Harvey Rice and the Common School Law of Ohio School Law (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This proud old structure still stands on St. Clair Street, and is now occupied as headquarters by the fire department of the city. My earthly posessions at this time consisted' of a scanty supply of wearing apparel, a few classical text-books, and a three-dollar bank-note. I remained a week at Spangler's tavern before commencing my academical labors. On leaving I stepped up to the bar and asked the amount of my bill. Two-fifty, replied the landlord. I handed him my three-dollar bank-note. He returned me a half dollar. I then engaged lodging at a private boarding house, Opened my school, and commenced business based on a solid capital of fifty cents. This I expended on the following day for necessary stationery. The only fear I had was that my boarding-house might ask me for money before the close of the first quarter. But it so happened that nothing was said about it. When the quarter closed, I collected tuitions, paid up all I owed, and nobody had questioned my solvency. In the meantime I entered my name as a student inthe law-othee of Reuben Wood, Esq, and employed my leisure hours in studv.

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