Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-10-28
Genera, Grant a, . Team star

General Grant early Oexhibeied par.
tialiy for horse tlesh Hs has the reputs.
tion of being the best rider in tbeusrny,
and be drives with tn, yigor and expertness
OF a professional whip. There is a bill west
Of the village Of Georgetown that separates
ihe town from the bottom lands Of White
Oak Creek. =, Before the pike was finished
the road went up and over the. backbone
of the hill, one side Of which was frghtfully
precipitale. The other more gentle and
sloping The old folk named these Judg-
ment aud Mercy, respectfvelyS; as whoever
went over ou lie perpendicular side might
be sure Of broken 10 ies, and fortunstelif
be escaped vii hout "a broken neck ss It. vas
over this hill that the villagers hauled their
sand aud boulders for buildipg aud street
purposes, from the creek below. Teansters
with stout four horse teams often got stalled
heros bonts. aud IsuSpecti tiwereinoEmibdfuI
| OF the irjuuc' ions against pi iofanity in their
peFplexils. Young Grant, then lad of
ten or clever years, provided with a two
fhotse team, passed u good deal Of time in
N.this labofious work, but such was his sue.
cess that be- managedq to makeitwo horses
90 as mach work as the .fOar Of the other
men, AID neger s. allied his team. Remark
lug this, one OF the teausters asked the lad
how it happened that he n. YER got stalled,
and his 1eply was, II never get stalled my
! self. aud SO my horses never get stalled
either; which some might take to be an
indication Of that determination and resp-
ute purpose which Illustrate the career Of
4 the GthsSar az q ssdi.r Hp SsI Suii29u9
The lad, as it is said vaso remal kabIe
for bis tact in managing horses He broke
them with "a esso1 ihst tastonisbed the viii
llsgers, and esen beforeshe was stwelse years
Of age. men came from considerable distan.
ces to have him teach their horses to pace.
ittequired Some strategy 10 obtsin bis
conssnt, bar'a@hencverh he anaertooktis II hs
always suceeeded .ssi,i7Uoss la19be9 9ai
pa ni siq07 -r---7Tt tt-- fofsl al
fnoiiHyido Ths Hest tInheritancs.i noiih
4 Thc1folIowing paragraph we clip from
one Of Henry Ward Beerhe's recently
tpaoEshed sernions:!i' o. sA19'ai u .uoi
l'aaN6t money, not honor, not even a good
name is The yhest Inheritance Of the child a.
Ears bpve altm mre9secplaf,giftsis spareat's
good pnme; but thvre are some things that
are better than that, namely, those trsps.
! missible moral qualities which put the soul,
from the ifrst, under the dominion ef the
higher Instinct FroE my 9motiierj Iehad
A o Legacy which shoeld' not be. sable ITO
thank Gsd ,euongh for in this world, if
were 10 live for long ages Have you net
reason to thank God that you sprang from
such pal lepis as Yopfs were? Aud DO you
7 not know thu" Tie nature which they ham
ded djwn TO You was one that represented,
lasi il were ID a journal, thepointcat which
thegjefs The eoUaiet having gained yictery.
upon, yicI9ry, that your' waffste plghI be
less aud your victories easlerT And that
Which YOU have inherited OF tendencies
reward hing sh5bIsuand 9tsae : Isad away
lfrom thiugss setfsh5 lqnd fAlse,i yoas may
\ tranmit, wisb apgpeptipg poysEeji sHsEs is
great lesson ,0f life, Gaia, meal 20 yiclo,Ies
hat your children may gain moral sic.o.
5ies ,ly,aspd ogiss zpfede pipssce 70 that
\ which is ,spirhu and, .dgine Ia yop. know
i Ling that you will not, be the sole psrtieipa'
A0tof ID the blessings which result thefeffom;
4 that yours win paFticipats tas them % yell
as you, aud that they ,frpmoi bs fact lof5beir
inherjlipg better temperament and better
{ tdfsocs iiions, ilffiad ahef victories ID sone
; De gree accomplished. fsf'le oal ,asses
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f,wsoats Thai Q that-minsi Is the cream oftar
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