Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-08-27

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icated sons on your hands what can't
support themselves, and all living on
the old man? You know you haint,
and as l have, l guess | know as
much about this edication mater as
you do. cuss the day when liturray
ambishun broke out in my family
1 fit thee sons to kollege, and if / had
not had one left to stay on the farm
and work with me, we should all on
us be takin deep interest in the
annual appropriations for the poor Of
the town.
My Silas studied law, and all the
write he has yet seen, has been on
hisself. He has to sware out of Jail
three times a week, regular trips he
makes, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, like the Rhode Island firm
Stonington.
He has got a pretty little Hofis as
ever you see, with the legal work of
Smollet, Byrons and all of them great
Jurists ranged on shelves-the por-
traits of Rufus Chote, and that gurl
what dances so good at the Theatur,
hung up on the walls. We furnished
him with all those necessaries of the
legal profession, and although he
smokes and drinks beer and does all
a young lawyer ought to do to win
confidence and public esteem, it is all
no go.
He belongs to ten secret societies,
and 1 tell him l wish to God he'd
| jine one so secret that his ceditors
could not find him.
He buys all his tobacco in my
name for fear of its getting attacked,
and as for his beer, he drinks up five
dollars worth at time, and swears
right out on it. He is getting low
spirited now, and says that all the
Blackstone he wants to know about
is the Blackstone River, with big
stone tried to his heels, which made
his mother cry, but l told him he was
of age and had no control over him.
Poor Silas, when he graderated at
kollege, his orashun was on GA elas-
sical edication indispensable to sue
cess in life"
His mother and l cried in the Bap-
tist Church when we heerd him de-
liver it, we didn't know what for
then, but hav since found out. | tell
Silas that the only chance l see ahead
for him is to take to drink strong,
then reform, and may be the tenn
perance folks will shove him along
to keep him moral and steady.
My t'other boy, Ezra, studied to
be doctor. The first case he had was
Hawkins, that was gOred so bad by
Olney's big bull. Hawkins had six
good, stiff horns, aboard of his own
before the bull mixed with him,
which made it a bad case. Ezra want
ed to be sure, so he gave him all the
medicine he had on hand at once.
Just is Hawkins was dying he writ
an affydavit that the treatment he
received from the bull was generous
and humane compared with that of
his doctor. Hawkins widow sued for
malpractice, and her lawyer told the
jury that M. L. stood for murderouS
doses, and that Ezra was drunk, and
that he was doctor of many drains
: but few scruples. At this joke the
Judge and jury laughed like split,
and they gin big verdict against
Ezra, and he had to run off to Cali
forny.
He drors small drafts on me often
so we know that-he is alive, which
is more of a comfor to his mother
, than to myself. When Ezra gradera
, ted his orashum was on "Knollege 6
Purtection against the Kalamities Of
Life" His mother and / cried baC
then, and we have since found out
why.
But the saddest case of all wa:
, poor little Calvin. At the time when
, unthinking youths are spent in lay
ing stone walls or hoeing corn, Calvin
was seriously thinking of the more
important work of saving souls. He
entered koIlege and was finally settled
over a large parish at Heilburn
Woods. @
For few years things went smOo
tn. He not only saved other souls, but
he mekly accepted his portion of the
, trials and discipline of life by getting
! married and raising up little family
of souls of his own manufacture.
Then his parish got tired of him
and told him to quit, and they turn
ed him off as they do ministers, by
, passing lot of resolutions abou
, the pain it gives to sunder such ten
der and hailed ties.
, He and his hull family come to US
+ and arter we got about used up will
them, 1 got Calvin's life insured fol
all I could, and he sailed ten months
ago as commissioner to lot of fero
cious cannibals. 1 have prepared m!
mind to see soon from the king of tn,
tribe letter something like this:
My DEAR SIR: Your son Calvin al
rived in good condition. While W
regret to state that he disappointed
us all sadly in regard to the amour
of gravy, it gives me pleasure to adj
= that he was tender and small boned
Should any ether member of your est
| Unable family feel inclined to Chris
tianize us, send him along. We cal
stand it as long as you can.
Poor CalVin's orashun was on "Tht
final results of the missionary enter
/, prise"
Ny other son was act edicated, ant
has stayed on the farm, and is tn
support and comfort of our declining
, years. He is so ignorant that he think
the Neao York Weekly is the ables
paper in the world, and the prevail
ing impression on his mind is tina
William the Conqueror took an ac
tive part in burning the Gaspee.
For all that, he can support him
self, and has money in the bank
which is more then his edicated broth
= ers can say. My opinion is that a Law
e ought to be passed making the cor
= poration of a Kellege liable for tn
= debts of all their graderates. Ihl
d would make them all plagy careful
70 not 60 edicate any but them what wa
,e fir for it and others might be spare
n what me and my poor wife ha
IL | suffared