Show m ts G J ts u S 3 A f fri fras g jp S A W J r P j Ii ri rr i 1 DEW TET E Y THE HOST VENTURESOME YOUNGSTER IN INi r rl i Li 11 I VERMONT p 1 e i X 1 A Af AV l s gs g 5 r r 1 I dt l 1 f 1 V I boyhood of or tho th hero horo of t th 0 reading readings maK H lweis IJ point fa morels morola IIlo ls In the IU s tint III I d I book bok Not i UD boY boy He lie was the thea II bad an we of at that nn na wItt a boy bO y the more by r im hoe ge e iI accurate name namo ot of I but II 1 s I t type of ot familiar of that at I yet 11 nas 11 boy 4 that W calla Into vigorous v I r p nil IV ill III the hands of ot stern ster 1 t Iral ru lIe He belonged tt l T r ot of young oung bat barium co cm ln lamb larf fond fond I In n a to of ot moment they are arel aref aretti from tl Ih the morning f until e ell d fur or tho night l Thou ot of civilization have h vC of er feats o m or nub out effect idlest ll t it yIn which Is Instinct I 1 that I tf 1 male noels of ot the human epo epos I jP un I I muoi ot A barber an ant Helia H Ke Ie as s Infested tiger lIer rd as 55 In the t a 11 Ue n t I nt at restraint re n n J f AW the tho theIon al U in Ion tion accepts ot of Ion only ny after atter they the then thet 1 fl ati t n Into to him A civil 1 Is o 0 tame J boy hey OLD A STOCK i American Dewey Dewcy was wasT ei T Thomas oma u and landed In Boston oston rice Five years later he ho married a Clarke The Dewey line 1 Frances does through two two down to Julius sea t two tiro o CW Dewey Dewcy father tat her of ot the admiral grandparents mated matell se e rumen bearing such ouch standard stan liard w ratan names as 1111 Lyman Miller Bal Ual 1 Cam tami r and emans Dr D r Ja r Dewey was wedded to Mary tt bo bore boro him him all his children bec n that Admiral Dewey Dowey ed from acceptable American lal tit A aim calm survey sune of ot their record rJ OVi that the Deweys were aver averil il ell Englanders with the average Ind t the he average fallings f of that The natural tend end 51 01 t tt the American Icu at people to hero frequently extends to the point the tho previously unknown of o a newly newl arrived hero and andI it tt I of o our Dewey Delve Delle historians have the ancestors of ot Admiral ling uA and a d attempted J to embellish st It i J careers with tales of war They have found the thet t Medial Dov Dewey Dewe eythe the lighting par parr parrs parA A s of d c Vermont who rho according to totZ Ite tZ Q narrative was preaching a u ser fer er l l en an n time the Sunday morn I iZ 0 day In Revolution fI the pulpit long h to at the Iho soldiery and 1 Warned and calmly finished the I taut 6 All of which nay may bo he true truer it II fart lart r that the chool d fen to of ot three years ago ao were not hR with the mime of ot any ony Dewey Delle Dellet t ned la In text books The Tho truth of ot ofIs Is Ie that for two or three hun him hunt hunh h t nn the were average t Citizens ns on a par HO so fas as as kae were rc concerned concern ell with the tho hens bint oi Millers mid and thou thour r a O of other Aso Aran families until I lit t morning Dewey sank fleet and ami Immortalized the tho thoI m I O of Dewe Dewey ewey and tint Manila Ire Pre Iret 11 itu t to that t time Manila was waR vaguely In American mInds with 1 h sed rope rapes and George Georgo Dewey n ln In a limited naval club cir clr II sw 1 Ant tr J is so sj discouraging lcou to n boy J st I of the time typical history of ot et CU arbor Mf r ot of a 11 successful uc sul man or a n i hero ro He Ito cannot recognize anything human In the picture present presented ed It to him lulu In ht the tho tyres tn ps Hu lie Is la led lod to bellevo that Hint success Is s only eilly by steady gloady unremitting conscientious devotion lo to 0 sumo some Ideal fixed tl on In early url youth George Washington tun Is tM pictured us ua a n boy who willi ns os a lisping Infant be IJO began began gan san that campaign which Inevitably made malle him hint the rather Father I ot of lull His Country Adams Clay CIa Webster Calhoun and others hover luver Il f rere politicians according to such historians but hut were statesmen from choir school days lIn Our great groat Inventors according alcor to such popular chronicles wrought out their devices by b patient unceasing la labor In a abr bee bor and reaped the tho sure Bure reward 1 ut of all nil will will 1111 do vise All of ot which Is false misleading and discouraging to the tho normal Americium American boy hoy who Is retro e h to realize that he ho do dues mot Hot possess and nn cannot apply n JIll I such Kuch traits trails Our teacher and historians gloss over or Ignore that lint t all 1111 potent fac rac factor factor tor tOl In the time career earCH of ot every vor human being h hlf which Is III termed opportunity a longer lon er erand and less leslI accurate word than lurk Thousands dR of ot who once were boys ImI wore were born with the this qualities which are me Inseparable from flom sf s but few fol folot nf ot them Ilium find lhoir liven Ilves cast In the tho en environment at and favored f with the cir clr circumstances es conditions and events which chick give sudden and effective play to faculties which may for tor years have or slumbered To Tim unduly exult such by h ignoring Ig Ignoring noring tho ho train of ot unexpected but hut In Inevitable evitable