From Farm Boy to Senator

ll boy." It is certainly a mistake when a boy is shut out from the innocent sports which boys delight in. John Stuart Mill, who was set to learning whil

tage in the corner of the Webster farm, and there with his wife he lived till extreme old age. He was born in Yorkshire, had fought on both sides in the Revolutionary struggle, had travelled in various parts of Europe, and had a thousand stories to tell, to all of which the boy listened with avidity. Though he had twice dese

read yourself, Robert?

m gettin' an old man no

when I am grown

an. It will be d

nd gave him a home and a chance to secure an education, in or

ours to himself he ran across the fi

say, "I've got nothing

statesmanship were upon him, dressed in suitable style he would take his fishing pole and lie in wait for his finny victims, while perhaps he was mentally composing some one of his famous speeches, destined to thrill the hearts of thousands, or di

noteworthy, and I am sure my boy-readers will read with interest and sympathy the accou

und. One day Daniel, coming home from school, beheld with mortification the finish of a contest in which a favorite fow

he saw the crestfallen look of his own vanquished fowl. "I

ter about here that

he will meet his

ive him away. He'll

f the yard, but the feathered bully, even in his f

got, Zeke, for a rooster th

ime when Danie

e when mention was made casually of a famo

be found?" asked

do yo

e to see him

he belong

does he

informatio

way to the farm where the pugnacious fowl re

ing, sir,"

What can I do for

a cock who is a

beaten yet!" said th

I see

e owner, pointing out

the rooster with

sell him?"

Why do you wa

ined his obj

e?" asked the farmer, for he was

half a dollar. It represen

llar," he said. "I

ey?" asked the farmer, who h

I have. I'd give y

andled very little money, his income being for the most part in the shape of corn, hay and vegetables. H

delight, and he promptly han

t to take it?" a

answe

y we

el carried it back to the hou

home," he s

hy, you have o

s cock home, and see if he can't whip Mr. ---

could be said Daniel s

ith poultry, where a large cock was strutting about defiantl

tanding nea

cock fight?

p yours," w

willing t

come a

se maintained his reputation, by giving

he result with

l do," he sai

y till he got wit

home so soon, D

erly." Here is a cock that wil

e too su

him once, an

have long to wa

ruder, strutting about wi

e worthy of his spur. For a time the contest was an open one, but in ten minutes the feathered bully was ignominious

l his spare cash, as well as the cutting short of his visit. Probably in the famous passage at arms which he had many years