Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . iar than he with the names andrecords of the leading players of baseball. He wasalso a great lover of football and rarely missed thegames played by the University of Minnesotaeleven. He loved nature and outings in the fields andwoods. It is characteristic of his gentle nature,though, that he never hunted. He could see no en-joyment in killing bird or animal, and was proud ofthe fact that he had never killed for sport. Yet hewas extremely fond of fishing — especially troutfishing. Soon after his third election as governor he pur-
Life of John Albert Johnson : three times governor of Minnesota . iar than he with the names andrecords of the leading players of baseball. He wasalso a great lover of football and rarely missed thegames played by the University of Minnesotaeleven. He loved nature and outings in the fields andwoods. It is characteristic of his gentle nature,though, that he never hunted. He could see no en-joyment in killing bird or animal, and was proud ofthe fact that he had never killed for sport. Yet hewas extremely fond of fishing — especially troutfishing. Soon after his third election as governor he pur-chased an automobile, and took much pleasure inrunning it himself. Only a short time before hisdeath he made the trip to St. Peter from St. Paulin his automobile. The roads were bad and thejourney was very tedious. On the return to , though far behind his schedule and late for anengagement, the Governor insisted on further delayto help a stranded machine. The theater, especially classic drama and grandopera, had a great hold on Governor Johnson. He 190. MRS. JOHN ALBERT JOHNSON PRIVATE LIFE and Mrs. Johnson were regular attendants at allgood plays to be seen in St. Paul theaters. The Grovernor abhorred formal banquets andcourse dinners, but he was at his best with a fewgathered around the table. He was a zestful diner,and delighted in good things to eat, friends to talkwith and a fragrant cigar to smoke. Whether itwas the extreme deprivation of good things in hisyouth or not, it is certain that when he was able tohave good things he enjoyed them with the gusto ofa boy. As a conversationalist he was at his best atsuch times. He liked to talk of men and events,indulge in reminiscences and tell stories of real lifeas he had seen it. He was not a teller of stockfunny stories, though none enjoyed a good storymore than he. Being a newspaper man he always had a fondnessfor the boys. Many of his appointees werenewspaper men. He keenly watched the localnewspapers of Minneapolis
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