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New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

one room "done off" above, and big
chamber. | was the fifth son and
the seventh child of my parents.
Mother was in her twenty-ninth
year when | was born. She had al
ready borne four boys and two girls.
Her health was good, and her life,
like that of all farmers wives in
that section, was laborious one.
can see her going about her
work-milking butter making,
washing, cooking, berry picking,
sugar making, sewing, knitting.
mending and the thousand duties
that fell to her lot and filled her
days. Both she and father were up
at daylight in the summer and be-
fore daylight in winter. Sometimes
she had help IN the kitchen. but
oftener she did not.
The work that housewives did in
those days seems incredible. They
made their own soap, sugar, cheese.
dipped or nodded their candles, spun
the flax and wool and wove it into
cloth, made carpets, knit the socks
and mlttens and comforts" for the
family, dried apples, pumpkins and
berries, and made the preserves and
pickles for home use.
Mother went about all these du-
ties with cheerfulness and alacritv.
She more than kept up her end of the
farm work. She was more strenu-
GUS than father. How many hours
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been since | have seen anv tow. or
heard loom or spinning-wheel, or
seen boy breaking in his new flax
made shirt. No one sees these
things any more
Mother had but little schooling:
she learned to read but not to write
or cipher: hence books and such
interests took none Of her time. She
was one Of those uneducated coun-
trywomen of strong natural traits
and wholesome Instincts, devoted to
her children; she bore ten and
nursed them ala heroic worker.
a helpful neighbor and a provident
housewife, with the virtues that be-
longed to so many farmers wives in
those days, and which we are all
glad To be able to enumerate in our
mothers.
She had not large frame, but
was stout. had brown hair and blue
eyes, fine strong brow, and
straight nose with a strong bridge
to it. She was woman of great
emotional capacity, who felt more
than she thought. She scolded
good deal, but was not especially
quick She was an old
school Baptist, az was father.
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pIETROS statue of Mr. Bvoughs shomng the naturalist
characteristic pose

When l wanted help, as I did two
or three times later, on pinch,
father refused me, and as it turned
out, ! was the only one of his chill
dren that could or would help him
when the pinch came-a curious
retribution, but one that gave me
pleasure and him no pain. l was
better unhelped, as it proved, and
better for all l could help him. But
he was loving father ali the same.
He couldn't understand my needs,
but love outweighs understanding.
He did not like my tendency to
books; he was afraid, as l learned
later, that ! would become a minis
ter-his pet aversion. He never had
much faith in me-less than in any
of his children; he doubted if I
would ever amount to anything.
He saw that / was an odd one, and
had tendencies and tastes that he
did not sympathizc with. He never
alluded to my literary work; appar-
emily left it out of his estimate of
me. My aims and aspirations were
sealed book to him, as his pecul-
lar religious experiences we're to
me, yet l reckon it was the same
leaven working in us both.
Preferred Home Reading
I remember, on my return from
DR.. Holiness SEVENTEEN birthday
breakfast, in 1879, remark Of
fathers. He had overheard me tell
ing sister Abigail about the break
fast, and he declared: II had rather
go to hear old Elder Jim Mead
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you" in his life; ] certainly never
heard him. He had nothing to con-
ceal and could not understand that
others might have.
I have heard him ask people what
certain things cost, men their poll
tics, women their ages, with the ut
most ngenuousness.
One day when he and | were in
Poughkeepsie we met strange lad
on the street with very red hair, and
father said to him: II can remem-
ber when my hair was as red as
yours" The boy stared at him and
passed on.
Although father lacked delicacy,
he did not lack candor or directness.
He would tell joke on himself with
the same glee that he would on any
one else l have heard him
tell how, in 1914. at the time of the
anti-renters, when he saw the
posse coming, he ran over the hill to
Uncle Daniels and crawled under
the bed, but left his feet sticking
out, and there they found him. He
had not offended, or dressed as an
Indian, but had sy1npath thized with
the offenders.
He made a great deal of noise
about the farm, sending his voice
over the hills I'VE could hear him
calling US to dinner when we were
working on the "Rundle Place" half
a mile away, shouting at the cows,
the pigs, the sheep or calling the
dog, with needless expenditure of
vocal power at all times and seasons.
The neghbors knew when father
was at-home SO did the cattle in the
remotest field. His bark was always
to be dreaded more than his bite
His threats of punishment were loud
and severe, but the punishment rare
ly came. Never but once did he take
CAD to me, and then the sound was
more than the substance.
/ deserved more than l got; I had
let cow run through the tall grass
in the meadow when I might easily
have "headed her off," as l was told
to do. Father used to say "No" to
our requests for favors (such as
day off to go fishing or hunting)
with strong emphasis, and then
yield to our persistent coaxing
One day was going to town and
asked him for money to buy an alge-
bra. What is an algebra?'' He had
never heard of an algebra, and
codldn't see why needed one; he re-
fused the money, though | coaxed
and mother pleaded with him.
Getting His Algebra
| had left the house and had got
as far as the big hill up there by the
pennyroyal rock, where he hallooed
to me that might get the algebra
mother had evidently been instru-
mental in bringing him to terms.
But my blood was up by this time,
and as trudged along to the village
determined to wait until I could
earn the money myself for the alge-
bra, and some other books coveted.
boiled sap and made maple sugar,
and the books were all the sweeter
by reason Of the maple sugar money.
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4 RECENT photograph Of
- John Burroughs

