, 1877-03-24
FINDING ERi- l.cycl.

" HNH ~ tANi' N''N' 50 'iN'h wv N'O"Na
OF his fellows and Climbs many degrees
in the social scale, il is only the blgOtcd
and uncnarntabIc VINO deny his merits.
Although tais is allowed, strange to say
the converse is never admitted Every
ont VINO is placed by the accident OF
birth among the higher classes Is expect
rl to stop there and concluded to be III
Tor his position while to give up is
rcckO0ed disgracclu. This want OF
Dgc is only to be- palalelled in the cases
Of those who hold that evil thoughts,
even though they bear no fruit, are al
most as bad rs evil deeds, and yet who
assert ut the same time that the internal
regions are paved with good intentions.
John WeyOridge Vi Gresham College,
Cambridge, was man with whom, as
his tutor, | had as little communication
as tutor and und, rgraduate well could
have but in the end | was ated To
know something more Of him, which it
seems to me, rs bearing upon II consider
able social question, il is worth while to
tell. He was placed in my hands, as it
is sometimes calIcd--but indeed | did
not touch him with my finger tips--by
his uncle and guardian (whO himself
died within Il year or SO Of our intro
ductIOn), and | was informed 10y him
that he had no other near relation. But,
for all that, he had been brought up like
other Young men OF the upper middle
class, and enjoyed all their educational
advantages. OF course when he was
at home he passed his holidays in the
stable-but that is nothing. Wey-
b'idgc's nature inclined yet step down
wards. lie was "horscy' only to lin.
tied extent, his moderate means prUbnb-
ly cOnduced to this; but from the top OF
his bullet head to to the sole of his Jack
sliding feet he was doggy" | see the
young fellow nova wcll-bu.t man,
broad shoulders, low in the forehead,
thick in the neck, tight ms to his legs
altogether what is called by physiolO-
sists "a fine animal"--and with bull
dog attached to each OF his heels. They
sometimes attached themselves to other
peoples heels, or wherever they could
lay hold Of them. His COLI &c cap was
always battered. In his mouth was Il
short pipe, which it was the Que business
OF his lie to 'color !" and it is fair to
say that he succeeded in it. 1t is said,
and justly, that it is well for all young
people when they evince any particular
taste; when they have pursuit of their
own what in lady's case is called IAN
object in ife;' and John Weybridgs
possessed this. He was ardently attached
to the art of self defense. In this re.
spect he was born behind his time, which
Is allowed to be great misfortune.
The only classical literature he ever
studded was "Boxlnia, or the oracle Of
the Ring" He knew the least and great.
est number OF rounds by which Dutch
Sam had gained his victories, and also
MolyneuX "a black boxer, belieye)
welghed-down to an ounce--beiore
each encounter AS to the more modern
heroes OF the ring, he was VERY lterally)
hand and glove with them, and had,
when an under grduate, the honor OF ell.
tanning "the Upton Slasher" for week,
when on professional visit to the East
ern counties.
His little fOrtune-doub with the
best ntentions-had been largely trench
ed upon with the view of giving him a
good education it had been squandered
In the futile attempt to make a silk purse
out OF a soW's ear; whereas, II he had
been taught to read and write and to
chalk up score upon a board, his guar
olsn might have set him up in public
house in grassy ueighborhood, and felt
that he had done his duty by him. 1t is
true he could only read and write and
cipher, as it was, but the attempt to teach
nm other things had been as costly as
though he had succeeded, while it had
also given him habits of eXtravagance.
mad reason to believe that this young
gentleman spent almost all his slender
patrimony during his university career,
and had nothing to show for it beyond
half u dozen genuine bull terriers and one