The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-17
LIVING ON THE OLD MAN.
How "a Rhode Island Farmer "Fit"
HIS Sons for College and Found
Them FIT for Nothing.

The Providence ,To,rua' gives an in
lisnnut father room to vent his woes.
The story is appropriate for the COM
mcnccmcAt season:
MIsrUR EnITUR: | haint no cduca-
ton and | thank God for it--Gov. Lip
pit said in his Koll"gc speech that cdi-
cation paid better than mortgage, nj six
per cent.
Governor Lippi,, ask you, have
Won cot such things as three highly
cdrcatcd sons on your hands, what
cant supp it themselves and all living
on the old man! You know you
haint, as | have, guess l know as
much abou. this cdication matter IS YOU
do. cuSs the day when llturary am
bi,ion broke out in my family fit
three son, to Kollege, and if | had not
one left to stay on the farm and work
with me- we should all on us be takin n
deep interest in the annual appropria-
lions for the poor Of the town.
NV SlaS studied law, and all the
write he has vet seen, has been on his
self He has to sware out of Jail three
times week. regular trips he makes
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, like
the Rhode Island from Stonington.
He has got pretty little Hollis ~
ever YOU see, with the legal work Of
Smouct, Byrous, and all of them great
.Iurists ranged on shelveS-the portraits
Of Rufus Chote and'that girl what
Dances 50 good at the Theatur, hung up
on the walls. We furnished him with
all those accessories Of the legal proies-
sion, and although he smokes and drinks
hrrr, and does all n young lawyer ought
e. io 10 win confidence and public es-
term its all no go.
He belongs to ten secret societies, and
| tell him | wish to God he'd jrne one so
secret that his creditors could not find
him.
He buys all his tobacco in my name
Tor fear ut its getting attached, and rs
>ur hi. beer, he drinks up five dollars
worth at atime, and then swears right
ont OH it, He is getting low spirited now,
sud SAYS all the Blackstone he wants
To- know about j. III" Blackstone river
with a big stone tied TO his heels, which
made ms mother cry, but told him he
WAS of age. and had no control over him.
Poor Silas when he graderated at
knllrge. his oraShpn WAS on "A classical
cdication indispensable to success IN
lie"
His mother and cried in the Baptist
Church when We heard him deliver 1t,
We didn' know what for then, but heV
since found it. | tell Silas that the
only chance see for him Is to take t.
drink strong, thea reform, and maybe
the Temperance folks will shove MN
along to keep him moral and steady
The tothcr boy, Ezra, studied Tor to
be n doctor. The first case he had was
Hawkins, that was gored SO badly Dy
Olpry'S biz bull. Hawkins had SIX
good stiff horns aboard of his own ,Itore
the bull muxcd with him, which made
ita bad case. Ezra wanted to be sure
80 he gave him all the medicine he had
m hand at once. just as Hawkins was
- diving. he writ an affidavit that the
treatment he received from the bull was
,rncruus and humane compared WIN
tbat of his Doctor. Hawkins widow
sued for malpractice, and her lawyer
told the Jury thht VI -. st""" iva 49,
dcrous 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 a big verdict agin Ezra, and ne
had to ran of to Calitorny.
lie drors small drafts on me often, 50
we know he i alive, which Is more OF
cumfurt to his mother than TO myself
When Ezra graderated his orashu was
on "Knollcge Perfection Against thg
Kalamities OF Life" His mother and
cried bad then, and we have since found
out why.
But the sadest case of all was our
poor little Calvin. At the time when
unthinking youths are spent in laying
stone walls or hoeing corn, Calvin Wa
seriously thinking of the more important
work of saving souls. He entered col
lcge and was finally settled over large
parish ut Heilburn Woods.
For q few years things went smooth
He not only saved other souls, but he
meekly accepted his portion ii the trial,
and discipline of life by getting married