SHORT prerior Tueday Bur
roughs autob,oqraphal article dealing
= "A boyhood.
Burrouohs ,rho prou1d hnreb hty-fou years
based the article
work.
article deghtfuVy
He told redhared father,
flu understood bokofng AfeconuteIv
deit influence noher hnrdwong
all her tasks all that
life held
Tribune Mr. BurougAs' article herewith
naturalist
S
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She was not Of a vivacious or
sunny position-a always a little in
shadow, as 1t seems to me now, given
to brooding and to dwelling upon the
more serious aspects Of life. How
little she knew of all that has been
done and thought in the world, And
yet the burden of it all was, in a
way, laid upon her.
The seriousness of Revolutionary
times, out of which came her father
and mother, was no doubt reflected
IN her own serious disposition. As
| have said, her happiness was al
ways shaded, never in strong
light; and the sadness which mother
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
HOme-Made Clothes

Noih, ds tucy ulu III 1dCner S.
Home-Made Clothes
The first suit of clothes | remem-
ber having she cut and made. Then
the quilts and coverlids size pieced
and quilted We used, too, in my
boyhood, to make over two tons of
butter annually, the care Of which
devolved mainly upon her, from the
skimming of the pans to the packing
of the butter in the tubs and tirkIns.
though the churning was commonly
done by a sheep or Il dog We made
our own cheese, also. AS i boy
used to help do the wheying, and
took toll out of the sweet curd. One
mornlng.I ate SO much Of the curd
that | was completely cloyed and
could eat none after that.
can remember mothers loom
pounding away hour after hour in
the chamber of an outbuilding
where she was weaving a carpet or
cloth. ! used to help do some of the
quilling-running the yarn or linen
thread upon spooIs to be used in the
shuttles.
The distar, the quill-wheel, the
spinning heel, the reel were very
familiar to me as a boy; 80 was the
crackle, the swinglc, the hatchel, for
father grew flax, which mother spun
into thread and wove into cloth for
our shirts and summer trousers, and
for towels and sheets. Wearing
those shirts, when new, made boys
skin pretty red.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
By John Burroughs

\ TYFATHER, Chauncey Bur
WI roughs, was born De
4 cember 90. 1903. He
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Framed His Verses

She thought a good deal of some
verses wrote-'My Brothers
Farm ard had them framed.
owe to mother my temperament,
my love of nature, my brooding, in
Prospective habit of mind-all these
things which in literary man help
to give atmosphere to his work. Ir
her line were dreamers and fisher
men and hunters.
One Of her uncles lived alone in
little house in the woods. His hut
was doubtless the original slabsides.
Grandfather Kelly was a lover of
solitude, as all dreamers are, and
mothers happiest days. | think, were
those spent in the fields after her
ries. The Celtic element, which |
get mostly from her side, has no
doubt played an important part In
my life. My ideaiism. my romantic
tendencies, are largely her gift.
On my fathers side I find no fish
ermen or hermits Or dreamers.
find marked religious strain, more
active and outspoken than on moth
er's. The religion Of the Kellys was
for the most part of the silent.
meditative kind, but there are
preachers and teachers and scholars
on fathers side-one of them, Ste
phen Burroughs (b. 1859, a rene
gade preacher.
Doubtless most of my own intel
lectual impetus comes from this side
Of the family. There are also
cousins and second cousins on thu
side who became preachers, and
some who became physicians, but I
recall none on the Kelly side.
In size and physical makeup | anl
much like my father I have my
fathers foot, and | detect MANY OF
his ways in my own My loud and
harmless barking when am angered
| get from him. The Kellys are
more apt to bite. / see myself, too.
In my brothers, in tteir looks, and
especially in their weaknesses. Take
from me my special intellec tual
equipment and | am in all else ona
of them.
tCapyr.EAt By EouxAton. N..t.a GA
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

