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                         THE WAYS OF MEN 



THE WAYS OF MEN 



                          Eliot Gregory 



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          CHAPTER 1 ´ ;UNCLE SAM; 



       THE gentleman who graced the gubernatorial arm´chair of our state 

when this century was born happened to be an admirer of classic lore and 

the sonorous names of antiquity。 

     It is owing to his weakness in bestowing pompous cognomens on our 

embryo   towns   and   villages   that   to´day   names   like   Utica�察  �Syracuse�察  �and 

Ithaca�察�instead of evoking visions of historic pomp and circumstance�察�raise 

in the minds of most Americans the picture of cocky little cities�察�rich only 

in trolley´cars and Methodist meeting´houses。 

     When�察�however�察�this cultured governor�察�in his ardor�察�christened one of 

the cities Troy�察�and the hill in its vicinity Mount Ida�察�he little dreamed that 

a   youth   was   living   on its   slopes   whose   name   was   destined   to   become   a 

household   word   the   world   over�察  �as   the   synonym   for   the   proudest   and 

wealthiest     republic    yet  known     to  history�察  �a  sobriquet    that   would    be 

familiar   in   the   mouths   of   races   to   whose   continents   even   the   titles   of 

Jupiter or Mars had never penetrated。 

     A little before this century began�察�two boys with packs bound on their 

stalwart shoulders walked from New York and established a brickyard in 

the neighborhood of what is now Perry Street�察�Troy。 Ebenezer and Samuel 

Wilson soon became esteemed citizens of the infant city�察�their kindliness 

and    benevolence      winning     for  them    the   affection   and   respect    of  the 

community。 

     The    younger     brother�察  �Samuel�察    �was   an   especial    favorite   with   the 

children     of  the  place�察  �whose    explorations     into  his  deep   pockets    were 

generally   rewarded   by   the   discovery   of   some   simple   ;sweet;   or   home´ 

made toy。 The slender youth with the ;nutcracker; face proving to be the 

merriest of playfellows�察�in their love his little band of admirers gave him 

the pet name of ;Uncle Sam�察─�by which he quickly became known�察�to the 

exclusion of his real name。 This is the kindly and humble origin of a title 

the   mere   speaking   of   which   to´day   quickens   the   pulse   and   moistens   the 

eyes of millions of Americans with the same thrill that the dear old flag 

arouses   when   we   catch   sight   of   it�察  �especially   an   unexpected   glimpse   in 

some foreign land。 



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     With     increasing    wealth    the  brick´yard     of  the   Wilson    brothers    was 

replaced   by   an   extensive   slaughtering   business�察  �in   which   more   than   a 

hundred   men   were   soon   employed   ´   a   vast   establishment   for   that   day�察�

killing    weekly      some    thousand      head    of   cattle。   During     the   military 

operations of 1812 the brothers signed a contract to furnish the troops at 

Greenbush with meat�察 �packed in full bound barrels of white oak;�察�soon 

after�察�Samuel was appointed Inspector of Provisions for the army。 

     It is a curious coincidence that England also should have taken an ex´ 

army´contractor as her patron saint�察�for if we are to believe tradition�察�St。 

George of Cappadocia filled that position unsatisfactorily before he passed 

through martyrdom to sainthood。 

     True    prototype     of   the  nation    that   was   later   to  adopt    him    as  its 

godfather�察  �the   shrewd   and   honest   patriot�察   �Uncle   Sam�察─  �not   only   lived 

loyally up to his contracts�察�giving full measure and of his best�察�but proved 

himself incorruptible�察�making it his business to see that others too fulfilled 

their   engagements   both   in   the   letter   and   the   spirit�察  �so   that   the   ;U。S。; 

��abbreviation of United States�� which he pencilled on all provisions that 

had   passed   his   inspection   became   in   the   eyes   of   officers   and   soldiers   a 

guarantee   of   excellence。   Samuel's   old        friends�察  �the   boys   of   Troy   ��now 

enlisted in   the  army���察  �naively  imagining   that   the   mystic   initials   were   an 

allusion to the pet name they had given him years before�察�would accept no 

meats but   ;Uncle   Sam's�察─  �murmuring if   other viands   were offered them。 

Their comrades without inquiry followed this example�察�until so strong did 

the   prejudice   for   food   marked   ;U。S。;   become�察  �that   other   contractors�察  �in 

order   that   their   provisions   should   find   favor   with   the   soldiers�察  �took   to 