which made It po Is simply dimply crowning luck luel while pretend pretendIng t lug Ing to Ignore It Let Lot us consider consider COliS lIer our great reat men bo ht they dead or living as ns they wore were and paint their portraits with their true Riving giving Iv In If credit where credit Is III due giving opportunity or luck Its credit when duo due and not withholding censure when n the facts call for tor It Our saints are arc a dreary and Impossible lot With which preface we will proceed to a II study tully of at the Iho boyhood timid and career of ot Admiral Dowey Dewey Dewcy Dee grandfather to George Geor o moved from Hanover N II IL about ono one hundred years ago Ulo And set Het settled lied In Berlin Vt VI Hero Julius Y Dewey Detrey was 1011 born one of at a family of ot eight children lie He was a n farm arm boy bo and anda a n cattle drover After Artor loading and seventeen loads of ot ha one hot summer day when In him his nineteenth year ar he ho decided to the time life of ot ota ofa a n farmer and begin tho the study of oC medi medicine medicine cine tine Ho Ito was lIIS graduated from Ver Vermont Vermont mont university at lit nt at 1823 i and began Je ln the practice of medium In that town In Tn 1823 ho hI d t Mary Perrin of or Berlin Herlin Vt VI The Tho fruit of or this union eighteen years year of ot y do domestic mestie life and four tour children Charles I i George and Mary Man who after afterward ward became Mrs Mr George I 1 Greeley of Nashua N II H Mrs Mr lIr died when George wan WM about six years ears old jill and ho he has han but Jut a 1 faint recollection of ot her lice In 1845 wh when n George was eight years yearn oar old his hi fattier father i married his second wife Saran Suran Edson i she brought up ups the three boys ruin the girl Irl with as much Care arc ns as It If they were Wlm her hor own Mary Marv Dewey was two years younger than George nn they that tho were constant companions with time the boy bo na liS her cham champion pion protector Mr Ir Dowey Dewey was Ens tho of ot Montpelier then thon n It village of ot 1500 The Dewy Dewey De y and the tho birthplace of or tho the future admiral was located locatell on what Is II now No Stets Pint street directly the State Capitol building With the Iho spacious Capitol 0 grounds In front and the river nw called the time not far ar the children hind hail ample Imp to pot get It Into nil All kinds nf ot I and nil ell torts sorts of or dangers and an they tho miss missed missed ed few tew opportunities I FIRST RESPONSIBILITY I When George Dewey Dewcy DOle was OS a n boy his I father athor was an on excellent type of ot the progressive country countr physician with a n fairly good practice This was long lon before the Iho n days das y of or specialist I and Dr Dewey Dowey was waR called on for everything i from Crom setting a I broken leg to pulling teeth or attending a case of ot smallpox C CC C C C 0 1 f f J J JV S GC C C c V 1 f io V I A AC l C Future Hero of Manila to that Large targe Class of Young Barbarians V Who Keep Fond Mothers in a State of Suspense from the t e Moment They Are Arc ArcA I n A Awake Until Tucked tutu Inlo Oed Bed at NightA Boy Who Know Kno v What Pear I of Fun Than Study t fie Often Occupied the thc Ounce Dunce A Ambition to b bC a Soldier and lIow fie Ife Vas Forced Into the n a Sunday Sun Sunday day School Book Boy by Any Means I A AI ADy V I Dy By Frederick Upham Adams In n N h Y v I A I V I 1 JI 7 I He Ile was teas n a public spirited citizen and a politician of ot no small loco Influence Hack Back of ot tho the story and a II halt half cottage was waa a II small garden which the hoya boys attended at attended tended and there was war also a II barn with room ruo m for time the doctors horse amid buggy and the time family cow When George was teas eight years eurs old this cow COli became his hili special care Her lIer name way was Frisky and nn sho lived lIell up to 10 It According Accor ln to the admiral Frisky was the most must predatory cow that ever evor jumped a fence fonce or 01 became mired In III a 1 swamp At l that time no village ordinances proscribed the this wan wanderings of ot horses and cows COlS and tho time cow with others was teas released In the th early morning mourning and permitted to roam the landscape at lit her hor own sweet will until located locatell and nOli conducted home In him the evening by George Driving hone home Frisky was his most Important dally daily stint as a II boy hoy mad and many an lI ven tine tuie and sumac some perils did he ho encounter In the lime performance of ot that duty uty OX ON O THE TILE DUNCE BLOCK At the ago ano of or six George Dewey was wasas as 1111 healthy and nn 1 enterprising a n boy hoy as ns one could timid In tho the hills of Vermont The hulling boiling heat hen t of ot the summer Hummer and the tho numbing cold ld of ot time the winter win tor were wore alike aUko powerless to check time the tOIl home of his spirits He was oH us ns full ull of o life 11 f e as all an In egg Cg Is full ull of ot meal He lie iwas as led I d to school by hy nn an elder alder brother brothel mind con can consigned signed 6 n ej to i o the he t task ask t of ot mastering I u prim m t primer m m er or and the early mysteries of ot numbers No healthy health boy bo likes to go SO to