IA L IL
Nj roughs, was born De-
cember 90. 1903. He
received fair school
ing for those tmes-the three
Rs-and taught school one or
two winters. His reading was the
Bible and hymn book, his weekly
secular paper and a monthly re-
ligious paper.
He used to say that as boy he
was very mean one-saucy, quar-
relsome and wicked, liked horse
racing and card playing, both alike
disreputable in those times.
In early manhood he expert
enced religion" and joined the old
school BAPTIST Church. of which his
parents were members, and then all
his bad habits seem to have been
discarded. He stopped swearing
and Sabbath breaking and other
forms of wickedness and became an
exemplary member of the COM
munity.
He was a man of unimpeacha Bile
yeracity; bigoted and intolerant in
his religious and political views, but
good neighbor, a kind father, a
worthy citizen. fond husband and
a consistent member of his church
He improved his farm, paid his
debts and kept his faith. He had no
sentiment about things and was
quite unconscious of the beauties of
nature over which we make so much
ado. "The primrose by the river s
brim" would not have been seen by
him at all.
Signs of the Times
have said that my father had
strong religious feeling. He took
The Signs of the Times for over
forty years, reading all those ex-
perlences with the deepest emotion.
l remember when a mere lad hear
ing him pray in the hogpen. 1t was
a time Of unusual religious excite
ment with him, no doubt; / heard,
and ran away, knowing it was not
for me to hear.
"ether had red hair and a ruddy,
freckled face. He was tender
hearted and fearful, but with
clustering ways and a harsh, stri-
dent voice. Easily moved to emo
uon, he was as transparent as a
child, with q child's lack of self-con-
sciousness. Unsophisticated, he had
no art to conceal anything, no guide,
and, as mother used to say, no
manners.
All I ever had" father would
feJoln, 'for I've never used any Of
them"
doubt if he ever said "Thank
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A Provident Housewife

| dare say they were quite equal
to hair shirt to do penance in, and
wiping on new home made linen
towel suggested wiping on a briar
bush. Dear me. how long it has
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hood and the care of large family
and yearning heart beget was upon
her.
/ see myself in her perpetually. A
longing which nothing can satisfy !
share with her. Whatever is most
valuable in my books comes from her
the background of feeling. of pity.
of love comes from her.
She was of very different tenn
permanent from father-much more
self-conscious, of more brooding.
inarticulate nature. She was richly
endowed with all the womanly in
stincts and affections.
She had decided preference for
Abigail and me among her children:
wanted me to go to school. and was
always interceding with father to
get me books. She never read one
Of my books. She died in 1880. at
the age of seventy-three. | had pub
lished four Of my books then.
She had stroke of apoplexy in
the fall of 1879, but lived till De
cember of the following year. dying
on fathers seventy-seventh birthday.
tHe lived four years more.) We
could understand but little Of what
she said after she was taken ill.
She used to repeat a line from an
old hymn-"Only A veil between"
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preach two hours, if he was living,
than attend all the fancy parties in
the world" He said he had heard
him preach when he did not know
whether he was in the body or out
of the body. The elder undoubtedly
had strong natural eloquence.
Although father neveN spoke to me
of my writings, Abigail once told me
that when she showed him a maga-
zine with some article of mine in,
and accompanied by photograph
of me, he looked at it a long time
he said nothing, but his eyes filled
with tears.
He went to school to the father of
Jay Gould, John Gould-the first
child born in the town of Roxbury
tabout 1880 or 1900.
He married Amy Kelly, my
mother, in 1927 He was six years
her senior. She lived over in Red
Kill, where he had taught school, and
was one of his pupils. | have often
heard him say: II rode your Uncle
Martins S old sorrel mare over to her
folks when l went courting her"
When he would be affectionate
toward her before others mother
would say: Now, Chauncey, don t
be foolish"
Johns Mother
Father bought the farm of 'Riah
Bartram's mother. and moved on it
IN 1927. In house that stood where
the old home does now, l was born,
April 8, 1897. 1t was frame house.
with three or four rooms below and
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JOHN BURROUGHS, Frank Seaman Thomas A. Edison
and Henry Ford
MR.. BURROUGHS at Co.
AZ latm bid TRirersiiy

