Telegram-herald., 1890-03-08

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u the PezcS tOr Greco township. IL @P-
pears uh2t yoGag Reed ran away IRON
school 70 be present o. that n1o2LeHsoas
osea-slon, al eategpriss which tHSoifsa
hi1n IA series of fictitious pleas snslEsly
In keeping with TIE REG alreLnsnts o. TIE
legal profession.
Young Reed dritted 70 Iowa just De-
fore tie var. studied law. taeghs school
aEd cid everything which tradition mas
assigned 10 the youth Of al S<eaI men.
he Al. wards wsat into the army, and
as captain of a battery spent four years
Ia the service. he Is now one Of the
greatest lawyers IN the west. lie spent
fourteen years on nisi prius bench, and
Tor many years was chief justice OF Iowa
He has al once taken rank IN congress
aLsons the Influential members OF the
house. where be has bright future be-
fore him
But have not yet exhausted the list
Of barefooted boys who went out into the
world from adjoining farms in Ashland
county, O.. 70 win success in the various
walks Of life" continued the gentle
man. Congressman Mcclellan, OF Fort
Wayne, lad, used To wear blue jeans
and drive the cows 10 and from pasture
on his fathers farm in Green township.
Now he is a wealthy banker, and besides
holding a seat in Congress has been on
tho bench Of his adopted state. The
comptroller OF the currency, Edward s.
Lacey, OF Michigan, Is another OF the
barefooted travellers who drifted out Of
Ashland county before the war. He is
one Of the most popular men in Michigan,
has been ia congress, and will eventually
land in the senate. The present sergeant
alarms of the house Of representatives.
\. j. Holmes, was about as poor as any
body could be when ne worked on farm
in Ashland county. be was a good boy,
made good soldier, was for many years
q good congressman from Iowa, and the
members of the Fifty-first congress be-
lieve that his administration of the Office
Of sergeant-at-arms will be so satisfactory
as 10 reform, for all time 10 come. the
loose business methods which have hith-
erto prevailed there
1.-The barefoot boys OF Ashland county
have not only marched 10 the front in
business and political circles, but they
have been equally successful in profes-
sional lie The newspapers not long
ago contained a statement that Dir. James
d. Springer. noted railway lawyer o.
Minneapolis. had accepted a $50, 900 posi-
ton with the president Of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe. Mr. Springer has
the reputation in the northwest of being
a really great railroad lawyer. yet few
men have won success in the face Of
so many difficulties. When his father
started west from Ashland, O., about
1851, it was to better a financial condi-
ton that could hardly become worse.
Springer never had any education, as
the term is generally understood, except
what he picked up in the district schools
OF Ashland county. and of the various
places in Iowa where his father from
time 10 time resided.
In this connection | will add that
back there in Ashland county lives a
proud old pedagogue. The now vener-
able and respected George w. Brubaker
has taught school in Green township for
many years, and had under his charge
at one time or another nearly all of the
men | have mentioned as having subse-
Quentiy won success in the various fields
Of human endeavor. He says Bill Alli-
son was the worst boy he ever had, and
that he thinks he flogged that boy about
fh0nc,v,a in
the old mans former pupils remember
him with gratitude and affection, for
Senator Allison and Springer and others
whom he graduated from Webster's
spelling book and McGulTey's readers
often stop over at Ashland on their way
east or west TO pay visit to the old
schOolmaster.
"One more instance of the remarkable
series of successes won by barefoot boys
from adjoining farms in Ashland
county" continued the speaker, "and
shall have finished my story. One Of
the BOYS with whom Brubaker had a
good deal of trouble was chap named
man, and young Stubs was a wild,
rather uncOuth youth, who liked to run
away from school 10 80 down TO the
railroad and play among the cars. At
l. or Is years of age he caught the west
ern fever. and went out on the Pacific
coast and worked for time as time
keeper or clerk in the employ Of Stan
ford & Crocker, who were building
the Central Pacific road. But he had
good stuiT in him. and from time to
time his employers advanced his salary
as his know Wedge Of the railroad busi-
ness increased and his usefulness de-
velopcd. Finally he was drawing the
handsome pay Of $4,000 a year. and was
the general freight agent of the road.
In this capacity he was employed
mostly in representing the Central Pa
ciGcin the traffic as.ociationsof the coun-
try. and in these meetings he was
brought in contact with the best trained
business intelligence in the world. His
extraordinary abilities were soon recog-
n,zed ell over the country. and two years
AGO Phil. Armour. Of Chicago. who has
penchant for hunting ont toe brightest
men n be found and getting them at
whatever cost. offered him $4,000 year
- leave the Pacific roads and 60 east and
wors for the Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Plul road. The Central Pacific people
~erc foolish enough 70 permit him g 20.
and Saub5s STAYED with the St Paul till
BIS old employers discovered that they
had lost nan whose place could not be
filed ald whose usefulness could not
- me- s=rad - rno-ov So fhnv went
q bidding for Stubbs, and IL order to
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