The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-01-25
s 1T is NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND"
saltwater, Minn: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1888.

of being always present at public gather
ings and conspicuous among their fellows
than from any wrong conduct. They were
both bright and soon came to be regarded as
leaders among their associates. In their
classes they would not be eXcelled. They
were good ball players, the older was the
champion jumper of the county and
several adjoining cOunties-at sixteen years
of age. They were active and graceful and
when young America began to bloom. and
assert the claims of chivalry and social geni.
ality, (Which in many eastern communities
as in this one was from twelve to fifteen,
they were second to none, and the blushing
maidens, as we'll as their polite ''mammas' y
were always glad to receive them. They
were superior in appearance and seemingly
so in intellect, and their father was wealthy.
| They were qualified to teach when the
older was sixteen and the younger fifteen.
and taught their first schools in neighboring
districts, and were as successful as their ages
would permit.
| Following their first terms of teaching
| they, together with the sons of b, en-
tered a normal college. all boarding at the
same club and aSSOcating together in and
out of recitatiOnS as they were not acquaint
ed with others, and this being the first eX-
perience away from home they all felt the
necessity of close union and mutual prOtec-
ton. Only they who have passed through
this experience will fully appreciate ''the
boys advent in college,"
The SONS OF B had not taught, their par
ents thinking it the wrong policy to begin
teaching at so early an age. Nevertheless.
they did not neglect their studies, and the
boys entered college on an equal footing.
The first term of three months passed
without unusual event. They became ac-
quainted and the two older were regarded
as much above the average in mental abili-
ties. They remained a year at this school,
and were absent from the town where it was
located only few weeks between terms.
At such times BIS sons went home and re-
manned there. while As remained at home
only few days at each visit. and then
sought the pleasures of travel and visiting
objects of interest. During one vacation they
visited Niagara Falls, at another Mammoth
Cave, and after the close of the school year
they visited the principal eastern cities, and
with this tour the four boys were separated
never to minge together again in their
Srudies and paStimes.
While on this eastern tour it was arranged
that they should visit some of the colleges
and decide upon the one where they would
finish their education. This they did, and
made arrangements to enter with the col
lege year. In the meantime they returned
home for few weeks. or rather made home
headquarters, for they seldom spent an even
ing at home. The young ladies of the
community received a greater part of their
time, but they soon endeavOred to pursuade
their parents it was policy to 20 under the
special instruction of one of their former
professors at the Normal in order to be pre-
pared for the examination which would de-
termine their standard of scholarship when
they entered college. This effort was sue
cessful, and the remainder of the time was
spent with their friends at the Normal.
They entered college with good grades.
and here want of space cOmpells us to pass
rapidly over their college lives. Much the
same demeanOr characterized them here
that we have already hastily described in
their normal course. They were industri-
GUS and successful. They acquired a
high social standug and became leaders
among their college friends. Nor were they
confined to the society of the college, but
in the four years they remained there they
made many friends in the city, and were
well known among the worldly society peo-
pie. There seemed to be no limit to the pa
ternal pOcketbOOk, but as a matter of fact
much OF the money spent by these two boys
was obtained by deceiving their parents as
to their actual necessary expenses, and at
the expiration of their course the old gen.
tlemen was rather weary. Had it not been
for the entreaties of their mother, the last
year would not have been spent in college.
They graduated. the older receiving first
honOrs, but the younger was the better