She sat up mending and patching
our clothes while we were sleeping!
Rainy days meant no let-up in her
work, as they did in fathers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-17
MANAGERS set"
FOR Big EVENT
Berkson, Blackstone Pilot.
Enthused Over Prospects
for "Theater Week.

ITS certainly a fine thing for us,
And il ought 20 be a fine thing for
everyone else" II was Q. I. Berk-
son. manager of the BlacksrO one
theater, speaking, and he was en-
thusing over the prospects OF Go TO
Theater Week
There's no reason on earth why
every person in South Bend shouldn't
be acquainted with al the theaters
In the city We're all trying 10 get
the very best in the way OF enter
tainment that is possible, and it's up
10 the people OF the city TO support
Us In our efforts. Good theaters, good
pictures, good plays. and good mu-
sic present in themselves an e6uca-
ton that ought not 20 be missed, es-
pecially when il IS so easy 10 get
them here-and they'll get better
and more worth while in just the
amount that we are supported by
the South Bend public"
Go TO Theater Week which be-
gins Monday. and continues for one
week, is for the purpose Of bringing
the theaters here into closer touch
with the people they strive TO serve.
With an advertising campaign spon-
sored exclusively by The News
Times, and local theatrical manage
ments presenting special attractions
and ready to receive the public en-
Enthusiastically, the week should be
great success.
GO TO Theater Week Is good for
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-17
Christmas Near?
Sure, TIL e Public
Is Buying Candy
Sweets for the Sweethearts and
Taffy for the Kids, But
Sweets for All.

That Christmas Is drawing near
er and nearer was evident Friday
morning by the attractive and
mouth watering displays appearing
in the windows OF the candy shops.
People always come 70 us last, T"
say the dispensers of Christmas
sweets. but the time is getting
short. and we're getting ready. Next
week we will do the real business,
but even now people are stopping in.
looking over our goods and taking
home a sample 10 the Riddles"
What is Christmas without candy ?
An embarrassing and tasteless affair
TO say the least. But the prospects
seem bright for a sweet Christmas.
The candy canes have made their APP
pearance. along with the long red
and white striped sticks that ap-
peal especially 10 the three-year-
olds. There seems also to be an
overwhelming SUPPLY of so-called
hard candies, the delight of younger
boys because il lasts a long time, "
and Of the peanut brittle and nut
candies that have a poignant ap-
peal 10 all except the toOthless.
There's the taffy that stretches so
nicely. the little sugar houses and
natural looking animals and fruit
and Santa Clauses are going to be
popular because Of their nice sticky
red stOmachs. OF course, the mer-
chants are also displaying the big
fancy shaped and very elaborate
boxes of chocolates and assorted
candles that are meant for sweet
hearts. and s1veethearts alone.
Sweets for the sweet" Will Of course
be on the card that is enclosed.
Altogether, there seems 20 be
candy for everyone And the dis
plays at the Philadelphia. the Diana.
Mobiles and The Blackstone Tea
Shop, along with those in the candy
departments Of the department
stores, and even those at your neigh
borhood grocer, invite you to get
started soon on your Christmas
candy shopping.
candy always pleases." said one
merchant, and without doubt there
are a lot Of candy kids" in South
Bend.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-17
HiberniGHS Choose NelU
Officers. Install Soon

