The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-12

Nilltist DoNS III bpllE tll Illh InlngS lnat ne /
ought not to do. Que thing appears to ne in
diSput2ble, He, at the age of Ii, had out
grown the capacity OF the village school and |
expressed q most emphatic desire to be sent |
TO an academy To this his father as en- |
phetic2lly objected. Academies III those |
Gays cost money. Besides, the elder Cleve- |
land wanted the lad TO become self-suppOrt- |
ing by the quickest possible road, The uuick- |
est possible road IN Fayetteville was the
country sto,e, wneie the pastor with large |
family had considerable peisonal influence. |
FIFTY dollars WIS to be paid tue BOY the first !
year, and if he proved Trustworthy he was 10
receive $lC0 the second year.
IN A COUNTRY STORE.
One can easily enough picture the employ
mentif any one knows what thriving coun-
try Store is, lis duties ranging with scarcely
time fOrintermedlate soap and water from
dealing out mackerel and molesses to cutting
or cotton print enough for the village bellies
new dress There is tradition comes from
| FayetteVille not at all ill-defned, that young
| Cleveland in two years proved himself so
| trustworthy that his employers used all their
| elouuence to get him TO STAY on indefinitely
| Their cXact significance at this lime of tue
| Fayetteville record may be Judged when the
writer after taking some trouble to unearth
! it,lnds il 10 be record of simple, unswory-
| ing integrity and untiring loyalty to the in
tercsls of the boys employers. The most
| palnsiakiug search among two generations
| laiis to discover any flashes Of genius in that
country store or any memorials of eccentric
! talent in that country village, But there
| iS unimpeachabl testimony that whatever
the boy IS hand was given to do he did with
all his heart, and that he left be-
mind him the reputation for bravery, fidelity,
D ana candor that has outlined all these years.
| IT'S curious how some simple traits DEFY time.
IN truth they seem to thrive and grow with il.
/ The removal of the elder Cleveland 10 Gin
ton gave Grover the long-w ished-lor OpToi-
tunity to attend high school, and he pur-
sued his studies industriousy until the lami-
ly moved up on the Black river to what was
then known as the Holland patent-a VILLAGE
/ Of i've six hundred ngpplp--fftagu plilas
north of Utica. The elder Cleveland prencli-
ed but three sundays in this place, When he
suddenly died. Grover first heard of his
fathers death while walking with his sister
In the streets of | tica. This event produced
the usual breakup Of the family, and we next
hear OF iroNcr Cleveland setting ont for New
York city. 10 accept 1T a small salary the
position of under teacher in an asylum for
the blind, where at the time since the we'll
known Gus. Schell was executive officer.
BREAKS AWAY FROM TUToRsHIP.
He stayed here two years, and IL has been
found possible to discover the same indeiblc
record of hard work, faithfully performed
and well remembered by those who were
cognizantof 1t, ana VINO are still alive From
, tending country store to teaching the blind
1 is n long way ON the road of self-diSciplinc.
But to teach he did not believe was his mis-
sion, and consequently at the expiration Of
! two years he abandoned 1t and literally
e started out to seek his fOl tune-Only revcrs-
} ing the usual order, and Instead of coming to
the great city he left it. His first idea was 10
90 to Cleveland AS he has since said the
name seemed Il good omen. But his uncle
Lewis +. Allan, noted stock breeder, lived
G ut Buffalo, and he went straight to him fol
advice and guidance.
: WANTS TO BE A LAWYER.
y The uncle did not speak enthusiastically
! "What is it you want 10 do, my boy?' he
\ asked.
! well, sir, / want to study law"
y Good gracious" remarked the old gentle
" nan. "Do you, indeed? What ever PM
e that into your head? How much none,
D have Won cote"
" To tell the truth he hadn't got any.
I. "See herc,n said the uncle, after long con
f sultat on, II want somebody to get mp IN!
le herd-DOoK this year. You come and sta!
