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Show 'Made Made 'ade ade ' ' Jefferson President PresidentMatthew Matthew Lyon , Irish Boy Who ' Was 'Vas Vas Sold for a Yoke of ofOxen ofOxen Oxen and nd Was Congl Cong1 Congressman essman Fl Fiom Flon1 onl Two States StatesKept , Kept Buir Bair BlU r From White House . t \ tKept Nearly two centuries ' ago 1go July 14 17r 1 141750 1417r ii0 0 , , there " was ssas 1S born In Ireland Ire1'lnd Ire1lnd ' 1\ 1 a \ aboy 1boy boy de destined Uned to become a 1 ' hid hI ! ) ) ' ; ? ' buslness busl bnsl buslness bnslness ness man mnn to repiesent reple'icnt repleicnt represent ' two t\\O t O tso \ of ollr our ollrstates ourstates ourstates states in congress and nnd mid to cnst cnct cast : tlw the theclecidbno clecidbno decHn thodeciding tlwdecHn ] ! . ; vote tote sote for a 1 ' i Pre President < ; ll1r > nt of the thethen then iinthought unthought lIntholl ht of United States Ct'ltes Ctltes ; ' of ofAmerica ofAmerlcn Amerlcn America writesIn Mnrv 'lnrv lnrv Mary ' Gilbert GllhE'rt GllhErt ' Smith writes \ rIte ' : ! In the Bo Boston < ; ton GlobeHis GlobeHis Globe GlobeHis His father a member of a 1 prom prominent prominept Inent inept family famlh famils . , was executed e\eclltcd e eclltcd evecutcd ' \ for hie his hispart hispart ; pnrt part in the White Wlllte IVhite Roys Bors Boys Insurroctlon Insurrc insurrec insurrectlon > c ctlon tlon His nls mother marnod m1rll'el m1rllel mirircd ( ' a awun 'l1l1 l1l1 'l1l1Young ' Young againYoung awunYoung " Matthew "nUhew nUhew Lyon Lon Lson , ; studious ctuelloue ; 1nll and andenterprising 1nllcnter'lrl anilenterprising cnter'lrl cnterlrl enterprising [ ' lDg , , \ nns ssns S Se11 \ well \\e11 e11 sell treated trE'1tee trE1tee ' ] h by hie his hisstepfather hisstepfather ; stepfather , who n-ho n ho - was W1c ; proud and 1nd fonilof fonll fond fonllof fondof of the bovBut boyBut boy bov boyBut But he hnd had heard henrd of of . the stl strange strangenew stiangenew an e enew new land be beyond besnnd , onel the seas se'1S se1S se'is seis ' ' and ancl andl 10ng-pcJ 10ng pcJ Inngedl 10ngpcJto Inngedlto longedto - to try his fortunes there On One < > morll morn morllIng mornlag mornIng Ing lag when ho he was W'lS WlS ' fourteen he h1r fir h1rgamed firgained bargained gamed gained with svith a n sea se'i sei se , ' captain c1pt1m c'mpt'min cmptmin ' ' to cirrshim C1rr\ C1rr cirrs C1rrhIm camhim \ hIm to the prO province ' , Ince of ' Connecticut C'onnectlcllt Connectlcllt In Inreturn inreturn Inreturn return for his s'r sr services s'r'ce ( ' \'ce 'ce ce \ ( ' ; ns as cabin cnhm hov tiny hovHe tinyHe hoyHe He had h'ld hld ' a guinea gume1 which hlch he had h1Cl hid 5'1\ 5'1 51 5'1ed sised sisedfrom sa\edfrom sa edfrom ' \ ed edfrom from his hie ; pocket poC'het poChet packet ' money and nnd he gave gavethis gavethis 11 e ethis this to the captain c1pt'1ln c1pt1ln ciptiin ' for ; safe c1fe cafe 1 1 eepln eepingThe eeping eepingThe The captain capt11n cnpt'iin cnptiin ' hid hicl him in m the hold co so cothat sothat : sothat that no one oneolllel would \\olllel olllel