News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-06-19

the city of New York, and saw him
surrounded by men of fame and sta
ton in the business world, sought
and respected as a wise and trusted
counselor in aft airs of great moment
there has been no break in our
friendship, nor has he ever forfeited
my esteem.
EARLY in the spring [ secured for
him a position as accountant and all
around office man at the university,
with an advance in his wages and the
privilege of attending two lectures or
classes each day; a position he filled
most acceptably and opportunities
which he improved most faithfully,
for two years. Then general pass
enger agent Of an important western
railway took him as private secre-
tary. Ia this capacity hesoon show
ed extraordinary aptitude in many
directions, was continually overflow
ing his positions, never asked about
hours" or "pay," made the inter
ests of his employer his own, antici-
pated instructions as fast az this
could be done safely, and gave his
whole mind aud strength to his work.
There never was, there never can be,
a better illustration of the fact that
all at it and all the time at it is sure
to win; that it is both wise and nee
essary to mix perspiration with aspi-
ration; that the good things of this
life never of themselves come to the
young man who simply stands at the
foot of the ladder with his mouth
opeD-longing; that an emplOye who
will take pains to make himself and
his services Indispensable to his en-
ployer, holds the whiphand-and that
it is wholly unnecessary for him to
lay the lash.
Meanwhile, the younger brother
had made a record for himself at the
university. The success of the elder
did not relieve the younger from the
necessity of labor. He pumped the
organ on Sunday in one of the most
influential churches in the city. He
rose before daylight and carried a
newspaper route-often with positive
physical suffering and danger in win
ter. Once in later years, when asked
why, as an attorney, hehad so siren
uously defended a woman who could
not repay him, he said, | have not
forgotten that she lived at the end oil
my old paper route, and that more
than once in winter her kind heart
prompted her to rise very early and
have cup of hot coffee ready for me
fearing that | might perish with the
cold On Saturdays he collected bis
route, solicited advertising, worked
at home, did odd jobs for the neigh.
bors, occasionally wrote some special
articles for his paper; and in every way
and in all ways peeed out the family
income. Worn by the earlier strug'
giles, the mother could neither endure
nor accomplish as much as in other
years, and so the expenses at home
were increased by the need for maid
for a better table, and for more phys
ical comforts-for the mothers sake
} and to crafty her and to save bel
both boys wrought nightly.
J But the younger found time anC
. strength for his university work anC
his heart warmed and his horizon
; broadened and hts insight grew keen
: er and his percep'io ions quickened into
f new life. 1t was all very inspiring
to him, this close touch with all tina
b had been and still was great anC
) good and helpful in the world; thi
2 constant associations with the bes
= men at their best-commonly callet
7 books; this close companionship Will
7 thoughtful, earnest, large braineC
r and unselflsh instructors. Forum
/ ately he did not fall into the only TOT
j prevalent error of the average col
r legian, that of considering the tacult,
{ as his natural and inevitable ant
g hereditary enemies, deter mined
= possible dpfUly to secrete about hi
= person some small packages of learn
g ing, which he in turn is just as deter
g mined not to carry from the college
t he can possibly and safely unload be
fore his final commencement day.
!
4 "After graduation he was made
g tutor in Greek, and for two years
e while working for his masters DIT
J. gree, continued with Us, we'll believe
D by both teachers and taught.
!. Having chosen the law as hi
j profession, he went to Columbia un
2 versity, in the city OF New York, i
q order that he might come in contaC
j. svstemized activities of a great city
8 Those who still clamor for what the
n call the safe seclusion of the rure
= villages for a college AMI for colleg
0 ans, evidently forget that moder
= education has come out of the clois
s ter and has thrown aside both ca
n and gown, and stands in its shir
q sleeves in the most busy mart, any
e ious to learn more of life, and to bel
J. all to get the truest life, and to ge
it more abundantly. There is grea
y stimulus and inspiration in the vel
d ordered and masterful existence of
e metropolis for any lad who keeE
8 himself open to all good infunct
Is and who is willing and anxious
+ grow. To the contrary minded thel
e is safety nowhere, because he is pc
IS petually in the demoralizing and d
generating company of him self.
o Meanwhile, the elder brother ha