The 41st annual election os Off
GERS of the Ancient order Of Hibcr-
mans was held at Melville hail
Thursday night The following
were elected for the ensuing year:
John G. O'Brien. president; Edward
J. Koegan. vice president; John J.
hayes. financial secretary: Cornelius
J. Hunt. recording secretary, John
J.. Johnson. treasurer, Barthole-
new =. Mahon, sergeant at arms;
Neil Gafigan. sentinel. and Vincent
DAILY, marshal James McCaffery,
Thomas Henthorn and Daniel J. Nc
Namara. standing committee
Plans are under way for an initia-
ton. the date OF which has not been
fixed one candidate was obligated
and six applications for membership
was received Thursday night For
mer state Secretary John J. Hayes.
has the matter of the class for initia-
ton In charge. assisted by Daniel
j. Mcnamara and Edward Koegan.
The installation of officers will be
held next meeting and Will be in
charge OF one OF the state officers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-17

the voungster IS far below the
weight standard il Is given a pint OF
milk daily. This is done in order
20 build up healthy tissues and 10
counteract any tendency towards
the white plague that might develop
unless preventative measures were
adopted.
Another interesting phase OF the
work OF the 81. Joseph county chap
ter IS revealed IN statistics compiled
as TO its activity since the first
OF last year. These ngures show
that there were 1898 visits made
BY nurses under the supervision Of
the chapter. and that the league had
COO clinic patients. IN addition 41s
new cases came under the super
vision Of the chapter OF which 225
we're under the age OF Il. There
were % X-rays made in cases
where aggravated symptoms de-
manded
Total OF Booth sale.
The booth sale Of Christmas seals
amounted TO Sss.77 Thursday.
bringing the total fund received
through the sale Of the Christmas
stickers TO S5,22O.1O. The league Is
still shy OF It's quota OF $4,000.
With the booth sale closing Satur-
day, Christmas shoppers are urged
10 buy heavily and boost the total
fund TO as satisfactory a figure as
possible.
The report Of the individual
booths for Thursday follows:
Ellsworth-Mrs. G. f. Weber
Mrs. II. L. Smith. s34: Blackstone
| theater-Freda Hurwich, Goldene
Hurwich. Anna Fox, Miss K. NJ. Co
hen, Minerva Hurwich, s23.O9: Or
pheum theater-Miss Warwick. Miss
Steinel. $1O.15; Robertson's- A1rs
/ Theodore Koeh!er, s7.39; Peoples
Stat ebank-Miss Margaret Man
ming. 1851; oliver hotel-Mrs. r. c.
Shanklin, Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. J. L.
Houston S2f5; Brandon-Durrell-
Mrs. Walter Fassnacht, Mrs. Haas,
l$4.OS; Y NJ. c. Airs. John c.
Paxson. 81.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-17
SMITH ACQUITTED
OF BOOZE CHARGE
Dreamland Cabaret Proprietor
Finally Brought to Trial
In City Court.

Charles Smith. proprietor OF the
Dreamland cabaret. was found not
guilty OF charges Of selling intoxicat-
ing liquor. when his case. continued
six weeks, came up for trial before
Judge George W. Omacht IN city
court Friday.
Smith was arrested Nov. 5. follow
ing a raid by the police on the W.
Division St. emporium. In their
search OF the place for Illicit liquor.
which Smith was suspected OF dis
pensing, the officers found whisky
glasses filled with whisky, placed be-
fore frequenters OF the resort.
The raiding officers testified that
the persons before whom the drinks
were placed had been searched by
the raiding squad but no bottle or
other container was found. Brought
out through cross-examination OF
the defendants attorney, George
Schock, however. admissions were
made that no other containers show
ing evidence Of whisky were found
on the premises.
Further questioning. on cross-ex-
animation by Atty. George Schock,
the defendants attorney. elected no
information OF where the liquor
could have been procured, and that
other than the glasses and their con-
tents there was no evidence OF dis
pensing liquor.
The courts ruling In the defend
ants favor followed, argument
which proposed TO show that the
liquor found and for which Smith
was accused of selling. was the prop
erty of the persons who were GUS
toners OF the cabaret.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-17
Red Cross Officials See
But $4,000 as Drive Total

A total OF $500 was recorded in
a report OF pledges and donations re-
ceived by the Red Cross, made Fri
day morning With the Studebaker
corporation and other pledges YET
90 be- heard from, Il was estimated
that the total amount raised will
pass the 5000 mark.
Last year the annual drive
amounted TO $4,000. General
business conditions, together with
many calls for charity at this sea
son OF the year. is credited for the
decrease OF donations to the Red
Gross