Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-01-28


EtDdAard Anderson was the boys
aarne. though Ind ron made inquiry
Tor Stoddard Anderson OF any boy
~ the town In which ne iiyed--and
snywais Eyad there, a handy boy In the
alm 0ad days-yon doubtless would
Aaya been informed that nobody or thai
Same lived there. Your Juvenile In
Snsvmasat however, by way OF gratui
aoAs Intelligence. might have gone
Tza 10 state that two families Of An.
sasFsona resided there--eOid Dogood'
Anderson, the preacher. ana hia
hspsher. John 3ut had you askesi
Hsr TOD" Anderson. or simply Tod,
wumr boy would have known Tod:
xwmr boy. III ail Likelihood, would have
III ewpeciaI reasons for remembering
T'ad although his modesty, perhaps,
naEglas not allow him to inform you
maw Tod had "waxed Il TO him more'n
sac'tI" But he would hava told you,
- ton ron now. that Tod Anderson
wna the preachers boy. and lived VI
ahO parsonage. Tod was d queer boy,
&sDddard Anderson was named In
M0m0r Of some obscure divine hIa fa.
sAnF had joined church under when q
bps II was d peculiar weakness OF
to father 20 relnts the experience
VI his early conviction; and az he
mawex tired OF repeating IL by way
- pgecept and admoaition 10 the way,
wara IaEabiSins of his lock. Tod mas
tered It's most intricate and sacred
vasraaeclogy, together even with the
2akher'a most religious formulas, to a
DECREE ok perfection that enabled him
aa praHida at mock meetings in the
hAyiofs and offer the baptismal serv.
Zee at the ''swimmin' hole.'
m point or personal or moral re.
a0nbsance. Tod was In nowiso like his
father. Some said no was the picture
N hia mother. they who could remem.
Der her, for she fell asleep when Tod
was three DAYS old, with her mother
mrms locked around him 30 closely
that he cried. and they had to take
him away from her No~-Ieath had
esken her away from him.
II needs now no chronicle TO tell
how Tod thrived in spite of his great
Boss and how he grow to be q big.
sas. two.hstod baby with d double chin,
rs pride and constant worry OF the
anas old grandmother into whose care
ha had fallen. II requires no space
ia histcsy'a crowded page Ia tell how
ha eomld stand up hyA q chair when
easht mCntha old. and crow and laugh
md doddis his little chubby arms
sfai ne uusse upset his balance, and,
pnsling the chair down with him,
w0mid laugh. and cry louder than
err. and kick. and crawl. and sprawl.
and iabbers and never lift d whimper
0g distress but whom being rocked to
70 sleep. Let d babshood OF usual ir-
serest be inferred--then add n few
aosa years. and you will have tho
Tod Of ten knew.
q moral, saintlike and consistent
tsgrlstinn. what Ii II IN the souls OF
ssttla children so Rntagonlatlc to your
ewn sonaetimesf What 10 II In their
wayward and impulsiva natures that,
you cannot brook? And what strange
sineture Of rebellious feeling Ii II that
ssnhitters all the tenderness and Iovc
yOa roar ont so lavishly upon their
stubborn and resantful hearts, WHY
% Il ron 30 coyetousiy oheriah the com.
nsnnd divine, eChildren. ebay your par
wnss, and yet find no warm mock
withsn the breast for that old house
Anas truth that goes wailing through
aAe world:
4 A boys win n the winds win.
ASA the thoughts OF youth are long long
thoWghtat
Tod went to achooi--the thriftiess
Yodi-~ncf wholly thriftiess. either;
Fur. although he had not that apt way
III skimming Hike swallow down the
paasid rilis OF learning, he did pos.
snS& In some mysterious strength. n
saost extraordinary knack OF acquiring
tass Kaeh information - was NOV
caught 1t school. and had no place
xsshin the busy hive Of knowledge
Tod was d failure In arithmetic.
TOD couldn't tell twice ten from twice
s&Grnisy. Tod knew absolutely moth
ang o. either Christopher Columbus
ar the glorious country ne discovered
axpressiy FOR the use OF industry and
hn@xnfng. ~ the teacher would have
md him implicitly believe Tod
ssaaant tell you anything on John
Aznasn. even. that very noted captain
who walks cheek by iowl with the
aasay Pocahontas across tho iliimita.
~ fancy OF the ten-year-oid school
80 o. our glorious republic. Tod
knew I'll about the famous Captain
Khad. however. III fact Tod could
sing hss history With more lively in,
aaresk and real appreciation than bis
s1asow schoolmafes sang geography.
ne simple Tod once joined the geo
graphical chorus with:
ia 4 Bibls IA my hard.
As II sailed, aS 4 sailed.
And 4 sunk har In the nmrsG