The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-06-11

children. will know no difference
AS she said SO she acted. From that hour,
the little Henry, as she called him, was TO
be as her own child, and it was not long be-
fore her love for him was as tender and deep
as for her own children With the care of
an infant on her hands, Mr.. Oliver could not
earn as much by sewing as formerly,
but the deficiency arising from this cause was
made up TO her in another way. With the
money she received with the babe she bought
a COW, which gave her enough milk for the
children, besides several quarts TO sell every
day. She had lived in the country and un-
derstood all about the management of cows,
and had long DESIRED to have one. Milking
and attending TO the COW afforded her heal
thy exercise after sitting for hours at her
work, ard was no loss Of time; for the mon
ey she received for the milk she sold was
very nearly double what she could have ear
ned with her needle in the time it took her
to milk, feed and see after the animal she
had bought. Thus, Heaven, that had sent
her the babe, provided the means in her
hands for its sustenance, without increasing
perceptbly her burdens.
From the hour when she received her lit
tie Henry no word or token had ever come
from those who had left him 10 perish, it
might have been, in the cold at her door,
As to who his mother was, or 10 what family
he stood related, she remained in entire ig-
norance.
Year after year passed away, and tho babe
grew from infancy to childhood and youth.
He proved TO be brighter boy than any of
Mrs. divers own children, and had prou-
der spirit. But he had generous qualities of
mind, with independence, a love of truth and
6rmness and decision of character. His most
serious defect was, a high temper; but all
his good qualities were encouraged and all
that showed itself as evil gently, yet firmly
restrained and kept as qulescent as possible.
As soon as Henry was old enough to learn,
Mrs. Oliver taught him to read, as she had
done her own children, and then sent him
to one of the common schools. Here he
made in the course of few years rapid ad-
vancement. AT the age of fourteen, gen.
,leman of eminence in the profession Of law,
named Hallam, under whose notice the lad
had several times fallen, and who saw that
he possessed more than ordinary abilities, Of
fered TO pay for his instruction in the higher
branches of education in one OF the literary
institutions in the city, for three years, if Mrs
Oliver thought she could bear the expense
of his maintenance as well as furnish him
with suitable clothing. Her Oldest child,
boy, had been apprenticed two years previ.
ously, and she had begun to talk abou. put
ting Henry out to learn trade also.
"For the sake Of such advantages" she
replied, 81 will do any thing in my power"
As proposed, Henry was entered at one
of the best institutions and completed
course ofstudies, in three years, of greater
exten! than is usually accomplished in four
years by students of good capacity. So
much was tie individual who had generously
offered him these invaluable facilities graft
fed with the result, thathe took him into his
office, and from that time bore all his ex-
penses, until he was Of age and ready to be
admitted at the bar.
During the four years that Henry remain
ed in the office of his generous and dsinter-
ested benefactor, he devoted himself not on
ly 10 the study ofthe profession for which he
was destined, but to general literature and
science; furnishing his mind at every point,
and laying the foundation upon which he
was to build safe structure ofeminence and
usefulness. AS he approached the age Of
manhood, Mr.. Hallam, who had become
strongly attached TO his protege, took him in
TO society, and introduced him TO the ac-
quaintaince Of m en- of standing, intelligence
and superior attanments. A, first his mod
est worth was not seen, but soon, like stars
from an evening sky, first one ray Of light
and then another shone forth, until the bril-
liancy of his requirements and the profound
ness his intellect were acknowledged and
appreciated.
But no change in his external condition,
or of the point from which he looked upon
the world, affected in the smallest degree the
love and gratitude he bore to her whom he
called by the holy name of "mother." Mr..
Hallam, who was wealthy, supplied him with
certain amount of money TO meet his OK.
penses. 1t was necessary that he should
dress as those did into whose society his
beEefactor had introduced him; but in ,ong
this&e exercised the closest economy and
made it point 10 preserve his clothes with
the utmost care. Beyond this, he never
spent dollar; all that remained was given
to Mrs. Oliver, with whom he continued to
reside; this was never less than six or seven
dollars every week, which, with what she still
continued to earn, enabled the widow to live
much more comfortably than had formerly
been the case.
AT length, Henry Oliver became of age
and was admitlsd to the bar.
"What are your views and intentions now,
uonry9,, ,oLad Mr. Hallam as thew walked