From the Tan-yard to the White House

CONTENTS.

Point Pleasant.-Jesse Grant's Son. General Joy.

Pounds and Three-quarters.-The Young Couple Popular.
-Naming the Baby.-A Difficult Problem.-Visit to
Grandpa Simpson's.-A Scene.-Discussing a Name.-
Proposition to Ballot for it.-Hannah's Perplexity.-
Ulysses the Name Chosen.-The Other Ballots, and
who Cast Them.-Mrs. Simpson's Remark.-The Grand-
father's Disappointment.-How Baptized.-Only Child
Named by Ballot.-Reason of the Singular Demonstra-
tion.-A New Country.-Pioneers.-James A. Garfield
Eight Years after Ulysses.-Grant's Small Opportunities

II.

"CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK."

Genealogy by Richard A. Wheeler.-A Dialogue about his

Seventeen Ship-loads in 1630.

Ancestry.

"Honest

Matthew Grant." Religious People. Settled Near

Boston.-Short of Food.-Matthew's Wife Dies.-He

Goes to Connecticut Valley.-Influential Man.-Fights

Schism in Church. Marries Again, and has Eight

Matthew's Son Samuel. Samuel's Son

Samuel. Second Samuel's Son Noah. - Noah's Son

Noah.-Heroic Officers in Wars.-The Military Noah

Removes to Pennsylvania.-Two Years Later Removes

to Ohio.-Jesse Grant Married.-Ulysses Born.—Indian

Children.

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Troubles.-Jesse at Five Years of Age.-Loyalty Here-

ditary.—Carrying Grist to Mill.-In Trouble.—Family

Broken Up.-Home at Judge Tod's. - Silver Spoons.-

Learning Tanning Business.--Setting up for Himself.-

Marrying at Twenty-five.-Courting in a Business Way.

-Married.-Speaker and Poet.-Educated by Business.

-CHIP LARGER THAN THE BLOCK.

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III.

HOME AND MOTHER.

A Scholar's Remark.—John Adams' Letter.-Jesse Grant's

Estimate of His Wife.-A Neighbour's Opinion. Key to

His Home Life.-His Home More Attractive than Beer-

shop.-Fired a Pistol at Two Years of Age.-Difference

between Mr. and Mrs. Grant. Her Modesty and

Humility.-Force of this Quality in the Family.-An

Amusing Incident.-What Ulysses' Father said of His

Modesty. Riding a Pony when Two Years Old.-Later

a Furious Pony Ride. - No Element of Fear. . His

Mother's View

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IV.

THE LOG SCHOOL-HOUSE.

Beginning of School Days.-Poor Schools and Teachers.-

Slow, not Brilliant.-The Difficult Lesson.-His Nick-

names.- -The Teacher's Rebuke and Advice.-Talent and

Energy." Ulysses Grant."-Excelled in Arithmetic.-

The Declamation. - - His Canadian Cousin. - Military

Ancestors.-A Contest over Washington.-The Reproof

of His Mother.-His Father's Interference.-The Phreno-

logist and His Remark.-Love of Games.-Nice Sense of

Honour and Justice.-The Broken Pane.-Expert in Draw-

ing Horses.-Love of Horses Interferes with Studies.-

Going to School in Kentucky.-At School in Ripley.—

Too Large to be Educated by Schools.-Abraham Lincoln

too Large for any School Curriculum.—True also of James

A. Garfield.-True of U. S. Grant

THE TANNER BOY.

The Tanning Business.-The Bark Mill.-Process of Grinding

Described.-Does Not Like the Tannery.-Hauling Brush

with the Colt.-Propriety of the Beast. The Pile of

Brush. His Father's Wonder. The Result. - The

Drunken Journeyman and his Expulsion.-Teaming at

Eight Years of Age.-Taking Care of the Span.-Driving

a Pair of Horses to Cincinnati.-Meeting William Denni-

son, a Future Governor.-Laying up Twenty Dollars.-

Buying a Horse for Himself.-His Father's Opinion.-

Standing on his Colt to Ride.-Best Rider and Trainer

of Horses at Ten.—Truthful, Obedient, never Profane.—

Buying a Horse for his Father.-The Cheater Outwitted.

Made a Good Tanner.-Tact, Push, and Principle.

VI.

A NOTABLE TRIP.

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Death of Mr. Marshall.-Ulysses Goes to the Funeral.-

The Trip and Steamer.-Remains Three Weeks at

Deerfield.-Return to Georgetown.-Difficulties En-

countered.-Steamer Lady Byron.-Mischief Planned

at Wheeling. Sorry for the Deed.-Six Days on the

Return.-A Good School.-Building a New House.-

Ulysses Drawing Materials.-No Play.-Teaching a

Horse to Pace.-The Trick Exposed.-The Last Horse

Trained.-The Cholera Scare.-Medicine Obtained.-

Vanished before Juvenile Curiosity.-Ulysses Froze his

Feet. His Mother's Treatment.-Self-reliance in the

Family. Its Excellent Discipline

VII.

BUILDING THE JAIL.

Mr. G. Contracts to Build Jail.-Ulysses' Proposition.-Buy-
ing a Horse.-The Animal's Name.-Men Hired.-Work
Begun. Men Gone.-His Trouble.-New Way to Load
Logs.-His Father's Surprise and Satisfaction.-Giving