The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-02-07
Early History Of n Traitor.
. oo,IEGE REMIHIsCENCE

The class Of 1899, in Yale college, (two
wears in advance OF mine, was 'be finest
body of Young men that | ever saw IN
Coliaoe. Prominent in it were Elijah Ii
Mills, (son of Daniel Webs'er's immediate
predscessor in the United States Sena'e')
5acile princsps. but dying very young
Henry A. Boardman, D. D., Joseph hlu'
ridge D. D., Edwin r. Gilbert u. ",
Jane. W. McLsne, D. D., Daniel Uil'
man, Francis Gillette, Qate Senator IN
Conrr IS, T. Adam Spence. (late Rop'
rssea,alive 10 Congtess,) and many other
men of mark.
There was one Of the class whose name
J cannot be found on the list OF graduates
or on any annual catalogue after 1877
IIs was and still is handsome little lei
low, looking very small in his GLASS who
with few exceptions, were Of full manly
growth. This youth hailed f'om grea1t,
S,ate of the "chivalrous sunny South
: bright eyed, dark complexionee, a"d Ear,
: dent az a Southern sun could mako hlm'
In the early part OF 1898, there
was a mysterious trouble in that class
,fI Watches, breast pins, seals, pencil cases
0 pen knives. jackknives. two baded En'Ve'
"a G,ur .bladeded knives, etc, etc., and last
ly, suudry sums Of moLey, lying aroun'
" loose" in students rooms, disappeared
unaccouutably. The losers looked gloom
r. Ilv at each other, and suspiciously at 9th
ers. Something must bs done, The
N, finally constituted themselves voluntee
,,d.tcctiye force" set their trap bate
" with thirty. Ave dollars in good bank note
and soon caught the thief lie confessed
n. On opening his trunk in his prcSenc
they found it nearly full Of missing va
- uables--jewelry, pocket cutlery and no
logery enough 10 stock a Chatham sire
Or. store. He begged p'tifully not to be e
posed; they looked pileously at his han
,p> some Young face, and relented at Y
zee thought of blasting his opening lie.
had been universal fayorite, the pct
his class; So they agreed not to inform
:, there the city magistrates or the Eacul
'''' of the University, but ordered him
A., "clear out" at once and forever.
In. went instantly to good Preslden! D'
san obtained certificate OF honorable d'sm
ma. sion, and vanished.
,ol That little thiefis now Senator
ha. Congress, advocating aud just'ylng a
and md threatening the robbery OF forts. and
rn r stealing Of the military cutlery and hal
on. on ware generally Of the Federal GoVe'
tho ment, withGul any move color or shad
, no of Lretext Than he had for his like ope
non liuns on his fellow stu en's just thlr
"rol three years ago, A third ofa ccIS'
s,al has not mad, and can never make a
uch change in such an originally born rasC
MI" r Had those early flchings been a m
II M 70 thoughlless, boyish escapade, mont
;gh. tary yieliing to temptation while IN g.
'sss sss want, they would not deserve ment
,onJ now, but they were systematEed theI
! M 10 long continued, accumulated. and boa
Pa cd pilferiugs r. IN trustful bosom tF'eu
inn. Had the fellow not at lenglhrtprodu
and his private morality npnblio life wo
koen have allowed the sesret Of his early ON
ized to remain in the hearts OF the lew
Tho then knew and now remember it,
lon D. FRASoIs BACON
ooks IN. Y, Independent.