snuld \ find finel him before hpfore thevessel th the thevessel < > t"e te vessel " sel ; sailed cmled ' and 1nd Ind took tool . the precautionto prec'lntlonto precauhnnto prec'lntlon preclntlon precauhnn ' to 10cIhim lock 10cI\ 10cI \ him in tn Had n1ct Hid he not done clone Sf so soyoung soyoung ) voun young Mntthe\\ Mntthe Matthew's Matthews Mntthe's Mntthew's Mntthews \ 's s ' 1(1entm mdsentuie ' adv 1(1\ 1(1 11 ( \ entm endue e could couldhave \ wouldhave oulll oulllhnve hnve have ended that thnt ; same C1tne ware ' morningWhen mormng- mormng morning mormngWhen morningWhen - When his stepfather stepf1ther came C1me rime ecl.lnl ecllnl seeking seekinghim neckinghim . ! him and 811(1 8111 ( called to him cffectlon'ltE'h cffectlonltEh effeetinnatels cffectlon'ltE'hthe effeetinnatelsthe offectionatelythe ' ' the lad \ would ould have h'lt"e hlte ' " reSIOnel'C11t reSIOnelC11t responded ) ( ' ) at pit onc once oncehad oncehad ( ' had he not been hecn restrained rectr11D(1 rectr11D1 : ( ' by hv th the thelocked tlielocked ( ' loct.ed locted locked . doorWhen doorWhen door doorWhen When they thev readied reached Connecticut Connecticut.the Connecticutthe . , the captain betrayed hetrwed hetr'ived hetrived ' the ho\ ho hoy's hoys ho's how's hows \ 's s ' trnst trust trnstby trustby trustby by 6e11ln selling him Into ccn : "service service sersice " Ice Ices as \s s ' \ a n "re re "redemptloner "redemptionerone "redemptloner redemptloner " demptloner demptlonerone demptioner-one demptioner one ' -one one - one of those Impecll impecu ImpecllnIous impecunious impeciinious nIous emigrants who paid p11d pail for their theirpacs'1ge theirpassage theirpassage pacs'1ge pacs1ge passage : ' to the New world by hv cerIn sersing sersingas ; sen cer\ cer \ In Ingas as bond sen'lnts senlnts sersants sen ' ants for a number ot of otyears ofyears ofyears ofyearsFortunately years yearsrrtunntelv yearsI'ertunntehv Fortunately rrtunntelv I'ertunntehv Iertunntehv ' . , for younl'1tthew young youn/ youn / : , Matthew l'1tthew l1tthew ' hlq his hlqser hisservices hisservices ser services lces were secured by Jahez J1bez Ba B'1 B1 B't Bt ' ' con one of or the \ weallhics enllhles sealthies merch'lnts merchlnts merchants merchantsIn merch'lntsIn ' In Connecticut , he \ was ns worth north \ orth half hnlf a amillion amillion amillion million nlien stien n hen lie he died dlNl-n dlNl n died-n died - n vast Last \ t1 ! > t sum forthose for forthose forthose those e cirly 1rlv days dais d1 s His Ills [ Us example e\'lmple e 'lmple lmple evimple ' \ ' anll and anllpi andprecepts andpieccpts pi precepts eccpts did dul much milch to cet set ; < ; et the thp amln amlu amlntlOliS amluthous ambilions tlOliS thous boy hov on his s'ty sty \ ivav 1) 1 ' ' ) Trade Tr1ele nt at th'lt thlt that th'lttime thattime tinttime ' time time1S s \ was \\1S 1S rs largely I1rgelv I'rrgely Irrgely ' by hv hnrtcr harter barter Baconga\e Baconga e D1con Bacon Bacongaffe gaffe a\ a ae \ e n a \ yol tot 01 c e a of oxen o\en o en oven ' \ for I J T yon's yons von's vons ' ser\ ser serr serIces serrices services \ " Ices until he was ss'is ssis \ 1S ' twenty tentv t\\ t tsentvone tsentvonein \ entv oneIn one oneIn In after \ years seers e1fS when wIlen tlio the 3oun soiin"Inshimn soiinInshimn soiin"Inshimnas " Irlshm'ln Irlshmln Irishntin ' \\as as tsas \ \ \ 'lS lS ' n It a candidate cnnclulate for office oflce officethle oflcethis officethis thle this ; Incident was nis \ 18 distorted by hi hispolitical . , poIltlc11 political opponents opponent 'I I ' to show that thnt tint 1e he 1enc hesras ' hewas \nc nc sras \ ; of low orl origin ln and nnd unfit nnfit to be It a Itrepresentnth arepresentatise nrcprcscntnthe representnth representatise e In congre congress L Lion Lionnes Li ) on onne onne\er onne er ne nes \ , er apologized apologi7Nl for the manner m'lnner mlnner ' ofhis of ofhl ofhis hl his entry Into Connecticut nor told toldof toldof toldof of the deception that th'11 th11 ' had h1d hid been prnc prac prncUced pracIced practiced Uced Iced ( upon him Rather R1ther Rmtiter he acted Dcted as asIf asif asIf If It \ were ere somethm something he was wac ; proudof proud proudof proudof of He ne swore 'by by ' by the bulls that thnt re- re redeemed redeemed re redeemed - deemed me to beat be'lt belt be'tt bett ' ' his opponents opponents- opponentsand opponentsand opponentsand - - and he didOf did didOf Of 01 ' his \ woik soilk OJ I " heic here hel e , , J A Graham , In Ina ina ina a book bool . published in London in m 17D 1797 1797siis , S1 says s in part p'1rt p1rt ' . ' "Fair Fair "ralr ralr " ( 'air air ' Haven Ihven II'rren IIrren ' joins on Skene&bor Skenebor Slcenesbor Skene&borollgh Slcenesbornugh Skenesborough & ollgh nugh ( nowVhitehill now \ Whitehall Whlteh'1JI Whlteh1JI \Vhitehill Vhitehill ' , N 1) 1 1 ) ' and 'tnd tnd Ind 's s 'sthe 'sthe ' sthe the most ml ) < ; t flourishing flourishln manufacturingtossn manufacturingtown manuf'lcturlng manuflcturlng manufacturing manuf'lcturlngton ' to\\n to n tossn \ in the state . It owes o\\es o es ores \ Its con consCJuence consequence consequence sCJuence sequence , : ? to Its founder . , Colonel ColonelLion ColonelL L Lion onvhose on Whose \vhose vhose \ enterprise and 1nd 'mnd mnd ' peree perse peree'er'1nLe perseser'nt.e perse\eram.e perseeram.e perse eram.e erame ; 'er'1nLe er1nLe ser'nt.e sernt.e sernte \ ' ' . . in promoting promotln proniotin . and carryingon c'lrrym clrrym carrying ' on manufactories manuhctolles manuf'ctolles manufctolles ' has h1s been heen of InfiDite Infinite InfiDiteutility Infiniteutility infiniteutility utility to the public He De lie has h1s Iris erectel erected erecteda ] 1 a ' furnace furn'lce furnlce fnrnice ' foi fom casting c'lstmg clstmg cisting ' all kinds kmd9 of bol hot bollow hotlow hoilow low II iion iron on ware W1re wire and nnd nod t\\ t two t0 \ 0 forges a,1It a1It a,1Ittm a slit slitling ! ; , slitting tm ling ml ' for the m1I\ln m1I ln miking making \ of nail n1i1 sill rods rodsa a paper p'lper plper piper ' mill n a printing prmtmg press and andCOI andcoin andcoin COI coin n and anti sa sassmills"It sawmills sassmills sawmills"It " mms mms"It "It