Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-03
EATON, PREBLE COUNTY. 0. SEPT. 3, 1857

intend to let you do just that work
which you can do best" the lawyer
said after he had examined the piece of
paper, and what was on it. "Of course
YOU will have to keep the Office in order,
and help me some at the house; but you
will write for me; and if you wish to
become a lawyer [ will offer you every
facility in my power. You shall have
every help [ can give"
The boy caught Mr.. Warren's hand,
and burst into tears. However, the
business was soon settled.
A few days after this Mr.. Howe came
down to the village, and met MIR. War
rem in the street.
"Ah, 'Squire-what's become of the
boy ?" the farmer asked.
1--WE taken him into my Office
"What? Taken him to keep? Ia
ken him to work for you?' 1" Yes
"Well-I wish you much JOY of your
bargain. I guess you'll find your work
come out scarce-that part that's done" "
"But4ny work is different from yours,
MIR. Howe
.sAh, but work is work When he
was with me he wouldn't stick to any
kind of work. No, no,-you needn t
fatter yourself up with the idea that
you are going to get work out of that
boy. Now mind, L tell you. l know
him; and you'll know him before long"
The lawyer smiled and passed on.
Six months after this Mr.. Warren
had fine opportunity to take an office
in the adjacent city. He conferred
with his friends and finally concluded
to take it. He moved his family into
the city, and William was thus brought
into new scenes, and within new intlu-
ences.
A cork thrown into the water will
rise to the surface. You may hold it
down as long as you please, but the
moment the extrancous force is removed
up it comes. And so it is with the
human mind. 1t must find its level. 1t
will find its position where circumstan-
ces are the most congenial. You may
bend a great, physical boy, with dull, slug
gish brain, over mental philosophy till his
back grows round, but you cannot force
his mind to grasp it. And SO you may
take a finely organized brain, nervous,
full, and active, and bend it over course,
physical labor, but you cannot keep it
there. The brain which God has fash
ioncd for one thing cannot easily be
eeorccd to another.
So William Alberton coulI not con-
tent himself over his old master shovel
and hoe. His mind would not stay there.
1t was away hunting after strange things
in the world of thought. But in the
lawyers office that mind had found its
level. In copying deeds, and legal in
struments of various kinds, and in fill
ing up blanks, and searching outauthori-
ties for the lawyers use, he found plenty
of food for his active mind. And with
this the manual labor he had to perform
was mere pastime. He needed some
bodily exercise for his own good, and
t hence he performed the work he had to
do with speed and precision.
t At the end of the first year Gilbert
Warren came to the conclusion that he
, had found treasure in his alsmhouse
l boy. And, on the other hand, the boy
y found a priceless blessing in his kind
i; generous master.
e At the end of the second year William
fl Albcrton saw another boy enter the
f office, and accompanied his master tt
e court to take notes and assist in various
:. ways.
e At the end of the third year William
o commenced the study of law practieall.
and in earnest.
t At the end of the fourth year tn
r eminent lawyer and attorney, Gilber
4 Warren, Esq, found valuable coun
n sclIor in his own office. When he cam
l. upon a subject which bothered hin
a William Alberton could help him owe
it. For depth of penetration; for clear
G ness of understanding for quicknes
# of perception; and for power of reason
A ing few men excelled the youth VIII
> had been four years engaged in strlvin
. after knowledge within the lawyer
e Office lie was known by all the bes
lawyers of the city, and all respecte
l. him.
<. Mr.. Howe was growing old, an
20 trouble had come upon him. He wa
1t now Il widower, and all his daughter
d we're married off save the youngest
le Anna She was now three and twenty
at and though repeated offers had bee
y made for her hand, yet she remained
maiden. She said she would not leay
- her father. He would be all alone
lg she were gone, and she could not fol
sake him. She was lovely young w
le man, and many an anxious waitin
W swain was watching for the old man
%, die
But trouble had come upon Johl
I'd A large part of his farm had been sol
ut off for bull ding lots, and quite villas
r. sprung up around him. The Ian
which remained - nearly a hundre
1t, acres-,was by far the most valuab
portion, and the most pleasantly sitl
ated. All that he had received for Ian
already sold he had already laid out
:" beautifying and arranging what Wi
rh left; and by this means the eyes
nd those hunting for pleasant suburba
Ir. residences were turned towards his lot
lr- His place could have been sold for
he large fortune. He was offered a hui
it dred and ten thousand dollars for it ju
IL as it was, after he had cleared off tt
as tocks, and built an equaduct; but
r- conferred with his friends, and the
advised him to keep ito sell off GOO
all lots to those only who would put l