The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-12

- In the pleasant Boston suDurD
AT FoxBoRo Of Jamacia Plain found very
modest frame house, and met at
once hearty greeting from broad-shouldered ruddy-
faced man. with clear blue eye, and the western way OF
annexing all creaton-strangers decidedly ncudedto his
immediate interest. sssm
He began to show his That was his
scheme to keep from talking about himself for he knew
what had for The latest Of them was fine paint
ing by A. Willard, the artist who drew the pictures for
DR.. Barton's book Of rhymes about the pumpkin plea
book by the way whose sales its author oculary and
misleadngy remarks will make up for the loss ~ on his
recent scholarly volumes the Psalms The painting OF
DR.. Willards Christmas present, showed DR. Bnrtons
evolutionary geatrand father in the act OF knocking Oh
his horse with wooden bucket British officer who had
Just captured" him. Instead the doughty farmer cap
tured the officers sword This sword forms half Of Dr.
Bartons striking bookplate the other half being his
grandfather's Bible
II want to see that cent" These almost my first
words, for had heard about the cent
DR.. Barton laughed he led upstairs to his "den
and before he would show the cent he showed many
things that henot Thought better worth seeinga leaf
out Of mssa used by Martin Luther old
Abuses and Ezevirs bits Of the penmanshp Of Crockett
Celia Thaxer Bose Terry Cooke and other notables treas
Of art and Of literature picked up here and there and
tenderly valued
But the cent?
At last he it, glued the Of book. And
TO tell It to me.
II lived in little town in northern Illinois, and by the
time was sixteen had finished the work in the public
school Then left home to make my fortune For three
years worked farms forty miles from home, and sent
home my surpus TO father for he was in poor health
That during the Winters worked for my
board winter dairy farm, and another in country
tow All ths time was hoping agalpst hope that some
day might get to college. saved 3 siha s9aAA4fly
wages. sixteen dollars month"; with this saving my
sister and started for college"
Icoud not help wondering how many boys would under
these circumstances have taken their sisters along with
them But kept this thought to myself and Dr. Barton
with his story, which brought out by incessant
questioning
"a former pastor Of mine teaching at Berea College,
Kentucky, and went there. It took most of our
money to get there, and between had only sixteen
dollars when arrived We both went to work to earn
way through"
"How did you do itf"
well for one thing, the first term sawed wood at
entyve cord and the very first day. which was
Saturday earned dollar. Board only dollar and
half week."
"And good boardf"
Yes good board and tuition rates nominal and we
both learned lessons easily, that had several
hours day for work. The little tuition fee and the neces
sary books used up sixteen dollars that had to
write and borrow dollars from friend The next year
repad it with interest but he returned the interest But
that dollars did last long, and found myself
with only cent"
It was the cent looking at, large copper cent OF
1S4S
II was about to spend this for postal card to solicit
another oan but reflected that in Ken
lucky and probably would not another so kept
the cent and struggled without the loan Thanks to
that cent out Of money while was in college,
but for fully onethrd OF the time during the first two
years my entire capital consisted Of one cent.
~ had to borrow more and did it the loan fund Of
the college in Of five and dollars. The first year
while was senior prep and before allowed jani
torship or other plum the hard But got
through until commencement We absolutely out OF
money and did not know how could meet even the mod
est expenses Of that kept in Berea Just before
received letter containing blank sheet
Of paper and ten-dolar bill Inever knew where it
from and could return express my thanks Such
thing occurred again. and had no such need after
ward, but my need just then was SORE"
What did you do through the summer vacations2"
Both Of us got schools to teach My sisters sixteen
miles away in the Cumberland Mountains, and mine was
seventy We received frst-grade certificates and each
obtained school paying the usual salary of thirty dollars
month"; from which deducted about five dollars month
for board Our schools lasted FIVE months and while
taught we did, well could the work Of the coming
fall returning Berea In time to take the last month in
Glass; with reviews and examination. We kept with
work in this way for two years more and every when
we came back in the fall we paid all our debts
II readers will want to hear the other ways you
took to earning money"
''Well. obtained q janitor
ship which paid about dollar
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week l led the college
band, and received five dollars a
term. copied little at twelve /.
cents an hour. sawed 60 fEaf&
wood after the first year / found k f.
more profitable work to do. ! "
can't tell you all the ways in
which contrived first to earn
dollar and then to make the
dollar do the work Of two. By
s the time was a junior, ] had
little teaching to do. in the
preparatory department., which
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