school but bul It Il t was positive misery miller to Dewey In lil the time sprung and summer the gleam of or the tho waters of o time the Onion Onto river with thoughts of shaming or of ot ash In the till cool depths lured all nil Inclination In Inclination Inclination to study from his head and many minty was wall the time that hint he stood for tor hours houis on elm the tho dunce block in tho time winter sinter the hills hula gleamed with snow and find the hollows hollow Were wore a Glare clare of ot otIce Ice lee and anal the hours went by In a 11 dreary procession of o lagging minutes the time signal carno came that the Jays days misery was over As n a ahoy boy of ot from six to ten George Dewey Dewcy submitted to school rules and discipline with that obedi obedience once ence that comes conies from fear teor Then Ehen he ho began to openly rebel and a from rout that time until unmercifully ilo slogged ed by h a anew 1 anew new lIew schoolmaster vas a II terror to tho the successive teachers who had holl kin him In charge chanc There was no schoolboy tricK trek which could be bo suggested or Invented which lie ho did not attempt and amid a 1111 as ns a rule ex tX execute He lie put oil In time the inkstands tacks lacks lackson on oil the teachers chair snuff and pepper on the tho red hot stove boarded up time the school house chimney soaked the teacher from ambuscade with n a care carefully carefully fully tully prepared snow buli sprinkled tw lao steps with whim water until they were a II glare Blare of Ice Ico mind and shouted with willm glee Kit us ts lI lItho the tho pupils tumbled over each other and r a hundred other pranks followed each other In bewildering bl ering u succession su If IC any piece of or devil deviltry i t try were perpetrated Dod Dewey as 18 ashe ashe he was nicknamed was suspected and generally with good reason Ho Jle was uns as M 0 0 u r fertile In expedients for mischief as all asan asan an Apache Indian Is for torture It may be said sal with truth that th Nitre J e was Willi no Intention of ot being bad on in the part parr of ot tho time future hero but It Is equally suto suo that there was no especial attempt to tobe tobe tobe be good WANTED TO HE A SOLDIER SOLD Such n a boy Is bound to be ho u a t tender leader among boys and anti George Georgo Dewey Dewy was the undisputed chief of ot the tho clan olan In No boy can NUl hold such a position or nt It least could not In those days except by II physical prowess and George Geore attained and maintained his hll authority by hy a n series s of o In which bloody blood noses were given received re received Some Bome of o his historians assert that In these fights he ho never assailed u a 1 buy boy IJO smaller than himself but inns Inas Inasmuch much as these historians were wore not pres present ent eat ni at ail all of ot these encounters I 1 prefer to ty believe that ho he was much the same as ns other aggressive boys an that he waded through gb slaughter to 10 a throne Irrespective ct d c the size of at those who challenge his hla supremacy That ThatIs Is a way Ill boys bOYK have That fine sent semi sentiment ment winch respects a n fallen tallen foe toe and bids one ono take no advantage of ot weak weakness ness Is our one 01 ot of t the attributes of ot cIvil civili civilization I and ond boys bO 11 are aro not 1101 civilized The call eal n ambition of ot the time boy ho Dewey Delve Dewe waa to be he a n He lie had ha no Inclination toward town Id the sue soa OO and did not nol come from tram a n seafaring family faily tam II Even 1 len to this day tIll Admiral Dewey Dowey Is 19 subject to sea ken seasickness sickness and nn expects i to pains bass Ila i s through uh n o siege elcio of ot f this malady In to the emly curl part of n II long lOll cruise It was by pure ac ne accident accident III will be related later Inter that he lie became a sailor rather than a II soldier As a n boy ho he ho was wal completely loly lelY carried IWI by b tales of or valor on bloody fields and und by br stories of at great campaigns won by ramous commanders Once his father ather rend road to him the time story of Hannibal crossing the Alps The Tho Thor There re recital r lIal ande a II great on time tho boy bo It lens vas In iii the dea of winter amid amidon on the following day lIa he Cold the story to Ills his little sister Mary larY and asked her to be bo his army proposing to cross th tb Alps In the neighborhood n hii lame e bill hili which thanked to north She readily r consented and and his bit army set out on their undertaking It U was teas keen mud and cold the snow lying deep on the thu ground sal end piled haled Into huge drifts In ravines and nOng fences With wooden woollen sw HI rd l lIn In hand George Georgo conducted Ids his army arm to the tl of at the Alps ItIS from which he ho holo looked bolted lo lcd down on that part of at Italy en elm encompassed compassed by b Washington county The Theany any froze the ti tip of ot Us nose noso and andone one oar ear while white Hannibal had two of or his ills toes A farmer Carmer took tool tho the ox ex redIn Into his bob sled and nn It bock back b d to 10 Montpelier BELIEVED U IN I TUG TilE DRAGON In Ui r II h of ot his James games or n or Dod Doll Dewey Dowey was equally nb lie He lie was sentimental and a Im and |