washington evening times. (washington, dc) 1906-05-13 [p...
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days of sixty yearspleasant recollec
they bring Does thehave an opportu
nity to enjoy the diversity
of wholesome outdoor sports
pleasure jaunts or oldfashioned cir-
cuses Its a trout to imagine such
springtime days now rney were thedays when the heart of youth was
Dr Edward Everett Hale grandold man of Boston Senator William
Boyd Allison Undo William as ho
Is called by a score of
other old men become enthusiasticnow in recalling boyhood Incidents
The spring days they spent away backIn the forties were full of Interestingincidents How they made love to
the sweethearts of their teens therowings and dances they en-
joyed thera were Innocent pleasuresthough they were genuine springtimeinfatuations
Not as now were the boys and girlssticklers for formality A bow anda smile made an introduction In factthe way the old faces brighten theeyes sparkle and the smiles beam
when the days of fifty sixty and sev-
enty years ago are recalled Indicatesunquestionably that they were ones
that can never be duplicated
Can you Imagine n springtime Inold Kentucky With its balmy sun-
shine its shady nooks and its lovers
lanes fair old Kentucky gives theyoung man in the springtime the
of his lire Senator Joseph
Clay Stiles Blackburn recalls manyof the Interesting incidents that mark-
ed his days before the civil warMy boyhood days were speat In
playing soldier With a company ofmy playmates I used to emulate thedeeds of heroism of Daniel Boone Ibegan as a private In the ranks Itwasnt many days before I felt theimportance of my position and attainedthe command of my company sevenboys At the age of ten probably even
oarlicr I laid the foundations though
probably In a peculiar way of the life
I have led since the civil war was
Horseracing hunting and fishing
were the chief snorts There is noth-
ing I enjoy more than seeing a goodbqrsorsco In the old Blue Grass Stateyou could see a horsorace clmost any-
where The racing blood of a
Js quick to start The love of
that sport h followed me throughoutmy It has followed me becauseI hogan to love It aarly not that itwas a gamble but because it producesa exhilaration no other form of sport
The country dances in the littlehuts In the blue grass mountains thecircuses that to to our townthe fishing parties the driving partiesand occasionally the walking partieswhen we gathered flowers are Incidents to early days that I can neverforget Kentucky girls then as nowwaro girl any young man with thospirit of love in his heart could nothelp but admire In Kentucky a girlcan nwnlnttiate a gun fishing rod ortackle or rifle a horse as well and asfast and probably with more style than
same of their ardent admirersSpringtime days In Kentucky are daysof love a d rapture They were when-
I a boy and they are today Theugly regret I sow te that I can-
not five those days uver
r of my boyhood days said
Settlor reminds ino of thetime 1 itesott calling my wife wed
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heart it also reminds me of the daysthat 1 began the only vices that I evercultivated One vice Is carrying a redbandana handkerchief The other Is
playing poker I the ban
dana handkerchief vice because n my
boyhood days a width handkerchief or
a linen handkerchief was a novelty andluxury I was a poor booy I could
buy three red ones for the co of alittle white ono Being scrupulously
averse to contracting obligations lcultivated tho vice of carrying a r lhandkerchief It stuck to me Idont regret It The poker vice Is my
pastime-
It has been a long time since my
spring boyhood days seventy years I
dont recall anything extraordinarilyinteresting that happened In the
I was between ton and flf nyears I went to school asboys did In the winter I played inthe summer as other boys did I wontcourting girls as other boys did butthere was one thing I did that otherboys didnt road the Blhlo andI cultivated a love for flowers
Early I took a liking for militarylife I WHS captain major amtcolonel of my home regiment I Furposo other boys do that some thingnow it Is a sport that ic wholesomestill It Is a profession that we allshould make something of It Is u
training for both mind and may thatboys of today do not appreciate a
they did and seventy yearsago But then time clwmsoH and Ipresume that the environments ofyoung men change with It The mostInteresting incident of my youngerdays was the ride in 1S on horeeba kwith a company of forty other Altbamlans from GsiaesviUe Ala toCalifornia That ride toughened MP
fiber in my physique and Is a ratthat not boys of today couldaccomplish
Uncle Joe Canaon speaker of theHouse says that to dhronloie all tillhappy events of the springtime of hisboyhood days would require a dozenvolumes The snringiiwa of his lirebegan at the age of four at GuilfordN C It takes him along through Ken-
