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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 2: Boyhood.—1805-1818. (search)
mother. The first psalm-tune he ever learned was the 34th Psalm,—Through all the changing scenes of life, in trouble and in joy; and Wicklow he first heard at a singing-school in Belleville (part of Newburyport), where there were lots of boys and pretty girls. In later years, and, indeed, to the end of his life, it was his habit, each Sunday morning, to go through these, accompanying himself on the piano with one hand (he could never master the bass); and the strains of Coronation, Heborn, Ward. Denmark, Lenox, Majesty, and other familiar tunes, would waken the sleepers above, who, claiming their Sunday morning privilege, were still lingering in their beds. He had a great fondness for pet animals, especially cats, who instinctively recognized him as their friend and would come and jump into his lap at first sight and without invitation. From earliest boyhood he had one or more pussies, and his first great sorrow was being compelled to drown an old favorite whose days of usefuln