Show FAMOUS FARMER BOYS There are some people foolish enough to laugh at the homely virtues of farm life But it is well sometimes to look at tIre list of great men who have been chosen by the people for the grealt of flees of the nation How many of them o came from the farm and were early In life familiar with wooded hills and cul tivated fields The Kansas City Times says Near ly threefourths of our best ten came from the tillers of the soil For example exam-ple Lincoln Grant Garfield Hamlin Greeley Tilden Cleveland Harrison Hayes Elaine and many others almost as conspicuous In current events or liv jog memory Among journalists Henry Wattcrson spent his early life in rural Kentucky and Murat Halstead was i < born and lived on a farm in Ohio W H Vanderbile was born in a small j New Jersey town and early smal il the business of ship chandlery Jay Gould spent his early years on his fathers farm in New York state Whit Fate tier and Howells spent their youth in villages the former dividing his time between farm work and studies Fol low out this list for yourself and see how long i will become i |