tucky Indiana and up into Illinois
I can recall with pleasant recoilstlons my first visit to a country
and my first acquaintance with achimpanzee I went with my fathersold oolorad coachman to see Van Amburgs Show and Menagerie of Train-
ed Animals Wo wandered aroundJIoso and myself paying particularattention to the elephants and thebears and the lions and other wild
They all appeared too vicious
for me to become on friendly termswith except the elailhants To those Igave poanuts and became so attached-to old Jumbo as the big olontmnt wascalled that I walked up to hint addpatted him on the head and trunk or
as far up his hood as I could roach
At the end of our tour around themenagerie we came to a cube containing a chimpanzee Old Moae evident-
ly lead made up Ills mind to have somefun with me He did He began talkIng to the chimpanzee He said How
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Id monkey seemedto understand what Mote was sayfng but dMnt answer Ftaallj afterseveral minutes conversation ea UMpart of Mose with sMent repUac fret
my new friend the rMmnsmqijdose right aOTarou talk You Just keen your month
siiit and nobody slag t cwts ymt C
a Me Id a has rmtfcar W-
T it to mo hefallows nrmm be wnt say
he just eves mm the
want to o
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iMrrs and m ptatforms te theT JS it watts
Mr jme I lilts to sisalT fellows girt sad very twi Itucc ssXvL IX I
li me that OBftckoAr brought toa dance or plods or potty I wmd-dhe happy for a anti Iwas bacfewacd IK tettte th otherfdlow abort It I oettera they nmmW
have the mm thJsig hot wetsa JlUte bit afr M Ihack aad s ond nxthar King
those I was bstof twelve and ctpfctssa
ages
Way dowa te UM M 3tt-
slssippi aprtms d ys airs titsafrreoahte ctagns of year wsrything take tm the color of frand sweetness to ftlr yottstJa li s The oU covjrtet UM
preyto tkov tv of lore very
Hipliabte At lea tit tJHht
1 Senator Joseph WcMo BaiteyI was BOTH on a fanv to Goptefe-
uiity Mtos Hy nrtaglhsM dayshiss of
aA fists rscftng-
iKisebeJl playing xowtos aad tablogporta wot aajoyod Joet as
and probably nthnslaatically lodvl od ta by onr youngschool eoapeateac with whom ofcourse a ConoUry boy SXVKS yery
The aprtegthna rscottsetloa ofevery Mains insn who ws a 3daB
boy are vtvfcL AM UM dttep wintersnows dteanpowr Bryttnt fetnrm r
the spring t raw of th esmttry
cmes opened In tbsna acsidajniea
gathered bright boys and girls
f m all the surronnditog townsTVhen hogs sod
i untry is aJtve spring farmingEvery one of these boys rangingfrom twelve to ftfteea years of age
knows how drive a team of horsesor oxen to hold the plow and t
sow and plantThere were no modern axWetics
those days It was raze te Hod abright boy alter ha was your
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with
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telling
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to it and r irr-
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Tbte UK way
In his dawas
finrliM said the early Mftfas
of Mninf as they are now
Utrta t t
day nsnrly ase cetit u
lag an-
flsnnxr Bate rccaa brm I
to hb seevalor GtiUtosers
of sixty years lose were spent
Cromwell Oot-
Tbsy were the days I can n0get tow befogs
With the en rg a d
I drive 1 iithe good wbsltsoma outdoor invogue back before the age of tiir sratstrife
Dr BdwjLWl Bvorett HaJe tike Lapplain of the United States Sena
bspsy wits be talks of i thood days ofsays that the experience of tl t r
the f t
sakes WIll to k
of those days that they do boat tm UM e air ail they ean He d j
sot mean by that however Jyt-tve there idly bk that theylire there UB learn wha
arDUe ie an gxnmniiflcaikm of t
good wholesome life of MassachusettsHe most of Ida life In that
streets ever though he limps a tr ip
man of a physique nrf a
of strength energy andhealth He says that these ess ntralato the bNigevit of man T n
ferred by Ut goad wholesome ou I v rsports that be Indulged in In
springtime of his boyhoodUnete Wiittani Boyd Alls n j
soother oxemniMcatlon of what It s toOn a farm n
Perry eoooly Ohfc Uncle William
The incidents
be regalia of those days remind himbe says of lays of hilarity and Infa-
Ufitton fc the country lasses of the
rides throughtry to ebnrch said picnics
about the only sports and amusementsthat provided Cor the young Ljy-
on the frontier stxtyAve and severAH I can remember of t a-
sprtncrtlnm hi my boyhood days was
getting out in the fields at 6 o k-
in the morning and following the pwatt day bmg Saturday nights we wc U-
nrobabiy go to town or to dareSunday to a ptente Occasionally
would be a aebtng or hunting trip but
the most of my days wore spent on the
farm in the serener sad the country
school In the
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