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l»K. A. IS. IVIAS4»I\. 



Several roquosta liuvo come to us for 

 ('(trt/iiin notorious ajiiiirian facos to Ixt 

 placod in this (ifpartinniit, and anions 



l>li. A. II. MASON. 



tluiin Dr. Mason was asl<c,(i for. So we, 

 arc. suro of fdcasiriK soino folios tiiis 

 w()ol<, and find viu-y ('(irtain that sovcira! 

 thousand poopic* will l)i) unuHually intor- 

 ested in this number of the Bek Jouknai,. 



For many years we have been very 

 fortunate in hciriK p(u-initt(!d to count Dr. 

 Mason among wur very best friends, so 



our ('.\treni(i pIc;i,Muri> in prcsdiitiiiK hlni 

 to our iKiw rr^a.dfirs will \)t\ (piitn pardon- 

 ii,l)ln. We liav() always admirtul him, 

 iuid esteemed him most highly as a true 

 I'rieud and Christian brother. 



The bloKriLphlcal sl<etc.h of tim Doctor 

 was written several years agij for iUain- 

 in^H by Mrs. Mason, so we ani safe In 

 sayitiK thiU, it is a, truthful portrayal of 

 Dr. Mason and liis "erratic life," for his 

 wif(i (ni,{ihl to he fairly w(dl aciiualnted 

 with him, oapceially after "endnrliif?" 

 him for about !JD years I 



Tim followhiK Is what Mrs. Mason has 

 to say of h(5r " licst Doctor:" 



'{'he siil)J(!ct (d' this sl<(d,ch was born 

 -jr, imII(!S south<^:ist of HulTalo, in tlic 

 town of Walfis, lOrie county, N. Y., Nov. 

 IH, 1H;j:{. Ills father was born in 

 Massachuscti/S, and was of KukHsIi, 

 Hcotcdi, and Irisli descent; was ii> soldier 

 in th<( war of 1 K I LJ, and assisted in the 

 capture of Fort lOrle. IFIs maternal 

 Krandfatlnu' was Uillcd by the Indian 

 alli(!S of (Jreat IJritain, in the sam<^ war. 

 liis maternal K>'!i'ndmotlicr was of the 

 (lid K'nickerbcxdcer or Dutch anci^stry. 



Mr. Ma,son had six l)rotliers older than 

 liimsrdf, two younger, and two sisters. 

 All w()rt) raised on a farm, and the 

 brothers are all farmers. 'I'lin only 

 livin>^ sister is th(! wife of a farmer, and 

 lives at lOmporia, Kans. Ills mother 

 and Ki'andparcnts all died In their H:>rd 

 yc^ar, and his fatlier was about liO at his 

 death. 



in Deiv'alb county. Ills., when altont 

 IT years old, Dr. Mason tauKht his lirst 

 school, forifJId p<ir month, iin<i " boa.rded 

 round." In ndatitiK some of l,he incl- 

 dmits In (;onnecl/ioii with tliat scliool, he 

 says: "The last three teachers pre- 

 (•(idiiiK me wer(! turned out by th(! ' 1)!^ 

 boys,' the last belnj^ tlirown throuKh the 

 window witli the window shut. Of this 

 I knew notliiuK until the morning I went 

 to boKln school. I made up my mind to 

 teach that school or somebody would Ket 

 hurt, and so 1 told the director. I was 

 hired for threat months, but ta.u^ht four, 

 and was olfiired .*f>4() per month t,o teach 

 tin) same school l,h(! next winter. A 

 majority of tiu) scholars were older than 

 I was." 



At the (dose* of this school youuK 

 Mason went to r.eloit(JolleKe, Wisconsin, 

 and attended two terms, his chum and 

 friend beinK the now w(dI-known (Jen. 

 Warner, of Warner "Sliver Ulli" noto- 

 riety. With the exception of the above, 

 and a fc^w terms attendance at an acad- 



