. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . the literarysociety of the college ever had. Another story of the sameperiod, told by one of his old neighbors, is too good to be lost. I remember one day his father told him to get up earlyand go to the market and buy a turkey. He gave him a dollar,which was a good deal of money in those days. ^Vell, Jamesbrought home the bird and handed it to old Dinah, thecolored cook of the Blaine family. When the elder Blainecame down to breakfast Dinah greeted him : ^ Mars Blaine,d
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . the literarysociety of the college ever had. Another story of the sameperiod, told by one of his old neighbors, is too good to be lost. I remember one day his father told him to get up earlyand go to the market and buy a turkey. He gave him a dollar,which was a good deal of money in those days. ^Vell, Jamesbrought home the bird and handed it to old Dinah, thecolored cook of the Blaine family. When the elder Blainecame down to breakfast Dinah greeted him : ^ Mars Blaine,dat dar turkey what Mars Jim buyed dis mawnin am dequarest turkey Is ever seed. Deed it is, Mars Blaine. ^ Why,whats the matter with it, Dinah ? aint it big enough T repliedthe old gentleman. It ought to be, surely ; Jim paid a dollarfor it. ^ Oh, yes, Mars Blaine, de turkey is big nuff, but itam de funniest turkey dis yer nigger ever seed. Mars Blainewent out to the kitchen to look at the ^ turkey, and found itto be a ten-year-old goose. He called Jim down and hauledhim over the c6alS; saying: Why, Jim, you ought to be. THE STUDENT AND TEACHER. 33 ashamed of yourself. Fifteen years old, and cant tell a turkeyfrom a goose ! Jim hung his head and simply replied : ^ Why,hows a boy to tell a turkey from a goose when its feathers areoff ? Hon. Kobert E. Williams, of Illinois, now a prominent law-yer, a college-mate, but not a classmate, bears this testimony : Young Blaine was a big-hearted, whole-souled, good-naturedfellow in his college days. We both attended WashingtonCollege, in Pennsylvania, and were intimate friends. Blainewas a good companion in his school days—strong in physicalstrength, fond of out-door sports, yet in a certain sense lovingseclusion and his books. He was a faithful student, and was regarded by his college-mates as a brilliant and progressive scholar. He was anaggressive fellow whenever there was anything to be accom-plished which he thought would be produc
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