It " is a 'm m ' \ curious fact fnct that th1t Colonel ColonelL3 ColonelL3 ColonelLson L3 on ou lias has tins executed a good deal of ofprIntmg o oprinting ofprinting f prIntmg printing at hl his < ; office , on paper pnper mann mane mannf'lctm manefactuted manufictuied factuted f'lctm flctm ' cd b by ) ' himself hUDse1f of oj the bark hart hark . of ofthe o othe 01tlie f the basswood tree , and which is isfound isfound isfound found to answer every purpose foicommon for forcommon fo focommon r common prlntmg printing prlntmg"He printing"He printingHe printing"He "He He " has held some of the first of- of of - fices flees of the state and nnd no man mnn In Itcan III IIIcan it itcan can bo be more qualified qU.1l1hed qU1l1hed . to do so , liS as liShIs ashis shis hIs knledfc icnusledbcs Imo kn " \\ledfc ledfc \ \ IedlL : , ( . of thn th " ' financ nn'lncL nnlncL flnancis ' < - & : ' and nnd nntl c1t sit c1tu.1tion sitnation ; situatlon u.1tion u1tion nation . of the country countrv Is St siarceh scircels 1rce1\ 1rce1 1rce1to \ to tobe tobe tobe be equaled nor does his InlegrIly integrity InlegrIlye integrityeser Integrityo\cr Integrityo cr eer eser e\ e \ er & suffer &uffer uffer him to lose 10'5e 105e ' sl sight ht of th the there't1 thereal { re11 re't1 ret1 ' good ood of tlie the people Ills 11Is His frIend frIendship friendship friendslap ship slap 10 and 1 < gcrcrosity ereroSlty gerernsity ' are 1re 'ire ire as ns great a- a n5 ahis n5his ashis - , his nmbltion nrnbltlon ambition HI His Ells & p 1lon isslons issions % nnd nnel mind all allhis allhis allhis his pursuits 11 ' aie are e c\el c el excited eceited ' \ ted for the benefit ben benellt benchit ellt chit of mankind manJlDd mnnkind { " Zcnas Zen'lS ZenlS Zenms ' H II [ ] Fills Cl1is Eitis of or Fair r'1lr r1lr ' n'l nl Haven ' en shn shnuses \ whnihes ho 11\ 11 11es uses \ es in m the old 0)(1 01 ) ( Matthew Mntthew L Lyon on homehis home homeII homeIns II his IS gathcicd gathered 'lthcI lthcI ' ed i t notable notnble collection col1ectlon ot of ofColonel otCOIODl11 ofColonul COIODl11 Colonel icllcs idles I ellcs Including 11Ichldmg n a copy of ofthe ofthe ofthe the abo\ abo abo\o abo o aboe aboc \ e mentioned book hoo1 hook . and nnd one of ofrr'lnl.1m ofrranliin ofFranklins rr'lnl.1m rrlnl.1m rrlnl1m rranliin ' . s autobiography antoblognph autoblograph3 . } ' fogether Together Togetherwith fogetherwith fogetherwith with Lssas Lsca35 LSC:13 LSC13 : ; < ; Humorous lIulJloroue ; Moral Iornl andI anllT anll anti T 1 Itcr iter Ir iri ir3 , chiefly cllllfly chicfy in the m inner mner of tllp time tllpSpectatol timeSpectator thfSpectatoi Spectatol Spectator Printed PIlnte.1 PIlnte1 I'ilntetl Iilntetl ' . and sold by J 3 JI 3I JI I son \ on Fair rfilr rair IJ'1 IJ1 Haven I1'iven I1iven ' ' pn , . , Vt , . 