Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-04-04
WHOLE NUMBER 953.
The Boy and the Man,

Z buO HULL
Riding ON the cars is very democratic busi.,
ness. The community of rights mnst be recog- I'D a
nized though individual desires -arssnot gratif-5s
ell. The representatives of all ciasses promis- Inn
cuously intermingle, and the most aristecratic=
are entitled to no privileges which are not ex-
tended to the most humble. And how dull --.-
things sometimes seem, at other times how
changed Why should We ever sink into in
difference surrounded by the gifted, the genial 81,
and the good! How ser seless that silence ...
which depriyes US of rational amusement and
valuable Information. o.. ...,-,s -.. 3. -, -.f
Carrying lunch is common, and eating on the
ln traln Is not embarrassing because tis fashiona- -
bIe Nearly an entire day without interehang-
ing word with fellow passenger A change u
was demanded, but whether it originated in the
social nature or the stomach, it might be diff :
cult to decide a box was seized and the cover
removed, In the next seat was boy and
man The first look Of the lad was in the box, 81.
the next was in my face. The meaning of the .s,
one was not more promptly comprehended. II
than the wish of the oiber. was gratfeds (
OH red sandwich in silence, he broke the si-,
ience by expressing graft udec The favor be- ~
slowed upon the child, second the friendship of
the father The ice was now brpkea and the
stream tlowed freely. Eor+he next two hours
Twas engaged in uninterrupted conversation ID,
with an ex Member of Congress, one of the
subjects discussed was E0letedti0n-its i'm .sse
porlance to all-the indifference with which -e
it is treated by some, A b,ief general state
ment and an Incident llusIrl tye,f of those in-,
dfei enccs--ralher oppesilion-is Is all That can Il h
be given of myi friends most entertaining and b
suggestive conversation. ,.,.7-,, ,t,...., .-s..
The free school system has everywhere been rsa5
most sstIenuously opIcsed by the iIitera,e
among the wealthy, Without appreciatiDg the .f
importance CT popular education and with q .f5i.
penuricusness prcportionate with their igno- 80,
rance, they would rather deprive the countless rs
children of poverty of the means of instruction
than to be subject to the least possible addition
to their taxation. ..,.-., r.-, l,,..... -,...
In the State of IT, there was a statutory
provision by which all finesAnd forfetures were
thrown into the school fund. and another by 77
which any deficit in prison allowances, was
supplied by direct taxation. Thus criminals
were taxed TO support schools With this AZ a
arrangement many were quite satisfied as.
While the free school system was pending in
that state, NY friend said be had frequent alter
Cdtl"AS Oh Ile shpJeCt WIN one OF his rich ~
neighbors, who was very ignorant himself, very 7
indifferent abont the education of his children, a.
and very obs.ipstely opposed to the free school ,
measure He had several boys. and as in all =
cases when there is bad training at home aud --5-
no trimming at school, they became abandoned
and troublesome, Several, times The father
paid heavy fines TO relieve them from the grasp i.
of the law, and at length oIe was put to an ap-
premiership in the State Prison. 49,
About this time the great question reached
its final crisis, and partisan feeling ran high 49,.
Another furious contest occurred between nv
rich mel ghbor and myself said my friend, "and
as we both then used profane language there
were someha words passed between MS
But became disguised with his stupid obsti-
macy, and resolved to give him one more thrust
and then leave him to his fall And throwing
in some expressions by way of emphasis, which
will not repeat, I said You hare to eoals-
cate the 62y ot man, and if you are fool
enough to pay fines for the education of other
peoples children and send your own to be ed
ucated in the State Prison, you may do it :"
The hard cd man sat silent and seemed
thoughtful for few moments, and then exclaim-
ed, Iguess Tue done about enough of that ...
Kind Of business and throwing in some of
the sam words and phrases which had EN-
ploycd, he aided, ''Im with you for the law"
...-.. ..-asr .-a.tt T. IN SANDWICH. T.