Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-07-21
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SUCCESS Axrpsr rIscouRAoExENrs

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rom private letter received from "
ormer pupil. as word Of encourage.
ment to young gentlemen and iaIi,s
who think they are compelled. by poy
erty and misfortune. to live in iguo.
rance and servitule all the days OF
their lives. AMI this is bat one
example in thousands Of success at
tending perseverance,.
: The sketch is illustrative also Of the
good that m ay follow n kind word and
even a small favor to the needy. We
shall never forget the discoaragIng ne.
count her employer gave rs 81 her ca.
pacity. and the in.imAtion tlat IN ma
king a scholar we would spoil a good
servant. 500 s4s = s+f 50 a. :
PoRr WILLIAM. Missorri.l
june l3sh 1904.
DEAR SrR:-A stray number oil the
'Ladies Repository fell inD my hands
a few days since and ON one ofits pa-
,es was Z noace OF 'REv. T. A. Coon
sIs. The name recalled 10 my mem-
Dry the scenes OF my early woman
hool an school days in Madison Ind
AMI the knowledge OF your present To-
caIity. has placed il in my power 10
AdJiess YOU AMI thus express to you
my grateful rcmvmbvfdnce OF your
4indness TO an orphan pupil. | long
10 tell you olmy success lhus far IL.
life. for lieel that To you | am greatly
,niebled Tor my present useful and
happy position and.my Iieart oyertiows
wlli grateful aA;clpn towards NJ.
teacher who iilS. imparted sympathy.
aud hcsuras cement, When all olhers
irowneJ, and deiijed my wishes To
Mcguire an educailun.,A - Mri
Was at the time you opened the
YUuns LAlies Institute, in Madison u
svrvant girl in the taruiy Oh. Ny
father. = Scotch Clergyman, had died
many years before | WAS inlroIaecd to
your noace, and left me. the youn .esl
ani last. of oar own happy fan ~.
alone ani desdLute.I in early childhood.
AMI the stran ger inso whose hands |
had ta,lcn into thou ,hL only TO MAXI
of me good servant 1 had thus
reached the vel. .,es OF womanhool ell
tirely Ignorant. had learned to read
ia my childhood. anI though | had
never. anal came 10 yoar school. at
the are OF 10 years been within
school house. / had read with eager
ness every thing that | could get 10
read.
The Thoughts of my angel parents
and the brothers snd sisters who bad
precrded me 10 our Home above, be-
iny afflicted even in that bright land
whishrr they had gone, with a know
lodge ofmy unhappy pOsiIon here, SO
wrought upon my feelings that de-
termmcd u remedy. in a measure as
least, the mental darkness under which
/ labored, and accordingly in 1913,
hal saved enna5h from my week WA
ges,of > per W eek. ena0 me to 2,
nto school fJr one session. You Gu
couragcd me,and the mex, session gave
me my tuition. left school with Your
advice, and attempted 20 ieacha school
N the vicinity of South hanover. |
was successful beyond my most san.
guine hopes aud besides having in
creased my lImitcistock OF knowled ass
by the most dill gent appl cation. /
had also earned more money than L
ever before possessed, gave up my
school at the close OF the 81 Q lartcr.
and was received with the Wesleyan
Female College Cincionati, rs an aSsis.
tant pupil. BY ieachus few classes
| pdJ my tui.ion in the Junior Cilrss,
anI my labor. nighs aud morning, ear
ned DO srd.n5 Tor myself in rcspecLa-
ble family IN the ci y.
attempted ut the sametime to .urn
aulhoress, anl so Tar Succeeded as to
become Il regular contributor to two
weekly papers OF the Guy. WAS
amply compensated lor these poor eliu.
sions of nine. ani their compensation
furnished me with bDoss and clothing
But my IN ntai labors were too severe.
my health failed. lwas often Obliged
Io bc up 81. night, preparing my ard~I
clcs for the press, and my lesson rrci-
Ations. | remember three weeks in
which was upailnighI for nnenights
three in each wsck. / was obllg.ti
TO give up All my hburs &C Last. Ny
physician said was IN danger Of loo.
sing my reason ALTO sether.
very much feared / never again
should be able to recommence the stu
dies which my own impradencc had
caused me 10 rrlinquish. anl Tor SOME
long mouths | was Hn inyalil--abouta
sell murderer. Rccovrrin. at last
thought best 10 become a pupil OF Rev
DR.. keathy at S.eubenvllle Female
Seminary. : he kind DR.. advised me
" drop all labor. save thatN OF sruay.
aud cdsrcl 10 bJarl me AMI allow IA,
every privilege oil the school. AS lon,
ass | desired y stay. | remained on,
year. Feeling unwlliins 70 Increase
my debt beyond theex ,,enscs oCa year.
ID YOU Will pardon egotism, Mr..
Goodwin, when Lsay was amvn-
the best scholars Ia school. Ioaly SAY
it to show you how diligently | had
applied my yselfand how gfcttIy had
been bles~clin my laDors 20 improve
my mind.
A catering proposal WAS made me
10 become GJvcrneSs, 10 the family
w,si.hy planter OF Missouri ] let
Sienben,ihe ana came, aud remained
with ny charge during two bris sht and