The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-22

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The pafty - thsse young lndies cami
md were received 6y tie ed gentle
mans usuaf urhanity. All went vesy
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InnoU1otly, 0f oD0Do: |" Il What yoal
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Her pupils held thelr 6eonth With h0s.
tof, fhis bein9aQussflou thatno earth
Is power cooh Fave induood them @
isk. Thsy did not know what would
Dome next, bat their host reulied. yery
pleasantly " Wei, Indeed, & w. suck
long time ego that hardly like b
Iell u before these yvung ladies!" Tha
B0uveE1af30n continued without fur
hef accident, but The incident caused
reetamusement 10 I'll 70 whom Il waG
told.
n early and middle Life the grsaa
eadee waSa veg handsome man. Hi
lAce Distinguished . his figure w
veil made, TIE lister beine marred
paly By that unfbetnnAte def6rmity, {
elub f6ot. He Was excoodlne sentative
bn the subject Of this misloftune, vi
i wae blessing In disguise, for Il
nused him always tosympathise with
md Be deeply Interested In thooo whd
we're lame or deibrmed In any way
Dr. Henry Carpenter, Of Lancaster
Who wss his physician for . quarter OF
century, and An intimate friend, tell
this incident; Lydia Jane P, {
ouaker lady Of considerable literary
taste and ability, with whose husband
NJ. Stevens wa1 well acquainted, wad
left with family and In very desti1
tute circumstances He flrst gave he'd
house and farm In fee ample. Then
d0ifing still further to help her, be
brought her eldest son, Byron P!
10 Lancaster to educate him. The boy|
had disease Of the knee Joint, which
rendered that member stilI. Soon al
Der his arrival In Lancaster, Mr.. Stew
pms called On DR.. Carpenter and asked|
him II he had noticed the boy. ID
replied that he had and stated hid
trouble. Mr.. Stevens said that good
many physicians had been consulted
who said that nothing could be done
ind asked the doctor II he could ID
anything to relieve him. He replied
that he could, and after about Ave
weeks treatment the boy was able I'd
walk about. As soon - Mr.. Stevens
|law him out without crutches he waG|
delighted, and expressed his thanks
Ind gratitude TO the doctor. He wished
10 know what the charge was, and
when the physician replied that Il was|
D matter Of benevolence on all sides
Ind there was no charge, he insisted
pm giving him . very handsome feel
|Daying at the same time Now, docI
or, II yOu come across any poor bOyj
that IL def0rmed or disabled In his|
limbs In any manner, take him in|
hand and relieve him and will pay|
you literally for It."
HisgenerOsity, quick sympathy. and
EVEN tenderness In all the relations of
private life, were a. marked - were|
his severity, bitterness and love Of con-
|fiict In the field Of politics. Personal
Enemies, except those who hated the|
man because Of his opinions, he was
almost without political enemies
|and these were generally the foes OfI
human freedom a. well-he never for-
gave. He valued money lightly, andI
IL he had Il always either loaned orI
gave il to those who asked. After hiaI
Heath there were found In an upper
room Of his house due bills, notes Of
hand and other papers of the sort
showing that he had loaned during his
~, OO-that had never bsen repaid.
These papers dated bsck to the time
when he was . poor young lawyer In
Gettysburg, and they were given for
1mall sums, such ~ $6, 80, SIS or 80.
From this they ran up later into the
hundreds and thousands. An anus
Ing story IL told Of his lending. Some
pears ago there were In Lancaster two
brothers, Pennsylvania Dutch" law
vers, who were equally bankrupt in
purse and business reputation, neither
Df them ever paying . debt II he could
Av0id Il. One day one Of them came
20 Mr.. Stevens to borrow money. Al.
ter he had stated his case Mr.. stevens
aid: That IL all very well, M.
B, but what security have you
can not lend you money without
SECURITY! was the No.
by; " Mein Cot! II you wants segur-
~ l brings my bruder." "Ah," said
Ar. Stevens. "that will do that ID
nipple, excellent security, and handed
he Dutchman the money. OF course
re never saw II again.
During the whole time Of his resi-
lence In Lancaster Mr.. Stevens was
IN uncOmpromising teetOtaler.n
This il the history of his resolution 70
Ibstain: While be was In Gettysburg
le was member Of . select circle who
vere accustomed to meet around at
ach others houses and spend the ev-
ming In playing whilst and drinking
vine and choice liquors One evening
ne Of the party, o great favOrite, who
vas cashier of the bank Of Gettys-
'urg, becoming little inebriated, was
scOrtest home by two Of his friends,
rho, finding his latch.key, let him IN
nd left him in the entry, suppOsing
hat he would find his way up stairs.
N the morning, when his wife came
own she found him lying on the entry
OOr dead. He had had an attack OF
POplexy during the night. When Mr..
tevens heard Of IL he went into his
plhr with hatchet. broke open the
ea,ls IF his wine and whisky barrels,
nd would never taste nything Of the
Drt afterward. When be became an
Id man and very delicate, DIR. Car
enter prescribed some alcoholic slim.
lants as y medicine. He absolutely
Fused to touch 1t. After holding out
,veral days he came TO the doctors
lliee one morning, and dragging him
plf wearily up the steps, took hold Of
ach side Of the door frame to draw
imself into the room. On his COM
laining Of great prostration the doctor
Did him frankly that be must either
Ike what was prescribed or die.
Then" said he, "I'll take It."
Yet he did not fear death. One au-
INN he was very III with IN attack
dropsy Of the heart and chest Such
ae the pressure Of the water uDOu hin