Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-05-30

fllnt-and by infinite savings ard un-
known economies they compass II.
When Chase was fourteen years old, his
uncle, tho Bishop Of Ohio and Illinois, offer
ed to take and educate him, and he went to
Ohio along with an elder brother who was
attached to Gen. Cass's expedition 10 tho
upper waters OF the Mississippi.
While at Buffalo the seniors of the party
made an excursion to Niagara, but had no
room in their vehicle for the boy. Young
Chase upon this, with characteristic energy,
picked up another hoy who wanted to sec
the falls, and the two enterprising young
gentlemen footed 1t through the snow for
twenty miles, and saw the falls in company
with their elders.
lie remained two years with the Bishop,
who was peremptory man, and used his
nephew as he did himself and everybody
else about him, that is, made him work
just as hard as he could.
Tho great missionary bishop had so much
TO do, and so little to do il with, that he had
to make up for lack Of money by incessant
and severe labor, and with such help as he
could get. His nephew being his own flesh
drive little moro sharply than the rest, as
that. is the form in which the family in
stinct shows itself in people of his cbarac-
ter.
The Bishop supplemented his own scan
ty salary by teaching school and working
a farm, and so Salmon's preparatory studies
were seasoned with an abundance of severe
labor.
The youth was near sighted, and troubled
with an obstinate lisp. The former dis
ability was incurable, but the latter he over
came by means of a long and perseverng
course of reading aloud.
On the whole, the Bishop seems TO have
thought well of his nephew, for one day in
refusing him leave to go in swimming, he
did so with the complimentary explana-
ton: 'Why Salmon, the country might
lose its future President, were to let ou
get drowned
One anecdote of Chase's College life is
characteristic, as showing that courageous
and steady sense ofjustice which formed
leading feature OF his after life. One of his
classmates was sentenced by the faculty to
be expelled from College on charge of
which Chase knew him 10 be wholly inno-
cent. Chase, after in vain arguing the case
with the President, finally told him that he
would 60 too, as he would not stay in an
institution where his friends were treated
with such injustice. The two youths packed
up their goods and drove of. But the faculty
sent word aflerthem almost before they had
got out of the village, that the sentence was
rescnded and they might come back. They
said, however, that they must take time TO
consider whether they would do SO, and
they took week, having pleasant vaca-
ton, after which they returned
"His early days of legal practice were
days of waiting and poverty. The only
professional work he did for considerable
time was to draw an agreement for man,
who paid him half dollar, and week al
terward came and borrowed it back.
Mr.. Chases first argument before a Uni
ted States Court was at Columbus, o., in
1891. The case was to him very impor-
tant one, and when he arose TO make his
| argument he found himself so agitated that
he could not uttor word. He had there
fore 10 sit down, and after waiting few
moments, tried again, and made his plea.
After he WAS through one of the Judges
came to him and shook hands with him
saying, 4 congratulate you most sincerely
Chase, who was feeling very dsagreeably,
inquired with surprise what he was con-
graduated for?
'On your failure answered the Judge,
who added: a person of ordinary tenn
permanent and abilities would have gone
through his part without any such symp-
toms of nervousness. But when 1 see a
young man break down once or twice in
that way, conceive the highest hopes Of
him.