
very small chap OF the demand in a
neighboring German settlement that
started me to work in earnest. For a
number of seasons sold bullfrogs to
the German hotelkeepers a the large
| price OF cents per Dozen"
he nj Int
Jacob Johnson. new member from
Utah, is by birth a Dane. NO spirit Of
feudal oppression caused my father to
emigrate TO the United States" said he
lie was farmer near the city Of Al
| borg, Denmark Having been a very
small boy at the time we sailed for
America, / remember but little Of my
birthplace and the Journey across the
Atlantic. We came by steamer to CO.
penhagen and in that city I recollcct
standing in the hotel door watchin;
| the railroad tracks directly in froni
ana a canal filed with boats just be-
yohd. Inc gas jets. with their crystal
pendants were quite the most gorgeous
attractions that hotel had to offer tc
me. We journeyed on from Copen
hasen to Germany by steamer anc
across England by rail.
presume our journey across the
ocean was made in sailing vessel 10,
we were eleven weeks makInr the t.in
me art Of distlling salt water wa,
no' then In practice and our drinking
WaIet came to us in quite small re-
uons, accompanied by hard biscuit,
ana poor bacon. From New York W.
"+ht directly to Alton. ILL.,, where TO,
year my father was engaged as 9
carpenter. We next moved to Califor.
! ma. and 1t was that great Western
country that seemed the most wonder.
! ful and the biggest OF all things 10 me-
one piece Of luck as quite small bo,
brought me very near the end Of RI,
RAINBOW. ~ stranger stopping me /,
the road one day asked me to catch hi,
horse, then grazing In nearby field
mo morse wasn't an ensy fellow nc
catch. but the sport of the chase wouIf
nave satisfied almost any boy. Imae
Inc how the sky opened to me wher
the stranger threw me $50 rs he left.
Arrested for Mutiny.
Between the age OF twenty anf
thirty spent good part Of my tim,
prospecting and mining for gold an,
silver. l shall never forget an expe
rience OF this period, shared with abou
forty OF my fellow countrymen, as W.
journeyed up the La Plata Riyer, 1,
South America, toward Mexico, GU
captain was Mexican and he ha,
agreed to provide. US with the prope