| Show BOYHOOD MUCH LIKE OTHER I 1 LAD LAOS Fond fondness noss for outdoor af ufa marked characteristic io of washington in hie youth dy by LOUISE 8 DUN A to the old entry in A A the family bible george washing tous birth la Is recorded as an A son to augustine washington and d mary his wile wife was born ye 1101 pf u february 1 aboul about ten tan in tho the morning As everyone know known by the par parliamentary change in the calr ar dr of 1732 tho the eleven of tho the month mouth became the twenty second while tho the bottling settling of the doubt whether the year began on the first of january or tho the twenty fifth ot of march made mado the tho year tn washington was born 1732 instead of 1731 and thie this important avont took place near va on the rappahannock Rappa hannock from all the lives livest and letters extant wo we glean tho the fact that the lad who was destined to become tho the greatest grea tOBt american c V them their nil dl spent A A martha washington ts le boyhood much like other lads of ills ager age and position perpetrating many pranks and receiving many whippings in consequence on more than one occasion did he and his man peter roast ears earn of corn in forbidden cabins of the field slaves or go on coon coca hunte huntsi at night when all the house wad ai sleep in other words young massa did as be he pleased when with reter to whose akra he was entrusted more than ever after tho the elder washington died in 1743 when george was a lad of eleven As a youn youngster agster washington bad had a remarkable bump of curiosity which his father encouraged but which to iho the contrary his mother disliked As to the latter we all know how foolishly fond sho she was of her bar children Ll lowing her love to Inter interfere fero with iler er good judgment many times mak lag herself miserable in their behalf fet yet thero there Is no doubt tant mother as has been the case with all great men had a potent in brenco over his life lite and her bar strong character acter was afterwards reflected tn in the remarkable balance shown by her ber eon son in whatever situation he was placed and to his mother washington was always alays a most devoted and nd eon son after bis his fathers death he was coon aon made to understand that ho he must do rom something ethIng for a living by the provision of his fathers will mount vernon was inherited by his brother lawrence while tho the few acres on the Rappa rappahannock hannock were to bo be given george upon his becoming pf f ago age 4 though hough as a matter of fact he never claimed them therm his lite sen cibic brother lawrence lwrence and his half balt brother augustine disapproved of the easy life of the sons of planters and mary animated discussions were held beld so to the future of their young hr brother other george wan wa living with bis his halt brother augustine though later be he spent much time at mount vernon with lawrence larence it was while there that a family council resulted in be the decision that george waa to follow the sea when tho news reached 1 mr washington howem iho the vaa vas so upset that she hurried to mount blount vernou aud begged her son to give up tho the idea of becoming a mid emtman accordingly tho thi small of goorge which hae ha already aten pl placed aced aboard a british vessel was brought ashore it was mary a day befits the lad overcame his disappointment his brother I 1 lr wren brenco ce comforted him with tie the assurance there tho are many roada roads in life elfei only one ie in barred to you it was as after this disappointment baat he turned hie bla rA attention more ht definitely to surveying in act fact h was greatly interested in exactness and the ia value of orrvel arvey ing suited his taste even in hie his boyhood from this period on ho he never found happ lawit in intercourse with his fellowmen fellowman or ar in reading but it via in tho the active outdoor ute ufa that ho he mcf at his boat best ho ile was pronounced a sober little prig by no lonser personage than lord fairfax when at fifteen he again took up his residence at bloant vornon vernon with lawrence lAw renco on better beuer acquaintance lord fairfax changed hia his opinion realizing that the lad wait wa no cold and u unresponsive by nature but an a hy aby as so a girl in due time ft a sprang up between the tho two the young lad and the older man which had a tremendous influx once on the afterlife after arter life of george wash ington it was during these years that washington developed treat kmat vers pe onal and endurance and because of these qualities it was fro ro ly a temptation on lend or wa tr ter to put hia his powers to 10 test in fact hia his greatest grce toBt pleasure seemed to be in encountering denser danger which op up parent lifted him in body and mind above his common level during this time alio also hia his power powers of decisiveness and swift judgment developed greatly riding wae was one ono of hie hin greatest joys and ho he early prepared for the years when he be wae as to be so much in the saddle |
