Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . tfrom house to house peddling the berries hehad gathered in the pastures. This was buta precursor to his peddling of stove polish—for he began the great business of sellinglfrhe polish from house to house. Later, heattended the Boylston school in Boston, andfinished his education at the Onondagaacademy near Syracuse, In May, 1861, when 20 years of age, heenlisted as private in Co. A, 4th RegimentMassachusetts Volunteers, for the period ofthree months, and was discharged at LongIsland in August, 1861, by reason of expira-tion of term of service. He reen
Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . tfrom house to house peddling the berries hehad gathered in the pastures. This was buta precursor to his peddling of stove polish—for he began the great business of sellinglfrhe polish from house to house. Later, heattended the Boylston school in Boston, andfinished his education at the Onondagaacademy near Syracuse, In May, 1861, when 20 years of age, heenlisted as private in Co. A, 4th RegimentMassachusetts Volunteers, for the period ofthree months, and was discharged at LongIsland in August, 1861, by reason of expira-tion of term of service. He reenlisted in September, 1862, as private in Co. A, 4thRegiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, andwas discharged therefrom as corporal atLakeville, Mass., in September, 1863, byreason of expiration of term of service. Hewas at the battle of Camp Bisland, La., andwas taken prisoner at Brashear City, La.,in June 1862, and subsequently paroled butnever exchanged. The foundation of his fortune was laid inthe days when he was a schoolboy. In. Elijah Adams of his early days, Mr. Morse oncesaid, while in a confidential mood : Among fathers acquaintances was the learned , a prominent chemist of Boston, He was theone who first invented chloroform and ether, althoughthe credit for these discoveries is given elsewhere. Heand my father used to have long conferences, and fre-quently they spent the night together. On one of thesevisits we boys asked father to give us a recipe to makesometh ng that we could peddle during school vaca-tions. He brought home to us a recipe for making stovepolish. I was then 15, and attending a public school inBoston. I bought $5 worth of the materials called forby the recipe. I made a small lot in a hand-mould anddried it on the stove. I sold it at retail from a carpetbag. My first sale was made in Hyannis on the Cape. At that time I never thought of making a business outof the manufacture of blacking, but seemed to be suc-cessful, and the l
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