Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-09
MY FRIEND LRWISsuOo 70


From Londo2sssistss
/ never liked Lewis.never, We were
boys toge6bsft td Dara g6od Mothers were
delightRdItQR9 ans playing marbles TO-
gether; but be could always, knuckle
down VBsstef thannf e0uid we PLAYED
at turnpiSegate with I gp YleQolSs3 an d
somehow he always trundled his be
tween the pebbles which, constituted, to
our young imaginations, the 3 KEY man
in apron, oll-bays and ALI while SIscat-
tered them and lost the game. When
we first canfe togetheg5 we, were both
schoolbeys on the same :fhrmoss Hisdless
sons were my lesspns, day aver day Int
then, if there was sno adVaEtage iasthe
progress, it was gensTgllsg ,9lng side.
Somehow he got al tli e edif.,s -.
Lewis was born under eztfadfdi dinafS
circums tancee Q His, ,fanaiiy were a Wild.
ambihouss and Il have often heard rrny
motheg say, san unscf1pu1oIs sci. E 2 Aft
the period Of his birth they were In fflIe
height ofs theiEp isplendOF3a Al It was nm
possible to repfuach thefh IN tRosestdays.
They had the biggest house in their
neighborheed BY far, lo horses and
stables We're the enVyI o. ofsseveiNbo
They ga%eParties THAT blocked .u,p the
place with the equipages of the guests.
The greatest people in the land went to
see them; and even people of distinc-
ton fronf abf0ad, Roh afris mp III Tie
country, would take thsTaarliest opeoru
tunity'Eofl paying lthgiFq respects q. the
Lewistesis, gnH1T. LEWIS hlmsel1 4 MasT g
S:ooiity : .l3orosetI unpOpuiaf man; put put
MS we wnen, Ysl sniei ssi7 was youngs was one
OF tne ,i9yeIiess women, as my. father
olV.. 20 my inoSfiefs n19rti
Gttl9ns "a nheh wh3m % e sun ever, sbene.
onss sue ~ as Z OF III IN
hlln1 ana az Courageous IN splrltE as she
was IN person -aoEely-i Q AAEs and mrs.
tradesmen. the bea,tT - onS tbe beost %
While he never had a gra.;ons yvo,.d or
IoL sl,o ,SsSs S1s e = 49,
Sha od L;,,J 80 - ~oa1.e
e., Az; ,,a,. If I;i:S. - e
she loved her children and thew were we've
.IvvaI,s Iv;tb bsS i, AZ ), ~ ~ ,,IS
boyss ~. w
tsoy he, 1sSsss
liest feathers in their hats . trund1ed
hoops with pad ded sticks played with
MARBLES every one. Of lWhfoh was an
agate; and spun tops of satirweeSfN with
sillxen cords, were the idols of their
beautiful parent, and were very seldom
permitted to rangeTb TbeEond cler sight.
There was an uncle in the family-who
had married, / believe, the mother ,sof
Mrs. Lewis, after her father death, = nd,
whom Mrs. Lewis loved Is wen as the
most devoted dalght ter-esIlas adore, the
most iHdilgents parent. ~ He was her
mentor, her guid e. in all thingss His
wordswas her law ;,snd she was never
tired of telling her hiends about his
wisdom and the great POSITION he's held
in tiI6a Worlfla8 Gossips said that zthe
only fact which ifistoe the filafIfsd life
of Mrs Lew obearslIle was that her shuss
band was related closely to her stena
father. issa 80 ssA,Sls,a 80
II was very natural in Mrs I.axvis To
mako Tnucb Of her sfeT, 49, t5cr IL yos
II, q ,S.,.So,,,.,s ~ ,,t, IEI, e..
fbe advanceS,ey,t of her dss,;o =,
life. HisinfIuence ar11eared "a he hound.
Iess aa1d he Il, -.
who aftss1,e saw IN, sf NJ
chariot yv;ndo,v on bist rva3, ~ ss,ssea IL =
baaut;fnI sten,Jangbta ',.'o,,lJ teII nne ,e
in after x,aors
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+ rtAsa We seiiS =
70 - s = si .sz.s y
t.tss ,ta.ia y 80 .,s..s s-'s-.4f
J I. ~ -
~sae III Y " fp UlaU MS
name was Lewis, anu tnat ne nao come
70 carry p99llzss t9llzss 81 l[NIe 1erpNdeea
roun6 hlm IN the playground, and
found thate nis pockets were fuiI or
money that ne had tkplte vlthl one
blade more than tn the cock ot the sehQoii
and ttlar most lnposlng eoat OF arms
was engraved o1zthe heaviest. of silver
spoons apdEtortSs, which were brought
for his use at table; The master fawned
on hlm, ana gave MN easy lessons, and
put HIM at the dessS nearestto the stoves
We hated him for thls--boys are only
little men $50 .I-:H.s Elsd-r7ssoll
Out. OF school, lewis, must say, gave
himself no airs HIS plephtuI pocket
money WAS lavlshly. scattered ,wfIen 0el sthe
apPleISwomlatn came ans INTO the play gronnd.
He would buy a ',shil hing s worth Of
Bonaparte's ribs, and give every boy in
the schooi one. he would propose
scramgse Ior aPPies, of = WnSts STUART is o.
ops,IllsiS :. n us, = tt'ats Ath9rn nlnl,Son
Win ma pa dozens cocoacnuts, 1 ana give
one each TO the fellows who played al
horses with him. Playing at horses was
nus passion. A boy must be great
IavorEe, OF De able to dispense tayors
VINO wlileS y 70 erlveIsa team IN the play,
groullS. lewis was anlabie eT1oughs we
tnougne' theh' ana was ready to give