Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-11-05
APPEARANCES,

Never Judge of man by the quality
of his clothes. If a man is habited in a
garh filthy and ragged, that is one thing /;
but the simple garb of labor may cover
the hest Of men. Among the many un-
fortunate mistakes that happen ia this
respect, may perhaps be related the fol-
lowing:
Christopher Goodhue, at the age of 40
had amassed fortune i'll mercantile bu-
sipess, and had lost his health, His ply
sician had told him he must leave the
city and quit his present business, Said
the man OF medicine,
"Of course you must have employment,
and that, too, of kind that shall exer-
else your best business faculties have
just The thing for you, You have been
at Walkers Falls i'll franklin?
"Oh yes"
rWelb those large mills are for sale
both the wooden and paper mills, with a
machine shop belonging to them. The
owner is dead and the widow wishes to
sell, Two hundred thousand dollars,
cash, will buy the whole property. You
can pay that and yet have enough left for
independence, and freedom from forced
labor for life. Then, if you buy, you will
naturally improve two or three good
water privileges THAT are now idle. Think
of it, sir-a healthy, saluhrious and in
VIBRATING mountain air; retired and de
lightful location; fish and game of all
sorts ready to your rod and gun, when
ever you feel like RELAXATION and recrea-
tion and the very best schools in the
land for the education of your children u
Mr.. Goadhae was taken with the idea,
but like prudent man, he said he would
talk with his wife, He did so, and she
sensible woman, said-"let ps get away
from the city. We can be very happy
in the free fresh air; and not only you
but the children and myself, will be bet
ter and stronger" HfI.A Ji.ji-
So Christopher Goodhue went pp to
Walkers Falls, in the beautiful village
among the mountains, and bought NJ
the mills, together with all the unimprov
ed water power; and within two weeks
thereafter, he had removed thither will
his family, and entered at once, heart ant
soul, into the work OF Improvement.
"Now, Molie," said he to his wife
isyou know we have come up here fol
healthtul exercise, and ! shall hire mer
to do tho drndgery of close Office work
We must fix up about the house. ] an
going to dig and delve in the garden
So you must make me set of overall
and q trock. / must dress for the worl
| do" .aa
Mrs. Goodbye smiled; but the Cheerful
and pleasant notes of her husband. al
ready vimmy and robust, made her hear
glad and, and she and the girls set at tn
work. cheerfally and merrily, upon tn
clothing for the new laboring man.
People rejoiced, when they knew tha
wealthy business man from the cit.
had bought the mills; because these CAV
employment To nearly TWO hundred ope
ratives who were the life of the place
and the prosperity and success of othe
branches of industry depended in q grea
measure upon their activity and thrift.
The principal store at the Falls wa
kept by one Ralph Stover, who hat
managed to work into the balk of tn,
trade through the partiality OF the for
mer proprietor of the mills, with whom
he had shared the large profits on tn
goods sold upon orders, He was al
honest man as the world goes, bHt Will
him honesty was policy--nothing more
Eben Shackford kept the other store
Shackford was an honest man-hones
from instinct and principle, He had no
laid up money. His trading was confn
4 ed to Q set Of old customers among tn