announcing ;Uncle Sam; brands。 

     To the greater part of the troops�察�ignorant ��as are most Americans to´ 

day�� of the real origin of this pseudonym�察 �Uncle Sam's; beef and bread 

meant      merely     government       provisions�察     �and    the   step   from     national 

belongings to an impersonation of our country by an ideal ;Uncle   Sam; 

was but a logical sequence。 

     In his vigorous old age�察�Samuel Wilson again lived on Mount Ida�察�near 

the estates of the Warren family�察�where as children we were taken to visit 

his house and hear anecdotes of the aged patriot's hospitality and humor。 



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The   honor   in   which   he   was   held   by   the   country´side�察  �the   influence   for 

good he exerted�察�and the informal tribunal he held�察�to which his neighbors 

came to   get their differences   straightened   out by  his   common   sense�察 �are 

still   talked   of   by   the   older   inhabitants。   One   story   in   particular   used   to 

charm   our   boyish   ears。   It   was   about   a   dispute   over   land   between   the 

Livingstons   and   the   Van   Rensselaers�察  �which   was   brought   to   an   end   by 

;Uncle Sam's; producing a barrel of old papers ��confided to him by both 

families during the war�察�for safe keeping�� and extracting from this original 

;strong box; title deeds to the property in litigation。 

     Now�察�in these troubled times of ours�察�when rumors of war are again in 

the air�察�one's thoughts revert with pleasure to the half´mythical figure on 

the threshold of the century�察�and to legends of the clear´eyed giant�察�with 

the   quizzical   smile   and   the   tender�察  �loyal   heart�察  �whose   life's   work   makes 

him   a   more   lovable   model   and   a   nobler   example   to   hold   up   before   the 

youth     of   to´day    than   all  the   mythological       deities   that  ever    disported 

themselves on the original Mount Ida。 

     There is a singular fitness in this choice of ;Uncle Sam; as our patron 

saint�察�for to be honest and loyal and modest�察�to love little children�察�to do 

one's duty quietly in the heyday of life�察�and become a mediator in old age�察�

is   to   fulfil   about   the   whole   duty  of   man�察  �and   every   patriotic   heart   must 

wish the analogy may be long maintained�察�that our loved country�察�like its 

prototype�察  �may   continue   the   protector   of   the   feeble   and   a   peace´maker 

among nations。 



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         CHAPTER 2 ´ Domestic Despots 



       THOSE   who   walk   through   the   well´to´do   quarters   of   our   city�察  �and 

glance�察    �perhaps    a   little  enviously    as  they    pass�察  �toward    the   cheerful 

firesides�察�do not reflect that in almost every one of these apparently happy 

homes   a   pitiless   tyrant   reigns�察  �a   misshapen   monster   without   bowels   of 

compassion   or   thought   beyond   its   own   greedy   appetites�察  �who   sits   like 

Sinbad's awful burden on the necks of tender women and distracted men。 

Sometimes this incubus takes the form of a pug�察�sometimes of a poodle�察�or 

simply     a  bastard    cur   admitted    to  the   family   bosom     in  a  moment      of 

unreflecting   pity�察  �size   and   pedigree   are   of   no   importance�察  �the   result   is 

always   the   same。   Once   Caliban   is   installed   in   his stronghold�察  �peace   and 

independence desert that roof。 

     We     read   daily   of  fathers   tyrannizing     over    trembling     families�察  �of 

stepmothers   and   unnatural   children   turning   what   might   be   happy   homes 

into   amateur   Infernos�察  �and   sigh�察  �as   we   think   of   martyrdoms   endured   by 

overworked animals。 

     It   is  cheering    to  know     that   societies   have    been    formed     for  the 

protection of dumb brutes and helpless children。 Will no attempt be made 

to alleviate this other form of suffering�察�which has apparently escaped the 

eye of the reformer�拭�

     The animal kingdom is divided ´ like all Gaul ´ into three divisions�此�

wild    beasts�察   �that  are   obliged    to  hustle   for   themselves�察    �laboring    and 

producing animals�察�for which man provides because they are useful to him 

´   and   dogs�   �Of   all   created   things   on   our   globe   the   canine   race   have   the 

softest ;snap。; The more one thinks about this curious exception in their 

favor the more unaccountable it appears。 We neglect such wild things as 

we do not slaughter�察�and exact toil from domesticated animals in return for 

their keep。 Dogs alone�察�shirking all cares and labor�察�live in idle comfort at 

man's expense。 

     When that painful family jar broke up the little garden party in Eden 

and forced our first parents to work or hunt for a living�察�the original Dog 

��equally   disgusted   with   either   alternative��   hit   on   the   luminous   idea   of 

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