. Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. a sack of corn tothe neighborhood water-mill. Indeed, so frequently was he seen onone of these errands that he came to be known as the mill-boy of theslashes. Slashes was a Virginia name for openings in the forestusually made by fire or the woodmans ax. 98 To me these facts were especially interesting for I too was poor,was the son of a widowed mother, and frequently rode the old familyhorse to mill, but here coincidences ended and gave place to markedcontrasts. The mill-boy of the slashes grew and grew till his famebecame nation-wide an
. Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. a sack of corn tothe neighborhood water-mill. Indeed, so frequently was he seen onone of these errands that he came to be known as the mill-boy of theslashes. Slashes was a Virginia name for openings in the forestusually made by fire or the woodmans ax. 98 To me these facts were especially interesting for I too was poor,was the son of a widowed mother, and frequently rode the old familyhorse to mill, but here coincidences ended and gave place to markedcontrasts. The mill-boy of the slashes grew and grew till his famebecame nation-wide and he found a tender place in the hearts of mil-lions and millions of his countrymen. Meantime, I, who might wellhave been called the mill-boy of the prairies, have found my place inthe midst of the common herd and am booked finally to lapse intoutter obscurity. But in some particulars the Great are doomed to share the fate ofthe humblest among us. For as Shakspeare puts it: Great Caesar dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind John Locke Scripps 99 JOHN LOCKE SCRIPPS, LINCOLNS CAMPAIGN BIOGRAPHER. A Sketch Compiled From His Letters, by His Daughter,Grace Locke Scripps Dyche. On October 11, 1903, my cousin, James E. Scripps, of Detroit,Michigan, wrote urging me to prepare a biography of my father forsaid he, His was a character such as cannot be too often set beforethe young men of our country. Then, he lived in a formative periodin the history of one of the great cities of the world, and at a periodwhen great political principles were being wrought out and in bothhe had a large share—such a book would be a valuable history for thepolitical information, religious views, literary associations, Chicagohistory, development of the Northwest, McKendree College, life inthe west in the early times, try to weave it all together into a book—which from its variety would be of fascinating interest. Suffice it to say—This work was never accomplished and now I
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