The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
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At the time of the Cheslyns wealth
there lived in a village adjoining tneIr
estate a little boy named John snake
was occasionally employed at the Priory'
the residence Of the Cheslyns:
One day a thunderstorm Obliged Lord
Mora, who resided in the nelghoornooo'
speare. tending his cows. sought the same
versatton. Struck by the boys intelli.
gence, Lord MORA told him to call at
So began the career of John Shake.
speare, who, profiting by the spiendia
education given him by Lord Mora, pc
came the greatest Hindustani scnolar ~.
Europe He published the best grammar
and dictionary in that language, became
an eminent professor and acquired large
fortune. which enabled him to purchase
the Cheslyn Priory and the extensSe es
tates on which he had once laborsd ana
tended cows. Thus 1t will be seen now,
as one family became decadent another
rose to take Its place.
An Aristocratic Carpenter.
Many tragic tales of sad reverses might
be found in the annals OF the great
French families at the time of the Key,
oirtion. AS an instance might be told
| the curious story of the Bishops OF Beau
walls and Saintes, who. having risen from
| poverty to eminence, were early Viotims
| to the fury Of the Revolutionists They
were brothers and born In a village near
Angouleme, close to the estate OF a rlch
nobleman called De Val This nobleman
!, enc day observed his children playing
with two little peasant boys, ana ne I'M
mediately went to reprove them Tor SO
doing. The children pleaded to continue
their game. saving that the little poyS
were so good and anna Die.
M de Val approached the lads, VINO
| were particularly clean and neat and had
very Intelligent faces. He J., ASKED tneIr
name. La Rochefoucauid: taey re-
more, informed him that their father was
| carpenter and worked in the neignpor,
| ing village. On inquiry M de Val founo
the carpenter was cousin to the great
Duke de la Rochefoucauld, VINO nao no
knowledge of these humble relatives. Inc
| two boys were well educated at the ex-
pense of M de Val and of the Duke, who
also took an Interest in the matter, and
they became later, one the BISHOP OF
Beauvais and the other Bishop OF Saintes;
Both were renowned for their zeal ana
| charity and their labors to promote &c
clesiastical studies. As We have said.
they were both killed in the early days
of the Revolution.
From Groom to Prime Minister.
Some achieve greatness and some have
greatness thrust upon them. The Prime
Minister Ward Is an example of the lat
ter Thomas Ward was born at YORK IN
1909 and was the son of groom. He
| himself adopted the same profession, but,
] not c, intent with his homely life, he set
out at the age of IA to better himself.
And he pushed his way higher in ths
| world than he had ever hoped or even
| desired. He was sent with a horse TO
| Vienna and entered the service of Prince
Alloys Won Lichtenstedn. He gradually
rose in the stables of his master until
| he became the bridegroom to Charles
Louis. D lice of Lucca, afterward DUKE
horses and still more of English men,
| manners and ways. The cleverness, hon
| esty and general good conduct OF Tom
who made him undervalet de chambre,
| and later he became his most trusted
confidential servant and adviser.
Step by step Ward rose until he be-
came Prime Minister and Baron Ward.
He owed everything to his high char
acter, integrity and scrupulous conscl-
entiousness. He had no personal advant-
ages whatever. Indeed, he was some
what plain and understood, but his eyes
were quick and penetrating and his ex-
preston shrewd yet simple. In the days
of the zenith of his power he never for
got his parents and relations. He always
visited them when In England and made
suitable provision for such as needed it.
Baron Ward showed great talent as
diplomatist and prosecuted several ne
gotiations for the Duke with remarkable
skill and success. Honors were shoWered
upon him by his master and others He
was decorated with the first class of the
Order of st. Louis. The Grand Duke OF
Tuscany also made him a Noble OF his
States and conferred on him the Order
of st. Joseph. And all these favors were
given without any desire or solicitation
on his part The first news he received
of his having been created a Baron was
when he saw that title attached to his
name in a public doucment He ordered
it to be erased when, to his dismay
the Duke assured him that he had been
created a Baron, and Baron he must
be- Prince Metternich characterized
Ward as a "Heaven-born diplomatist.
In spite of which. however, Ward suf-
fered Punishment on the death of Charles
Ill, Duke of Parma.
Perfectly content, and conscious of hav-
ing done his duty faithfully, he took to
farming, and spent the last years of his
life in the enjoyment of domestic happi-
ness with his wife and children, leaving
behind him, when he died. remarkable
example of how integrity, talent and cour-
age can raise a man from the lowest
position to govern in the high places of
the earth.