1708 170S " James Lyon L\'on L 'on on L'on.1S ' \ was \\.1S .1S \ . the elde6 elde"t eldet eldeQt " ! son of ofCol ofCol ofCol Col Matthew lH1tth\\ lH1tth Mitthcs lH1tthlon ( . \ lon Lion . Li . } on ' The 'rho rho 1 > book 001\ 001 001Is \ isprinted Is Isprinted Isprinted printed on pper p \ iper \per per tiler made m1de in Colonel ColonelLyon ( , ColonelLyon olon ( > l lLyon Lyon s mill miJI and nnd bound bonnd In 1n leathertinned le'lther lelther leather le'lthert1nned leathertanned ' t1nned tinned in his tanner tannery tanner3 tanneryIt tanner3It . ) It was W'1S W1S w'is wis ' ' lames James Lyon who nubllshcrlat nubtlcheelat nubiishedat nubtlcheel nubiished ; at Fair ralr Haven tlie the paper p'lper plper ' Inhlch In \\hlch hlch shish shishwas \ whichwas hlchwns wns was printed ' Matthew 'l'1tthew l1tthew ' Lyon Lyons s a 11 'a a ' ' aiticlattacking tlcl tick ? . ' attncl\ln attncl ln attacking \ President Jolin John Ad'1ms Ad1ms Adams Adamswhich Adamswhich ' which caused c1uced : Colonel C010nel L L3 Lions ons OIlS arrest arrestundel arres arresundei * ' undel under thel1en the ' \ ' alien \l1en l1en 'then then and 1nd Ind sedition law lIo H Howsa : > wsa fined S1O0 ' > ' ? 100 nnd and sentenced to fourmonths four fourmonths fourmonths months ' ' Imprisonment nt at Vel Vet Veigcnnes genne gennes . . He lIe Ile W'1 W1 was ' e ; in Jail JalJ at the time of thecongressional th the thecongresslon'tl ( > congresslon11 congresslon'tl congresslontl ' election , , but Ins IllS bus constituentr con const1tuent constitucnt0 st1tuent stituentr . rolled roned up so ' large 1'1rge 11rge a 1 'm m ' major majorIty majority majorIty Ity for him that th1t he was W1S released releneed relensed ; toreturn to toreturn toreturn return to congress The laigestciowd I'll Ill iaigest iaigestcrowd ' pest pestclowd clowd crowd assembled in Vermont In P'1 P1 early earlydays earldays ' "l l " ) days sped him 111m on his way W1V wiv He fIr > 1r it 1rri itrinsed ' arri\cd arri cd ri\ ri ried rinsed \ \ ed In time to cast C1st the decI decisive decisiveotcthat < ; lve sot \otcthat otcthat \ ot < . that made madc Thomas TholJl'1g TholJl1g ' Jefferson Tefferson Presl Presi Presldent President President dent over Aaron Burr . . The restless restlesc : ; bpmt plllt spitit of ot the tine pIOneer pIOneernow pioneernow pioneernow now urged Matthew Lyon L\'on L 'on on ' \ to tmn turn tmnfrom turnfrom tuinfrom from things thmgs accomplished to n new newcountry newcountry .ountrv ountrv country < . l ' where sshere here eselything e " el eiything ythlng was yet to tobe tobe tobe be done In Fair rnlr ralr Ha\en Ha en II'1en II1en Ibsen ' \ , he was W1S w'is wis ' al at althe atthe ntthe the he"d hed hc lie " ' d l of a 'l l ' tiousehold household of 16 Leav Lear Learlag Leavlug LeavIng lug lag his sons In charge ch'1rge ch1rge ' of his m10\ m10 nfanv nfanventerprises m10enterprl"e'3 rrianventerprises ' \ enterprl"e'3 enterprle3 enterprises " ' , ho he went to Arkiinsas Arkuncas Arkansas : 1nel and 1nellater andlater ' andlater later to F Kentucky Kentucl"3 Kentucl3 entuck3 " , , the next state after aft after after er th " 01 oilglnal omiginal iginal 13 to be admitted tothe to tothe tothe the Union Here he made his homefor home homefor for the rest of his life hfe , and from here herehe herehe herlie ( he heTUS ' \ was \TUS TUS ' again 'lgaln lgaln returned to con congress ress |