J. with me and help me and I'll give you 81
= for the, years work, and YOU can TOOL
round"
Here It is that we ind the American no,
annOtNting shOrthorns ont nj Black Rocl;
quite two miles from Buffalo. hut he KEEP
n, ais eye out for ch0nce To enter law Ollie
- while he was editing the stock book, and OH
day he walked boldly into the rooms q
ne Messrs. Rogers, Bowen Il Rogers, and tot
IN them what lac wanted. There were n mum
~ Ter OF young men In the place already. Bu
n young CievelaIds pcTSstency won, and h
re was finally permitted to come rs nm ofilC
~ boy and hive the use of the law library Fu
y TINS he received the nominal sum OF s. or 81
%" week, out OF Wach he had e. pay LIS boar
N md washing. the walk to aud rom hi
lu uucle's was long and Mt tlut time ruggc
te JnC. The I!fSt Whter wits u nemOruhl
u severe one, and his SHOES were broken and Il
hd had no ovcrront ilt he never iuterm!tted
day. 1t began 10 be noticed that lie was I'll
u most punctuUi AMI regular Of the lads In III
or ONCE. omen AT nigh. h" was compelled
ca stand b" the warm chimney la TIE loft Whcl
'c' hc siCpt and dryh'H feet ulter 'pWpng III
N Two miles thr 'ugli the snow. HIS senior ct
NJ piovCr had taken ~ copy q Blackstone ON u
Inst day of the boys Office experience an,
ca plpniNig " before him with a bang that mac
u The dust ny, said: "rhats where they al h
nc g.n.n There was tittcr ran round the ut
IHaN ..| fHalHUI t.aN l..
IN, To begin with the average lad. II appear
GER however, that he stuck to the BLACKSTONE
us vel thut re mustered II, aud SO absorbed W,
NJ Hc IN IL one night that they locked him
en- aud all Went uif. lie spent that night wit
mt Tie book and never forgot IT,
ne TuE D1sCfpLINE OF HARDSHIP,
all THIS uncvCutlul period Of Gov, Cleveland
IA life, SO devoid OF adventure and barren
y forces of his latter lie were pCstut,Ug. ~
W. privations ana miseries ola pcunI.css nuy
M late gave way slowly before his drlerilin,
hu pNsduity amt pluck. He tells In his oV
~ way with beunlug, reminiscent humnr
Ia The FRS, honor that came tO him whoa d
en- Gnclc, ny getting out the second volume OIL
PEE "i.rccd book, announced to him Tim, he q
H. tended to acknowledge IN 10 his valuable a
IN Sistancc. hut these privutiuns ana miscyi,
n it may READILY he seen by the tcApOWhr
" Of the man, were only so many Siiuu
y Ills was not the Representative nature "a
ne wiuccd and wore under physical discoi
u - forts
IN ''src here" said his uncle 10 him one b
en- ter December nia,it when the hill hi
'ri- walked ont In black Rock through tho sic
I Is and snow, this is pretty cold weather I
lci- you tu bo travelling Without an oyerconi.'
, ot "oh,' says toe young man, I'm going
an buy one when earn the money
ors "Why, look az your feet; they must be SO
pjlg, chi"
the '"0n. that's nothing. I'm getting sm
by copying to do now, and Ill have pair
the Ia those dnys boys had IN dcmonstr,
!tcs whnt was In them before they received mU
| Of Rvurs.
the "You just gorPht over there iothe toil!q
thc and get The siouttsi uyorcoat he's got. u
! q hyHr9"
her Vcsy likely Grover had begun 10 demo
b w. >ttUic what was la him, but whether To
mind OF the uncle lt was n capacity for co
piing herd books or the. capnciIy 10 con''
W. blackstone cannot now be learned,
TiiE Young LAWYER.
the Four years In The Office of Rogers, Hover
nan Rogers as u student equipped HIM villa 5
ign. nricnt elementary knowledge and oNpC
Ions tncU 10 become managing clerk ni the en-,
'drd that time And so -four years moro pass.
,inp T. interesting TO know exactly what KIN,
,uHS n character ne had now made for himself z
'nd low he wnS regarded ly his associates. |
Il n iol difficult tO ascertain thls,wth ren iona
he,v accuracy, seeing that most OF those nSSt
,nin utes are alive and accessible, and speak "
mud noticeable candor and unanimity
roir said one uf them 10 the wrttcr' Gro
~ won our admiration by his thee traits OF
omS NYustiS unp.V'o',Uus roS NV
,ln, more thorough man ut nhA thing he unu
,,,JS took. Whatever the subject was he was
spa oVhl unVll u, Nv MY "lWS.V'vJt , " h,,i =,
libi, nothing could swcrVc him hon his con-
mn. ton. Il was Ibis quality OF intellectual
, on tcgrity more than anything else p,ra
that made him aitcrwnrd listened TO anu
Now spectod when more brilliant men who "
'rntc opposed TO him were applauded ANA iorl
ten"
lrelv TUE FIRST srEP tNro PUBLIC LIFE
In 1888 the question of who should hc
pointed assistant district at orney Tor
,ye county of Eric was warmly discussed ny
Ii young lawyers In Mcssrs. X, gers Bow
luty oilye,. In,re Weiv egnv ,i, ss NM mn,
|, the that young Cleveland advanced ms